Rare Pokémon Retro Game Hunting in Japan 

wow japan has a lot of retro games, wish the states had stores like these to preserve old games

12:50 ayo what's going on here 😂

thank GOD you went back and bought that copy of Pokemon Box, still sad to see you missed out on buying a boxed copy of red, i believe you’ll get them soon 😤

I’m going to Japan next week, coming across your channel was the best thing that’s happened to me while researching where to buy pokemon games! Thank you!

Lost games are always the most facinating to me. Old games really do be hitting different

Man seeing Munch and Kern goes to Akihabara make me regret not going last time I went to Tokyo. I really want to go, but I was badly injured and walking a lot was impossible for me so I’m very sad. I’m glad you’re having fun tho! Slice of us vlog are so fun to watch too! 11:08 OMG I love Mandarake. When me and my brother go to Akiba we never look first where want to go we just stroll around and man when we find Mandarake we are like oommmggggg 😂 13:02 Surugaya looks like a treasure box maybe I should check them out too Thank you for the great review and place’s recommendation!

I started watching you in the 7th grade and now I'm 24, living and working in Japan (from America). Welcome to Japan! Ps. I won a giveaway like a decade ago from you, so thanks for that!

Man that was such an enjoyable video! Gotta love retro game hunting in Japan, and since I can't do it right now, thank you for filming yourself doing it!

I just finished up a month long trip in Japan and without a a doubt the Surugaya in Tachikawa was my favourite. As of four or so days ago they had the Pokémon Colosseum Celebi bonus disc you mentioned(in the original packaging) for ¥15980, I picked up a couple of copies of Pokemon Box(with the memory cards) for ¥3000 and they had so much more stuff that you’ll love! It’s about 40 minutes out of Tokyo but I’d strongly suggest it if you get the chance! 😁

Great video, man! I know exactly what its like to hang out in those stores for hours haha! Recently went to BEEP for the first time. It did not disappoint. But nothing beats Surugaya imo.

I really love the new style of videos! I've noticed you slowly go in this direction since around Legends Arceus' release cycle. I hope it'll stick the landing with other people, though

12:50 Casual zoom in of the yuri ass grabbing action haha, that has me chuckling

Once again living P5R in real life right now, hope your enjoying your time and the lp will eventually return and you will finally finish that great game.

I know it’s not as big as the one in Tokyo, but we have a Retro Game Camp in LA’s Little Tokyo 😅 it’s pretty cool, but not nearly as awesome as the one you went to! Awesome vid ✨

Lucky ya got a lotta good vintage Pokemon games there lol (make me feel like I should go visit Japan sometime to see those stores)

Best poketuber i know❤

Seeing the cases and manuals bring such a feel you can not get from digital.

Not the Pokémon Red 😭😭😭 I didn’t even know a Pokémon card game video game existed and you should totally play XD! Such an experience. Great haul overall!! Hope you had a fun adventure

I’d love to go to Japan to game hunt. Looks so awesome

yooo your biggest fan is here I been watching your channel since I was 6 I'm 16 now

I will be in Japan for 2 weeks in 5 days. Will be taking notes of these stores for when I arrive lol

Loved the kamen rider ex-aid figurine that appeared in the video

This man really gave me yet another reason to want to fly out to Japan at some point. Obviously, they have every Pokémon game I could possibly want but on top of that, it's cheaper than trying to get the English versions from sellers in America. Plus, well.... it's Japan so it's got every nerdy anime product out there to begin with lol.

I Once Have My Game Boy Advance SP To Play Pokemon Sapphire, Yellow and Crystal Version, But All Three Of My Games and Handheld Console Are Lost Now.

amazing video, thank you for the great content as always MO

A instant munching orange classic

1:28 i see shin megami tensei iii nocturne and digital devil saga. those games are pretty fire.

12:50 had me spooked

7:25 I think the opening for Stardust Telepath by Miku Ito was playing? Did an analysis on the song between lyrics, and I was right.

Awesome finds! I spent 5 weeks in japan a couple of months ago and bought a good few of the pokemon games cib after hunting about 40 book offs. Crystal for 4700 Yellow 5500 Red 5000 Emerald 5500 Fire red 4700 Some steals still out there !

I love these kind of videos! Love Nintendo !

3:01 kamen rider jumpscare

Just got back from Japan, all the cities weren’t the best to find bargains but driving for 2-3 hours outside of the cities and I found all gen 1-2 in box Pokémon games all under 50k Yen.

That pokemon Ds looks awesome

Omg Munch!!! Such amazing finds you got! Please do a playthrough of the yokai watch switch games sometime! Also, i definitely would have gotten black 2/white 2 as well as Emerald and shield dlc cartridge!

Pokémon Box is only rare and elusive in the US as it was only sold in the PCNY store and online. It was widely distributed in bundles in Europe and sold nationwide in Japan.

Akiba had piles of boxed Red, Blue, Green, Silver & Gold for like ¥2500/3000 5/6 years ago. Glad I purchased back then.

Goated content as always MO

Did you complete the pokeaDex To the part one DOC teal mask?

i saw a copy of colloseum when he was showing the GBC puzzle game

They have a Book Off in NYC too. Sadly the only thing that's cheap are the books/manga. Everything else has American prices lol.

Would you consider doing a playthrough of any Pokemon with you favorite 6 all starters only. Of course, this is something I normally do. I know you don't like to OP your teams, but I normally use one version of the game where I completed and have most if not all TMs and give my Lvl 5 of each starter best or preferred moveset then when I get Pokedex I add them to the team. I only leave the original starter on the team since it will always obey in case the others grow too quick, lol.

I wonder what other crazy stuff you'll find

I saw a gameboy printer in the super potato in Osaka for around ¥10000 and a super gameboy 2 for ¥5500 and left them cos I was like I’ll definitely find one elsewhere cheaper. I DID NOT 😂 biggest regrets of my trip cos they were among my top things on my list!

Pokémon games: GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL! 🔥🔥

Hard off book off sounds lit I gotta go asap

Ok guys so I have a question. I'm going to Japan in a month, so I could go buy some games while I'm at it. But what about compatibility ? If you buy japanese version of let's say pokemon emerald. Can you play it in another language ?

Most of the games you called sealed werent actually sealed, it's just the store wrapping it up in plastic which is very common in japan. Im currently doing my japan trip right now, i went outside of the main cities and by far found the best deals on the outskirts of the city. The only draw back is each destination isnt as close to the others.

Ah mandarake. My inner Kamen rider and toku fan has a love-hate relationship with you.

I think gamefreak would rather pump out new games every other year, than to remake the new ones. Which is very sad. Personally i would love to play the older Pokémon games, like they made links awakening on the switch!

What a legend and and Great video forlife Pokémon is Awsome

What game boy console do you use??

OMG YO KAI WATCH WE NEED A PLAYTHROUGH

12:50 lmao 😂

I managed to buy all the mainline Pokemon games from the original to 3ds in japanese was pleased with my collection

I might have to come visit one day

I’m not even lying when I say this, but I went to Trader when I was in Japan visiting relatives and bought the boxed copy of pokemon SoulSilver and as soon as I played it I was immediately blessed with 5 shinies before the hall of fame it was crazy

I hope you make a video on going to all the pokemon manhole covers that would be cool

17:42 What do you mean by rare? It's a Japanese version of Kirbys Tilt n Tumble that I can get on ebay for $11 right now.

I stayed at akihabara in 2017. It was nerd heaven

Love your vids

That pokémon emerald on Trader with the add of the adapter for the function of trading (which was a JP exclusive) was kinda worth that price, if you think that you can find it at the same price or more, plus with shipping cost and custom, so maybe was better to grab it ahah

hey mo, theres a book off in nyc 👀

Yokai watch did have a English 3ds release and the HD port is the same game so you could use a English guide to play it

I wanna go live in Japan 🗾 someday

It’s like a dream come true (now I really wanna go to Japan)

One question what NFL team do you go for

Hardly hunting in Akiba, it’s literally a shopping area catering to western game tourists, they stock everything there and wait for tourists to turn up.

7:25 i hear hoshikuzu telepath opening

"just ignore the one in the back" nah hello Kurosaki Mea

Why do I keep seeing people going to Japan these past few weeks? Was there some sort of big sale on tickets?

I think it would be cool to see if you can transfer that guys Pokémon from emerald all the way to scarlet and violet!

Just a heads up those 'seals' are almost guaranteed to be re-seals put on by all the resale shops, so definitely shouldn't feel bad about opening them up to play!

Which Nintendo consoles are region-locked? (GB,GBA, DS?)

omg that pokemon diamond and pearl intro mmmm so yummy orange

I'm curious, how do you understand the things around you in Japan? Did you learn Japanese or are you guys walking with a translator?

I had no idea they even made Yo-Kai Watch 1 for the Switch! I'm so jealous.

I would play the HGSS Japanese versions, even though Kris and the roulette card flip are scrapped.

I did 6 months of trawling across the whole of Japan doing this for your same reasoning, affordable titles I can't afford in the west! I only just finished unboxing it all and I've been home for over 4 months😂

that batman soundtrack 👌 😍

I just thought about this now, but I just realized Ive been watching you since I was 6 and Im in 10th grade now.

11:31 what game is that

You have got to stream

yo kai watch 4 was the only one to be japan only while the 1st 2nd and 3rd game came out in america

I live in Japan (Nagoya) and I'm a retro collector. I watched this to see how over priced those games are in Tokyo. All those places he went to are tourist traps because Akihabara is known for over pricing. Enjoy.

This is Great 👍

Hey guys er the gamecube Games resealed? Because the H Seam is Not in the middle of the back

if you get Pokemon games as the Japan copy you can change it to English obviously right ?

I found pokemon green in the same quality for like 108 yen in a book off in Nagano. Tokyo prices must just sky-rocket cause they know heaps of tourists want them

I want the pokemon heart gold and soul silver, and the pokemon gen 3 game's ❤❤❤. I'm confused about the Japanese prices though

My nose still has dust from all these places 😷

Idk how i somehow found 2 copies of pkmm box for 1430yen somewhere in edogawa

Im currently on the hunt for both a Japanese and English copy of Pokemon box

Your voice is hilarious

Hard off tends to have more games then BOOK OFF.

Where’d you get that white gameboy?

Fun

I would of bought the XD and colosseum

bro theres an elevator at mandarake 😭

I saw videos of other RU-vidrs going there and mentioning there are also fake copies being sold. Even in vending machines. Not sure if fake copies is the correct term to use though. They are not original copies of Pokémon games, but they still are fully functional like the original if i recall correct. I'd score all the games I miss from the Pokémon franchise still (main titles) as those I like most. Do hope you complete the quest and hunt for the copies you want.