Hunting For Retro Game Bargains In Japan | Price-Checking In OSAKA!
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2023
- Hunting For The RAREST Games in JAPAN! - INSANE Prices!
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Sick. You and Elliot (retro future) have two totally different filming styles. It’s awesome to see your trips and how they differed. I really want to visit Japan. Dead of summer is not when I want to go, though 😂
Haha true! The heat was intense. Definitely applied a lot of sun screen while I was there 😅
@@MachoNachoProductionsHow are you judging whether prices are good or bad? Comparing them to US prices?
@@AB0BA_69 don't know about him but I visited Akihabara first in 1999 and have been to Japan since then more then 20 times. While most stuff had a alltime low around 2004-2006 prices started rising due to RUclips and Retro fame more then a decade ago and had again a surge during Corona.
So I had the "privilege" to experience the price development for more then 20 years now.
lots of stuff that cost like 100-2000 Yen in the past decade are now 10.000-20.000 Yen games behind glass shelves. Most of those games used to be available in huge "low budget" baskets back then..
Mind you some game systems had a bigger price development then others. and it ofc depens on the games too.
I was told (& I can’t confirm this) that Super Potato is a tourist trap & they jack the prices for tourist. If you want good deals on retro games go to Hard Offs or Book Offs in Japan. I went to Japan back in 2008 & again in 2009. I wish I had this info back then (well don’t know if Hard Offs existed back then). Also the Japanese definition of broken can be just missing stuff, so it is a good idea to pickup cheap broken hardware to be refurbished & good items can be found in those bargain bins. Have a nice hunt & good luck!
Book off, TRADER, Mulan, Retro Game Camp, and Surugaya are all great places to shop for used and retro stuff like games -- esp of you are a tourist, most places off Tax-Free discounts when you spend over 5,500yen & show your passport, so it's always worthwhile to read the signs & ask "Tax-Free desu ka?" when you go up to the counter. You will save a TON of money this way. Just make sire you bring it out of the country with you & you are good to go.
Also, prices go way down outside of Tokyo.
Those stores in Akihabara and Den Den Town that everyone and their mom has done a video of are really only for people who have more money than time or can't be bothered to do the research to go anywhere else. For example, you can pay 2700 yen for one of those loose Pokemon red carts at Super Potato or find one at a Bookoff/Hardoff for 500-800 yen.
Book-Off has locations in California as well with damn good prices, they just ship excess japan stock over here
Hate to break it to you but Hard Off and Book Off's in major cities are now tourist traps. You can thank youtubers for that lol. If you want deals, go to actual small run second hand stores not in major cities...If you want selection, stay in the cities.
one day I'll go to japan...
Me too! 😮
Same
I went this year to Japan and Japan is so awesome for retro game hunting. I visited every retro game store I could find. For Mario Land, I have a good tip: The USJ (Universal Studios Japan) attractions officially open at 9 am, but you can enter the park itself before that time. Once inside, you can explore everything without limitations (Mario Land would be the best choice).
Oh that’s a great tip! Didn’t know that
Love your high quality modding vids.
You can directly see it back in the vlog style vids.
Very handy you also add prices in different valuta's 👌Looking forward to the next video !
Thanks dude! So glad you enjoy the modding videos and my vlog. Haven’t done these before 😅
Man, what a dream come true. I love that you enjoyed the sites of the country while there and didn't just stick to "retro game hunting".
My wife and I went to Japan in April for cherry blossom season and went to the same places! Love the people and culture. Grabbed some good games etc.
Nice! You went during the best time of the year. I went during the worst 😅 it was so hot 🥵
I really enjoyed this video and am looking forward to the rest of your adventures in Japan.
Thank you 🙏 So glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome vlog! cant wait to see the other videos in this series. stay awesome Tito!😎🤙
Thank you so much 🙏 so happy your enjoying the series!! You stay awesome too 😁
Seems like you had a blast! Can't wait to see what other videos you have in store from the rest of your trip.
Glad you are giving location details of the game shops that you visited - keep it up!!
Yep, definitely wanted to document locations and prices for everyone!
日本へようこそ！ 日本からいつも楽しく観ています。 welcome to Japan! I always enjoy watching it from Japan.
「スーパーポテト」「まんだらけ」は価格が高すぎます 「駿河屋」はもう少し良心的な価格です。
Super Potato and Mandarake are too expensive Surugaya is a little more conscientious price
Very well produced video! Just intrigued by the title as my own channel follows my passion of game collecting in Japan as cheaply as possible... and it is still very possible!
Japan looks amazing, I’m glad you got to go see it and put together this great video! Awesome work Tito!
Thank you so much 🙏
Perfect timing for me to see this video. I’m planning my trip in october and was just looking at walkthrough videos of Super Potato and other retro game stores. I’m probably going to have to ship all my purchases back home because I know I’m going to buy too much stuff to fit in my luggage lol
I’d definitely bring an extra check in bag if you’re planning on buying a lot of stuff. I made the mistake of not bringing an extra suitcase and bought one in Japan 😭
6:37 my face when I visited game shops in Japan a few years back
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Fun fact, the bracelet from Universal works as an amiibo. If you play smash is pretty cool. The character you get matches the amiibo
Sendico is great. And the videos from you, Zez Retro and The Retro Future are great for reliving some of my short trips to Super Potato, Hard Off and the like.
Totally agree! I love Sendico too! Glad you’re enjoying the videos too! I too am reminiscing about going to super potato and other retro stores 😅
loving this different type of content! you had an awesome trip!
So happy you’re enjoying this mini series 🙏😁!
I really appreciate the shot of the PC-FX games at 6:22. I just imported one and despite the language barrier I am having fun with it!
I was very close to pulling the trigger on a pc-fx. They had quite a few for sale I saw.
great video! Excited to check out Osaka on my next trip. I really want to explore Den Den town. My tip for everyone going to japan is to skip super potato, as they have become more of a tourist spot, and look for smaller mom and pop retro game stores on the outskirts of the city. Thats where the really good prices are.
Great job on the video Tito! Very enjoyable!
Thank you Matt! So glad you enjoyed it!
Wow man so jelly. Looks like a great trip. I love the architecture over there. The t-shirts that are packed in the Famicom and FDS boxes are so cool. There is a Metroid one that is awesome. Looking forward to the next videos 👍
It's kinda fun that all videogame/console youtubers eventually do their pilgrimage to Japan.
going to Tokyo next week! looking forward to your Tokyo shopping vid so I know what places to hit up lol.
I wish Sendico would send me to Japan, probably spent enough on there to get there at this point :D Awesome video dude, look forward to the next ones.
Thank you dude! So glad you enjoyed the video! Hope you enjoy the next ones!
Osaka was hands down my favorite place to visit. Loved the food, Osaka Castle, and the aquarium.
I was so surprised with Osaka too! It was totally an unexpected experience, an amazing place to visit. The vibe is totally different from Tokyo, loved it!
This looks like such a fun trip! Cant wait to see the ither 2 videos and what you picked up :)
looks like a really fun trip, i'm so jealous! hope you had fun as well :)
I'm going to Japan this saturday! Can't wait!!
Looks like you had a great trip! Can't wait for the next video!
Thank you Rany! Hope you’re well brother!
You are the second youtuber (that I watch) that Sendico has sent to Japan.
Toured Japan in 2011. What an awesome place. Need to go back asap
Same! Will definitely need to find my way back there again!
Very cool, one of those things on my bucket lists to do and go game hunting.... If you didn't know, Super Mario is coming to Universal in CA and will be going a year or 2 later to Florida. So, you can visit it local in a year or so....
That SuperGrafx that cost 2000 is brand new for what it is worth. Says so right on the box.
Another interesting note is that Osaka Castle is actually a replica, the original was destroyed many years ago, and most recently a replica was destroyed in the second world war I think. Still cool to check out though.
I had an feeling that was the case. Who ever buys it will need to open it and change those capacitors asap 😅. I didn’t know that about Osaka castle! Thanks for the info!
I went in April during cherry blossom season to Tokyo and Kyoto and Hakone. Definitely would go again soon
Great video Tito. Can't wait to see your haul.
Thank you🙏! I’ll be doing a haul video at the end, stay tuned!
Not sure how much interest you have in the retro arcade scene, but there is a KILLER arcade in Osaka called Retro Arcade Zarigani. It's multiple floors of the best arcade classics!
For what i understand from other ytuber, places like akihabara catches the deal with tourism and raised prices accordingly. If u want to find real bargains you have to hunt down little/less known shops, or ask a local ;)
Welcome back Tito, been missing your videos!!! I went to Japan this March, and 2 weeks is not enough, if I got the chance I'd like to visit Japan again.. When you went to USJ did you get the Mario Kart and Star popcorn bucket? Should get them, they look awesome displayed!!
Hey! That’s awesome you were in Japan too! I unfortunately didn’t get to do the Mario kart ride at Super Nintendo world. I will next time though!
Loved Japan as well! What a nice country!
I'm very glad you enjoyed your trip to Japan. I envy you!
Thank you buddy 🙏
Hey! Any plans for a picofly video? Like the installation and which version to get
If there’s any place in the world I’d like to see it would be Japan for sure. Nice vid dude
Thank you 🙏
Where are the shops then? Informative as I'm going soon myself.
Great video Tito! I'm heading to Japan in October, and wondering if you saw the average cost of a PS Vita? Always love your content my man. Looking forward to the rest of the travel vlog.
Was there in April and found a Vita 1000 for about 10,100yen, the going rate was around that price, but Book-off definitely had the best deals on Vita's that I stumbled across versus dedicated Retro stores.
Hey! I'm going to Japan in March, we are going to Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. Did you worry about import duty on the stuff you brought back? Also did you use any shipping service to send your stuff back or did you bring it with you on the plane? Thanks!
Awesome, we loved our trip there. There’s nothing like Japan anywhere else.
Totally agree! It’s such a unique place! Glad you enjoyed your trip!
Is that the 8 bit guy at the end? Great video. I wanna go to japan some day
Haha nope, that’s my good friend Simon!
Nice trip!
Living your best life Tito!
Japan is such a great country! 🇯🇵❤️
Totally agree!
Tito! Looks like you had a load of fun at Nintendo World at USJ. Lookin forward too see the rest of the series especially lookin forward to see what you picked up.
Hey Scruffy! Yes, Super Nintendo world was a blast! I’ll be doing a haul video at the end of the series. Also thank you again for lugging me around and taking me to some good spots for retro hunting while I was in Japan! Cheers buddy!
@@MachoNachoProductions thats awesome! It was my pleasure man glad you enjoyed your time here. lookin forward to seeing how your future adventures unfold here on youtube.
I wish that there was a Super Nintendo World in the UK.
That would be cool! I’m sure with the success of the Japanese and US one they are bound to make one in Europe!
Can't wait for the Tokyo video. I hope you found your way to BEEP.
Got my biggest score of the trip from beep! Great store!
That' so funny. I just returned from my own adventure in Japan. I was in Kyoto and Tokyo. So there's a good chance we were in the same city at the same time.
Tito! You should have tried the the biohazard walkthrough they had at universal studios, I was just there last week and that place blew my expectations on the quality they put in.
A UFO catcher with PSP games in it? I'd probably sink some yen into that.
Lots of bargains to be had in Hard-Off and sometimes Book-Off outside the 23 wards of Tokyo and around Osaka. However, you need to drive to get to them.
Fantastic! Looking forward to Kyoto!
Thank you 🙏! Kyoto was beautiful! I hope you enjoy the next video!
Looks like an awesome trip!
Thanks big G!
😢 I WANT!!!!!! 😢 - I am SO JEALOUS!! I know SO MANY people that went to Japan this Spring and Summer, but I just don't have the $ for a vacation like that... maybe I'll just move there LOL
I didn't even know you were going.. I would have helped you out with places to go and see in Kyoto, I've learned so much about the Ancient Capital over the past few years.... But I don't think it would be my FIRST CHOICE of locations for my First Japan visit.. it's just too 'touristy' and expensive, so I would have to go there in the off season and I'd want to make it an extended stay.... There are just too many temples I want to visit and see in person....
But as far as a quick 'tour' of Japan, especially being partially 'game themed' you picked the THREE BEST LOCATIONS IMO .... but as you just showed us, it was HELLA CROWDED!!! - But I had NO IDEA that 'Super Nintendo World' even existed!!! Or that Universal Studio teamed up with Nintendo like that.... MIND BLOWN!!!!
- I'm a bit confused tho... did you NOT pick up ANYTHING in this first video? You seemed to tell us all about the stuff you WISH YOU PICKED UP, but didn't say that you bought anything.... But I guess that's the hard part about not pulling the trigger - the grass ISN'T ALWAYS GREENER, ya know? Well I hope you DID eventually find some good deal in Tokyo... but I'm gonna say that I'm like 99% sure that whatever you did get, it was priced for tourists :( - You'll find a LOT of REALLY RARE and AMAZING things in Akihabara stores, but you won't find great deals very often....
- I feel like they were probably cheaper in the 90's and early 2000's but now it's just as expensive as any other Megalopolis around the world.... in other words 'how cheap do you think buying rare video games and systems in downtown Manhattan would be?" and Now that being a 'gamer' has fairly 'mainstream' and everyone has access to the internet, going to Tokyo to find cheap stuff (in the gaming world) just isn't a thing anymore.... AND as a few youtubers demonstrated after going to Computex in Taiwan, even going to Hong Kong and even mainland China isn't gonna find you ANY great deals anymore... globalization has pretty much KILLED THAT when it comes to TECH, not just GAMES.
- - ANYWAY... THANK YOU SO MUCH TITO!!!! This was a REALLY FUN look at Osaka (ESPECIALLY THE CASTLE!!!
Hey I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you so much for the comment! I did pick up some things in Osaka but I was going to do a single video at the end that shows everything! It’s true that prices are pretty high but you can still find some deals, even in Akihabara. I found a pretty good price on a console and I was shocked. Stay tuned buddy and I hope you get to visit Japan soon 👍
Hey! How do you get all of your finds out of Japan? I’m about to take a trip there and I’m not sure of the best way to get retro games and such back home to the US. 🙂
Great vid, went in 2017 and ill be going again this year!
Awesome! You’ll have an amazing time! Cheers!
Gilco were sponsors of New Japan Pro-Wrestling in the late-2000s.
That’s neat! I didn’t know that. I didnt even know they made pocky until researching the glico running man
Hope one day you visit Korea too. We have a gaming center here at Nambu station exit 5 call "Kukje Electronics center" and is on the 9th floor of that building. Is a fun place to go too. Plus the retro cafe next to it is also fun.
I would love to visit Japan one day. Great video!
Thank you dude! You’ll for sure visit there one day! Just don’t go in the summer like I did 😅 super hot
@@MachoNachoProductions lmao duly noted! Can't wait for the next Japan vlog!
Super jealous. I'll get to Japan someday...
I love that font you are using, what is it?
It’s called “Inter” in SemiBold
Oh cool! Hopefully you didn't clear them out, because I want to do the same thing when I go there this fall!
Hi, surprised you didn't go to a Hard Off to look for video game stuffs. Can't wait for the next one.
Does hard off still have anything good? It used to be a treasure trove but the last few years its been kinda bare and many locations closed, or stopped carrying videogame stuff. I've found Tokyo to be way too expensive and hard off a great way to get stuff. But that seems to have dried up mostly
Glad you enjoyed this one! I did manage to go to a few hard offs, you’ll see them in my upcoming videos 😁
I found some good stuff, you can still on occasion get some good deals
@@leroykthxdepends on the hardoff. You won't be able to find those rare hidden gem games in the junk section anymore, but you can still find some good deals
@@leroykthxyou can but not near the big cities. Over tourism has killed the market.
Japan is a retro paradise.
Agreed!
@@MachoNachoProductions too bad that prices turned to hell.... you can sometimes get better deals outside Japan for Japanese games xD
but it stil is a retro paradise not only video games but also a lot of other areas. Japanese folks tend to take great lenghts in keeping their stuff at best conditions even if old and not needed anymore.
I Wonder if you and the RetroFuture were there around the same time or did they give you the option on when you would travel? Sure it was a long trip.
Super Nintendo World! Where the lines are slow, and the processor is even slower.
🤣
Super potato is one of the most expensive stores in Japan
awesome!
Awesome!
Looks like you had fun. I think i would get confused with the difference prices in yen. I would be constantly looking at my phone trying to figure out the exchange rate.
It totally took some getting used to. I kinda got the hang of converting the currency by the end of the trip 😅
Best place in Japan for deals is yahoo auctions. Just got to be prepared to wait for it.
Wow, Super Potato in Tokyo is even more expensive than Super Potato we have here in Nagoya! Tourism making that happen I guess!
Nobody ever mentions the Super Potato in Ikebukuro.. they only talk about Akihabara location. The Ikebukuro location makes Akihabara look like a discount store.
Ikebukuro isn't much cheaper. I go there often.
I was just in Japan a month ago and I found way better deals at the Book Offs and House Offs especially the ones in the less touristy areas
Do you have shops to recommend for good deals?
Oh I see you didn't go to any HARDOFFs in Osaka... they have a Junk section with untested electronics so you could get some amazing deals as you have the knowledge and tools to fix stuff. I bought a "broken" (just needed some cleaning) PS3 controller for less than $5 and a Nintendo DSi with broken shoulder buttons for around just $10! I hope you went to HARDOFFs in Kyoto and Tokyo! And also, Summer is the worst season to travel to Japan... Autumn, Spring and Winter are definitely more enjoyable!
Totally agree, summer is brutal 🥵 I did manage to go to a bunch of hardoffs in Tokyo, stay tuned 😁
It'd be funny if you ran into Eliot from The Retro Future.
That would have been epic!
Hope you did so ‘hard-off’ stores for some cheap deals!
You went to Dorenbori without a Yakuza reference? Nani?
really fun looking trip, I will definitely be doing some retro game hunting myself. I'm making my first visit to Japan in September for the F1 Japanese Gran Prix. Anyone have any advice for a complete Japanese illiterate?
Don't provoke the Yakuza!
Dude that’s awesome! I’d love to watch F1 in Japan! Have fun dude! Definitely download google translate app for your phone. It’s an indispensable tool 👍
I LOVE the spiderman ride i ride it multiple times everytime i go to universal orlando
Totally agree! It completely exceeded my expectations! Fantastic ride!
That's the castle from COD world at war.
next time check out Akiba Kart Osaka for some real life go karting
Osaka and Tokyo prices are Messed up, I got home from Japan like 2 weeks ago. Both Book-Off, Super Potato are more expensive than western prices
There's plenty of bargains. And what's cooler going to Japan or just buying it off ebay?
Please tell me you picked up a silver model Ps2/dvr PSX! Lol
2:40 25k for Green 😂 prices are higher than our western scalpers mark their stuff
like REALLY out of control. absolute meme prices in these shops
Yeah the prices are crazy but I did manage to find some pretty good deals later on
@@MachoNachoProductions good. let me guess, in one of those bookoff stores? they're way less tourist scams
nice!
Did you go with Elliot Coll ? Or do sendico company give same deals lol
Qué viaje tan divertido
I like watching japan travel vids bcoz I dont want to go there its too "saturated" for me
A claw machine filled with psp and ds games?!
You got rekt at super potato but it's good to keep steering folks to that so they don't find the good stores 😅
Yeah the prices are pretty intense!