It always amazes me how you are able to find such hidden gems. I worked for a few PS1/2 magazines back in the day. I thought I knew of so many games, and have bought seemingly everything I needed. And yet you ALWAYS end up coming up with something I'd just not heard of - the Adventures of Little Ralph is something I MUST get now. Thank you for this - please keep it up!
@@MetalJesusRocks Yup, that's pretty much my experiences of shopping in Japan too. Last time I went was back in 2008, and myself and my daughters ahd a fairly long list and there wasn't a single thing we couldn't find. Some of it was even in those bonkers 500 yen bargain bins. Got a lovely statue of Tidus from FF X for 500 yen. I always love your hidden gems anyway as you've turned me onto some stuff I'd never have found :)
@@alexandersalazar9750 Nah, I just liked going there. My first visit was PURELY to shop, funnily enough. Then once I experienced the beauty of the country and found that I completely gelled with them, I had to return.
You are awesome my guy! I have watched you since 2010. Loved the hang out at the beach. I know it’s hard to get everybody together, but I wish I could do that my friends sometime. You’re a very great person. Thank you for helping me through hard times.
..."yeah, yeah...I picked it up.." That is the trueness of a proper Collector. Even if its a first person shooter game with an ecstasy gun targeting teens and you don't agree with it, you gotta get it to complete. Love it.
Nice haul! I was just returning from Japan as you were leaving so it was fun to have a second vacation watching your videos. The one thing I've learned about shopping in Japan is that, like the Matrix, no one can be told what there is to buy: you need to experience it for yourself. There are cool things there that we as Westerners cannot even imagine.
Front Mission 5 , the last straw from Front Mission series before it change from turn based system to third person shooter.... honestly because your video mentioned it , that make me wanna replay the FM 3 . Thanks MJ!
Again I'd like to thank Cygnus Entertainment for sponsoring this entire Japan trip! Make sure and check out their new Colossal Cave v2.0 : bit.ly/3PSzc3M
These pick ups are SO COOL‼️ Why does Japan ALWAYS get the coolest stuff for nerds😢😭🤷♂️ Hopefully one day I can afford the trip, till than I Thank You for making these outstanding vids💯 Thank You MJ
great series! Brings me back to my days of trolling around Akihabara in the mid 2000's. Dollar bins were full of gold, Sofmaps were great, Book-Offs were better! Super Potato was always priced higher than everyone else as far as I remember.
In Japan now and concur as to the current state of things, thrift stores are the way to go! I'm living in Yamanashi so all of my local stores are super well stocked with tons of great games for cheap across many consoles. Like, I don't think I've spent more than 550yen on all of my pick-ups there! Were there finds even cheaper than that in the early 2000's?
@@benl5481 back then there were true 100Yen bins full of SFC complete boxed games, PS1, PS2, Agetec DC arcade sticks for 100-500 yen, Neo Geo AES CIB consoles for 10,000, the list was endless. My absolute best pick up was a CIB Virtual Boy with about a dozen CIB games, it was missing the big hitters but I got it all for 3000 yen at a bookoff.
really loved the whole japan trip, its amazing how many things you can do there! thanks for sharing with us! and the pickups are excellent! i'm gonna have to check some of these out! river city girls is a fantastic beat em up!
Awesome pick ups! While watching this video i just grabbed that Kamen Rider Vita game on Ebay for abour 20 bucks! Cant wait to get that in a few days. Wanted to pick that up years ago but it was super expensive then.
I was NOT aware of that Toaplan Arcade Garage 'collection' game on the Switch. Thank you very much for picking it up because I would have never known otherwise. I'll definitely try to grab a copy somewhere like eBay. However, maybe interesting to note that - on Steam - there is a similar collection of Toaplan arcade games, and Twin Cobra for example of one of them (but Tiger Heli is not, it's a relatively different collection but there's similarities). Anyways, thanks MJR, your videos rock :)
Do you have an opinion on some people in the Japanese retro gaming community asking tourists to stop buying up all the retro games? Apparently it's driving up the cost for the local Japanese retro gamers and making old games much harder to find for them. Since all the old stock of retro games is leaving Japan and never returning. Thoughts?
@RetroMoments I found some good deals on Vita games but Goldeneye on N64 was priced at $70 or more, so I had to leave it. Would've been great for speedrunning.
Great pickups dude, I have that same Red PSP and the camera doesn't do it justice that colour is sublime, Has a real nice sparkle to it. For sure my favourite PSP console I have, got it from Sendico and it was VERY cheap.
Awesome video mate i love your pickup videos im more of a nintendo switch collector now and thanks to your video ill have to add a couple of these to the list
Hey Metal Jesus one of the best Japan exclusive games is Chiisana Kyojin Little Giant Microman for PS1 Playstation. Micronauts with guns fighting the Acroyear... a two player game so could have drunken master Paul join in on the fun. 😊
Truth is...I can get a lot of Famicom, Super Famicom, Mega Drive and more locally here in Seattle. Current Japanese Switch games?! Almost nobody has them locally...
I think that I only missed Kevin Bacon reviewing those 72 seasons because of that bass in the corner, Dude. I'd really like to open a finger boarding shop for fun at LA, but I'm sure that they won't let me finish my taxes, before it would be just a memoria.
I just came back from Japan a few days, and bought Grim Guardians. 😀 I also grabbed a few other games like Ender Lilies, Deedlit and Overlord. I was interested in Metroidvanias. I grabbed a few random retro stuff as well.
I love me my metroidvanias! I already had Deedlit and ordered Grim Guardians and Overlord yesterday on Amazon Japan (alas, Ender Lilies wasn't available).
Physical media is pretty much still a thing in Japan.😎 No wonder Japanese imports are so desired in the world of gaming. I remember wanting Japanese stuff as a kid.
Dollar to Yean rate has doubled in the last 10 years. Basically, everything is cheaper 50% for the Americans. Great time to visit old Japan if it's on your bucket list.
I remember the Godzilla PS4 was received negatively when it first came out in the states back in 2015, so I was kind of surprised to hear in this video that its considered to be one of the best Godzilla games out there.
I've been looking forward to this video all week and it did not disappoint! All the pickups look sweet, my fav's were the red PSP, the X360 pickups and those Nintendo cups!!! Well done!
You should make a video talkin about what you need!!! Like passport, records or anything like that! And how to prepare!!! I wanna see that lol BTW, keep the amazing quality up!
That's an amazing haul. I'm currently in Toyama, so I spent a lot of time traveling around the countryside visiting Hardoffs and Manga Warehouses to find some good deals. Ill be returning with a pretty sizable SFC collection. I know Akihabara is expensive, but which shops had the best prices? I'll be there in 2 days.
Compared with Toyama, Akihabara is going to be very expensive. Best bet is the Surugaya store, if you're looking for something a little niche you might get lucky; like I found Roadster for the GameBoy in Surugaya there for about 800yen 2 years ago, a slightly harder to come by GameBoy game. Not exactly gonna set the world on fire, but it's my jam.
There‘s also a physical version of Eastward out here in Germany that‘s not that expensive. Guess I’m going to pick this one up since a 20h game is perfect for me. The cover of the japanese version looks way better, though.
Something interesting to note with that Grim Guardians / Gal Guardians game that wasn't mentioned, but is relevant since Gal Gun was mentioned earlier. The characters of Grim Guardians are the characters & antagonist from the 2nd Gal Gun game "Gal Gun Double Peace". I guess Inti Creates liked the characters enough and had fun making the Bloodstained Curse of the Moon games that they smooshed them together. If I remember right, some early western reviews of the game referred to it as a "Metroidvania" so there was some bickering about that since it's much more of a Castlevania homage like the Bloodstained Curse of the Moon games were.
Next time you go, maybe try going to the more country areas. Another RUclipsr (Retro Future) recently went and got crazy deals out in the country stores opposed to the cities.
some really good stuff! would definitely love to pick up some of those switch shmups physically I have a few already like RAIDEN 3 and 4 and the two cotton games... so no shortage of great shmups on the system. this year I imported a Japanese saturn and have been collecting for it some great deals on games especially in the Japanese equivalent to US releases like saturn bomberman!
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It always amazes me how you are able to find such hidden gems. I worked for a few PS1/2 magazines back in the day. I thought I knew of so many games, and have bought seemingly everything I needed.
And yet you ALWAYS end up coming up with something I'd just not heard of - the Adventures of Little Ralph is something I MUST get now.
Thank you for this - please keep it up!
I went to Japan with a list of games that I could probably play without knowing Japanese... and I ended up finding about half of them over 20 days.
@@MetalJesusRocks Yup, that's pretty much my experiences of shopping in Japan too. Last time I went was back in 2008, and myself and my daughters ahd a fairly long list and there wasn't a single thing we couldn't find.
Some of it was even in those bonkers 500 yen bargain bins. Got a lovely statue of Tidus from FF X for 500 yen.
I always love your hidden gems anyway as you've turned me onto some stuff I'd never have found :)
Did you work in Japan? If not that's why. Japan is a easy market for this shit. They don't throw away anything.
@@alexandersalazar9750 Nah, I just liked going there. My first visit was PURELY to shop, funnily enough. Then once I experienced the beauty of the country and found that I completely gelled with them, I had to return.
well with ps2 has still the largest library of all consoles its not that small of chance u didnt heard about a lot of games
I have a theory, metal Jesus and his crew are the sweetest most down to earth people on RUclips. Been following you guys on here for years.
The japanese cover of Lost Odyssey is actually drawn by Takehiko Inoue, the mangaka that created Slam Dunk and Vagabond!
You are awesome my guy! I have watched you since 2010. Loved the hang out at the beach. I know it’s hard to get everybody together, but I wish I could do that my friends sometime. You’re a very great person. Thank you for helping me through hard times.
..."yeah, yeah...I picked it up.."
That is the trueness of a proper Collector. Even if its a first person shooter game with an ecstasy gun targeting teens and you don't agree with it, you gotta get it to complete. Love it.
*Loving the Japan content Metal Jesus, keep rocking!!*
The adventures of little Ralph - super cool pickup!! Well done! Also love that red PSP.
@StarshipMythic 😂
I love Mr Driller Drill-Land. It was originally released on the GameCube, but only in Japan. I think it's the best Mr Driller game. Glad you found it
Great haul. I really loved the entire series of videos from this trip to Japan. Stay Rockin!
That red Japanese PSP is so cool!
Thank you for your efforts, Metal Jesus. I enjoyed your trip and pickups.
Hey MJR! I love your videos! I love this Japan travel vlog. Your awesome! Keep up the great work. :)
Went to all three cities for our honeymoon a few years back, best trip in the world we have ever had, have to say. Miss japan so much
Nice haul! I was just returning from Japan as you were leaving so it was fun to have a second vacation watching your videos.
The one thing I've learned about shopping in Japan is that, like the Matrix, no one can be told what there is to buy: you need to experience it for yourself. There are cool things there that we as Westerners cannot even imagine.
That red PSP is sweet! I enjoyed your Japan videos dude! A lot of great pickups.
Glad you like them!
Front Mission 5 , the last straw from Front Mission series before it change from turn based system to third person shooter.... honestly because your video mentioned it , that make me wanna replay the FM 3 . Thanks MJ!
Another great Japan series Metal Jesus, it was a blast
Again I'd like to thank Cygnus Entertainment for sponsoring this entire Japan trip! Make sure and check out their new Colossal Cave v2.0 : bit.ly/3PSzc3M
Going to japan tomorrow, feels like I’ve been waiting my whole life for this 🤟
Oh yes! Have a great time! 🤘
Really enjoyed this trip to Japan series from you. Thanks! I wish to go to Japan someday myself.
You should!
These pick ups are SO COOL‼️
Why does Japan ALWAYS get the coolest stuff for nerds😢😭🤷♂️
Hopefully one day I can afford the trip, till than I Thank You for making these outstanding vids💯
Thank You MJ
Metal Jesus "dance walking" through those tiny aisles makes me smile.
Great stuff!
I was in my happy place 😜
great series! Brings me back to my days of trolling around Akihabara in the mid 2000's. Dollar bins were full of gold, Sofmaps were great, Book-Offs were better! Super Potato was always priced higher than everyone else as far as I remember.
In Japan now and concur as to the current state of things, thrift stores are the way to go! I'm living in Yamanashi so all of my local stores are super well stocked with tons of great games for cheap across many consoles. Like, I don't think I've spent more than 550yen on all of my pick-ups there! Were there finds even cheaper than that in the early 2000's?
@@benl5481 back then there were true 100Yen bins full of SFC complete boxed games, PS1, PS2, Agetec DC arcade sticks for 100-500 yen, Neo Geo AES CIB consoles for 10,000, the list was endless. My absolute best pick up was a CIB Virtual Boy with about a dozen CIB games, it was missing the big hitters but I got it all for 3000 yen at a bookoff.
@funkified- Wow! That sounds insane. Now all the boxed copies of things are at least 1,000 yen unfortunately.
Heyo MJR! Been waiting patiently for your games pickups from your trip to Japan. Really enjoyed those vlogs too. 🤘🤘🤜🤛
Glad you like them!
Dang! I rarely see Adventures of Little Ralph when I'm out Game Hunting in Japan! Great find, Jason! Hoping to get it myself one day too.
I got galgun vr gifted from a friend and when I saw it I started giggling and your explanation was just the cherry on the top! Good stuff :)
This was so refreshing to watch and listen to! I saw a couple of games, that I would get, if possible. Thanks so much for this video!!
Glad it was helpful!
really loved the whole japan trip, its amazing how many things you can do there! thanks for sharing with us! and the pickups are excellent! i'm gonna have to check some of these out! river city girls is a fantastic beat em up!
Thanks to these videos Japan is now the next five year goal!
Of course you got "Rays Arcade Chronology" it's one of the best EVER shooters. played it on the Saturn and now have it on the switch forever.
And yes Tiger Heli is a must.
I always appreciate your videos! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Glad you like them!
Loved the Japan videos, cheers mister Metal
Awesome pick ups! While watching this video i just grabbed that Kamen Rider Vita game on Ebay for abour 20 bucks! Cant wait to get that in a few days. Wanted to pick that up years ago but it was super expensive then.
Have fun!
Thanks for this great Japan pickups video! I would go there with 1 suitcase, but end up bringing back 3 suitcases from all the stuff I would buy! 🤣
You ROCK Metal Jesus Thanks for sharing with us
Great pickups! Red PSP looks really cool!
I was NOT aware of that Toaplan Arcade Garage 'collection' game on the Switch. Thank you very much for picking it up because I would have never known otherwise. I'll definitely try to grab a copy somewhere like eBay. However, maybe interesting to note that - on Steam - there is a similar collection of Toaplan arcade games, and Twin Cobra for example of one of them (but Tiger Heli is not, it's a relatively different collection but there's similarities).
Anyways, thanks MJR, your videos rock :)
Great haul! I’m really ready to plan a trip to Japan! 🇯🇵
A Great set of pickups, Keep up the fantastic content MJR!!
Much appreciated!
Awesome pick ups MJR! Loved the Japan vids also!
Land of the rising game hunt. Love it great vids from japan.
Awesome video
Finally!! Been waiting for this:)
Thx for the great video! I always love your game pick up videos.
Metallic child advanced looks awesome! Never heard of it before this video.
Amazing Jason. Can’t wait to see the PRGE pick ups!
I was just editing that video yesterday! I still need to capture a bunch of gameplay footage though...
Im going to japan next year and really hoped you would mention some prizes of the games. Thank you for the cool vlogs. I loved them so much
Just got the notification looking forward to seeing the epic conclusion really enjoyed this vlog series 🔥🙂
Hope you enjoyed it!
Oh man, Eastward is SO good! I grabbed a copy used just because the box art looked so cool. Definitely didn’t disappoint!
I would have broke my bank account with all the Shmups available over there! Excellent vid.
Do you have an opinion on some people in the Japanese retro gaming community asking tourists to stop buying up all the retro games? Apparently it's driving up the cost for the local Japanese retro gamers and making old games much harder to find for them. Since all the old stock of retro games is leaving Japan and never returning. Thoughts?
That hasn't happened. If you have a source I'd love to see it.
I am definitely going to revisit Japan in the next 2 to 3 years. Japan was the best 2 weeks of my life.
Hope you found some great deals here!
In wat way
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@@austinwiebe3801 No, lmao 😂
@RetroMoments I found some good deals on Vita games but Goldeneye on N64 was priced at $70 or more, so I had to leave it. Would've been great for speedrunning.
Finally the pick ups video!!!🔥
Great pickups dude, I have that same Red PSP and the camera doesn't do it justice that colour is sublime, Has a real nice sparkle to it. For sure my favourite PSP console I have, got it from Sendico and it was VERY cheap.
Yeah, it really is a great color for the PSP.
Awesome video mate i love your pickup videos im more of a nintendo switch collector now and thanks to your video ill have to add a couple of these to the list
These were wonderful finds. Grim Guardians Demon Purge looks like a fun and great game. Cool video. ^_^
Hey Metal Jesus one of the best Japan exclusive games is Chiisana Kyojin Little Giant Microman for PS1 Playstation. Micronauts with guns fighting the Acroyear... a two player game so could have drunken master Paul join in on the fun. 😊
Love the content. Great stuff!
Much appreciated!
Surprised at the lack of retro stuff! I can’t wait to go there again myself next year. Already making a list of things to find!
Truth is...I can get a lot of Famicom, Super Famicom, Mega Drive and more locally here in Seattle. Current Japanese Switch games?! Almost nobody has them locally...
I would have lost my mind!. Did you see any THPS Games?? I would have looked for early Tony hawk games if I could get there. Great video.
0:30 a dancing booty shaking MetalJesus?! That is AWESOME! lol! Awesome pickups!!
I think that I only missed Kevin Bacon reviewing those 72 seasons because of that bass in the corner, Dude. I'd really like to open a finger boarding shop for fun at LA, but I'm sure that they won't let me finish my taxes, before it would be just a memoria.
Best comment.
Lost Odyssey is a great turn-based JRPG, especially the "1000 years of dreams" side-stories are fantastic
I just came back from Japan a few days, and bought Grim Guardians. 😀 I also grabbed a few other games like Ender Lilies, Deedlit and Overlord. I was interested in Metroidvanias. I grabbed a few random retro stuff as well.
I love me my metroidvanias! I already had Deedlit and ordered Grim Guardians and Overlord yesterday on Amazon Japan (alas, Ender Lilies wasn't available).
Physical media is pretty much still a thing in Japan.😎
No wonder Japanese imports are so desired in the world of gaming. I remember wanting Japanese stuff as a kid.
Looks like a successful trip. Good lot of games.
Dollar to Yean rate has doubled in the last 10 years.
Basically, everything is cheaper 50% for the Americans.
Great time to visit old Japan if it's on your bucket list.
8:50 Tiger Heli was my first game ever, around 1990
Man I'm jealous of that EDF game on Vita. The Ps Vita is awesome.
I remember the Godzilla PS4 was received negatively when it first came out in the states back in 2015, so I was kind of surprised to hear in this video that its considered to be one of the best Godzilla games out there.
Enjoyed the entire series, and it was cool to see what you purchased on your trip.
Awesome, thank you!
Anytime I wake up on Friday mornings I think, “Far out! Metal Jesus Day.” Always dig your videos. Thanks for making them, man.
Rock on!
Just bought Eastward and liking it a lot so far!
Eastward is one of my favorite games on the console. Definitely give it a go!
That’s a great pickups video. Great choices
Glad you like them!
Fault? No. Eastward is one of the best indie games ive played
You found a lot really good gems!
Thanks! 😊
❤ awesome SHMUPS for the Switch you picked up there, i would have done the same, specially M2 ShotTriggers.
Man I been following you since you started on RUclips it feels like I am getting older with you dude
I have Override 1 & 2 on the Series X, very good games, lots of fun. Need to get these for the Switch, would love to play them on the go.
I've been looking forward to this video all week and it did not disappoint! All the pickups look sweet, my fav's were the red PSP, the X360 pickups and those Nintendo cups!!! Well done!
Yeah, those Nintendo cups are now in the game room at the bar. You'll start seeing them in the background of my videos.
I love when Metal Heysus goes over to Japan on business, epic nerd energy!
Glad to be early for this one :)
You should make a video talkin about what you need!!! Like passport, records or anything like that! And how to prepare!!! I wanna see that lol BTW, keep the amazing quality up!
I love these Japanese metal Jesus videos they rock!
That's an amazing haul. I'm currently in Toyama, so I spent a lot of time traveling around the countryside visiting Hardoffs and Manga Warehouses to find some good deals. Ill be returning with a pretty sizable SFC collection. I know Akihabara is expensive, but which shops had the best prices? I'll be there in 2 days.
Compared with Toyama, Akihabara is going to be very expensive. Best bet is the Surugaya store, if you're looking for something a little niche you might get lucky; like I found Roadster for the GameBoy in Surugaya there for about 800yen 2 years ago, a slightly harder to come by GameBoy game. Not exactly gonna set the world on fire, but it's my jam.
There‘s also a physical version of Eastward out here in Germany that‘s not that expensive. Guess I’m going to pick this one up since a 20h game is perfect for me. The cover of the japanese version looks way better, though.
16:58 I have to get this one for my collection, you say it’s available on switch
One of my favorite RPGs of all time, lost odyssey. Those covers are made by Takehiko Inoue, the creator of slam dunk and vagabond 😊
Cool video !! Lets go !!
Something interesting to note with that Grim Guardians / Gal Guardians game that wasn't mentioned, but is relevant since Gal Gun was mentioned earlier. The characters of Grim Guardians are the characters & antagonist from the 2nd Gal Gun game "Gal Gun Double Peace". I guess Inti Creates liked the characters enough and had fun making the Bloodstained Curse of the Moon games that they smooshed them together.
If I remember right, some early western reviews of the game referred to it as a "Metroidvania" so there was some bickering about that since it's much more of a Castlevania homage like the Bloodstained Curse of the Moon games were.
Loved this video!!!
Thank you!!
Espaluga II is getting a physical Switch port in Japan. I just preordered it on Amazon Japan, and it's coming out on November 30th.
Next time you go, maybe try going to the more country areas. Another RUclipsr (Retro Future) recently went and got crazy deals out in the country stores opposed to the cities.
Already thinking about the next Japan trip. 👍
@@MetalJesusRocks LOL good. Hey Im sure its not cheap to travel but the videos are fun to watch!
The red PSP looks gorgeous ❤
Welcome back
Nice nice nice bro! Prestine! 💪🏽❤️🔥🙏🏽
some really good stuff! would definitely love to pick up some of those switch shmups physically I have a few already like RAIDEN 3 and 4 and the two cotton games... so no shortage of great shmups on the system. this year I imported a Japanese saturn and have been collecting for it some great deals on games especially in the Japanese equivalent to US releases like saturn bomberman!
Godzilla PS4 is so underrated. Glad I picked up my pal copy when it was new at $59
20:00 correct, there is an english patch, and it works on emulator, 5 is one of the better FM games.