Hey guys! Chad is back with me today
He's a Twitch streamer
He streams Japanese games and all that cool stuff
So Chad's like the gaming pro
So I thought for today's video it would be awesome to have him join us
and explain how buying games works in Japan
and we're gonna go show you guys some places where you can get games for good deals
So we're out in the inaka (countryside)
I thought if you guys come here on an exchange
or to work as an ALT or something
you're probably not gonna be put right in Tokyo
More often than not you'll be out in the countryside area
We're gonna show you some of the shops out here that you will see a lot
They're really cool places to buy games
Used, you can get amazing deals and it's just fun to go shopping there
So yeah that's what we're gonna do today!
Make sure you go check Chad out on Twitch when you're done watching this video
Let's head out to the stores and have some fun!
So the first store that we are going to is called Wonder Goo
This is a chain store, you can rent movies from here
And you can also buy games, they have an awesome games section
So we're gonna check that out
So we came inside, and they have Animal Crossing here
They're selling it for 4080 yen
I found mine in Nakano for 3500
We're gonna check out the smaller store later and see if they have a better price
As you can see they have all the new games here
There's also a used section that we're gonna go look at now
So Chad was just saying that if you are studying Japanese
It's always cool to buy games designed to teach children Japanese
And I think that's a great idea
I used to play lots of these really simple children's games
and they have furigana over the kanji, so if you're not good at reading kanji you don't need to worry
This one has practice for writing kanji
So that's really awesome, and it's Doraemon so that's always cool
This is one of my favourite games
It looks like it's the newer version that I don't have yet
Tomodachi Collection
I'm pretty sure this is out in America as well under another name
This one is so fun
So if you come over to the corner of the store
You can see they have what looks like a junk pile here
With lots of random used stuff for sale
You can find games that don't have the packaging so they're a lot cheaper
This Pokemon Pearl is only 990 yen
200 yen for some of these games
They're for older systems
It's always cool to check out the discount piles
You can find some good stuff in there sometimes
if you don't care too much about the packaging
Chad found Mario Party! And what is that??
Whoa it's a Supra!
I've never seen this game before
Some N64 games
Oh my gosh wow this is worth getting
It's only like 790 yen
Still in the box
That's nice
There's even some Famicon games
It's so cool looking at the old Japanese games that never came out in North America
Oh look, Pokemon Stadium!
Whoa, 2 bucks!
Sonico!!
50% off? What! Why is no one buying this
If only I had a PS3
So if you guys want to reserve a game and get it right when it comes out
You wanna look for this: shinsaku yoyaku
And Chad is gonna show us what you need to do here
So when a new game comes out, like God Eater is coming out on Oct. 29
So you just take this right here
So you fill out your name, your number and where you live in Japan
That's really all you gotta do, and the store will fill out the rest for you
Usually it's free, you don't have to put any money down
And you just walk away with it
So you just hand that to them, and you're good to go
In Japan, when new games come out they can do whatever they want with prices
because there's no international release
So basically they can decide like, yeah this game is worth 80 bucks
When back home, this would be $60 no questions asked
So when it comes out worldwide, then they'll put a limit on it
This is only in Japan
So they're like, well we're the only ones who have it so we can do whatever we want
Price it up
And of course Amiibos are big right now
So you can find those at all the game shops
Plushie amiibos!
Those are so cute
So this is the store that I'm excited to tell you about
It's called Chiba Kanteidan
Now this is just one that they have in Chiba here
They're gonna be different depending on where you are
But basically what it is, it's a recycle store or a thrift store
where you can get games for really super cheap!
They also carry new games here
And their prices are a little lower than the big chain that I showed you before this
So if you can, look for smaller recycle stores like this
They'll probably have better deals
On the outside wall here they have all the prices they will pay you
They will buy games off of you for this price
The money that they give you is a little higher than other places as well
Check out the giant Famicon and Super Famicon section!
So cool!
Dreamcast, wow
Some are still in the boxes too!
Wow, that's amazing!
That is super nice
Oh that's a good game too!
They're in such good condition
I've noticed that Japanese people keep their stuff in such good condition
So even if you buy it at a recycle store, they're still gonna look amazing
Close to new, often
Set of PS2 games for 6 bucks!
6 bucks for like 10 games!
That's crazy
Check out the discount bin
Yah again, look for the discount bin
You never know what you'll find in here
Hulk Hogan, omg
This looks... erotic
Wii Fit! I love Wii Fit
I wanna get it again
Chad has found some random tonkatsu game
We have no idea what this is
Some kind of puzzle?
And for some reason there's a picture of a tonkatsu on the front
But yeah these are the kind of random games that you can find in Japan
Honestly, the game selection in Japan is intense
Soooo many more games than you can find in Canada
Here is another game for practicing your Japanese writing
I love this kinda stuff
It's so much more fun than practicing out of a text book
I totally recommend games for Japanese study
Oh this one even comes with a brush! Wow
That's really cool
I need that, my Japanese writing is so ugly
It's great, it tests it and everything
You can go for a train vacation
Through your DS
I can totally see a train-otaku wanting this
I kinda like it actually
Can't come to Japan? Just buy this game and you can travel Japan
There's different versions, you can get the other rail line
I hope that gave you an interesting look into what game stores are like here
and gave you some ideas of some places where you can get a better deal
as opposed to like the super big stores in Akihabara and stuff
Make sure to check out Chad's Twitch channel!
I will link it down below
For all the information on new games in Japan
And thanks for watching guys, bye!!