I Only Played Gameboy for One Month in Japan - [SuperSamBams]

[@RhetticusRex]

Your Pokémon Crystal box is sublimely gorgeous!

[@manzoman96]

The simplicity of the game boy color really shines through in this day in age. Cool video!

[@AviaKun]

The next time you go shopping for games in Japan, try looking for a copy of Mother 3 for the gba

[@POGObiWann]

What an amazing way to start the day!! Great video as always. Love these kinds of videos and can’t wait to see what you put out next!

[@supersambams]

Thanks so much Jacob!!❤️❤️❤️

[@hammaheadgaming]

Thanks for the video! There’s nothing better than sifting through old Gameboy games. I don’t live in Japan, but I always get really excited when I see Japanese Gameboy titles at my local retro game stores here in the states. One of my favorite ones I’ve found in the wild is Bomber King Scenario 2.

[@TXFDA]

Polished Crystal is my preferred way to play Gen 2. The Wonder Trading alone is just fun to do, and helps fill your Pokedex up without having to go manually hunt down everything. But in general, it's just a great hack. It's still Gen 2, but...better.

[@koolaid33]

Why did you pass up Kirby Tilt 'N' Tumble?!? That's definitely worth you're time, it's so much fun!

[@krayozmines]

Ikr

[@imagineeelego]

I never actually looked in detail at jp gameboy carts, and they look so good, specially the pokemon

[@CommanderWiggins]

I've gotten into collecting Japanese Gameboy games, partially because of their lower price and partially because the cartridge labels are just so much cooler. Link's Awakening is a great example of this. The international releases just have the logo on a plain background, but the Japanese version has a full illustration with all the major characters.

[@imagineeelego]

@@CommanderWiggins I would love to collect like this but the only thing is I like to read the games in English and experience it

[@AngelCopout]

This is literally me right now. Been buying out the Super Potato GB section. Just bought Castlevania Legends and Burning Paper... my waller hurts now...

[@Izzybsides]

dude this vid was great, good vibes

[@supersambams]

Thank you! :) more to come!

[@RivalIndigo]

Fantastic video, Gameboy Color is still one of the best all-time in my opinion. Still have a nice purple one I need to get games for.

[@maxalmonte14]

Man, you're in Japan, playing with my favorite console of all time, trying new games, that's heaven right there.

[@schmidsgamebox5883]

japanese prices for GameBoy Games are too wild to handle for europeans :D Very cool Video! Never heard of polished crystal, I have to check that out - maybe I'll find the time in April.

[@JackyBoiTV]

Keep one original Gameboy that’s sentimental, then get one for cheap to mod the crap out of! That’s what I did. Kept my DMG original and put it in a display case. Then I got a used Gameboy Color off eBay and opened it up / cleaned it. New shell, brighter bigger screen, usb-battery, audio amp, etc.

[@larrytaylor2692]

Wario land was one of the last games I played on gameboy and I loved it so much such a great game.

[@mr.midnight1683]

What a gift! A new Super Sam Bam vid!

[@idxman01]

Great video, looking forward to another on the Gameboy. I’ve only started collecting since last year, was mostly playing on the super gameboy, but then picked up a GBA and GBC. I have to say I really enjoy using my GBC and don’t plan to do an IPS mod. As a funny coincidence I finalized payment on revenge of the gator today. I have to assume that’s the same game. I also picked up Pinball Dreams recently which is a cool game as well with great music. This video reminds me that I should also get back to Wario Land and WL II soon. They’re seriously high quality games. 👍

[@supersambams]

Revenge of the gator!!! That’s what the game was called in English! Thank you! Lol and yes I definitely plan on checking out the other Wario land games in a future video!

[@idxman01]

@@supersambams lol, that’s the one. I think I happened to see a video on it a few weeks ago and forgot how much I liked pinball games. Now if I could get Jaki Crush without crazy shipping/delays from Japan that would be awesome. That’s cool on Wario Land, looking forward to it. I have WL4 on WiiU VC, but need to look into WL3.

[@idxman01]

@@supersambams OMG, revenge of the gator is a cool little game! Just got it today, cleaned the cart and gave it about 5 minutes. While I think the music is better in Pinball Dreams and there’s 3 boards, I think the gameplay and movement is better on gator. I like the multiple screens and the breakout clone at the top. 👍👍

[@Squirrelsquid]

Good video. One should know, about the gator pinball game, that it was released way before Pokemon Pinball or Kirby's Pinball Land. It might not look like much by comparison, but when it released it was probably the best pinball title on the system

[@lordmarculus4747]

Tor Eckman! Played by the fantastic Stephen Tobolowsky. Classic.

[@aidanmatthews425]

I’m kinda shocked to see this is under 1k views! 10/10 video man

[@supersambams]

Thank you!! :)

[@RetroMoments]

Great video, man! The Wario Land games have some of my favorite memories with the Game Boy! 00:36 whats that store called? Ive been wanting to check it out myself.

[@supersambams]

It’s called Ojama kan! I know of one in Kyoto and one in Gifu. Not sure where else they are though!

[@RetroMoments]

@@supersambams Right, that was the name of it. Someone recommended that one before since I'm often visiting Nagoya, which is kind of close to Gifu.

[@IamR3D88]

You make great videos, surprised your channel is so small. Just came from the other gameboy for a month videos, and you get a subscription from me!

[@supersambams]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@IamR3D88]

@@supersambams you said you were afraid of messing up a gameboy while modding. Some GBA screen mods don't require soldering if you don't need brightness controls. Worth looking into. I know 3 guys (me and 2 others) who did just that.

[@marklowery8193]

It’s weird how red and green let’s you do crazy stuff

[@K1llerB333]

I wish American stores had as many retro Games being sold around. I totally would have also done this challenge. I feel like japan still appreciates these Games. For curiosity sake are the prices ridiculous or fair?

[@supersambams]

Compared to American prices these days, they are insanely fair (usually)

[@lewcehjitl3282]

Do you recommend upgrading the screen? Pokémon gold and silver and crystal are my favorite!!

[@Monsuco]

I'm just happy to see someone else out there besides me picked Bulbasaur.

[@supersambams]

Bulbasaur has always been my favorite Gen 1 starter!

[@themixmusicandmore6280]

If I were already rich I might live in Japan but jeez

[@owlhatch3812]

That red version is likely in the state of item and pokemon swap? Not sure if it was fixed in JP red though

[@owlhatch3812]

Alternatively it's a save corruption of sorts where it saved correctly enough but didn't save the proper pokemon data,though I can't remember if it would give a error and state loading a previous save.

[@JackyTran]

Would you happen to have the address of that thrift store you mentioned at 10 minute? I’m going to Tokyo and Osaka soon and would like to visit this place

[@curiouszaku9537]

sad mew noises at that explosion lol

[@Berci-ts2pk]

What case do you use for your gameboy color?

[@nathanglynn7443]

When’s the next 30 day challenge? :)

[@FzeroVaporeon]

Did you play Metroid II yet?

[@yofiwood2592]

How did you translate the Japanese to English?

[@gamers7800]

Ya the prices for older titles are definitely off the charts. Maybe if you live in Japan you can find older games at a reasonable price but here in the states forgot it. I turned to repros to keep by wallet safe. As for modeling your game boy It’s not that difficult, there are countless videos on KZbin that walk you thur it, I even did mine. Since you live in Japan you probably can pick up a spare Game boy for really cheap. In the videos I’ve seen of the stores there they seem to be falling from the shelves.

[@kevinvanneste2500]

Hopefully you will follow-up with a 3de game boy month

[@supersambams]

I definitely will at some point!

[@rpggames2453]

Wario Land was my first gameboy game... just an awesome game

[@Zontar82]

i got a gameboy advance and put also gameboy games there and played those for a week straight

[@neptunemacaw3354]

what did you record this on?

[@Parnolm]

Really wish they would do more with Wario instead of him being stuck in just smash and wario ware and more games like wario land and wario world feel like Nintendo is sleeping on a missed opportunity

[@supersambams]

We need a new Wario land

[@blinkingjarl482]

I saw a video about japan outlawing hacking consoles and modifing savefiles about 2 years ago is it true?

[@supersambams]

I think it’s just illegal to sell modded consoles in Japan. But if someone in Japan were to mod a gameboy and keep it for themselves it wouldn’t be a problem. But then again, I never saw the video you’re talking about so don’t take my word for it haha

[@grafvinestarry]

What's your opinien about Romhacks like Pokemon Prism or Crystal Clear?

[@supersambams]

I think they look amazing and I’ve been meaning to get around to them for a long time now. Thought about playing crystal clear for this video but decided to go with something closer to the original crystal. Maybe I’ll tackle them in a future video!

[@giancarlofriedrich5031]

Can u do another one of these pls

[@supersambams]

I definitely will. I finally ordered a backlit gameboy color and I plan on doing another month of gameboy using it!

[@giancarlofriedrich5031]

@@supersambams pls do

[@Fullkornen]

Good video.

[@t1naftore]

you should try pokemon crystal clear and pokemon wilds

[@nathanglynn7443]

Please do a month of original unmodded dmg 🙏

[@supersambams]

That actually would be a challenge lol

[@nathanglynn7443]

@@supersambams but definitely epic! I feel like there's a lot more to gain from it being that it'll be harder, but also it goes back to the roots of it all!

[@kanpaifighto]

I used Dewgong in FireRed :(

[@supersambams]

Oh don’t worry I respect the GONG. I was just pointing out that it was a unique choice and I respect that!

[@rhen1215]

Wait may I ask why you moved to japan?

[@supersambams]

I got a job teaching English there!

[@rhen1215]

@@supersambams really cool.

[@rhen1215]

@@supersambams kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4vCqXmnmpyNjck also the glitch is only in the Japanese version of red and green it’s called the item swap here’s a video on it

[@rhen1215]

@@supersambams also “glitch 3” in this video and the guy explains it kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6TOcq2OfJeDndk

[@rhen1215]

@@supersambams also sorry for so many replies but this is also a speed run strategy!

[@james441]

I messaged on twitch but it’s not showing I sent anything, just here to say great content and keep it up man

[@supersambams]

Thanks so much! Yeah I haven’t used twitch in a long time but I really appreciate the comment! Thanks for watching!

[@Zontar82]

Pokemon pinball was the shit, why in the holy fuck they stopped making those is beyond me

[@myanimeroom9350]

Wow

[@cristianthecoolkid8211]

Play Mr L Mansion Please

[@ayyopaavam-i7y]

Video is great, but I say his first video was more enjoyable........ Not that this video is bad, but first one was more interesting.

[@playalot86]

Are you studying Japanese, too?

[@supersambams]

I studied it in college for 4 years!

[@playalot86]

@@supersambams すばらしいー！I love the Gameboy. I’m a beginner in Japanese.

[@islandofmisfitnoise8070]

Naw the ips screens worth it bro. Especially when it has hdmi output

[@gravysamich]

the "in japan" is totally irrelevant...

[@supersambams]

No it isn’t. I only played games I found a local shops where I live. That’s why it’s in the title.

[@joshuamcchristian5365]

My guy, you missed the whole premise of the video!?!