Bomberman, Momotaro, Puyo Puyo, Pseudo Mario Kart & More! Only In Japan Games w/ Takahashi Meijin!

[@GTV-Japan]

Which games have you played, or would like to try?

[@anthonyfrench3169]

Honestly anything from Suda 51 is great for me

[@Mr.Peanut1986]

My favorite game channel, bar NONE!

[@GimblyGFR]

I love these episodes based on weird Japanese stuff. Pino Love and Pino RPG take the weirdness to another level. And I thought that the romantic visual novel with pigeons was the top of the weirdness mountain ... Anyway, an excellent video. Thank you very much for releasing it..

[@GTV-Japan]

No problem! This was a fun one to do 🍦

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

There's a weird promotional crossover with the recent Vtuber phenomenon, the games they play, and Japanese companies revitalizing old IP like ActRaiser, Hebereke, and Klonoa, as well as a new indie push like Vampire Survivor and Palworld. Similar thing happened with West-facing production ten years ago with Mighty No.9 and Blaster Master Zero. Also notable is Undertale and Toby Fox working close to Nintendo. Evercade is also getting projects off the ground with new physical releases sort of in the repro cartridge space, which must be influential behind the scenes to affect companies like SUNSOFT.

[@GimblyGFR]

​@@sboinkthelegday3892 I really like what Evercade is doing. The market for cart games for old consoles is thriving right now. Many new games are being released and re-editions of old software for Genesis/Mega Drive, NES, SNES and even PC-Engine, and Atari released a new version of the 2600, including new carts! Sega, Nintendo and other companies could be profiting from old games and old hardware.

[@ドリフト180X]

This episode has made me hungry for ice cream now. These games remind me of cereal box games, where is game was themed after the character mascot of the cereal.

[@GTV-Japan]

I think that’s a good comparison 🍦

[@Prodmullefc]

Oh interesting, so Momotaro Dentetsu is like Japan's Monopoly. Did it ever have a tabletop release or was it always a video game series?

[@GTV-Japan]

I think it’s only been a video game. It started as an RPG and the train game was kind of a spin off that got more popular

[@Prodmullefc]

@@GTV-Japan It's pretty intriguing though. I think video board games has been something I've mostly ignored and it seems like a mostly japanese genre. Iirc there were a lot of them on the Family Computer and the GameBoy. But other than Mario party, I can't really think of a lot of them that were big States-side.

[@GTV-Japan]

@Prodmullefc Megaman had one. And there was Sonic shuffle!

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

Game of Life would probably be the true Japan's Monopoly that everyone has played. On the VG space there's plenty of such examples, Dokapon Kingdom, fortune Street and I personally like Culdcept Revolt that's sort of that + Magic The Gathering. But the board gameplay is pretty exactly a popular online game, 100% Orange juice that itself was some old SNES or MSX game I think.

[@FeralInferno]

We need a console port of Pino RPG

[@GTV-Japan]

It could be the next Final Fantasy

[@Holammer]

This is the day in the weird stuff you sign up for by subscribing to GTV.

[@GTV-Japan]

I had to go back to basics on the channel’s birthday. Natch! 🍦

[@Jordan3DS]

It's hilarious to think that the pino games have more genre variety than the entire western triple A games industry 😅

[@CriticalEatsJapan]

Haha, wow! I never knew about any of this! I really appreciate all the effort they put into all these👍

[@GTV-Japan]

They are still available but I think its ending soon. try it out while ya can

[@gabrielstar777]

Yo Bomberman in the title!? "someone did a Bomberman" in my ears

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah "someone" made this!!

[@broken1394]

Supa kwool!! I would probably buty these if they were putonto Switch!! Your devotion and relisation of these videos is truly amazing and very entertaining. Thanks for the show. ❤

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey no problem! Trying to keep the spirit of 2016 GTV alive!

[@pferreira1983]

Pino Talk looks actually really dark. 😂

[@GTV-Japan]

It is! They die!!!

[@anthonyfrench3169]

I really love your videos being from the olden days. The weirdness here is a major part of the reason I moved over here.

[@GTV-Japan]

It is weird I can sure say that!🍦

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

A lot of these are pretty much versions of existing novelty games that are popping off like Sausage Legend and Scream Go Hero

[@giacomovalenti8619]

Yes! "Bona fide" pronounced in latin! Yes! Thanks!

[@GTV-Japan]

Studying at the EIB academy pays off!🍦🍦🍦🍦

[@dodgykebaab]

I’m torn between Pino Racer and Pino RPG

[@GTV-Japan]

Pino Racing is e-shop level quality. It's great!!!

[@vix_in_japan]

The other real bonus is that Pino are delicious, but you'll have to prize Choco Monaka Jumbo from my cold dead hands lol, esp the Fuyu Gentei version they do. :)

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh those are good! I prefer GIANT cones too. Really anything I can afford

[@NEStalgia1985]

I remember watching him tap those buttons what speed

[@JaxCoolKartunes]

Puyo Puyo is actually based on a old comic series known as "Kitsy Kitten Story" which is based on the French-Amercian series of films from the 1920s-1950s known as "Kitsy Cat" or "Kitsy Cat and Friends"

[@GTV-Japan]

I always thought it was mado monogatari

[@JaxCoolKartunes]

@@GTV-Japan It turns none of the cartoons were made or outsourced to france it is just I made a mistake as some comics were made in france but it is still american.

[@GTV-Japan]

Ok no problem

[@napoleonfeanor]

​@@JaxCoolKartunesFrenchies have their own comic industry with historically also a lot of cross inspiration from and for Japan. It is called bande dessinée (BD) and is popular in some other European countries, too. I used to be surprised that Anglos usually didn't know the stuff I grew up with (never read American super hero stuff but knew the characters from TV). Some Brits did but Americans didn't seem to know about Asterix Lucky Luke, Blueberry. I think French stuff is slowly getting more known. I think it actually has a lot of potential.

[@suluturnip]

A new GTV video? Hell yes!!!

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s all part of the Early Spring campaign, where there’s 6 more weeks of fun!!

[@darktetsuya]

wow Japan always had a thing for adver-games huh? at least in somewhat more recent years, like I remember the ones from street fighter from the last year or so. neat to see the konami collaborations too!

[@GTV-Japan]

Japan lives on cross promotion.

[@S_Hyde]

These are very interesting. Unfortunately these near-simultaneous releases have come accompanied with heavier intrusion in the design process from localizers telling companies what they don't like.

[@Gamesackfan-bn6eg]

And ignoring what the actual customers want. Which is pure unfiltered content.

[@JustJulyo]

This channel is severely underrated

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks and I know you’ve said it before! I think 55k subscribers is pretty good! But I’ve learned a few things and I know this can never be a huge mega channel. First, most people watching KZbin only like to hear things they already know repeated to them. They want something that feels unique and special to them received validation from someone else. For example “Earthbound is an underrated hidden gem.” Well it’s not exactly true. It was kinda of popular at the the time and the fandom for it means it can not be underrated. But telling that narrative makes the person who played it at home alone a long time ago feel special and made to believe that’s true. Very few people want to be challenged, want new information or want to have opinions changed. Also truly “obscure” things can’t reach a high level of awareness because KZbin is based on search and watch history and I guess trends. If something barely exists and no one knows it’s there, videos about it won’t be made and if it does, like this one, nobody knows it’s there!! So there’s that. Also the audience is too old. Almost everyone is 45-50. I like that. Maybe you are younger, I don’t know. But! This age range did not grow up with KZbin. It’s not a daily part of life and unlike say, teenagers, they don’t log in and stay on 12 hours a day. So the larger potential audience is out there but will never use KZbin. I can’t get the channel to appeal to anyone younger. I have no idea how to anyway. I think the screenwave/retrogaming/youtuber complex blacklisted me too because I like to make fun of KZbin and I think some took it personally. So that’s that. But I am happy with how far I’ve come and won’t stop!

[@JustJulyo]

@GTV-Japan It's just not the topic that makes your channel underrated but your tone and delivery. Being both entertaining and educational is not an easy skill people can develop!

[@GTV-Japan]

@JustJulyo thanks. I really do appreciate that. But we know screaming like a moron wins the day at KZbin! But don’t worry I’m not going anywhere. I still have 1000 topics to cover and I can do this till I’m at least 70. So a good 20 some years to go!

[@CushionSapp]

Shame there was never a Pino Doom total conversion like what Chex Quest was.

[@mightyfilm]

Yeah, but if they imported them here, they'd still go for like 5 bucks or something. Even if they started making them specifically here for the American Market it'd be around that amount.

[@GTV-Japan]

I guess that’s true

[@GoombaKiller171]

In spanish, the word "pino" means "pine tree". So, being a mexican, I can't help but think that you're talking about trees every time you say "pino".

[@GTV-Japan]

🌲

[@NEStalgia1985]

Just what I needed

[@GTV-Japan]

Let the good times roll!

[@BENULTIMAN2000]

So are all these Pino Games like the Modern Equivalent of all those Videogames based off of Consumer Brands from the 80's & 90's such as McDonalds, 7UP and Cheetos ????

[@GTV-Japan]

Kind of. Yes.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

unless it's I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator from 2019 or Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog from 2023.

[@JaxCoolKartunes]

GTV you need to make a video on these games based on Junk Food and Soda-Pop due to you making like 2 videos on like Junk Food like the Kyoro-Chan game and This video.

[@GTV-Japan]

@JaxTheEpic I did one about monster strike and jagariko too. Oh and picky and street fighter. All kinds of stuff

[@JaxCoolKartunes]

@@GTV-Japan Yeah I would love to see you do one due to me being a junk food guy.

[@ViperousVT]

Pino Racing gives me more of Choro Q than Mario Kart if anyone doesn’t know it’s basically Japanese Penny Racers

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah that’s true!

[@josevillouta4588]

In the end is just a marketing campaign. In Europe / Scandinavia there is a similar setup to play Pac-Man. You need to scan an Oreo cookie every time you want to play. Online leaderboards and the chance to win a trip to Japan. On other arenas, I remember Pearl Jam made a Space Invaders kind of game back when they released Gigaton.

[@GTV-Japan]

Wow!

[@gabeguzman9478]

I want some pino, looks good 😂

[@GTV-Japan]

It is!!

[@JaxCoolKartunes]

What does Pino taste like? Does it taste like those Chocolate + Vanilla Ice cream?

[@GTV-Japan]

Yes. That’s exactly what it is!

[@JaxCoolKartunes]

@@GTV-Japan Yeah there is a ton of them here in Amercia.

[@TanookiSuit]

I’d like to try a few of these but seems this is it.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’ll send you some empty boxes !

[@thewingedavenger1007]

Hikaru Takahashi is super-hot!

[@GTV-Japan]

Hell yes she is!

[@BlankZone34]

example yokai watch 4++ and yokai 1 for switch, ps4 only japan

[@GTV-Japan]

I had no idea!

[@BlankZone34]

@@GTV-Japan you need to import the game just to play it, or search online who sell japan video games, and because of level 5 returning to the western i don't if they will create a english version of the game

[@GTV-Japan]

Well I live in Japan so this not an issue for me. But I’ve never played yokai watch anyway

[@BlankZone34]

@@GTV-Japan ok bro by the way great video and i was born in japan just working over sea

[@GTV-Japan]

@BlankZone34 oh nice!