I Searched for Japan's BEST Retro Game Store
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- Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024
- I'm back in Japan for more retro game hunting! This time I'm driving across western Japan, searching Hard Off, Surugaya, and tons more tiny shops for the best prices on retro games and consoles!
Pokémon GO Channel: @trnrtips
Prices are based on the conversion rate at the time of filming and may be different today.
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I respect these shops for not immediately throwing away broken stuff, knowing that someone will come by and buy the items to fix and enjoy. Yet again, Japan is peak.
I know a shop here that does it too, but if the cartridge slot doesn’t work they call it a “digital edition” and still charge way too much
I'd say it's because taking care of your possessions has a long history in Japan. I mean, you've got the practice of "kintsugi" where you repair broken dishes with gold, which makes them more beautiful. There's even folktales of objects becoming spirits after existing for 100 years, and they'll be good or evil spirts depending on if they were well-cared for.
Ive heard its expensive to throw away stuff in Japan so its better to hold on it and then bin it off to hard off.
@@danielstefanovic2604 To an extent. Depending on where you live, large items need a fee to be disposed of. Games certainly don't fit under that category, I once found a Super Famicom thrown out!
🤨 because by not throwing “junk” away, they can make money off of it (better than zero) - what’s there to respect from, it’s business.
Its wild how high the prices have gotten. It wasn't that long ago that GameCube's were ¥500 yen all day.
Seriously? That's so cheap!!
@@niicespiice I can't blame them for taking advantage of what torists will cough up/pay lol
You can thank all the tourist and foreign flippers for that.
@@lookitskazzy yeaaaaaaa, covid was nice for keeping them away.
Well a GameCube should cost more than 500 yen 😅
Didn’t think you’d top last years video, this is solid content! Thanks for taking us on this nostalgic journey!
Nick putting me on Hard-off changed my first Japan trip significantly 🙌🏽
Just don't mistake it for hard-on
I would watch this type of content for forever. Plz more good sir! Good work.
The Tsuruya section was so cute! I hope he and his lil shop are doing fine
Glad i had notifications on for the channel. So cool to see you uploading some stuff for us.
Everyone's like where is my bro with his cool video's
I love hunting remote hard off stores. Sir you are living my dream! I have a map of like 250+ hard off/bookoff/other used stores in case I ever went to those areas
Is your map shareable, like a custom Google Map? If so: I'd love to see it.
Share the map with us 🙏
It’s very outdated. I’ll try to make a stripped out version without my holiday junk in it :)
Share when you have it ready :)
@@missingo2141yes plz
Only about 1/3rd of the way through the vid so far, but man I absolutely missed these style videos from you Nick! You are an amazing story teller and it has always been something that draws me into your content. Thank you for always taking us along with you on your adventures
Welcome back! I did a double-take 😅
You should get the initial d game
Same here.. trainer tips!!!
Coincidentally just a couple of days ago I checked the channel to see if I might have missed a video here, but now I realized I had the bell on as there actually is a new video... and what a nice one!
I love these retro hunting videos in Japan from you! I have to play/pause/play/pause all the time checking everything thoroughly for all these treasures. These stores are just so interesting and fascinating.
So much history and so many gems. (I'd have loved to see you test that InitialD game on stream, for example) 14:35 I'd always like to help out translating if you wanted to try these old Japanese games, but that would probably be quite slow. It was always fun when you played the good old Japanese GameBoy games on stream though :)
14:40 Shinchan spotted (17:25 another two!). Looks intriguing! Feels like in these shops you could always use another person or two next to you helping you spot and research things while browsing through the shops.
I hoep, for some games you got on your trip, we'll see some streams (probably after work in the new home has calmed down a bit) ^^
26:55 I believe I have NBA Street V3 for the gamecube, but I can't remember Mario and Luigi in it. I'll have to chech that out again! Nice find!
29:50 Super Metroid is one of my favorite games. 100$ is fairly steep, but understandable (I'd need to get a SNES first though).
Last year you went to (amongst many others) the Hard-Off in Hachioji. I went there a few months later on my first trip to Japan after more than 5 years. I hesitated a bit and didn't buy that much, but it was great fun. (16:05 I regret not buying a few things after I was already back home... Pokemon SoulSilver for example. It had a decent price. Not sure why I hesitated there).
My next trip is planned for November. This time starting in Osaka and heading to Tokyo via Hokuriku. Besides lots of sightseeing, delicious food, etc. I'm hoping to find some good retro deals as well. I'd surely love to go on a hunt with you some day :)
Awesome video again, Nick! I'm looking forward to the next one here, and of course over on the Pokemon GO channel as well. Take care 🙂
I absolutely love these videos from Nick. I could literally watch a 6 hour cut
OMG!!! I just rewatched your old video! No wonder you are back in Japan again!! Excited to finally visit Japan next year! 🎉🎉🎉
It is always fun to remote browse through Japanese thrift stores, I would go broke if I ever made it there xD Thanks for taking us along!
I would love to see a video about your MTG Commander experience!
Bro could afford to go to Hoenn after already visiting Kanto and then complained a $70 working Gamecube was too expensive.
Lol
His dad probably paid for the holiday.
This video took me by surprise and took away 45 minutes of my sleeping time, but I do not regret it.
I stopped playing Pokemon Go then dropped into Pikmin Bloom.
Hi Nick, so happy to watch your video, especially as I was doing the same thing 3 months ago in Japan, especially in Kyushu area 😄 I just wanted to say that indeed, Bookbox in Kagoshima is an amazing place to visit. It's 2 old gentlemen that own the store, they are passionate and we had a blast. This place looks like a museum, it's almost overwhelming. Anyway, it's really nice to see you wandering around the same stores, it brings back nice memories. Thanks for the video! Cheers mate
Been following since 2016, and your travel vlogs have always been my favorite of your content. This bargain hunter format is a great, and I hope you do more of this. If you ever do Commander content, I would really like to watch since I'm super into Commander as well.
Excellent Video, last years video was one of my favorites and this is even better! thanks for sharing
I could watch people shop for games in Japan all day. Love this.
Welcome Back!!! You can't believe how much i have waited for another video!!!!
Wow, I am in Japan right now and I pulled up the old video just yesterday, which helped me find the super cool Hard Off in Kanazawa. I spent 2,5 fun hours there today browsing the big retro games section, thanks to you. My favourite find is something I can't fit in my suitcase, a Beatmania IIDX controller lol. And now this video pops up on my feed, amazing! Watched it instantly in the hotel and I am looking into Surugaya stores next ❤🎉 Thanks so much for making these video's
had no idea this channel was a thing. i saw the thumbnail and thought it was a trainertips video. glad to be here. insta sub. you have a personality that shines through no matter what the content is centered around
Nick I honestly love this style of video compared to the normal pokemon go content, I hope that maybe in the future you could post more in this channel when in and when not in Japan!
Thank you for creating and sharing this. I loved last years hunting videos and this year is even better
this video was absolutely awesome! I loved seeing all the stores and the b-roll footage of Japan too
I hope suruya san's business gets some more attention, he seems like a genuine guy.
As a huge anime and video game lover, Book Off was like heaven for me! I bought so much stuff there! This video reminded me of how much fun my friends and I had searching for Book Offs in Nagoya while studying abroad. Thank you! c:
I love these videos, even more than the Pogo videos. Just love the vlog style. Keep it up plz!
just watched the whole thing, thank you so much, i enjoyed everything including the nice fast-paced editing.
Such a great video. Love seeing all the retro stuff. ❤
I really just love these videos, please keep making more!
Glad you’re back over here!
Planning an upcoming trip and this came at the PERFECT time
watched this in the background while i played botw! great video!!!
Loved the video as much as last years one. Went to Japan for 3weeks recently and I used your video to find the best locations for hard offs, safe to say it helped me find really good deals! :D
So where are the best ones?
@@TheMysteryDriver I would say the hard off in Hachioji, managed to grab myself pokemon leaf green in box (without manuel but still) for 20€, red rescue team mystery dungeon complete for 13€ and pokemon b, w, d, p for 8€ each.
@@awoken7145 thanks
Didn’t realize I would watch this 52 seconds after release! Hey Nick!
-Nick
Thank you for sharing your trip, was such a fun watch, and love doing thrift shopping like this for retro games and consoles with friends.
thanks for doing this. Seriously, great job, because hard-offs and similar 2nd hand stores have been increasing their prices rapidly in Tokyo alone! And it is all thanks to us Westerners wanting to purchase these cool relics of a more innocent time.
By making more videos like these, you are decreasing the chances of people being able to afford this cool stuff not just for westerners, but especially Japanese people that are suffering from a weak yen and being in such bad condition that buying vegetables is getting more difficult, basically shifting the audience it is marketing towards from it's citizens, to tourists!
Thanks for helping the economy and for these stores needing to increase prices because you basically gave all of these a huge advertisement for free!
Thank you!
Awesome video Nick! I’m all hyped to play my Gbc and GBA now. Ima go dig them out of my closet right now!!
I always love when a new video pops up on this channel. Really cool retro hunting adventure. Can’t wait to check out some of these stores myself on the next Japan trip! Super detailed and helpful
Dude! So rad seeing you adventure and happy as! ❤
I really like this video! Thanks for posting this.
omg yes! i love this content! these stores are modders dream!
So happy you uploaded this Nick. Great content and can't wait to go to one of my dream destinations Japan one day.
Hey its good to see another video. And its another banger as usual 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Not me seeing the E-Kara mic in the background of one of the shots and instantly having a nostalgia trip about remembering it existing and going down an obscure rabbit hole
ありがとうございます❤
Those atmos dunks at 34:33 are at 1000 usd+ resell value and they had them for 342.11 usd I love this content btw keep it coming!
This was a fun watch. I spent many hours wandering around Hard Off when I lived in Shikoku. By the way, I love how you apologize for neglecting the Sony fans when you actually completely neglected the Sega fans!
Been waiting for some Trainer tips content. Didnt realized you posted this video. Notification bell has been turned on from now on. 😎
Great vid!!! Damn that fog to burny ash segue was nuts, hope everyones OK!!!
Big LOL at the "Bonus round!" shop opportunity ahaha
As usual chapeau mate!!! Love those hunting videos!!! :D
Love this channel I can see you happy more doing this
I wish retro gameshops in the US had similar prices. Instead, they price gauge for nostalgia.
Those crammed boutique stores are such a gem, super potato doesn't even scratch the surface of how good some of them are :)
This is so cool, thank you for sharing! When I lived in NYC, I practically lived in the Book Off downtown, so it was cool to see the chain referenced.
Great content man! Thrifting can be fun and you've hit my passion with retro stuff. I'm kinda surprised that the gamecubes go for more money then the wii's as both can play GC games if memory serves.
Nice, let's go, I watched your OG video back then and since then I was wondering why you suddenly stopped. Going to watch this when I go back home.
I watched the video of your first trip to Japan just the other day, so I'm super hyped for this one. These videos are so niche but somehow convey such a chill, relaxing atmosphere. I really feel like visiting Japan now to hunt for retro video games haha. Cheers for the upload!
so basically you searching for the cheapest video game store in the hoenn region
Hey nick I fell off from watching pogo-tubers but you drawed me in with this video . Keep it up !
Yesssssss when I got the notification for this I was soooo stoked
I live in Okinawa and Hard Off is my favorite store on island. Since there are a lot of US military members here, the Hard Offs have a good mix of American and Japanese games
Nick with a retro game hunt? Let’s go!
The Gameboy classic I had as a kid and even up until a few years ago, looked just like the green one you got! So many memories playing Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Pinball on it!
I like this content bro, I’ve been super hard into the retro stuff lately. Haven’t been playing much pogo
Those prices are getting more depressing each and every video i see....doesn't seem like 5 minutes ago i was living there and buying fami's/super/n64/gc consoles for 500 yen all you can carry.
Seriously only a few years back I got an n64 for maybe a few dollars. Glad I went when I did and got most of my kingdom hearts collection. Should have grabbed more though.
Oh my goodness, I need to go to Japan… the culture, the retro shops, the amount of Pokemon during live events there… cant wait to fly there.
Awesome video dude!
The Gamecube was quite well packaged, getting a complete in box will not occupy much more space than getting each component loose. Worst case scenario you can unfold the box and have it flat with the items scattered as it best suits you.
Liked this video. I would go crazy on the Pokémon TCG
As a native of the US, Surugaya online has come in clutch for me time and time again.
Hold up# game cube Gameboy adapters are NOT region locked! I'm using a Japanese adapter on my US GameCube right now!
The Gameboy Player itself isn’t region locked, but the startup disc is.
The legend is back 🔥🔥🔥
So glad you’re enjoying your trip to Japan! ✨💖✨
These type of videos hit different, would be cool if you did something similar in other countries!
You should check out retro dodo. They're doing a whole "game stores across UK" series
Went to Book-Off Super Bazaar in Hiroshima at the end of a 2 week trip to Japan and it was a breath of fresh air compared to the Tokyo and Osaka pricing. got 7 Super Famicom and 3 Famiom games there each costing only 190 yen. I would go back tomorrow if I could.
I appreciate you showing so much and breaking it down. I don’t know a thing about 95% of these games but I love GameCube and I’m so glad I still have one. What games do I need to play that are only on GB?
Tom cameo was my favorite part
Hard Off Tips 🎉
Can't wait for DIY Tips ❤
I love your Japan trip videos
We've missed you!!
13:15 gosh thats so cool, I would love to go to that store- I love tokusatsu and kaijus!!!
Just so you know, the Pokemon Stadium 2 we got over in the west was actually the 3rd entry in Japan, while the first one in the west was the 2nd entry.
The very first entry in the Pokemon Stadium series is exclusive over there, and is nothing more than used for battling a select few Pokemon, as all 151 first generation Pokemon weren't even in the game, it was like around 40 or so Pokemon.
broo this video was awsome!!!!
12:35 that is SO cool!
When you fully get entrenched in commander, and go back to Japan, the more known Magic The Gathering Store is Hareruya. Just their sleeves are pretty awesome and have some cache in America.
Hard-Off... more like Hard-On for the wonderful Prices, I want to go there !
Something about Japan excites me, I’d love to go there one day
Oh man. Ultraman is awesome.
Do you go to any hardoffs for the group trips?
That monster rancher card is a must buy you are crazy
One thing to remember with those japanese recycling shops is that japan's retro economy used to be constantly cycling through their stock. People buy stuff and unload it again, etc.
Meanwhile western hoarders and (much worse) ebay flippers just buy this stuff in bulk, take it out of the japanese second hand economy and since they buy too much in their greed most of it will probably end up in a landfill because there is no functional second hand economy in the west anymore.
That's why the "buying something you dont need just because it's cheap" approach is highly objectionable. Buy what you need/want but dont just buy stuff up because it's cheaper than on eBay. You're actively blocking someone who legit wanted this one thing and not just mindlessly indulge in overshopping from getting what they wanted.
Edit: When comparing eBay prices it makes sense to check the "sold items" box on eBay, because dumbass scalpers spiralling themselves higher via their fantasy prices is one reason why the western second hand economy has become so trash. Most of those prices are not realistic and will only cause diminishing returns.
19:56 the game on the left is Uzumaki: Curse Simulation based on the manga by Junji Ito!
I loved your video! ❤
Wow I can't believe the Kanoya store was in the intro. I been to that so many times during my deployment. I got Pokémon Blue there. Completed my collection of Red and Green from Manasouko while I was stationed in Okinawa. 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽 Kanoya is a beautiful place. Too bad I didn't make it too far into Kagoshima. I loved Kanoya's Mangasouko.
Solid video! Whats the songs you used in this video? I really like your picks especially the first song!
Finding shops that sell Magic: The Gathering can be challenging in Japan, but once you find them, it's all worth it as they have singles and sealed products that are really cheap
I bought a dozen Assassin's Creed Universe Beyond booster for half the price there and managed to get a lot of high value cards
I'm going to finish modding my GBC because of this video