Japan's biggest ARCADE PARADISE! │ TAITO STATION 2024 (Full Tour!) │ Nagoya, Japan
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Back in Nagoya visiting the biggest arcade chain in Japan called Taito Station. These arcade centers usually have at least 4 floors filled with arcade machines. In this video, I'm taking all of you with me for a full POV tour of what this place looks like and how it can survive after so many years. Enjoy!
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Its amazing that even they have the best gaming consoles with best games, they manage to keep game arcades alive.
Definitely! I agree with you. They choose amazing games to have in this arcade!
Thank you Japanese people for making my child hood magical with the video games that you introduced us with.
Amen!
You are so right! They are so innovative. Here's to Japan's future! 🍻
Japan has all the cool stuff... Awesome 👍👍
Thats a very true statement! Love exploring new arcades and games here!
Japan truly does make amazing and strange things.
And the rest of the world loves it!
@@RetroMomentsMakes me wonder why there are no Taito World franchises in City Malls all over the world?
God, I miss SEGAWORLD
Thank you Japan for having the best games ,cartoons ,toys ,cars ,electronics and people.
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Indeed! Amen!
The closest I'll ever likely get to visiting Japan is the Yakuza games. Seeing this makes me appreciate the work that went into recreating Japanese Game Arcades for them.
Thats awesome to hear! Lets cherrish these Japanese Game Centers and let them live on for years to come!
Dude, thanks so much for showing us this incredible arcade! I really enjoyed seeing this arcade. Also, those might just be the cleanest and nicest looking CRTs that I have ever seen.
Glad you enjoyed the tour, man! :D I totally agree about the CRT screens. They look even better when you're there. Beautiful scanlines!
I've been gaming since the early 80s. The arcade scene used to be huge here in San Diego. You used to find arcade machines in 711's, laundry stores, pizza joints, bars, etc... in addition to all the actual arcades they had everywhere. It was really sad to see it all go away once online gaming exploded in the early 00's. I wish arcades would make a come back here.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing. I could only imagine what it was like back in the days. And I totally agree. Online gaming will never be the same as the Arcade. Hopefully its just a fad and we will go back to what really meant something, one day in the future...
I also grew up in San Diego and was going to arcades there back in the '90s and early 2000s. We would also take trips up to the greater LA area and go to places like Arcade Infinity and Super Arcade. I really wish they would make at least some kind of a comeback as there are so many new games over the past 20 years that are still worth playing today.
Took my young daughter here when we toured Japan before [The Dark Times]. She was trying a fighting game when she got a random network challenger. She managed to beat them and she was SO excited lol.
Damn. At least Japan preserves and appreciates retro games and video arcades.
I love to see that as well! Even if they dont earn enough money in the future to keep it running, Im sure they will have a special place for them somehow.
Taito is number 1 in my heart. So many good memories.
Great video, thanks for the tour.
Thanks for watching, Robert! Glad you enjoyed the tour!
Japan respects video games. Very well maitained video game machines.
You know it! The way it should be!
Amazing video. I'd love to see a video game arcade at its peak in the 90s, filled with people 😁Those would have been great times
Thank you so much for watching! I agree with you. I wish I could find some old footage of Taito Station...
Love it!!
Thanks for watching!
Wonderful tour of this amazing Arcade chain there in Nagoya, Japan mate! Looks very beautiful and bigger than the Taito Station over in Akihabara I think! Cheers for sharing this tour Adam & good job! 😀👍🎮
Awesome! Glad to hear that, mate! Yea, its surely is bigger than the one in Akihabara. Cheaper rent and more space in Nagoya. Thank you! :D
Finally somebody mentions Melty Blood. I use to be a Street Fighter/ MK fan but i discovered Blazblue, Guilty Gear, Under Night, Skullgirls and then saw Melty Blood. I jumped on ebay and bought a New copy that cost about $140 on ps4 but the art and combat and strait up vibe of the game make it worth every penny. A must for any type of fighting game fan ( hardcore or casual)
those CAVE shmups got me .... need to live there ....
Yea I love CAVE shooters! Thats the high class stuff!
What a comfy arcade! Remember going to the ones in Akihabara a few years ago.
Yea I love spending time here. Especially at a regular wednesday evening 10pm with less people in general. During the day it can be really busy in here.
The Akihabara one is really nice as well.
It makes me sad looking at those CRTs turned on all day and night burning away. when the phosphore coating is burned, there's no way to fix it.
Totally feel the same way. They should definitely think about ways to make these CRTs last as long as possible. I did hear a rumour of a company in Asia producing new CRTs. But still...
This looks like such a cool place. Great video, buddy.
Its defintiely my weekend hang out place! Thanks for watching, man and glad you enjoyed the tour!
Very good video and Quality,,,,,,compañero....saludos MundoMakina
Gracias! I really appreciate it!
Was thinking Auld Lang Syne an odd choice for the music in there. Made more sense when you said they were closing for the evening.
Haha yea, someone commented exactly this before in another video. That song for many stores and public places is the sign of closing in Japan and everyone knows it. Its a good strategy.
Initial d and maxi tune are 2 of my favorites lots of fun on linked machines
I agree! Super fun racing games! I'll never get tired of Initial D!
If these arcades were here in Canada,I would hang out for so long that would start charging me rent.😅
Haha thats incredible! :D Well, theres nothing like having a whole machine built for that specific game that you like!
WOW! I haven't seen a finely detailed tour of the Taito Station like this before Adam. This was just fantastic. I wish others would do the same like you did brother man. 8^)
Anthony..
Anthony! Thank you so much! Makes me happy to see my OG' subscribers enjoying the new content. Cheers man!
I remember the first time I saw Final Fight, now I see it's still at an arcade somewhere in the world, so cool.
Timeless beat em up game!
And I agree, its wonderful to see these old classics still being played somewhere!
Would travel just for this 😂 amazing arcade 👍
If you love Japanese Arcade games, Id say its worth it 😃👏
Welcome to Taito Station!
Oh yeah!
Man, I live in the wrong country, at least when it comes to this kind of entertainment :D
Haha right! I really wish Arcades where bigger in Europe as well. But then again, I just think it wouldn't be worth it financially. Hope they will live on for many more years to come in Japan at least :D
Yet another place for me to add to my destination list for next year! :)
Definitely stop by a Taito Station! More cool places and stores coming :D
Just an FYI, I think the newest Melty Blood game in the series is Type Lumina that came out in 2019 in Japanese arcades and 2021 I believe in the US/Europe for home systems and PC. Interestingly, the game just got a new patch on May 7th of this month on Steam. Not bad for a 2+ year old Japanese arcade port after all :D
You're right! Somehow I missed Type Lumina and found out about just a few days ago! Thats cool. Definitely stoked to try it out now :D
i hope someday i will be there and playing all of those
I hope so too. Its amazing. Good luck!
Great video
Thank you! :D
My favorite machine you showed was Initial D. I’ve never got to play it but I love the anime and the manga.
Yea, Initial D is a classic! Hope you will find the arcade machine one day. I love to play that machine!
We used to have one of the biggest Arcade entertainment center in London SEGA WORLD back in the 90s.
Oh wow SEGA World! I never got to visit that one myself.
@@RetroMoments We had our own microcosm of neo Toyko with 7 levels at over 250,000 square foot of floor space w over hundreds of MYME & Naomi sports/racing, shooting & fighting cabinets, cool thrill attractions like The Aliens Marine & Killer Guerilla Escape tour, virtual rides, 3 cinemas, videogame/merch stores & Planet Hollywood next door & two entrances the 1st was the tube-station basement passage way with break dance offs & 2nd the grand entrance itself with the Bronze Sonic Statue on top. I'll never forget those long neon blue metallic esculators that took you from one level to the next it was like something out of a Syd Mead painting or a space city. I was just devastated when it closed down.
Cool ARCADE...Battle Garegga was ported to PS4 too...by M2
Oh cool! I didnt know that. Glad to see you in the comments, Fazares!
BONSAI!!!! 🤙🎮🕹️💪
Best tree in the world haha!
This guy needs reprimanded for walking right by the awesome House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn arcade cabinet and not even mentioning it.
Haha I get it. It looks cool, but Ive never tried it actually. And its impossible to talk about everything when recording a video spontaneously!
Its them grab machines filled with "hello kitty" toys for prizes!!! Hehe 😸
Exactly haha! You like those prices? :D
18:09 is that "Amazing Grace" playing on the sound system?
Youre right! Its the soundtrack to closing stores and entertainment centers in Japan! Pretty cool, right!? :D
@@RetroMoments Sure!
Tack för en fantastiskt video. Är ju mysigt vid arkadmaskinerna ändå! Nästa år får det tusan bli en resa.
Tack Mr Snotcrow! Kul att du tittar!
Ja det är det verkligen. Tid och rum försvinner lätt när man har gått in här.
Det tycker jag! Kör!
Really nice tour.
I was at Akihabara @ Tokyo few months ago. I have to admit though I was really disappointed visiting the various arcade centres.
Being an 80's kids, I was hoping to find retro arcade cabinets with games from 80's through 2000's eras. It's sad they are now replaced with mostly claw machines, capsule toys vending machines and dance/music themed games. 😢
I understand these are more profitable then retro arcade games, but I was still hoping to find a section dedicated to those.
If only I had made the trip to Japan 20 years ago.
Next time you are in Tokyo, check out Mikado in Takadanobaba. All classic cabinets from the 80s and 90s.
In Osaka there are several retro arcades near Shinsekai.
There is only really one or two classic arcades in Nagoya, but there is a great one about an hour outside of town in the city of Nishio called Amano Game Museum.
@@ferretsensei Thanks. 😄👍
Thanks for watching! I really appreciate it.
Yea the retro arcades are now replaced with newer ones or claw machines simply because they are more popular and generate more money. And as a business, thats something to prioritize.
Im just happy to see a few retro cabinets in there and thats it not all gone.
Japan 20 years ago wouldve been a dream!
@@RetroMoments Definitely a dream. I remember how excited I get when I visited local arcade centres back in my teens. Back in the 2000s, game companies like Sega, Capcom and Namco were just venturing into 3D tech, and featuring their most up-to-date arcade machine technology. 😍
Nice trip! So many shmups game. I'd like to try Raiden Arcade
Thanks Reza! Just the way it should be! Raiden Arcade is fire!
If u didn't know, the 🌍's largest arcade is in New Hampshire
(Live Free or Die).
Oh yea, Ive heard about it! How much bigger is it than Taito Station do you think?
I can tell u this, Funspot (N.H.) is in a 75,000 sqft building with 3 floors and over 500 games!
However, within the 75,000 sqft is a bowling alley 🎳 and mini-golf ⛳️.
Can you give me a list of video arcade game centers in Japan that are still alive and well and kicking? I've been wanting to visit Japan to play in its arcades.
Sure! Which city to start with?
Looks awesome 😊👍
Would have expected it to be a little busier maybe
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Yea me too actually. Even though this was a wednesday at 10pm.
But believe me, during the day its very busy!
Wow worderful 🎉❤
It surely is!
Its a desert..the new generation doesnt know how it feels to go outside after school and go to your best friend's house to get him out his house "no phones" you meet and decide to go to the arcades and play until you're out of coins..stay and watch some guys doing mini competitions etc then returning back home talking about the special moves you learned and how you passed these levels and think of tomorrow how to get more coins and how to earn them..etc
This generation knows only the consoles or the smartphones
Its a desert late in the evening during the weekday. Weekends are another story.
But of course. I have the same thoughts like you about all of this. You're right, they will never experience this like us. "Smart phones" ruined a lot. We can only hope the new generation are interested in how we did things back then and maybe take some of it back for the future.
They definitely need to make a sleep mode system, so many machines consume a huge amount of electricity, their screens will burn out if they don't rest. Taito has so many cool franchises, but apparently their bosses may have had a daughter born, and hardcore Taito has turned into a plush girl world.
Totally agree with everything you said. They need to make a move fast with the CRT screens if they are going to last longer.
As for Taito going for more plushies and crane games... Thats just what they have to do since its a buisness and they make more money so nowadays!
How do they keep that place open without customers?? It's a yakuza arcade to launder money??
Haha I litterally went at the time with less people. Its super busy during the day, any day of the week.
Is there anyway you could post links to those drinks you showed? Great video!
Like sites where you can buy them, you mean? Thanks for watching! More Arcade-tours in Japan on my channel if you feel like watching more!
Thank you for pronouncing Taito correctly.
Absolutely! I didnt know people had trouble pronouncing that to be honest, haha!
16:01 I guess japanese bus driver after his shift loves to play as japanese train driver 😄
Definitely haha! A lot of people in Japan are very fanatic about train simulators!
Interesting they have a few American arcade machines. The Space Invaders Frenzy and Walking Dead both from Raw Thrills (The company that makes most of the non redemption games in modern arcades in America with the founder being a veteran in the industry who made games for Williams and Midway).
Yea, I thought about that as well. Pretty cool that they imported those. You rarely see that. Its the same with XBOX and XBOX games. Hard to come by since Japanese people are fans of their own stuff.
@@RetroMoments It ain't an arcade in america without at least one game from Eugene Jarvis's Raw Thrills and I guess that's the same outside america. His company makes cool arcade games mostly outside redemption.
arcade heaven
You know it! Its Japan!
7:36 can't help but to feel nervous seeing that soda can
I thought the exact same thing haha...
I wouldn't mind visiting Japan someday too check out cool stuff like this, thanks. God bless. Jesus loves you!
I’ve seen have been around the world I have every NTSC/US Console tons of games from 1980-Now I enjoy your videos I love the junk areas but either way you can find tons of great games for all consoles for cheap in Japan just set a limit of 100-2000 yen and that’s it complete on each item
Oh wow, youre definitely passionate about games then! And thank you for watching! I appreciate it. Yea, always fun to run to the junk section and dig around in there!
@@RetroMomentsI appreciate you 4amlaundry and Mad Panic Gaming/Kid Shoryuken good times around Japan
@@mjdf122 Glad to hear that, man! Lots of cool videos coming. I can assure you that!
@@RetroMomentscan’t wait I enjoy going over the prices of each game for each console I already know and have tons of games from 1980-Now for NTSC-U and PAL just need to get on top of all of the Japanese games which they always have more than us
Given its size, there are too few people here. I think this place might soon disappear like many other good things in Japan.
I thought about that as well. They will definitely shrink in size first however. But mind you, this was a regular wednesday evening at 10pm.
Anima Lotta has to be a top 5 dating activity for me lmao
Hahaha I'm not surpised you said that lol
Sega should make a return with a handheld as good as the switch or vita 😊 but they never listen to me lol 13:25 the guy dancing lol 😂😊 great video that place us do big I think I would want to try that fast racing game you said that’s only 1 player initial or some kind of name like that near the end of your video also dance lol
That would be so cool! Its like a dream. I would be first day buyer for a new SEGA console regardless, to be honest!
Glad you liked the video Sara! Oh yea, Initial D is awesome. There is a PS2 version you should get :D
I'm a Japanese person currently studying English.
If you've watched this video, please come visit Japan!
There are a lot of retro games in Japan, too. The game introduced at 4:21 is "Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Versus 2 Overboost," a popular arcade game that is particularly popular in the Japanese arcade market.
It may be difficult for beginners, but there is also a training mode, so please come and play.
Was hoping to see some wonderboy and bubble bobble.
Great games, no doubt! But I rarely see those games in Japanese arcades to be honest. It happens, just not often.
16:52 OCHACO!! 🥰
Haha I dont know it actually. Ill do some research!
My first time game is race car in dingdong ,i forget the title and my first game in console is mario bross😂 about 90's
The electricity bill must be insane .
Haha you know it! Hopefully its nothing compared to the income of the arcade!
Weird thumbnail. Japan hasn’t used stand up wood cabs since the early 80s, and candies were retired over 10 years ago. Most Taito Stations don’t have candy cabs anymore.
Guilty Gear, Melty Blood, BlazBlue, Fate Grand Order, AMAZIIIING!!!!! :')
Oh yeah! Timeless games! Hopefully it will contribute to making Taito Station live on for a long time!
Capsule Toys ... huh... I should get one.
You wont just get one... Its a start of a collection!
@@RetroMoments Maybe .. I should get another.
@@greatestytcommentator I think you should! Good luck!
the music in Arcade Paradise is ' ce n'est qu'un aurevoir mes frères ' , its a sade musique and not in relation with games
The music represents ”closing a place” in Japan!
A lot of stores use it as well. Easy sign for the people to know they need to leave!
10pm on what day of the week? would be interesting to see how it looks on a Friday or Saturday night
Wednesday! That could definitely be the next video of this place. Great idea!
How come you didn't play any on video? Also I really want ro play Gundam Extreme VS 2 Overboost.
Only because it was late and they were almost closing.
And I was actually playing a bit before recording.
Next Arcade will have footage of me playing some games for sure!
Taito Station 2024 was great unfortunately there is one missing with the Arcade of Skullgirls 2nd Encore but why!
unfortunatley to few visitors to survive! unless it is weekdays at a very unpopular time :-(
Yea! Lets see how long it will survive. I thought about this as well after going here a few times in the evening on weekdays. They definitely need more people then. At least its full on the weekends.
Where is this? Do you have the address and other cool spots for Nagoya and around Nagoya? Thanks!
In the middle of Nagoya! Inside the Osu Market. Very central.
I definitely have more cool spots. Check out my channel or search for "Space Shuttle" and "Q3Box"!
Where are the '78-'80's taito games
Riiiight. But I guess its not popular enough. Crazy...
I hear that these places are a 24/7 operation. They never close.
A few arcades in Tokyo are operating 24/7. Or at least used to. Taito Station in Nagoya usually closes around 12am.
Never knew Rolling Gunner was also in arcades. I thought it was Switch only.
I’m your 82🎉😊❤ hi Adam let me see JAPAN 😊 12:29 LUCKY CAT 🐱
I filmed that Lucky Cat for you :D
@@RetroMoments awww yay thank you Adam 🐱 ❤️
Très Sympa Merci
Dommage aucuns Pinball, babyfoot, billard, etc...
Hey is there Dreamcast games on any those arcade machines as well
Most Taito Stations have Crazy Taxi to be honest. Just not this one!
Man it’s sad we don’t have arcades like these like back in the day. Now we only have Dave and Busters which is over priced and they only have few arcades. I miss all the arcade centers back in the day.
Yea, there were something special about it that is lost in these "new arcades" we have in the west today...
How it work? How long you can play? 2 minutes?
100 yen price. You play until you die in the game or its over. Sometimes you have more "continues" depending on the game.
All other shops are closed 😢
It was late in the evening!
How do they pay for all the electricity to light this place up? I saw only a few people playing games. Can't even imagine what rent or taxes would be in this location.
What’s the name of the gundam game on the Dreamcast? I’d like to play it!
I think its: Mobile Suit Gundam: E.F.F. vs. Zeon
Tatio? Should have Superman the arcade
Yea they should! That game is actually fun!
I have arcade in my area, i think just other games not fighting games
Still great that you have an Arcade nearby. A lot of places dont exist anymore.
But my opinion honestly, fighting games are the most fun. Hopefully your arcade will get a fighting game eventually!
Taito🥰
Heaven! :D
Do they have 3rd strike?
They used to have it! But I didnt see it this time around. If another SF-game is more popular, they will use it instead.
I have no idea who you are but you sound really Swedish 😉
Haha sure! I sound Swedish because I am Swedish, Johan! Welcome to the channel!
How much price to play 1 machine?
Usually 100 yen, which is less than a dollar.
Welcome to the channel, Grace!
Who owns this place?
Taito Corporation!
Only one driving game? What the shit?!?
2! or 3 if you count Mario Kart Arcade! You have Inital D and Midnight Maxium Tune 6. But I agree. Throw in Outrun in there!
I thought its going to be just a bunch of retro arcade machines.
Before my first time in Japan I thought so as well, kinda.
But as this is the biggest chain of Arcades in Japan, they have to draw people from all different age groups. And claw machines and crane games are definitely becoming bigger with time unfortunately.
Hey I play melty blood on xbox
Oh theres a Xbox version too!? Nice!
Sjukt stor arkad. Önskar vi hade liknande här hemma.
Eller hur! Jag kan bara hålla med. Alltid kul att bara springa förbi och döda lite tid i!
Whats the intro music?
Extan made the song! Its called ”Just the beginning” if I remember correctly!
@@RetroMoments Thanks , I just subscribed to your channel.
The games in the video before Battle Garega look boring. How can people play that modern SLOP?
To be honest, it isnt my cup of tea either. But I guess its nostalgic to the generations after us. Unless its new. Then its probably teenagers and kids who's in to that stuff.