Luke, you going through the store and commenting on what you see is what it is all about. It's YOU in that environment that makes it fun to watch. It's like being in the store and seeing all those games and some of them at pretty decent prices. Even Book-off has a huge selection compared to what we can find in my neck of the woods. I bet Seb can vouch for that. Now that Orange GameCube, just wow!
I was amused when you were looking at the Wii games, and Xenoblade is just sitting on the shelf. I haven't seen a copy of that on the shelf since it's release. Same with the Orange Cube. That thing would have people fighting over it here. Great vid, as usual!
MrDjdecks yeah here in the states they made it only a limited amount and a gamestop exclusive game so you had to be real quick and its considered really rare here already
Please keep doing the type of videos Luke as you're the only channel I'm subbed to that does them. Every time you buy something from Hard Off its like an abandoned dog getting recued from the Pound.
Luke love your videos from fixing to playing games most of all watching your hard off videos gives me a look at not just foreign games but also how I would love to drop everything and head over there. Wish I could maybe one day for vacation. If i do you'll let me crash in your arcade room on the floor right ;) lol keep up the great videos
Love these little trips to various shops in Japan. I really do enjoy them! Funny what appears to be a book shop has quite the selection of games. And Famicom games to boot! ^>^
Way better collection than we have here in Just Book Center. Mostly modern games + PS2 games mixed with GameCube and GBA games. Only used hardware they had was few used Vitas.
Thanks for showing some Japanese Gamecube-games :) I have collecting for the last year or so, now I have ~170, missing around 110 games for a complete JP GC-collection :)
One of these opened up near me in Southern California about a year ago. Prices are on par with what you show. It's hit and miss on games. What's nice are accessories and books. I picked up some brand new hard cover strategy guides for $9 each there.
Saw that Biohazard Outbreak file 2 and it made me tear up a bit as I can never play that game online ever again. Thanks for the memories, Luke. This store has some pretty quality merchandise.
These videos are always entertaining man =) I still enjoy them a whole lot, so I'll always watch and enjoy them, but at the same time, I totally understand if you don't always want to make them since you've been making them for years now, but that being said, they're still awesome =) That's a very good point you make about the new next gen consoles not being backward compatible, and trying to get the physical game software for the 360 and ps3 titles while you can. I've really never been a huge fan of dlc, and like you said, it seems like a lot of the older xbox and playstation games are going to only be available via download and for a price. Metal Slug XX is awesome for the PSP man, I've got it and it's a ton of fun, so I totally recommend that one. Great video Luke!
I've been to the Book Off in Long Beach, CA, was tripping out because i'm like, "This place feels familiar..." and of course I googled it and was related to Hard-Off!
We have a couple Book Offs here in SoCal, the one in Costa Mesa even had a lot of Japanese games and CDs last time I checked. Always look forward to your vids, Luke!
Good to see Gamecubes are so cheap over there too! There are some really interesting choices there, I spotted a couple of real gems like Sengoku Basara X. I'd say the shop has a better range of retro than 99% of game shops in the UK! Those bullet hells are well worth picking up and a good investment and getting that Zelda game in for what is essentially £6.50 is amazing!
It's always interesting to see what life is like in Japan. I like videos like this, but I wish I could read the game titles. A lot of them look really cool. There aren't a lot of game stores around where I live that have older games like that.
I love these videos! Do shops like Hard Off and Book Off carry cassette tapes? I collect them and would love to pick some up when I visit Japan next year!
So jealous of the price of that Gamecube stuff! A Gamecube here in Australia these days is about $150AUD (~¥12,000) and first party games like the Warioland you had goes for about $80 at the absolute cheapest (~¥6300). You can still pick up Super Mario Sunshine for about $60 though (~¥5000). But what floors me is the condition these games are in! Even the old stuff looks like its taken care of. Whereas, a lot of stuff in my country looks like it was owned by a dog who spent its life chewing the box.
awesome videos as always Luke!. Quick question though. What can someone expect to pay for a 3ds (new and used price) and 3ds LL ( new and used price) in japan. Also would you have any stores you would recommend checking out? Thanks
Wow at some of them prices! Still a bargain tho, compared to how I would pay to import stuff like Mushihimesama or the Muchi Muchi Pork/Pink Sweets collection for the 360! XD
There are some in the U.S., one is even in my town. It's the closet to hard off we got. Layout is almost exactly the same. Amount of books, games, cds, movies and dvds is well balanced. Use to get the deals there until they hired knew staff who knew what most stuff was worth so prices went up. Got my super famicom boxed with two controllers and cart converter for snes games and street fighter 2 and super street fighter 2 for $50 there.
I always dig the 'off vids, whether its book*off or hard*off, hehe. I noticed the pop'n music on PS2, ever played any of those games? (I really enjoy beatmania IIDX, though I have played pop'n a few times. fun games albeit sometimes tricky to get the hang of.) as always great video man!
Luke, I hope you don't mind answering a stupid question I have. So here goes...Can you just go over Hard Off or Book Off, or any of these second hand shops and sell your used stuff to them? If not....How does it work? Thanks Luke.
God some of those 360 prices (for exclusives) are not that bad. Its hard as shit to get them in America for anything decent. If I ever make a trip out to Japan I would love to snag a suitcase full of the Japanese exclusives I don't have. I would love to get all the exclusive Japanese 360 games in my collection eventually.
All of that stuff is WAY cheaper than you would find on the UK. The bullet hell shooters on 360? no chance on getting it that cheap, even importing it costs a kidney. You are lucky dude.
Some of their prices seem high but they had some decent deals, mario galaxy 2 is still very expensive in the west and my god that gamecube was cheap at 5 bucks
Luke keep book offing and hard offing as much as you like we enjoy that shiiiat xD haha have a great new year and have some drinks for us (your viewers) at your personal bonenkai ;-) cheers!
Luke, these kinds of videos are awesome. I personally think you should keep going with them.
Luke, you going through the store and commenting on what you see is what it is all about. It's YOU in that environment that makes it fun to watch. It's like being in the store and seeing all those games and some of them at pretty decent prices. Even Book-off has a huge selection compared to what we can find in my neck of the woods. I bet Seb can vouch for that.
Now that Orange GameCube, just wow!
Oh man, dodonpachi and mushihimesama right next to each other. I would love it if stores here had those kind of games :P.
Great video as always man!
I was amused when you were looking at the Wii games, and Xenoblade is just sitting on the shelf. I haven't seen a copy of that on the shelf since it's release. Same with the Orange Cube. That thing would have people fighting over it here. Great vid, as usual!
Well, in Japan it wasn't short printed, that's why.
Really? In the UK you can find Xenoblade all over the place used.
MrDjdecks yeah here in the states they made it only a limited amount and a gamestop exclusive game so you had to be real quick and its considered really rare here already
Cool place. Thanks for sharing Luke. I wish you could find some of those games in the states.
That was real interesting! Thanks for sharing, Luke!
dude, thanks for posting this! my life is sucking right now, this cheered me up
Please keep doing the type of videos Luke as you're the only channel I'm subbed to that does them. Every time you buy something from Hard Off its like an abandoned dog getting recued from the Pound.
Thanks for making these, another vote for interesting/not boring. Much appreciated.
Please continue to do these videos. They actually helped my out when I went to Japan for a week this past summer.
Luke love your videos from fixing to playing games most of all watching your hard off videos gives me a look at not just foreign games but also how I would love to drop everything and head over there. Wish I could maybe one day for vacation. If i do you'll let me crash in your arcade room on the floor right ;) lol keep up the great videos
Good to see these vids back, missed the old Hard off ones Hope you can make a few more of them.
I love these types of videos you do. I also like the mail and when you try new foods.
Love these little trips to various shops in Japan. I really do enjoy them! Funny what appears to be a book shop has quite the selection of games. And Famicom games to boot! ^>^
cracking vid Luke and your are the master of this type of vid keep em coming!
loving the 4 swords find!
Please bring these kind of videos back to the channel Luke ! This makes me want to visit Japan again ;)
Where i live there is a book off
Way better collection than we have here in Just Book Center. Mostly modern games + PS2 games mixed with GameCube and GBA games. Only used hardware they had was few used Vitas.
I like this kind of videos from you the most! Keep em coming lv it :) greats
Thanks for showing some Japanese Gamecube-games :) I have collecting for the last year or so, now I have ~170, missing around 110 games for a complete JP GC-collection :)
One of these opened up near me in Southern California about a year ago. Prices are on par with what you show. It's hit and miss on games. What's nice are accessories and books. I picked up some brand new hard cover strategy guides for $9 each there.
These videos are the reason i subbed please keep making them!!!
Saw that Biohazard Outbreak file 2 and it made me tear up a bit as I can never play that game online ever again. Thanks for the memories, Luke. This store has some pretty quality merchandise.
What a great video! Book Off is one of my favorite places! ^_^
These videos are always entertaining man =) I still enjoy them a whole lot, so I'll always watch and enjoy them, but at the same time, I totally understand if you don't always want to make them since you've been making them for years now, but that being said, they're still awesome =) That's a very good point you make about the new next gen consoles not being backward compatible, and trying to get the physical game software for the 360 and ps3 titles while you can. I've really never been a huge fan of dlc, and like you said, it seems like a lot of the older xbox and playstation games are going to only be available via download and for a price. Metal Slug XX is awesome for the PSP man, I've got it and it's a ton of fun, so I totally recommend that one. Great video Luke!
Nice trip, Luke! No Hard Off, but I've visited Book Off here in the States. Lots of cool Japanese goods, games...not too bad at all.
Uuuuh, Orange Box doesn't include Mass Effect! It's Half-Life 2 + both EPs + Team Fortress 2 + Portal. Maaaaan! ;)
These are really cool! Please keep making them!!
Yeah you are still the best Luke doing these vids! Love your Hard Off hunts!
I love all of your book-off hatd-off videos.
I've been to the Book Off in Long Beach, CA, was tripping out because i'm like, "This place feels familiar..." and of course I googled it and was related to Hard-Off!
We have a couple Book Offs here in SoCal, the one in Costa Mesa even had a lot of Japanese games and CDs last time I checked. Always look forward to your vids, Luke!
i would have grabbed that dodonpachi and mushihemesama for the 360 =)
always enjoy these vids, move to see they still have at least a few famicom and super fami games
So if book-off is for books then hard-off is for... hardware! Finally the name starts to make a bit of sense haha
Oh man! That white PSP was the UtaPri version. I wanted that set so bad!!!
Metal Slug XX. I have that and the anthology. I also have the anthology on the Wii. Can't go wrong with those, they are so much fun yet frustrating.
How many different ____ Off stores are there Luke? Always enjoy these first person Japan videos you put out!
Not a too bad store, nice to see a different type of store as well.
Very entertaining. Keep doing these vids.
Love these videos luke keep then coming!!!
I only wish that we had game shops with so much variety here in Portugal.
WANT MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS FROM YOU! They are always fun.
Keep doing these videos they're awesome!
Good to see Gamecubes are so cheap over there too! There are some really interesting choices there, I spotted a couple of real gems like Sengoku Basara X. I'd say the shop has a better range of retro than 99% of game shops in the UK!
Those bullet hells are well worth picking up and a good investment and getting that Zelda game in for what is essentially £6.50 is amazing!
I'm starting to enjoy the videos outside of your game room more than the rest, aha :3
It's always interesting to see what life is like in Japan. I like videos like this, but I wish I could read the game titles. A lot of them look really cool. There aren't a lot of game stores around where I live that have older games like that.
Damn I miss these type of vids :)
I love these videos! Do shops like Hard Off and Book Off carry cassette tapes? I collect them and would love to pick some up when I visit Japan next year!
So jealous of the price of that Gamecube stuff! A Gamecube here in Australia these days is about $150AUD (~¥12,000) and first party games like the Warioland you had goes for about $80 at the absolute cheapest (~¥6300). You can still pick up Super Mario Sunshine for about $60 though (~¥5000). But what floors me is the condition these games are in! Even the old stuff looks like its taken care of. Whereas, a lot of stuff in my country looks like it was owned by a dog who spent its life chewing the box.
Wow I rember when I firstg watched that video almost 4 years ago I hope that more of this kind of videos will come out :3
Not boring at all.
Keep 'em coming.
awesome videos as always Luke!. Quick question though. What can someone expect to pay for a 3ds (new and used price) and 3ds LL ( new and used price) in japan. Also would you have any stores you would recommend checking out? Thanks
Place reminds me of the half price books here in the us
Gotta love the cute japanese Gamecube cases
Wow at some of them prices!
Still a bargain tho, compared to how I would pay to import stuff like Mushihimesama or the Muchi Muchi Pork/Pink Sweets collection for the 360! XD
Great video. At 6:16 you hold up Orange Box and say Mass Effect. Were you looking at something else or just a mix up?
Love the videos!
There are some in the U.S., one is even in my town. It's the closet to hard off we got. Layout is almost exactly the same. Amount of books, games, cds, movies and dvds is well balanced. Use to get the deals there until they hired knew staff who knew what most stuff was worth so prices went up. Got my super famicom boxed with two controllers and cart converter for snes games and street fighter 2 and super street fighter 2 for $50 there.
Was that $34 for COD 2???
lololoololololol
just curious luke what your favorite gaming system is and if you have any recamendations on systems.Great vids as always
Cool :) Pls keep making this kind of video :)
7:00 what's the song playing in the background?
These videos are still impotent for many of us Luke San !
Some pretty steep prices their luke but great to look around ! cheers pal :-)
Very interesting as usual =)
3:43 Aaaah I would love to get Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen. And that orange GameCube. 500円!?!?! I would buy so much GameCube stuff if I visited Japan.
I always dig the 'off vids, whether its book*off or hard*off, hehe. I noticed the pop'n music on PS2, ever played any of those games? (I really enjoy beatmania IIDX, though I have played pop'n a few times. fun games albeit sometimes tricky to get the hang of.)
as always great video man!
Jeez you got loz 4 swords for pretty cheap, theres a retro game store near where I live and they used to have 4 swords there for 40 bucks.
Luke, I hope you don't mind answering a stupid question I have. So here goes...Can you just go over Hard Off or Book Off, or any of these second hand shops and sell your used stuff to them? If not....How does it work? Thanks Luke.
great video luke im wondering what was the one 360 game that had the two girls on the front of it one girl had red short hair
Looks like the BookOffs we have in Southern California
Did hard off close down or did different stores that sold games close?
I enjoy videos of what stores and other places are like outside the US, so it's all good.
lol you called the Orange Box Mass Effect
love these vids luke
5:44 never knew the Gamecube cases in Japan are different than the USA ones
wonder why????
so the orange gamecube was about $5 u.s.?
Hmm..do these stores have language books? Gotta learn french
God some of those 360 prices (for exclusives) are not that bad. Its hard as shit to get them in America for anything decent. If I ever make a trip out to Japan I would love to snag a suitcase full of the Japanese exclusives I don't have. I would love to get all the exclusive Japanese 360 games in my collection eventually.
6:09 worked at a gamestop for 2 years and I barely ever saw any girls go on
was a sausage fest but good to see more women game in japan
I wish I knew Japanese. If I did, I would definitely start importing games!
O how i wish i still had a book off near my house. except it closed down.
Great video.
All of that stuff is WAY cheaper than you would find on the UK. The bullet hell shooters on 360? no chance on getting it that cheap, even importing it costs a kidney. You are lucky dude.
OMG they were selling DJ MAX Portable 3 Black Square for PSP there no i'm definetly moving to japan!
Tough times in gaming in Japan.
Man, I want to go japan so bad.
I still find these videos very interesting.
That Call of Duty 2 for the 360 is waaay to expensive.
Some of their prices seem high but they had some decent deals, mario galaxy 2 is still very expensive in the west and my god that gamecube was cheap at 5 bucks
Not so interesting? Lies! The original is always the best!!! :) Please keep doing what you do :)
Metal Slug XX is just MS7 for the psp,luke with some tweaks.
Luke keep book offing and hard offing as much as you like we enjoy that shiiiat xD haha have a great new year and have some drinks for us (your viewers) at your personal bonenkai ;-) cheers!
Don't worry about other people doing the same kinds of vids, I don't subscribe to any of them and only see yours :)
Yes, these videos are still awesome.
I thought the Japanese games would be a bit more exotic...
Seems that there just aren't many strange Japanese games being made anymore?
nice shoot of the female next to you! lol
why is it called 'book off' but it sells video games?
I got meta' slug xx for free onps plus, does the jpn account have them as well?
Wow, MIND≒0 for 1,550 yen?! That's pretty cheap!