A lot of what is going on right now is reminiscent of when graded games in general started hitting Heritage and other auction sites. Some of these purchases will likely end up being great in the next 3-5 years (assuming JP video games is a "thing" that sticks), and some of them, like Secret of Mana and/or FFV, will likely see their values go down as many more get sent in for grading and begin cycling in the market. With these JP auctions only happening once or twice a year, the price corrections and discovery phase is going to be a lot slower than what we experienced with North American games. There is just way less volume in general. Frankly, it's a good time to be selling some of this more common stuff (the stuff that is well known to be common) while the values are high. Interested in consigning with Heritage? Use this link for free appraisals and to start the process (if your games are raw, include pictures when possible): www.ha.com/free-appraisals.s?slug=www&ic=WorthFreeAuctionEvaluation-010113

So what Greg is saying is, the Japanese game market is still as fresh as his hair cut

Really great stuff!

I'm going all in on Japanese Duck Hunt.

Because of you, I just posted my only JP game and just sold it in less than 1h 😂

Fascinating take on the market. Will Japanese Games be like the UK first edition of Harry Potter (where the original, non-NA, 1st print sells for more than the the NA, 1st print) or a 'No Rarity' Pokemon card or yugioh card (where collectors hardly acknowledge the 'true' first print for decades)? I understand that different collecting categories look at this question differently. It seems like you're getting at the idea that folks are going off of some uneducated yet cautious optimism that the former may happen some day - the "VGA 90 or bust" definitely resonates with that thought. I like to imagine a book collector seeing a super scarce King James Bible come up in auction and simply saying, "Nah. I prefer uncirculated copies." Is the optimism justified? I understand that we didn't see synchronized release dates between NA/Japan for Nintendo's mainline games until the Nintendo Switch, so the first prints for anything Nintendo/Sony are probably going to be consistently Japanese going into the late 2010s. Especially into the 2000s, Japanese games got much better cover art. On the downside, the supply might be too high for some of this stuff - I understand Japanese collectors are generally famous for keeping these items in pristine condition but also are only starting to get into graded stuff. Even then, it's just to sell abroad over YJ or Ebay instead of owning (whereas I'm sure plenty of Brits are actively trying to get a UK first print of Harry Potter) - that could result in very different market sizes. Honestly, I think the market's trajectory is just going to be a function of how many moderately wealthy folks take sustained interest in this category. I was trying to do some price modeling for an antiques hobby, and the big "price prediction" variable that I accidentally got at was, "which rich people collect this particular thing?" Very excited to see what happens!

Great analysis and insight here, one of your best vids!

Japanese versions are the real original versions…

Great stuff as usual Greg, always appreciate the content. It'll be really interesting watching the 9.8 A+ Japanese FF7 coming up in the next signature. 👀👀

I thought Animal Crossing would have been higher. Decent grade. I have The Frog for whom the Bell Tolls on Gameboy ready to grade maybe sell but I’m worried no-one knows about the Japanese exclusives yet lol. Great video. Thanks for sharing

Haircut looks nice Greg!

The result of investorinos going nuts trying to catch the next wave of anything. This is not much different from the CIB uptick, or the pandemic boom. People see movement and start spending without enough info to make sound decisions... I've always said, there's always more stock out there, and especially in Japan. With that said, I think some Japanese games will be valuable just for how well they present, and how they capture the mood of the games.

yeah i agree with you greg

Great video Greg! Could I get that website you use to search for Japanese sealed games? I would love Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 sealed because it was my first ever imported game when I was 11

Seem like only go after huge games in NA and only sell high graded stuff. Anything vga 85 or lower you might as well hold until the market settles

I haven't seen many Rockman 3 pop up for sale on YAJ either, but I do know a seller on ebay was trying to sell at least 3 of them in 85/85+ grade a few years ago. Not sure what the VGA pop looks like for that game.

When I think of Japanese games, i think the hot and expensive ones being exclusives like say Earthbound series which we only got the 2nd game. And famicom disk,n64dd

It's certainly going to be interesting how this effects the local store in Japan! 👀

Awesome video! I wonder how many more people we need in the Japanese space for the common stuff to not be "common" haha (100 people? 1000 people? 10,000 people? :O ) It'd really stonk if we get people in Japan into the graded / unopened / sealed collecting

Man forget getthegreggames, I want to getthegreggains, what do you do on shoulder day? sheesh

Konasiwai😑 from amsterdam

buying: none, selling: all

I’m sorry our greed has affected you my Japanese brethren.

Feels like a little bit of JPN FOMO LOL

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