Retro Game Hunting in Japan! #7 - Book Off Crazy!

In today's retro game hunt, we're vising 4 different book-offs in one trip. I spent a lot of money today (whoops). Anyways, I hope you enjoy the video.
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[@summergoodman1183]

Love this video!!! Don’t worry about spending money for the viewers, would still love to watch store tours with discussion of prices even if you can’t buy anything!! 🎉

[@facsnb2]

Wow! That noise canceling mode is insane! It completely muffled the sound of the music! Also, good video as aways man haha, keep up the good work!

[@frankieinjapan]

Ikr? I was impressed. It's almost as good as Nvidia's rtx voice haha. Thanks for the support

[@milk.2573]

Great video as always! Really looking forward to your Playstation Collection you are going to start in the future :)

[@frankieinjapan]

Yes, there's so many games I need. Like lunar silver star story, dbgt final bout, spyro, etc. It's gonna be fun when I start haha 🤣

[@RetroMoments]

Great video, Frankie! Glad to still see a lot of great deals at Book Off. N64 games are still just as low in price as a few years ago.

[@frankieinjapan]

I was so surprised the first time I visited a retro store. You can't get complete N64 games for 10$ in Canada. I thought the seller had no idea what they were doing until I informed myself of price charts in Japan haha

[@jonnysalazar8819]

Really enjoy your videos. Just started watching today. I’ll be going to Japan in August specifically for retro games so it’s great to hear what you deem “good prices”. Keep up the work!

[@frankieinjapan]

Thanks for the support. Appreciate you stopping by :) also that's awesome you're making it to Japan. It's amazing here. You'll love it

[@JustinJongen]

Love your videos Frankie. Will be going on a study exchange around middle march in Tokyo and I am very excited to finally visit a Book-Off

[@frankieinjapan]

That's awesome. You'll love it here 🤩 thanks for the support

[@Hicks-g1m]

Very cool video Frankie I like these store tours around Japan I think I would go flat out broke if I ever went to Japan seriously there's so much to see and buy🆒🆒👍👍 Nice pickups to

[@frankieinjapan]

Yeaup. I'm struggling to manage my money responsibly 🤣 and thanks for the support :)

[@Hicks-g1m]

@@frankieinjapan No problem I'll watch your other videos when I can they are enjoyable to watch I don't get out of my house that much

[@frankieinjapan]

@@Hicks-g1m That's awesome. I really appreciate the kindness 😭 And no worries. I look like I do a lot, but there's nothing I love more than just being at home haha

[@kiroon1823]

You are literally my favorite channel, everytime i see your videos Its like im living the same experience as you! You are the best, already waiting for the next video! - Your fellow mexican suscriber

[@frankieinjapan]

Thank you so much. I truly appreciate it :)

[@mudstayne]

Great hall there at those book offs. Always fun seeing the japanese game stores 😁. One of your games is called "Seiken Densetsu 2" or as we call it in the states Secret of Mana its definately an awesome game.

[@frankieinjapan]

Ah yes! I knew it was a mana game, I just didn't know which one haha. Last one I played was children of mana for the DS around 2007

[@gael.359]

I can definitely see the difference in camera quality! I love the video 👍👍

[@frankieinjapan]

Thank you :) it was nice doing the recap in the end because the camera has so much better low light performance. Plus the bokah and focusing is awesome

[@thekillermrg]

Been watching some of your videos this evening, as it’s a dream of mine to go retro game shopping in Japan one day. Tip for when you’re recording yourself and facing the camera, look at the lens, not the screen. It’ll help draw viewers in.

[@frankieinjapan]

Tbh I'm aware of this, I just think I look weird when looking directly in my eyes. But from now I will, thank you. Thanks for stopping by :)

[@pernicopernico6479]

I like your videos, could you show much more sega stuff, bandai wonderswan, pc engine??

[@kamenriderdecade7523]

Hell I love seeing those Kamen Rider toys I want those hahaha

[@lea_hiltz79]

I also got tons of Demon Slayer figures if you guys are interested. Let Frankie know lol

[@vejit]

Numbers on SFC boxes are apparently on all Bandai games like sailor Moon, DBZ, Gundam etc. It's nice to see do many different games. I'm going to Japan in March. I can't wait to go for some game and figure hunting.

[@frankieinjapan]

Ah thank you, I've always been curious. Japan is so lucky for having so many DBZ games since Famicom. And that's awesome. Where are you staying? Tokyo?

[@vejit]

@@frankieinjapan No problem, I myself found out about it just a couple of months ago to be honest, just because someone asked me on instagram about the meaning of those numbers, since I was always to lazy to look it up just for myself 😅 Yeah, too bad many DBZ games never got translated into english, although japanese language never stopped me from playing these games back in the 90 🤷‍♂😉 I've seen you are still missing out on DBZ Hyper Dimension. That's one amazing game, got it myself couple years ago as it was a "must have" for my collection. We're gonna be staying 4 days at Tokyo, then moving to Osaka for 6 days to come back to Tokyo for another 4. We're planning to visit Odaiba, Yokohama, Akihabara, Asakusa, Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, Fukuoka, Hiroshima and probably couple other places I can't recall right now. This will be my third visit and I hope to get my hands on some of the titles I want in my collection.

[@frankieinjapan]

@@vejit Same! I downloaded hyper dimension as a ROM years ago. Asides from that, I didn't realize how many exclusives they had until I moved here. Otherwise oh wow that is awesome! You must be happy the gates are finally opened again. It was incredibly difficult to come in even with a spousal visa back then.

[@jaywolf1494]

That gengar hoodie is so dope keep up the good work

[@frankieinjapan]

Thank you ! It was only 15$ at a clothing store called shimamura. I was so happy to find it haha

[@yosemitim]

Hey Frankie! I hope we can meet when I arrive in Japan. Il be starting my own channel as well as I have been a retro game junkie myself. I hope you can check for Final Fantasy games and Dragon Quest too as they have been my collection

[@gocedimitroski]

Are the switch games over there have english option in the games ?

[@frankieinjapan]

Big releases definitely do, but I haven't picked up much, other than pokemon and Mario

[@金城CHRIS]

How’s the GameCube game selection? I’m gonna look for some and a console too when I go next month 😊

[@frankieinjapan]

It's actually really awesome! Tons of GameCube games and consoles. And awesome you're making it to Japan! I hope you have fun

[@金城CHRIS]

@@frankieinjapan yeah it’s been too long since I’ve gone back so I’m hoping to hunt for some GameCube games

[@frankieinjapan]

@@金城CHRIS Awesome. Where are you staying?

[@金城CHRIS]

@@frankieinjapan Tokyo then osaka I’m already going to akihabara of course. Super potatoe etc

[@frankieinjapan]

@@金城CHRIS lucky. I haven't had the chance to explore Tokyo yet. Someday for sure

[@flying-carrot]

I can definitely relate to liking Bulbasaur, don't know why people neglect it so much. My favorite is Treecko for sure though, Bulbasaur is a close second

[@frankieinjapan]

The treeko line is my favorite grass starter too. And because every 7 year old wanted the red dragon or blue turtle monster. A green frog with flowers was mostly unappealing to us kids haha. Once I grew up though, I heavily appreciated venusaur.

[@flying-carrot]

@@frankieinjapan I understand the appeal of Charizard, but I always thought Blastoise looks kinda goofy, the cannons on his back always threw me off.

[@toshshiro7965]

When buying games in japan - are their english version / multi language games?

[@frankieinjapan]

It's extremely tough to find old English games, but if you really look, you can find a few. I've probably only come across about 10 English games. But thankfully most modern games have an English option. On the back, it'll say 英語 which indicates English option is included.

[@arthurfreeman3911]

This channel is hard asf

[@LemonLemonLemon69]

Awesome

[@Datzreal]

Banks Won’t be so hard to deal with once they switch to iso 20022 😂

[@nikkonie]

I get really ecstatic watching your video that involves pokemon figure/game hunting. I follow ur channel since the beginning and I was glad that I found it. Keep it up!

[@frankieinjapan]

Thanks so much for the support! And I'm glad someone else is enjoying the pokemon toys and plushes when I show them. Most people are just interested in the games haha 🤣 thanks for the support

[@Nathan93Baker]

Are you able to change the dialogue language to English in Japanese games?

[@frankieinjapan]

In modern games, mostly all of them do. But unfortunately it's very rare in the old games. For example, legacy of Goku 2 in NA has language options (even Japanese), but the Japanese version is Japanese only. It sucks haha

[@samueljames2462]

I think if I lived in Japan It would be dangerous for my bank haha

[@frankieinjapan]

It definitely is 🤣

[@yogseventy-nine3460]

"if you ever come to Japan make sure to do your research, know what you are doing" 3 seconde later "oh the bank is closed?" Frankiiiiieeee.....😅 how many kids have eaten those pokemons' erasers? 🤔 i don't want to stress anybody but i think you forgot "mom" at the parking lot since she wasn't in the car when you picked "Abby" your voice over voice is the same as your "live" voice, that's cool not hands shaming but some hands close up and someone got her nails done that day 🧐

[@frankieinjapan]

I know, I just assumed the bank was gonna be open. My bad 🤣 and haha Mom worked at the station that day, so she walked to work from there after picking up Abbey (they're connected underground from the mall). And yeaup, Abbey got her nails done. Lucky because she's not allowed to work in the kitchen because of them, and since her mom is CEO, she can say "nah put me somewhere else, I ain't removing the nails" lmao 🤣

[@yogseventy-nine3460]

@@frankieinjapan hopefully she asks before doing the nails so the organization is not all fcked up nice hunt btw, you guys must have like a thousand pokémons by now

[@atomiswave1971]

Ags101 never came out in Japan.

[@frankieinjapan]

Wait whaaat? Really? I had no idea. Good to know. Looks like an IPS mod kit it is haha

[@stephanotter2169]

Fresh haircut 💇‍♂️

[@frankieinjapan]

Thank you 😁