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'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.
@@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!
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
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 🙂
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
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
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!
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
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.
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.
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!
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
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:
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
@@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.
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!
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
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.
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!
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
Great video I checked out Book Off Bizarre a few months back when I was in Sendai. Lots of cool games there picked up some games from Santy and Book Off. I saw MK2 in Tokyo for 9,100 yen so $61 was a good price.
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!
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!
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.
Gameboy light is the only version of a gameboy i don't own (minus special editions of course), nice find, even the broken $71 one you saw would have been mine. the wonderswan boxed is also one i'd have loved, so much quality to be rescued, saw msx computers there too.
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?
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.
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.
i'm planning on exploring my grandparents' hometown in minamikyushu so saving this as a reference. def want to check out the BookBox and the other shops in the area. i'll also be looking for NPB cards of majors players but it looks like those would be separate card shops from ones that specialize in TCG
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
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.
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.
i visited that suruga-ya in Kumamoto, and OMG the figure section had so many hidden gems that you will not find in Tokyo/Osaka, like FFVII Gacha figures.
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.
Didn’t think you’d top last years video, this is solid content! Thanks for taking us on this nostalgic journey!
your favorite weird lazy humbuger got a haircut...follow please
Nick putting me on Hard-off changed my first Japan trip significantly 🙌🏽
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 😅
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
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 🙂
Welcome back! I did a double-take 😅
You should get the initial d game
Same here.. trainer tips!!!
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
OMG!!! I just rewatched your old video! No wonder you are back in Japan again!! Excited to finally visit Japan next year! 🎉🎉🎉
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
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!
I absolutely love these videos from Nick. I could literally watch a 6 hour cut
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
Excellent Video, last years video was one of my favorites and this is even better! thanks for sharing
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you for creating and sharing this. I loved last years hunting videos and this year is even better
Love this channel I can see you happy more doing this
Planning an upcoming trip and this came at the PERFECT time
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!
Welcome Back!!! You can't believe how much i have waited for another video!!!!
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
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:
just watched the whole thing, thank you so much, i enjoyed everything including the nice fast-paced editing.
Dude! So rad seeing you adventure and happy as! ❤
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
this video was absolutely awesome! I loved seeing all the stores and the b-roll footage of Japan too
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!
Such a great video. Love seeing all the retro stuff. ❤
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
I love these videos, even more than the Pogo videos. Just love the vlog style. Keep it up plz!
Glad you’re back over here!
I really just love these videos, please keep making more!
omg yes! i love this content! these stores are modders dream!
Awesome video Nick! I’m all hyped to play my Gbc and GBA now. Ima go dig them out of my closet right now!!
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.
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
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.
So happy you uploaded this Nick. Great content and can't wait to go to one of my dream destinations Japan one day.
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.
I really like this video! Thanks for posting this.
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!
So glad you’re enjoying your trip to Japan! ✨💖✨
I like this content bro, I’ve been super hard into the retro stuff lately. Haven’t been playing much pogo
Awesome video dude!
As usual chapeau mate!!! Love those hunting videos!!! :D
Didn’t realize I would watch this 52 seconds after release! Hey Nick!
-Nick
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
Those crammed boutique stores are such a gem, super potato doesn't even scratch the surface of how good some of them are :)
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!
Great video I checked out Book Off Bizarre a few months back when I was in Sendai. Lots of cool games there picked up some games from Santy and Book Off. I saw MK2 in Tokyo for 9,100 yen so $61 was a good price.
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!
Nick with a retro game hunt? Let’s go!
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!
Liked this video. I would go crazy on the Pokémon TCG
Yesssssss when I got the notification for this I was soooo stoked
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.
Hey nick I fell off from watching pogo-tubers but you drawed me in with this video . Keep it up !
13:15 gosh thats so cool, I would love to go to that store- I love tokusatsu and kaijus!!!
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.
The legend is back 🔥🔥🔥
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
I hope suruya san's business gets some more attention, he seems like a genuine guy.
I love your Japan trip videos
We've missed you!!
ありがとうございます❤
Hey its good to see another video. And its another banger as usual 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Gameboy light is the only version of a gameboy i don't own (minus special editions of course), nice find, even the broken $71 one you saw would have been mine. the wonderswan boxed is also one i'd have loved, so much quality to be rescued, saw msx computers there too.
I love Suruga-ya too. I just bought some second hand stuff from their online store.
Solid video! Whats the songs you used in this video? I really like your picks especially the first song!
I Can see your happy doing this Over the Pokémon GO
damn bro what a great video ! one day i wanna go there and buy a gba gen 3 game or a gameboy advanced sp or something really
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?
12:35 that is SO cool!
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.
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.
i'm planning on exploring my grandparents' hometown in minamikyushu so saving this as a reference. def want to check out the BookBox and the other shops in the area. i'll also be looking for NPB cards of majors players but it looks like those would be separate card shops from ones that specialize in TCG
I love these videos!
broo this video was awsome!!!!
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
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.
Something about Japan excites me, I’d love to go there one day
Hard Off Tips 🎉
Can't wait for DIY Tips ❤
That monster rancher card is a must buy you are crazy
Loved the content! Will your gameboy mods be videos on this account as well?
I loved your video! ❤
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.
i visited that suruga-ya in Kumamoto, and OMG the figure section had so many hidden gems that you will not find in Tokyo/Osaka, like FFVII Gacha figures.
Very good coverage
I wish retro gameshops in the US had similar prices. Instead, they price gauge for nostalgia.
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.
7:35 Haha i actually bought that eeveelutions box on release & opend it 🥰
Still got everything of it ✌️
Omg no waay
Tom cameo was my favorite part