Starting a Japanese PS2 Collection for Under $50 (at Super Potato in Akihabara)

[@MadPanicGaming]

Thanks for watching, everyone! Just a minor note, I accidentally referred to Yu Yu Hakusho Forever as Final, oops. YYH Final is actually a pretty good Super Famicom fighter. Anyway, thanks for watching, be sure to let me know what kind of videos you'd like to see next.

[@OOOAAAIII]

Starting an AES collection under 50, at Super Potato. Thanks!

[@MadPanicGaming]

@@OOOAAAIII Lol, not likely. About ten years ago I used to find cheap AES games at Hard Off, but those days are long gone.

[@Charlie-Cat.]

Can't go wrong on collection for the greatest selling game console in the history of Video Games Jim. Games are really cheap and worth owning. 8^) Anthony..

[@MadPanicGaming]

My thoughts exactly.

[@delldolo7314]

I have a Japan ps2 and it’s the best purchase I ever made, whatever game I can’t get in America I get the Japan version which is cheap

[@MetalSonic1389]

That sengoku game looked beautiful and seemed like pure mindless fun

[@MadPanicGaming]

Yeah, it's a great hack and slash series, very fun and time consuming.

[@adamh7588]

Great value and pick ups 😊

[@Cutie_Nepgear]

Really good selection, Jim. And for those who want to play Sonic Heroes get the GameCube or Xbox version since they don't have all the glitches that the PS2 version had.

[@SteveBrandon]

I have the PS2 version of Sonic Heroes and I could never get past that one round building in the futuristic city zone where Tails has to jump between platforms as the room fills up with lava due to the horrible fixed camera on the ceiling. Fortunately for me, it was a Value Village thrift store purchase so I didn't waste more than $5 or $6 Canadian on it.

[@RichRetr0]

Alright! We get it! Fighters are super affordable in Japan. Jeesh, dont rub it in!

[@Bloodreign1]

Outside of stuff like Shikigami no Shiro II, most shmups wouldn't have fit in his under $50 total range, he would not have been able to pick up as much as he did if he picked up a shmup.

[@fazares]

Eheh by a crazy coincidence today i fired up my old beloved ps2 fat ^^

[@TheNeoSkyte]

Other than Sonic Heroes those were a pretty good selection of games. Especially your choice of fighters. Man did Budokai 3 give me heavy nostalgia.

[@MadPanicGaming]

I played all of the Budokai games to hell and back when they were first released, it's been fun going back and playing them again. I forgot how whacky the second game is with its board game story mode.

[@chocolocojames213]

What a coincidence. I was just playing some KOF 2002 😄😄😄

[@MadPanicGaming]

A damn fine game. They usually have 2002 UM at Tokyo Video Gamers, play it all the time.

[@billcook4768]

Love Sonic Heroes

[@MadPanicGaming]

One of the better 3D Sonic games at least.

[@low_re8094]

Awesome! Man, I know you've probably heard this a thousand times before, but whyyyy can't we have places like this in the states? In the US it's just a bunch of jerks trying to offload loose copies of Super Mario Bros on Craigslist for $1000. :p Unrelated, I bet Eric Kelso would have some interesting opinions on the Hellena Taylor Bayonetta 3 voice acting situation.

[@MadPanicGaming]

I doubt he'd care all that much, lol. Eric is a pro, does his job, makes his money, doesn't have a cry on Twitter about it.

[@antonymcewan9987]

Nice, but... 4 fighters and no shmups?!? 😉

[@MadPanicGaming]

Yeah, the shooters on PS2 tend to be a little more expensive, not so applicable for my "budget" video.

[@hatdude5138]

Great Video Jim. Have you ever done a video on your setup for playing these games? Do you have a 32” Sony Trinitron in that apartment ? 😆

[@MadPanicGaming]

I do not, lol. I have a pretty decent HDMI converter though which usually does the trick.

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

I have a Retrotink 5x

[@XanYT]

PS2 is one of the cheaper systems to collect for imo. Some of the games you can get cheap are Katamari Damacy, SSX 3, Tekken 5, Burnout 3, Tony Hawk 3, and Final Fantasy X.

[@MadPanicGaming]

Yeah, there are lots of very common PS2 games that can be bought for just a few bucks.

[@yaguio1]

In my PS2 I like to have Godhand Darkwatch Urban Reign God of War 1 and 2.

[@silverian]

I have Guilty Gear X. Great pickups!

[@mksolid82]

Berserk on PS2!

[@CapChronic]

He try's to pick games that are friendly for none japanese speakers. But yea I own that one as well as a lot of japanese exclusives I wouldn't even buy a single game in the video list.

[@capcomiscrack7078]

Do ya thang kid

[@josecarlosdavila1663]

nice video.

[@ghouldash9761]

Are there any Kingdom Hearts games in Super Potato?

[@gundamw3490]

Great Ps2 So many Masterpiece games Ps2

[@QF_Dan72]

PS2 Japanese games are relatively cheap. Not sure if it's because the community hasn't reach for those games that drives the price high or because PS2 games in general are cheap

[@OneMinuteTokyo]

We were just in Akiba the other day looking for Genshin Impact stuff... Couldn't really find anything. Any ideas for plushies? I checked Animate and some other stores on the main drag.

[@MadPanicGaming]

Plushies? Not sure really, I see a lot of them in UFO catchers though.

[@OneMinuteTokyo]

@@MadPanicGaming yeah she won one at GIGO the other day... Anyways thanks man!

[@moonstar188]

I’ve seen guilty gear games go for a lot here in the states

[@MadPanicGaming]

Pretty much every Guilty Gear game on the PS2 is $10 or less in Japan, for the time being at least.

[@moonstar188]

@@MadPanicGaming that good to know when I’m at Japan also love the series

[@Obloms]

PS2 and no RPGs :(. Also, no shooters?! :)

[@Bloodreign1]

Shooters, or shmups really aren't that cheap for the PS2 outside of maybe stuff like Shikigami no Shiro II, aka Castle of Shikigami II. Japanese RPG's don't tend to be language friendly to non Japanese speakers.

[@far2d28]

Like the tar man shirt classic film the sequel was decent the third one was so so

[@morrisdennison8039]

Collecting foreign region games isn’t too bag everything cheaper because no one knows what games have international language modes and they don’t have the equipment to run it

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

In most cases Japanese PS2 is very cheap to collect for

[@MadPanicGaming]

Yeah, in most cases indeed. Still some expensive PS2 games floating around out there.

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

@@MadPanicGaming Ibara....

[@QF_Dan72]

@@MadPanicGaming Dodonpachi Daioujou

[@おやじタコ]

ジムさん、あなたの動画は最高です！尊敬してます！自分も頑張ります！私のコレクションをあなたに見せたいです。