you see, the reason is that jap games are only for japs, instead of ntsc and pal games are for the entire rest of the world, and theyre few every year. that explain the prices of some ass resellers going crazy on ebay
I live in italy and i think we have the most expensive prices on videogames, especially on retrogames, in Europe at least, its surprising to know there are other countries which have high prices on videogames as well
as someone who is trying to revive their snes and n64 collection, this depresses me as everything is too overpriced due to all the hipster trash that hoard and gouge old games. Told some of the younger guys to not waste their money unless they already had a good collection of games to start with and just stick with roms.
That’s the problem with the old gaming scene in the USA. People just want to gobble up every single “popular” game they can get their grubby hands on and add to their collection. Dries up the market and allows resellers to thrive.
@@MyGodzilla99as a collector not all resellers are bad it’s different if they have a store or actually are decent people and give some good deals but the ones that have to squeeze every single penny out of something and not just give someone a decent deal when they paid nothing for it who sell out of a garage on Facebook marketplace and other places are scumbags
Goes to show what damage Wata Games, heritage auction and pawn stars have done to the American and European video game “market” . It’s very nice to see the Japanese market wasn’t affected much! Hellos from California too!
I feel like the japanese take really good care of their things. All those games are so nice and clean looking, and theres so many of them. If you find a SNES game at a thrift store in america it looks worn, and someone probably wrote their name on it with permanent marker
I thought the same thing. A lot of nasty, yellowed consoles and games in the US. I used to also hate buying a used game to discover someone had wrote their stupid name on it.
Mean in the US in most the games would be behind glass or hidden and only empty cases to show they are forsale. Sadly all them games being out in the open wouldn't fly in 90% of America and in the towns that do there are always people from other places that come in and ruin it.
Mine as well, realistically I don’t think it will ever happen, but askjapan and rambalac are really really great to pretend with. I hope you make it there someday.
I love Bookoff and Hardoff. The problem with selling Japanese retro games overseas is that they won't work in PAL systems (Europe, Australia, most of rest of the world) because they're designed to work on NTSC systems. They will likely work in American NTSC systems, but then you also have the Japanese language barrier to play JRPGs. Second hand Japanese items are usually in immaculate condition because the Japanese really look after their things.
You are so lucky having a store selling retro video games in such a good condition! In Greece, most of the retro video games are more expensive and a bit damaged
a little tech tip: use a cotton swab with rubbing alcohol, and wipe each side of the cartridge. They will be dirty since theyve cpllected dust for 30 plus years. Blowing doesnt remove all the dirt
Absolutely awesome video. I love all of your videos, and seeing the inside of stores I'll probably never get to visit is always great to watch. Thanks so much for spending so much time making these videos for us.
It's a shame how these games are so cheap at thrift shops in Japan, but cost you around $40-$50+ up to hundreds to thousands of dollars in the US. smh.
Cool video! Thanks for uploading. I think at @13:29, those were the saved games from the previous owner. In slot 2, they competed 80% of the game, for example. To start a new game you would erase one of the three slots (or erase them all if you want) I believe.
I loved going through Hard Off and Book Off when I lived in Japan. "Hard Off" is hilarious to English speakers by the way :) I wish we had Fire Emblem on NES in America, I love it now!
I have been watching this guys vids the past few days now. I like the channel, plus I get to experience different cultures and the things that they enjoy. Its good to keep an open mind. lifes too short.
We recently got a BOOKOFF in my part of the United States. It's a great place to find import games like for the Famicom and Super Famicom. It makes me wonder if imported games are popular in Japan like they are in America.
Blowing on cartridge edge connectors doesn't really do anything. Chances are, your repeated re-insertion of the cartridge removed some oxidation on the contacts. Also, moisture from your breath can actually encourage corrosion of the contacts. Try using isopropyl alcohol next time you have this problem. Best wishes from the UK!
In the US or Europe, you’d pay 10 times that. I collect and play old games and have not bought as much as I used to in the last 5+ years, since prices have gone up for anything GameCube and older.
Thank you for another great video. I used to play Tecmo Super NBA Basketball all the time. I wish I was able to find games like this, and not really expensive. Sadly, retro games here in the states, a lot are so expensive.
I've always wanted to go to Japan and buy lots of retro games at a Hard Off or a Book Off. I have young kids now, though, so it won't be any time soon. Hopefully there are still lots of old games for sale whenever I do make it to Japan.
The super Nintendo is my fav 16 bit console, i really love seeing all the classic games at the book off. Its awesome how i seen final fantasy 4 5 and 6. Final fantasy 6 is my fav out the 3 snes games if you want good story and development.
Japanese thrift stores look so cool, here in america so many are picked clean by people that re sell everything on the internet for money. You would almost never find old video games like this for decent prices here. Especially Pokemon games, or any PS1 games like FF, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, or others
Book Off or Hard Off, even though the things are pre-loved. They make it appear like they're brand new! Scariest thing, the stuff you can find in a Japanese thrift stores sometimes look newer than the things we can buy in the UK!!
They tried doing that in the U.S. with Dollar stores and Supermarkets and it never took off. It would be wild to see an old school game for $2 again. I think I found the original Megaman for $5 back in the 90's.
Love your channel now great great video and you like old games like me haha - I subscribed - try blowing inside your console also to get rd of any dust in there also - sometimes there could be dust in there too
i had alot of fun watching this video! i have super famicom like you but my one is broken :( to clean your super famicom games use a cotton tip with alcohol free wipes!
Thrift store?! … thrift store? Over here you have to scrub everything down and it still smells like moth balls and old shoes. Yes, even the video games.
I paid 1500 yen (9-10USD) for a Japanese Chrono Cross (SFam) at a shop like this in Akiba a couple months ago and I thought that was a good deal. I didn't realize it was possible to find them at other places for cheaper.
We love your channel and great content, you are a really nice person , we would like to have someone like you as a friend here in America. Can I ask why you do not play on a little bigger classic TV? Maybe 25 inches? Not too big but this tv here is the size of my phone screen Lol. Great games. Wish I could shop there now. I would buy at least 30 games for snes or Genesis.
Anybody else play an snes baseball game that had power ups for both the offense and defense??? I remember playing it with my friends but have searched far and wide and never found anything close….
Hey man great finds! Wish I could get over there because I would have a field day buying Super Famicom games! They are some great prices! Keep these videos coming and show Japan off to the one who might never come over there because they cant afford to.
I remember when mmx was like 23 usd and i got it Japanese for 4.50 usd including shipping when i was a kid. Those are very inexpensive though. I bet Japanese games will be the last frontier in collecting. Get em while you can
I just came from 1 week in Japan and saw alot of Book-Off's !! If I knew they had retro games I would have went in one! I just assumed they were regular book stores.. Oh well, I got my retro game fix and super potato. and a t shirt!
I remember the 90s, and i have been revisiting some SNES games via Switch online on my son's console; in short, many are crap. Kirby is the only good game here to my mind. Maybe I would play the basketball game for a little while, but the slot car game looks really, really tedious. I personally would have gotten Super Ghouls and Ghosts. Super Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country) is also absolutely amazing!
Some of Those are like $1 priced in uSD for some of those… been getting them at my local bookoff for like $3 super cheap!! Like the yen price for FFV and DQ6 was less than what unpaid I paid here in US at bookoff which was $3. Dang good prices!!
This video is great because it shows how crazy American prices are
you see, the reason is that jap games are only for japs, instead of ntsc and pal games are for the entire rest of the world, and theyre few every year. that explain the prices of some ass resellers going crazy on ebay
I live in italy and i think we have the most expensive prices on videogames, especially on retrogames, in Europe at least, its surprising to know there are other countries which have high prices on videogames as well
@@ThePayne14UK too!
as someone who is trying to revive their snes and n64 collection, this depresses me as everything is too overpriced due to all the hipster trash that hoard and gouge old games. Told some of the younger guys to not waste their money unless they already had a good collection of games to start with and just stick with roms.
Too much prosperity is bad for the loan business.
With those prices I would buy every game lol. They are literally giving those games away
Donkey Kong Country for 66 cents is insane
That’s the problem with the old gaming scene in the USA. People just want to gobble up every single “popular” game they can get their grubby hands on and add to their collection. Dries up the market and allows resellers to thrive.
@@MyGodzilla99as a collector not all resellers are bad it’s different if they have a store or actually are decent people and give some good deals but the ones that have to squeeze every single penny out of something and not just give someone a decent deal when they paid nothing for it who sell out of a garage on Facebook marketplace and other places are scumbags
Only thing that kept me from buying a ton of them was luggage space.
Maybe they're repros
Loved this video. Please make more content exploring stores like this!
I am planning. Please wait.
@@askjapan9669I subscribed because of your famicon and jostick with sf2super. I'm sure I'm going to like this video.
Sorry to hijack your comment but that's the basis for my own channel and podcast, if you are interested! If not, sorry to bother you 😊
This is the good old days when movies and video games were at the peak
No matter where in the world…. Blowing air into the cartridge is nostalgic
and destructive
Goes to show what damage Wata Games, heritage auction and pawn stars have done to the American and European video game “market” . It’s very nice to see the Japanese market wasn’t affected much! Hellos from California too!
I feel like the japanese take really good care of their things. All those games are so nice and clean looking, and theres so many of them. If you find a SNES game at a thrift store in america it looks worn, and someone probably wrote their name on it with permanent marker
I thought the same thing. A lot of nasty, yellowed consoles and games in the US. I used to also hate buying a used game to discover someone had wrote their stupid name on it.
This ff games just hanging there, meanwhile in the us those would be under glass 🤣
Mean in the US in most the games would be behind glass or hidden and only empty cases to show they are forsale. Sadly all them games being out in the open wouldn't fly in 90% of America and in the towns that do there are always people from other places that come in and ruin it.
It's my life's ambition to go to Japan but meanwhile I absolutely love watching videos like this! Thank you 👌
Mine as well, realistically I don’t think it will ever happen, but askjapan and rambalac are really really great to pretend with. I hope you make it there someday.
I love Bookoff and Hardoff. The problem with selling Japanese retro games overseas is that they won't work in PAL systems (Europe, Australia, most of rest of the world) because they're designed to work on NTSC systems. They will likely work in American NTSC systems, but then you also have the Japanese language barrier to play JRPGs.
Second hand Japanese items are usually in immaculate condition because the Japanese really look after their things.
I like how you said the 15 dollar Turtle game is expensive there. Everywhere else in the world its lime 200.
You are so lucky having a store selling retro video games in such a good condition! In Greece, most of the retro video games are more expensive and a bit damaged
4:39 Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3! I bought 1, 2 and 3 for 500 yen each during a visit to Japan in 2017. I'm a big fan of the series.
Woah I didn't know you were a gamer, cool
a little tech tip: use a cotton swab with rubbing alcohol, and wipe each side of the cartridge. They will be dirty since theyve cpllected dust for 30 plus years. Blowing doesnt remove all the dirt
I use to olay tecmo basketball for hours loved that game 👍🏿👍🏿
Absolutely awesome video. I love all of your videos, and seeing the inside of stores I'll probably never get to visit is always great to watch. Thanks so much for spending so much time making these videos for us.
It's a shame how these games are so cheap at thrift shops in Japan, but cost you around $40-$50+ up to hundreds to thousands of dollars in the US. smh.
Other places as well. I had a friend in Germany buy me several gameboy games and send to me.
I think the basketball game you want is actually "NBA Jam"
Thanks for your correction.
i think that is N64
@@2Mills99this is the console before N64. It's called the famicom in Japan and the snes(super nintendo) in other countries. NBA Jam isn't on N64.
BOOM SHAKALAKA
For Kirby, when you suck in enemies you can steal their power by pressing down when you hold them in Kirby’s mouth ^_^
Cool video! Thanks for uploading. I think at @13:29, those were the saved games from the previous owner. In slot 2, they competed 80% of the game, for example. To start a new game you would erase one of the three slots (or erase them all if you want) I believe.
You know a lot
I loved going through Hard Off and Book Off when I lived in Japan. "Hard Off" is hilarious to English speakers by the way :)
I wish we had Fire Emblem on NES in America, I love it now!
6:10 woah 'super' no hatsuon sugoi jyan!
I just wanted to say that I've played that FEDA game you picked up. It's like Shining Force for the Sega Genesis. I loved it!
This is a really nice video. I hope you do more videos like this.
Wow, we pay so much more for these games in Australia. Thank you for sharing this.
This is great! And I appreciate your sense of humor. I lived in Osaka for five years and I miss that the most!
My favorite store in japan when I visited was mandarake. So many vintage toys
these are better than early 2000s prices for resale shops in the US. Amazing.
That is the nicest, cleanest thrift store I’ve ever seen in my life!
Wow! So cool! Such a nice store you have. Nice treasures everywhere! Hello from USA 💜
Thanks
wah, that Hoshi no Kirby 3 / Kirby's Dream Land 3 is an incredible game!
I have been watching this guys vids the past few days now. I like the channel, plus I get to experience different cultures and the things that they enjoy. Its good to keep an open mind. lifes too short.
You had me laughing hard playing that basketball game. That referee was giving your team a hard time lol! 😂
Thanks for your comment. It was more difficult than I thought
Same here 😂
this just shows how bad we have it here in the states when it comes to retro game prices LOL
I wish I could find deals like that. I would scoop up everything and enjoy some nostalgia.
I love super famicom games.❤
I would love to see you play one of the best snes games of all time, Chrono trigger
I am thinking about it. Thanks
@@askjapan9669 We want stream!))
That mini CRT is so cool!
My thoughts exactly
Contra III and Gradius are my favourite SNES games!!
Thanks for your comment. Those are sold at the lowest prices here
We recently got a BOOKOFF in my part of the United States. It's a great place to find import games like for the Famicom and Super Famicom. It makes me wonder if imported games are popular in Japan like they are in America.
1992 USA Olympic Basketball Team, "The Dream Team"! Brings back fond childhood memories
Good video. Its interesting to see all those games for so cheap.
Those are really cheap here
Hi, you should do some gaming videos! This is awesome to see and many gamers from the US like myself appreciate the older classics like these games
Dang, from $ 1.89 USD to $ 10 USD you got some great hits
Thanks
Dragon Quest is so good. In America it's called Dragon Warrior. I recently beat part 2 for the first time. Thank you for your videos.
Blowing on cartridge edge connectors doesn't really do anything. Chances are, your repeated re-insertion of the cartridge removed some oxidation on the contacts. Also, moisture from your breath can actually encourage corrosion of the contacts. Try using isopropyl alcohol next time you have this problem. Best wishes from the UK!
_"I don't where the ball is"_
well, the ball is 4pixels and your TV is tiny :P
try Icehockey game next time hehe
In the US or Europe, you’d pay 10 times that.
I collect and play old games and have not bought as much as I used to in the last 5+ years, since prices have gone up for anything GameCube and older.
Thank you for another great video. I used to play Tecmo Super NBA Basketball all the time.
I wish I was able to find games like this, and not really expensive. Sadly, retro games here in the states, a lot are so expensive.
thanks
I've always wanted to go to Japan and buy lots of retro games at a Hard Off or a Book Off. I have young kids now, though, so it won't be any time soon. Hopefully there are still lots of old games for sale whenever I do make it to Japan.
The super Nintendo is my fav 16 bit console, i really love seeing all the classic games at the book off. Its awesome how i seen final fantasy 4 5 and 6. Final fantasy 6 is my fav out the 3 snes games if you want good story and development.
Japanese thrift stores look so cool, here in america so many are picked clean by people that re sell everything on the internet for money.
You would almost never find old video games like this for decent prices here.
Especially Pokemon games, or any PS1 games like FF, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, or others
Everything is sold at the lowest price because of the weak Japanese yen.
You haven't been to super potato stores where gaijin shop. The prices are outrageous
@@askjapan9669 Is that weak yen causing low wages?
Book Off or Hard Off, even though the things are pre-loved. They make it appear like they're brand new! Scariest thing, the stuff you can find in a Japanese thrift stores sometimes look newer than the things we can buy in the UK!!
Well, yeah, Japanese take care of things like electronics far better than any other country. I'm surprised you're surprised. Lol
So cool small TV !! ❤
They tried doing that in the U.S. with Dollar stores and Supermarkets and it never took off. It would be wild to see an old school game for $2 again. I think I found the original Megaman for $5 back in the 90's.
Love your channel now great great video and you like old games like me haha - I subscribed - try blowing inside your console also to get rd of any dust in there also - sometimes there could be dust in there too
i had alot of fun watching this video! i have super famicom like you but my one is broken :(
to clean your super famicom games use a cotton tip with alcohol free wipes!
スーパーファミコンが一番好きなコンソールです。
Awesome outdoor action, would love to see more outdoor stuff from you, man!
thanks
Thrift store?! … thrift store? Over here you have to scrub everything down and it still smells like moth balls and old shoes. Yes, even the video games.
don't forget to press the down button after you consume some of the enemies in Kirby games. It will transform you and give your their special ability.
When I went to Japan last year I found some amazing stuff in book off, a few gba Zelda games and some other hard to find psp games
can you play them in Japanese only or also different languages?
@@BeFrankyMusic some of them have subtitles but I’ve also started learning Japanese so good practice !
I paid 1500 yen (9-10USD) for a Japanese Chrono Cross (SFam) at a shop like this in Akiba a couple months ago and I thought that was a good deal. I didn't realize it was possible to find them at other places for cheaper.
We have Book off here in New York City. They have lots of old video games and also old books and Mangas.
Fortunes! I wish I could get that FFV and FFVI. They are the best. Cheers.
Thanks for your comment. FFV was sold at 66¢
Awesome place love me some super Nintendo
We love your channel and great content, you are a really nice person , we would like to have someone like you as a friend here in America. Can I ask why you do not play on a little bigger classic TV? Maybe 25 inches? Not too big but this tv here is the size of my phone screen Lol. Great games. Wish I could shop there now. I would buy at least 30 games for snes or Genesis.
I just like the small CRT TV.
They even have a gameboy snes adapter 🤤
By the way, use your shirt as a filter when blowing dust out of cartridge's
You forgot to say "Im 50 year old man"! Its cool tho
Omagaw we need more places like that in California.
im diggin that little shadow mask crt screen. pretty dope!
Feda is a similar game to Fire Emblem only much more forgiving.
I would go crazy if I went here. FFV is one of my favorites
Wow, such better deals than here in america. I need to take a vacation to Japan. Japan is basically the mecca of retro gaming.
Thanks for your comment. Thanks to the weak yen everything is sold at the lowest prices
Crazy good organized
0.0 Amazing!! Thank you for sharing such cool stuff to us (:
In Kirby, press down after inhaling enemies to gain their power.
Actually amazing games for $1 USD...... our stores want like $10 for shovelware.
Anybody else play an snes baseball game that had power ups for both the offense and defense??? I remember playing it with my friends but have searched far and wide and never found anything close….
Hey man great finds! Wish I could get over there because I would have a field day buying Super Famicom games! They are some great prices! Keep these videos coming and show Japan off to the one who might never come over there because they cant afford to.
Americans would buy up those old retro games quick. At least those where you don't need to read Japanese.
楽しかった film another one!
ありがとうございます。
I remember when mmx was like 23 usd and i got it Japanese for 4.50 usd including shipping when i was a kid. Those are very inexpensive though. I bet Japanese games will be the last frontier in collecting. Get em while you can
Bookoff is so awesome.
i almost forget best basketball game on super famicom is nba jam!
Wow, this Book-Off location is waay better than the one in Akhibara.
I just came from 1 week in Japan and saw alot of Book-Off's !! If I knew they had retro games I would have went in one! I just assumed they were regular book stores.. Oh well, I got my retro game fix and super potato. and a t shirt!
Thanks for your comment. Hard Off is also interesting store
Kirby have to swollen the enemies to take their abilities
my good sir.. I will pay you to get me some games, wires, and controllers i need xD
thanks for the recommendation. I'll check book-off someday when i visit japan again.
I love how a sportsgame costs almost 3 times as much as DKC 😂
I heard they wanted to call the store 'Fook Off' but went with 'Book Off' instead. Not sure why.
I love 16 bit games . Super Nintendo is my favorite old console.
Absolute dream store , thank you ❤
I remember the 90s, and i have been revisiting some SNES games via Switch online on my son's console; in short, many are crap. Kirby is the only good game here to my mind. Maybe I would play the basketball game for a little while, but the slot car game looks really, really tedious. I personally would have gotten Super Ghouls and Ghosts. Super Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country) is also absolutely amazing!
They look and play much better on a crt tv
Some of Those are like $1 priced in uSD for some of those… been getting them at my local bookoff for like $3 super cheap!! Like the yen price for FFV and DQ6 was less than what unpaid I paid here in US at bookoff which was $3. Dang good prices!!
They are super super cheap here.
I've been enjoying your videos recently. I'd get a beer with you if I could.
Unintentional asmr 👏🏽
Thanks
Thanks a lot. I will do my best. Thanks
FEDA is a strategy RPG, similar to SEGA's Shining Force.
Hello, awesome video! regards from Chile!