Yea, I really like the Otakara Soko stores. Too bad you dont have then in Tokyo. But then again, youve got other cool stores! Thanks man! Lots of cool videos coming soon 😃
8:34, that near $70 US boxed copy of Parodius Da! right under the boxed Super Metroid is a bit steep, that's usually the price for Gokujo Parodius (my boxed copy ran me $60 a few years back, but I bought it from a friend who was getting out of collecting), and less than a copy of Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius. I bought a loose cart online of Da! SFC a few years ago for under $20. Earlier in the video was a near $90 boxed Wai Wai World 2, a game I also got a few years back loose, for around $20. There are some games at this shop that are a bit overpriced sadly.
@@DestinyFomo Awesome! I actually just left Tokyo but might be back later this month. I'm sure you will have some luck :D Looking forward to seeing what you will find.
@@DestinyFomo due to time limitations I visited Akiba for 3 days and Osaka for one whole day... booooy was that a disappointment for me.... first time in 24 years Japan that I spent a whole day at Akihabara and went back to the hotel empty handed....
I was just in Nagoya in May and I can't believe I didn't know about this place! My trip started in Osaka then Kyoto, Nagoya, and Tokyo. By far the best selection of games and consoles was in Osaka. Because I didn't want to lug around 2 giant suitcases the whole trip I waited until Tokyo to buy the majority of the big stuff. I ended up getting a Gen2 Famicom, Super Famicom, and N64 - all in boxes. I would have paid less and gotten better condition boxes earlier in the trip since I found it surprisingly hard to find them in Tokyo. Akihabara especially felt kind of picked over. And I want to say, do not buy the IPS 8Bit Pocket - it worked all of one time. A total waste of 10,000 yen. Great video - makes me miss the island already.
Yea, its definitely one of the lesser known stores here. Great route! Visiting all the interesting cities. I totally get it. So many times I jumped something to buy, only then realizing I shouldve bought it. Akihabara is definitely picked over. I was there recently too and was shocked with how empty the shelves are. Its just Super Potato that still have stuff. Thanks man! Hope you get to come back soon again! More videos to come in a few days!
Good variety at that store from the looks of it. Retro games are still here in Japan, you just have to go where the tourists aren't going, which in a way makes it more fun because you'll probably go to some area that you probably wouldn't have gone to if not trying to find a random Hard/Book-Off in the middle of nowhere, haha.
Yea its great. Its just that there were so much more 4 years ago! Right, exactly! Ive gone to a couple of Hard Off’s and Books Off’s in the middle of nowhere. So theres definitely videos coming from those places. Glad to see you in the comments, Mike!
You can avoid the tourist spots that have the highest markups, but the overall market has been pushing prices up so even the lesser-known regional chains like Otakara Soko will have higher prices. Another thing to remember is that the yen is much weaker now compared to a few years ago, so the exchange rate and the duty-free tax discount gives an illusion that prices are still reasonable.
It is really sad that I went to Japan recently and several book offs and hard-offs had small collections of gameboy games(or were extremely overpriced), one of the book off stores had 6 loose gameboy cartridges. Hoping something would reduce the prices soon.
Right! I think because their inventory is so much smaller nowadays, they shoot up the prices. People are buying their stuff too fast. I see the same problem. I go to a Book Off and they Will have a few loose Game Boy games and like 3 boxed ones. Thats it. So sad.
@@RetroMoments I'm hoping to go to Nagoya the next time I visit Japan. I saw a lot of good prices in the stores that you visit and still haven't been to Nagoya. I expected the prices to be okay in Osaka(slightly better but still tiny amounts of cartridges available) and very small numbers in Tokyo.
Hi Adam I been wait a long time for your Japan video OMG IM SK EXCITED!! I still have to work on our secret console video lol for my channel. Starting your video I’m so excited 😊
Another excellent video, Adam. Love your work! I think I told ya, I can't remember, the Hard Off near my work has a Neo Geo console boxed for 660,000 yen. I am kicking myself for not picking one up a few years ago for a third of that price!!!!! Hahaha! Ah well... Anyway. Keep the videos coming! I'm loving 'em!
Thank you Mark! Glad you enjoyed it :D Haha yea, thats nuts. Honestly, I really think you should get a console before its too late. Especially since you're a fighting game fan like me :D If you find a loose one for like 30,000 yen. Pick it up! You wont regret it. If you do, Ill just buy it from you lol
@@RetroMoments I'm just south of Nagoya... There's a Treasure Cat shop in my town 🙂 - We actually mentioned this store a few times, last was when we went through an xbox360 bundle... But yeah, they really don't like me filming in there. It's probably because I go and ask. Maybe that's not the way to do things? 😕
@Team Pandory Oh cool, man! Yea I've been to that one as well, if I remember correctly. Hmm, I just start filming randomly while looking around. I've seen the staff looking at me. But no one ever said anything.
It’s incredible Nagoya has game shops open till midnight! Baffling! Glad common games are priced fairly anyway. Boxed games are way cheaper than boxed Swedish games for sure!
Right!? Its an amazing feeling to be able to game hunt so late. Nagoya at night is beautiful too! Oh yes, deals are still to be found here, even though a lot of stores are catching up to what the prices are in eBay or Tradera.
good video, so many cool games for decent prices!! and 7:28 that's pokemon mystery dungeon - red rescue team. and at 9:34 there is a 16bit pocket md!!!! it's a portable for mega drive cartridges, which was a official release by sega (in 2019, if i'm not mistaken). and 11:50 the 8bit pocket for famicom cartridges. i really love these consoles that make home console games into portable games, it's so cool
Man, I was in Japan 10 days ago, I do hunting at Hardoffs & bookoffs just like you, I focus on Tokyo outskirts areas, I once did Sapporo , I don't do videos like you, It's more personal to me, I could swear you are right, the good deals & really rare stuff are fading out, I can notice it because I did couple of tours before this last one, I feel it the most with PS1 games & consoles in general. Love this hoppy & I love the fact that there are people like me from the world are doing it too, I just don't wish that too many people start doing it because then games will disappear even more quickly hahaha and some empty collectors are really doing it in a harming way, they collect everything even stuff that they don't have personal memories with (for flipping I guess 😡), stupid. keep up the good hunt, give consoles more focus please. Thanks
to chime in on this topic: I do think that to some extend Japanese retro games are disappearing from the local market. Since foreign collectors and also players do not usually sell them back to the stores or other Japanese people for obvious reasons. not as extreme as portrayed by some on the internet but there is some impact. I'd think that during Corona a lot of ppl probably also sold off their stuff due to financial reasons which might have helped the shops to stock on games. due to time limitation (I was in Japan for 3 weeks and came back last Friday) I was limited to visiting Akihabara and Osaka Dendentown only :/ which was quite a letdown.... prices have gone up high since my last visit in 2018 and due to Corona I guess. Japan opening it's borders to all tourists probably also had an additional impact. The high end and sought after games were extremely expensive.. What also shocked me (at least for PC Engine and Saturn) was that a lot of low to mid level games that cost likd 2000-5000 Yen where now between 10.000 to 30.000 Yen....crazy... not to talk about the Neo Geo - those prices were outright bs... also that fresh and retro feeling when you enter the shops went somewhat missing with 99% of the people inside being tourists ^^ only Japanese I saw at Potato and Trader where the sales clerks xD I kept asking myself each time whether I am visiting Tokyo or Paris xD
@@paulbuchanan7781 "The stores were very crowded and I noticed extra signage regarding tourist behaviour that weren't up last time I went. " haha saw those too
So the collectors are comming. I dont like that. This "investment" mentality. To buy just for the investment and driving prices up. Its strange cause there are millions auf retro games in japan, the prices should stay stable.
@@accountname8819 well the Japanese shops and Japanese people aren't stupid. They see what a lot of people are willing to pay so they are selling out everything to either wealthy Japanese collectors or like in many cases to foreigners who are willing to pay the prices. it also heavily depends on the game system and the specific titles. Games that were sold in the millions are often the popular titles on each system. Niche games, niche game systems or games that had a smaller release are usually hit the hardest by the price spikes. and ofc there are also those games who noone seems to be really interested in but get nevertheless a price "upgrade"... an often used method is also raising prices of a certain title once a copy has sold. Surugaya and Mandarake love to do that.... short anecdote: a friend of mine bought a mint Eliminate Down for Mega Drive at Mandarake Osaka for 1000$. Next to it was a 2nd copy with a slight sunfade for 900$. When we went back to the store a couple of days later, that exact sunfaded copy of Eliminate Down had a new price tag of 1100$. that's how it works....
I'm visiting Tokyo in a few months. I'm mainly going to be in the Akihabara area. Do you know the best place to find Vita games? And are the prices somewhat reasonable depending on the game?
@@accountname8819 Supply and demand. If they know some people will pay for the huge mark-ups on some games, the owners of the stores will get as much as they can. I don't blame them. Retro game hunting has exploded in popularity recently.
This joint has a decent selection it seems. Prices also appear to be a tad lower than the stores in my neck of the woods. Also, I have Under Defeat HD on the PS3. It's good, but the slowdown can be brutal. Looking forward to the next video, cheers!
Oh yes. But you should watch old video I made from this store in 2020. The selection was waaay bigger. Found some amazing games in there at the time. Oh you do!? Would you suggest the Dreamcast version instead then?
@@RetroMoments Yeah, better to shell out the extra dough for the Dreamcast version. I recall seeing a copy at Super Potato in Ikebukuro a while back. It was going for around ¥11,000.
@@RetroMoments also I suspect that when you can get x,y and z in mint condition, some of that "specialty" of owning it is lost (...duh). Like if we could get mint and boxed nes,snes,n64 games for cheap here in west I suspect a large part of collectors wouldnt even get them. and I got some evidence for it ofc, I mean I remember here in Sweden at stores them selling gamecube games on insane sales during the wii/360 era YET NOBODY BOUGHT THEM, I found skies of arcadia and fire emblem for like 50-100 kr and never sold out for over a year at the store. but then scalpers realized the value of rarity and cleaned stores. But let say I could find these games again all over the place, would people pick them up? probably not, since they didnt until it had a monetary value and scarcity - which makes me suspect japanese gamers realize digitally is better for them personally since they can collect physically anyway if they really wanted.
13:38 The signs say 売り下さい (please sell) so those are the prices that the store wants to buy those games at, not the prices that the games are sold for.
11,800 yen for Metal Slug for the Saturn, yikes! I still remember buying it off someone from a forum a decade or so ago, $10. 5:04 That beautiful boxed copy of Puyo Puyo Sun for N64, I have the Saturn and PS1 versions (I still lack the GBC one), and if I had an N64, Sun would definitely be in that system's collection. But it's tough collecting for NES/FC, SNES/SFC, Genesis/MD, Game Boy, some PS2, a little PC Engine CD (No console to run the 4 games I have, so I run the legit discs in emulator), PS1, and Saturn. I have a PSP and a DS, as well as a Wii, but I don't collect for say for those, though the PSP has stuff I do want. As I said in another video, those games behind glass don't tend to be rare, few are. Those games that are stupidly high priced are the games most sought after by collectors, myself included, but I won't break the bank to pay the ridiculous prices those same games go for online. I have managed to get at least 2 Saturn games that were horribly expensive then, for a mere $20 a pop, a middle of the night start of a buy it now Elevator Action Returns, and a manual less buy it now Kingdom Grandprix. Rare would be something like the Gold Punchout FC carts, or Tetris on the Mega Drive, both don't have a ton of carts made. Stuff like Mizubaku Daibouken on Saturn, aka Liquid Kids, from Taito, those didn't really see a high print run, probably why the game fetches up to $1,000, yes 1 grand in price, for copies. A friend snagged one for me from a French seller over a decade ago for $75, complete with spinecard.
Rip... Guess they are all gone😂 jk Great vid as always! Thankfully ill be hitting up Japan soon for some retro games... and maybe start some retro game hunt videos.
not according to Mad Panic Gaming. Have u checked his channel yet ? He found retro treasures every episode. Akiba stores are where all foreign tourists go. So of course retro game stores in Akiba have empty stock
Yea, I've been watching his channel for years. Actually, any store in the bigger cities have way less games compared to 4 years ago only. I've been around to at least 30 different Hard Offs / Book Off's here in Nagoya. And all of them have less games than before. Most Video Game Stores still have a lot in stock however.
Hello rétro moments I was in Japan in November 2022 and in March 2023 and I made the same conclusions as you. I saw in four months games increased. Good trip ✌️
Cool! Sure you can have it, man! Hope you find some nice games. In Google Maps search "Treasure Soko Hotta shop" Here: maps.app.goo.gl/8D1qTG3kvEHcy6A2A
Absolutely! There are still games to be found. But if you look at my old video from 3 years ago from the very same place. There are now less games… ruclips.net/video/p_LXna9_vXw/видео.html
Good to see prices are reasonable and shelves have plenty of stock👍🏼 Keep it going man👌
Yea, I really like the Otakara Soko stores. Too bad you dont have then in Tokyo. But then again, youve got other cool stores!
Thanks man! Lots of cool videos coming soon 😃
8:34, that near $70 US boxed copy of Parodius Da! right under the boxed Super Metroid is a bit steep, that's usually the price for Gokujo Parodius (my boxed copy ran me $60 a few years back, but I bought it from a friend who was getting out of collecting), and less than a copy of Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius. I bought a loose cart online of Da! SFC a few years ago for under $20. Earlier in the video was a near $90 boxed Wai Wai World 2, a game I also got a few years back loose, for around $20.
There are some games at this shop that are a bit overpriced sadly.
Great to see you back in Japan, doing some back to the roots game hunting videos. 😊
Vlono!! Thanks man! Feels good to be back. Expect some amazing finds in the coming videos 😃
Good to see prices are still reasonable. Flying to Japan myself end of the month . So excited !
Yea, still lots of retro games in amazing condition to be found for cheap. Ah thats cool :D Enjoy the hunt!
dude it was so hard for me to find what I was looking for while over there. so many empty shelves.
Riiiight! Its definitely less than ever before. Feels kinda unreal. Hopefully theres more stuff out in the surburbs.
@@RetroMoments im heading back over there in a few days. I hope I have better luck lol
@@DestinyFomo Awesome! I actually just left Tokyo but might be back later this month. I'm sure you will have some luck :D Looking forward to seeing what you will find.
@@DestinyFomo due to time limitations I visited Akiba for 3 days and Osaka for one whole day... booooy was that a disappointment for me....
first time in 24 years Japan that I spent a whole day at Akihabara and went back to the hotel empty handed....
@@retrogames_jp1404 I found a good handful of stuff off my list but there was a ton I just couldn't find. I'll try again in a few days lol
I was just in Nagoya in May and I can't believe I didn't know about this place! My trip started in Osaka then Kyoto, Nagoya, and Tokyo. By far the best selection of games and consoles was in Osaka. Because I didn't want to lug around 2 giant suitcases the whole trip I waited until Tokyo to buy the majority of the big stuff. I ended up getting a Gen2 Famicom, Super Famicom, and N64 - all in boxes. I would have paid less and gotten better condition boxes earlier in the trip since I found it surprisingly hard to find them in Tokyo. Akihabara especially felt kind of picked over.
And I want to say, do not buy the IPS 8Bit Pocket - it worked all of one time. A total waste of 10,000 yen.
Great video - makes me miss the island already.
Yea, its definitely one of the lesser known stores here.
Great route! Visiting all the interesting cities.
I totally get it. So many times I jumped something to buy, only then realizing I shouldve bought it.
Akihabara is definitely picked over. I was there recently too and was shocked with how empty the shelves are. Its just Super Potato that still have stuff.
Thanks man! Hope you get to come back soon again! More videos to come in a few days!
Good variety at that store from the looks of it. Retro games are still here in Japan, you just have to go where the tourists aren't going, which in a way makes it more fun because you'll probably go to some area that you probably wouldn't have gone to if not trying to find a random Hard/Book-Off in the middle of nowhere, haha.
Yea its great. Its just that there were so much more 4 years ago!
Right, exactly! Ive gone to a couple of Hard Off’s and Books Off’s in the middle of nowhere. So theres definitely videos coming from those places.
Glad to see you in the comments, Mike!
You can avoid the tourist spots that have the highest markups, but the overall market has been pushing prices up so even the lesser-known regional chains like Otakara Soko will have higher prices. Another thing to remember is that the yen is much weaker now compared to a few years ago, so the exchange rate and the duty-free tax discount gives an illusion that prices are still reasonable.
Hi mate great video glad to see u back 😊
Hey Wicket! Thanks! Lots of videos coming. Glad to see you here :D
It is really sad that I went to Japan recently and several book offs and hard-offs had small collections of gameboy games(or were extremely overpriced), one of the book off stores had 6 loose gameboy cartridges. Hoping something would reduce the prices soon.
This was Osaka and some parts of Tokyo.
Right! I think because their inventory is so much smaller nowadays, they shoot up the prices. People are buying their stuff too fast.
I see the same problem. I go to a Book Off and they Will have a few loose Game Boy games and like 3 boxed ones. Thats it. So sad.
@@RetroMoments I'm hoping to go to Nagoya the next time I visit Japan. I saw a lot of good prices in the stores that you visit and still haven't been to Nagoya. I expected the prices to be okay in Osaka(slightly better but still tiny amounts of cartridges available) and very small numbers in Tokyo.
Hi Adam I been wait a long time for your Japan video OMG IM SK EXCITED!! I still have to work on our secret console video lol for my channel. Starting your video I’m so excited 😊
Another excellent video, Adam. Love your work! I think I told ya, I can't remember, the Hard Off near my work has a Neo Geo console boxed for 660,000 yen. I am kicking myself for not picking one up a few years ago for a third of that price!!!!! Hahaha! Ah well... Anyway. Keep the videos coming! I'm loving 'em!
Thank you Mark! Glad you enjoyed it :D
Haha yea, thats nuts. Honestly, I really think you should get a console before its too late. Especially since you're a fighting game fan like me :D If you find a loose one for like 30,000 yen. Pick it up! You wont regret it. If you do, Ill just buy it from you lol
Great video!! Fun to see a place not usually visited in the game hunting videos here on YT
The treasure cat shops usually get angry and tell you to stop recording.
Thanks man! 😃 Yes, I think Im the only one filming in Otakara Soko stores. Could also be because these stores only exist in Nagoya!
@@RetroMoments I'm just south of Nagoya... There's a Treasure Cat shop in my town 🙂 - We actually mentioned this store a few times, last was when we went through an xbox360 bundle... But yeah, they really don't like me filming in there. It's probably because I go and ask. Maybe that's not the way to do things? 😕
Really? Nobody ever told me anything.
@Team Pandory Oh cool, man! Yea I've been to that one as well, if I remember correctly.
Hmm, I just start filming randomly while looking around. I've seen the staff looking at me. But no one ever said anything.
I’ve waited so long for this!
Ive waited for you to comment that!
It’s incredible Nagoya has game shops open till midnight! Baffling! Glad common games are priced fairly anyway. Boxed games are way cheaper than boxed Swedish games for sure!
Right!? Its an amazing feeling to be able to game hunt so late. Nagoya at night is beautiful too!
Oh yes, deals are still to be found here, even though a lot of stores are catching up to what the prices are in eBay or Tradera.
@@RetroMoments I bet! Apart from game hunting, what are your plans for Nagoya? I know nothing about the city.
good video, so many cool games for decent prices!! and 7:28 that's pokemon mystery dungeon - red rescue team. and at 9:34 there is a 16bit pocket md!!!! it's a portable for mega drive cartridges, which was a official release by sega (in 2019, if i'm not mistaken). and 11:50 the 8bit pocket for famicom cartridges. i really love these consoles that make home console games into portable games, it's so cool
More of the goodness man :) Enjoyed the video as always
Glad you liked it, Kjell! :D I recorded a Super Famicom Special Hunt today, just for you! ;)
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Visst! Det är lika magiskt som man tror också :D
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Man, I was in Japan 10 days ago, I do hunting at Hardoffs & bookoffs just like you, I focus on Tokyo outskirts areas, I once did Sapporo , I don't do videos like you, It's more personal to me, I could swear you are right, the good deals & really rare stuff are fading out, I can notice it because I did couple of tours before this last one, I feel it the most with PS1 games & consoles in general. Love this hoppy & I love the fact that there are people like me from the world are doing it too, I just don't wish that too many people start doing it because then games will disappear even more quickly hahaha
and some empty collectors are really doing it in a harming way, they collect everything even stuff that they don't have personal memories with (for flipping I guess 😡), stupid.
keep up the good hunt, give consoles more focus please.
Thanks
So nice that you are back in Japan! I would have picked up that SOTN for sure 😄
Thanks, nesfreak! I can tell you, I was very close to picking it up…
to chime in on this topic:
I do think that to some extend Japanese retro games are disappearing from the local market. Since foreign collectors and also players do not usually sell them back to the stores or other Japanese people for obvious reasons.
not as extreme as portrayed by some on the internet but there is some impact. I'd think that during Corona a lot of ppl probably also sold off their stuff due to financial reasons which might have helped the shops to stock on games.
due to time limitation (I was in Japan for 3 weeks and came back last Friday) I was limited to visiting Akihabara and Osaka Dendentown only :/ which was quite a letdown....
prices have gone up high since my last visit in 2018 and due to Corona I guess. Japan opening it's borders to all tourists probably also had an additional impact.
The high end and sought after games were extremely expensive..
What also shocked me (at least for PC Engine and Saturn) was that a lot of low to mid level games that cost likd 2000-5000 Yen where now between 10.000 to 30.000 Yen....crazy...
not to talk about the Neo Geo - those prices were outright bs...
also that fresh and retro feeling when you enter the shops went somewhat missing with 99% of the people inside being tourists ^^ only Japanese I saw at Potato and Trader where the sales clerks xD
I kept asking myself each time whether I am visiting Tokyo or Paris xD
@@paulbuchanan7781 "The stores were very crowded and I noticed extra signage regarding tourist behaviour that weren't up last time I went. "
haha saw those too
So the collectors are comming. I dont like that. This "investment" mentality. To buy just for the investment and driving prices up. Its strange cause there are millions auf retro games in japan, the prices should stay stable.
@@accountname8819 well the Japanese shops and Japanese people aren't stupid. They see what a lot of people are willing to pay so they are selling out everything to either wealthy Japanese collectors or like in many cases to foreigners who are willing to pay the prices.
it also heavily depends on the game system and the specific titles. Games that were sold in the millions are often the popular titles on each system. Niche games, niche game systems or games that had a smaller release are usually hit the hardest by the price spikes.
and ofc there are also those games who noone seems to be really interested in but get nevertheless a price "upgrade"...
an often used method is also raising prices of a certain title once a copy has sold.
Surugaya and Mandarake love to do that....
short anecdote: a friend of mine bought a mint Eliminate Down for Mega Drive at Mandarake Osaka for 1000$. Next to it was a 2nd copy with a slight sunfade for 900$. When we went back to the store a couple of days later, that exact sunfaded copy of Eliminate Down had a new price tag of 1100$.
that's how it works....
I'm visiting Tokyo in a few months. I'm mainly going to be in the Akihabara area. Do you know the best place to find Vita games? And are the prices somewhat reasonable depending on the game?
@@accountname8819 Supply and demand. If they know some people will pay for the huge mark-ups on some games, the owners of the stores will get as much as they can. I don't blame them. Retro game hunting has exploded in popularity recently.
Very cool seeing you in Japan and I can't wait to see where in Japan you'll go next.😊
Thanks man! Lots of amazing videos already recorded. Wait until you see this :D
Helt otrolig video :). Skulle varit roligt att åka till Japan :). Fast man hade väl blivit helt snurrig av alla retro saker :)
Tackar! Kommer mer och bättre kan jag lova redan nu 😃 Ja det är helt överväldigande första gången man är där!
This joint has a decent selection it seems. Prices also appear to be a tad lower than the stores in my neck of the woods. Also, I have Under Defeat HD on the PS3. It's good, but the slowdown can be brutal. Looking forward to the next video, cheers!
Oh yes. But you should watch old video I made from this store in 2020. The selection was waaay bigger. Found some amazing games in there at the time.
Oh you do!? Would you suggest the Dreamcast version instead then?
@@RetroMoments Yeah, better to shell out the extra dough for the Dreamcast version. I recall seeing a copy at Super Potato in Ikebukuro a while back. It was going for around ¥11,000.
even Japan is going digitally, make sense with small apartments.
Yea exactly! And even lots of more Japanese people finding games and selling on eBay!
@@RetroMoments also I suspect that when you can get x,y and z in mint condition, some of that "specialty" of owning it is lost (...duh). Like if we could get mint and boxed nes,snes,n64 games for cheap here in west I suspect a large part of collectors wouldnt even get them. and I got some evidence for it ofc, I mean I remember here in Sweden at stores them selling gamecube games on insane sales during the wii/360 era YET NOBODY BOUGHT THEM, I found skies of arcadia and fire emblem for like 50-100 kr and never sold out for over a year at the store. but then scalpers realized the value of rarity and cleaned stores. But let say I could find these games again all over the place, would people pick them up? probably not, since they didnt until it had a monetary value and scarcity - which makes me suspect japanese gamers realize digitally is better for them personally since they can collect physically anyway if they really wanted.
@@RetroMomentsand making them over priced lol I hate digital games I need to go to Japan with u next year lol 😊
13:38 The signs say 売り下さい (please sell) so those are the prices that the store wants to buy those games at, not the prices that the games are sold for.
Oh I totally missed that. Thanks for the heads up, Eric!
11,800 yen for Metal Slug for the Saturn, yikes! I still remember buying it off someone from a forum a decade or so ago, $10.
5:04 That beautiful boxed copy of Puyo Puyo Sun for N64, I have the Saturn and PS1 versions (I still lack the GBC one), and if I had an N64, Sun would definitely be in that system's collection. But it's tough collecting for NES/FC, SNES/SFC, Genesis/MD, Game Boy, some PS2, a little PC Engine CD (No console to run the 4 games I have, so I run the legit discs in emulator), PS1, and Saturn. I have a PSP and a DS, as well as a Wii, but I don't collect for say for those, though the PSP has stuff I do want.
As I said in another video, those games behind glass don't tend to be rare, few are. Those games that are stupidly high priced are the games most sought after by collectors, myself included, but I won't break the bank to pay the ridiculous prices those same games go for online. I have managed to get at least 2 Saturn games that were horribly expensive then, for a mere $20 a pop, a middle of the night start of a buy it now Elevator Action Returns, and a manual less buy it now Kingdom Grandprix.
Rare would be something like the Gold Punchout FC carts, or Tetris on the Mega Drive, both don't have a ton of carts made. Stuff like Mizubaku Daibouken on Saturn, aka Liquid Kids, from Taito, those didn't really see a high print run, probably why the game fetches up to $1,000, yes 1 grand in price, for copies. A friend snagged one for me from a French seller over a decade ago for $75, complete with spinecard.
I kinda cringed when I saw the price labels on the label of the carts. Are they easy to get off without ruining the cart label?
Actually they are. I bought a few Super Famicom games from this store. I had No problem taking it off, honestly.
Love your video.❤
I 'm watching in Thailand.
Thank you
Looks like they still have a lot of games.. Awesome stuff ...
Common games are still here. Rare games on the other hand…
Rip... Guess they are all gone😂 jk
Great vid as always!
Thankfully ill be hitting up Japan soon for some retro games... and maybe start some retro game hunt videos.
Haha right 😂😃 Awesome! Theres defintiely deals to be made out there. Ill check out your videos if you publish them!
@@RetroMoments Ayy! I appreciate it 😁
not according to Mad Panic Gaming.
Have u checked his channel yet ? He found retro treasures every episode.
Akiba stores are where all foreign tourists go. So of course retro game stores in Akiba have empty stock
Yea, I've been watching his channel for years. Actually, any store in the bigger cities have way less games compared to 4 years ago only. I've been around to at least 30 different Hard Offs / Book Off's here in Nagoya. And all of them have less games than before. Most Video Game Stores still have a lot in stock however.
Wonderful!
Glad you liked it, Vincent! More to come very soon!
Hello rétro moments I was in Japan in November 2022 and in March 2023 and I made the same conclusions as you. I saw in four months games increased.
Good trip ✌️
Hey Nicky! Right! Its totally different. I just recorded a NEO-GEO Special Hunt btw. Its coming soon :D
@@RetroMoments oh great I look 👀 forward ✌️
The hunt in Neo Geo is different now low prices are rare
Nice vids, what is the name of this shop and where it is? Thx
Thanks! 😃 Otakara Soko Hotta, in Nagoya!
Bro can you lend me the adress of this store? , i wll go to Nagoya in 1 week!!!, i want to pay a visit there
Cool! Sure you can have it, man! Hope you find some nice games.
In Google Maps search "Treasure Soko Hotta shop"
Here: maps.app.goo.gl/8D1qTG3kvEHcy6A2A
that is one godawful version of "fast car" 🤢
Timestamp? Not sure Ive noticed it.
the song that plays from 3:00 thru 6:55
Oh the song, I see. I didnt know it.
Aren’t you afraid walking around at night?
No! Japan is a very safe country!
it looks like retros games are staying in Japan
Absolutely! There are still games to be found.
But if you look at my old video from 3 years ago from the very same place. There are now less games…
ruclips.net/video/p_LXna9_vXw/видео.html
Im number like 69 😊
Haha congrats, Sara! That aint a bad number :D
Yes they are disappearing because i'm buying them all.
I had a feeling it could be you haha.
You sound Swedish, am i right?
I am! How did you know? Are you Swedish too?
@@RetroMoments English but have several Swedish mates that I met in japan and Thailand, we share a similar sense of humour. Stay cool bro.
Oh thats cool! Yea, totally get what you're saying. I like English people too!
haha they got some nice stuff overe there in Nagojja! I'd want that metal slug
Riiiight! Me too. Too bad its kinda pricey. I got the first Metal Slug on the PS1 from BookOff at least.
@@RetroMoments Brukar du köpa med spel hem till Sverige till folk? :)