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This is the kind of video people need to see. Hard numbers and one-to-one examples of how ridiculous Akihabara is. I just came back from a trip to Yokosuka (about an hour south of Tokyo by train) this past weekend and saw those loose Pokemon games (yellow, blue, green, gold, silver) for less than 500 yen at a Wattman store (Kanagawa prefecture's local version of Hardoff).

Those crazy Super Potato prices haha! I bought a complete great condition Links Awakening DX for half the price of that cartridge. Wow, that Pokemon Red was a great deal. I would've picked it up too. Great video and editing!

Great video Scruffy! You got to love the great life lessons learned from Ghostbusters 2 on the Gameboy: "Don't let your partner get stuck behind a doorway or piece of furniture!" Something not every parent tells their child.

4k yen for a pokemon game is just insulting...

I'm traveling to Japan in about a week and I'll hunt some Pokémon games for my collection. Thank you for this information! I'll be looking for Surugaya and OFF stores on my trip to see what I can find :D

I would definitely agree with the sentiment that Akihabara is great for window shopping or grabbing something if your absolutely desperate for it. But you mightn't need to go too far outside of Tokyo to get some deals. You'll definitely get a deal in any of the electronic thrift stores (Book-Off, Hobby-Off etc.) that is outside of Akihabara or else try looking out for the generic 'TV Game' hole in the wall/Mom and Pop shops that are littered around. Some good deals to be had there! When I was in Japan last year, I didn't buy a lot in Akihabara. I also went to DenDen town in Osaka and the Super Potato there wasn't much better either. I walked into a Book-Off in Dotonbori and picked up some heavy hitters (SML series, Pokemon Gen 1 and 2 games and Zelda) altogether for less than what a single cart would've cost me in Super Potato

I paid over the odds in Akihabara but I wasn't finding the stuff I wanted, so blew my budget in the last few days and glad I did otherwise I wouldn't have come back with the things that I thought I was going to be tripping over in the street!

I would've cleaned out a lot of those GB games that I don't have, since the prices are quite nice at that shop outside of Tokyo. That Super Potato on the other hand, can take their prices and shove it where the sun don't shine. Also another trip for some donoffee!

I think the main cause of the price spike in Akihabara is the fact that now foreign tourist are visiting at pre-"chinacough" levels. Give it a couple of years and you will see those prices in outer cities too.

On the walk there from funabashi station as I speak! Here in japan for two weeks and I was looking to buy a gbc and crystal to play on the trains! Really glad I found this thank you so much for the tip off 😊 if you see this… any tips on where to get a gbc console around here?

Awesome video, i'm going to Japan in October and will definitly go game hunting in the countryside.

Thank you for this. I’m going to Japan next month. I’ll adjust my plan to just get OSTs in Akihabara and elsewhere for the games

I always watch your videos just in pure awe...I was planning on coming to visit in 2020 and we all know how that went! Then was supposed to come this January but we were expecting our first child that's now 4 months old so not sure when I'll actually be able to come and visit...but when I do...please take me to all the places outside Tokyo and do some game hunting! I fear for my wallet though haha big love form the UK

In us it’s even worst now. Your better off getting a rom version more then anything. I do blame youtuber like MJR doing videos about being cheap and probably why prices are higher but who knows..

I've never heard you be so upset you're like the chillest dude I know hahaha

Absolute legend fot that Pokemon score!

I went to Tokyo in 2019 and the prices weren't too bad. Then the covid nostalgia buying began 😬

The wonders of knowing Japanese, ポケモン赤の箱めちゃ綺麗！いいGET！

I think we all saw this coming starting for some time. Too many resellers and collectors competing for the same games and not having either the time or knowledge to venture more outside of the usual areas of Tokyo (and Osaka).

very good deal on that CIB pokemon red...gb 2 is almost a straight fc port...both this hal laboratory games are way better than nes gb2...thats for sure! SUPER POTATO is nuts with the prices and we all know it!

1200 yen is a steal. Everyone wants over 10000 yen for Pokemon REd.

Prices in Akihabara seem out of hand. I wonder how much this is affected by Japan opening up again fully after COVID?

No in Tokyo 😂 I bought a gameboy color for ¥6600 at a hard off out near Yokohama way, there was two and I’m after another so I’m gutted I didn’t pick up both! I saw them for over ¥20000 in Super Potato and RGC, I didn’t hire the car specifically to go looking in hard offs but it was cheaper to hire the car and buy the gameboy outside of Tokyo than to buy the gameboy in Tokyo 😂

The Pokemon red boxed version was reasonably priced. There were games at more affordable prices. Some prices were ridiculous. maybe you could make a video about your own game collection.

Love your content

Wish i could visit! But wont be for a long time if ever... 😅

ironic how it’s called super potato Lol They probably see the tourists as Potatoes they can easily rip off

I need to go to Japan.... the US game market is trash.

Just out of curiosity, where do you find these retro shops to hunt in?

By the way this place is a really nice place but all the gameboy Pokémon games are gone so I do not recommend coming here for a while

What was the location of the first thrift store you went to in the video with the Pokémon for 680 yen? Thank you!

@Scruffy Lookin RGB hi, i really like your KZfaq videos and I was just wondering if you could please tell me the exact name of the second shop you went to in Chiba as what I typed in that came up with subtitles got me know where with finding it on a Google search

this is the problem with the hobby and the community as a whole right now. the actual old hardware even parts are going for a premium these days its sad. tens of millions of these things exist but everyone thinks "oh its old/ retro it will fetch top dollar". the issue with that mentality is most of the people just want to relive nostalgia not resell for a higher price like the seller is anticipating (because that is the seller's own tactic already).

Everything is double the price in the US and in much worse condition.

It is already cool but how much are the prices

Do you see many boxed GBA games?

What’s the name of the store in Chiba?

i have towa chiki why too expensive

the more people post these game hunting videos in Japan showing the honeypots... the more the deals will dry up. please stop. everyone knows super potato is expensive. they get the most free advertising. Hard-off has gotten almost as expensive as super potato this past year. Now every fame seeking youtuber is recording all of the game shops outside of the major cities. If someone is devoted to the hunt enough they'll find it on their own. These shops will get more known and raise their prices because of videos like this...

i will not buy a game u can download it for free , its not goanna happen

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