Unboxing A Rare Imported GameCube From Japan

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I've been collecting GameCube games for a while now on the channel, but I have been keeping an eye on different console variants that have popped up online. Today I wanted to unbox an Orange GameCube that I ordered from Japan and mod it to play US games.
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[@Wolfgang_von_Caelid]

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[@doomeddoomer2896]

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“REAL gamers don’t play mobile games!! 🤪”

[@cosmicjenny4508]

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[@Wolfgang_von_Caelid]

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"Mr. President your life has been spared, for now"

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[@sharkboy980]

He actually made me want to purchase it though. I didn’t even realize this game was on the switch

[@TerraWare]

@@sharkboy980 I've seen it on the Switch before but forgot all about it lol. I remember playing it on the 64, the game was hard but fun. I miss the Lucasarts games.

[@sirparker2881]

That's some color right there

[@fortunateexisting9371]

look likea jailsuit gamecube

[@SlickTater]

I've been obsessing over the GameCube for years and I don't understand how this is the first time I'm hearing about how easy it is to change the region

[@XiaoPichu]

@Taylor C no

[@aservant1284]

Ikr!?!!?

[@gundamwarrior]

Thats a very pumpkin flesh orange. Its making me want pumpkin pie now.

[@famowx]

Insane to see a sponsored game that I got for Christmas over 20 years ago...

[@Schwarzorn]

Oh, man. I always wanted that Spice Orange GC as a kid. It was one of the launch colors in Japan (so they got three compared to North America’s two; Platinum came later). It shoulda been *Metroid* themed, tho, honestly. Can you imagine it with the _Screw Attack logo_ instead of that black circle? That would be...whoa.

[@Extrasy]

I've always wanted a Metroid themed NGC, specially cause they had the orange controller and they had those special bundles. Imagine the lil orange light being green instead as well!

[@jcnba28]

There was a Metroid themed Gamecube but it was black.

[@diddlez2]

It's well worth it to put a switch on it. Some of the $80-100 games in the US are only $10-20 for the Japanese version. All of the Mario Party games for example are only like $10 from Japan.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

You don't have to hard mod it though...Swiss is pretty easy to use. And this is the DOL-001 model so it's good to go for modern HDMI displays out of the box with no modding.

[@tommyleelynn]

@Taylor C Is this a quote or are you just witty and fun?

[@cosmicjenny4508]

@Taylor C You mean actual Holocaust denier Owen Benjamin?

[@Darkest_Soul_187]

Well you need to speak the language also

[@AlwaysSunny8193]

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It makes me happy every time you get a sponsor. So deserved

[@Dieozam]

This is so awesome. I'm glad there are KZbinrs like you that are so passionate about older consoles with your knowledge of hardware and repair who also cover gaming news!

[@s.h.5726]

That color is awesome. Got a Platinum Gamecube and modded a purple power led, xeno 2.0 mod chip, gba adapter, component cable, wavebirds years ago. With the purple led it reminds me of the SNES.

[@pupil2720]

I have never seen Jon get a console that wasn't in near pristine condition 😅

[@pupil2720]

@Taylor C I don't know if I'd go that far, he seems to have a pretty good head on his shoulders. Would be amusing to have him open a console and find an old beehive inside or something though! 😂

[@lincolnr3194]

Remember that PS3 that had roaches in it in repair horror stories

[@jcnba28]

He must have paid a lot for it to be in such good condition.

[@NanaKyoto]

Imagine the spice orange being the primary color for the GameCube instead of purple?

[@acecab5397]

Man I do remember drooling at images of this console back in the day, grats on getting one. Also I hope you can tell your friends in Aspyr to release EP1 Racer physically

[@IsraeliDefenda]

not gonna lie that's the best sponsor I've ever seen for a video on KZbin. Loved Star Wars Racer on N64 and DC

[@brett6239]

This is actually my dream GC. Was always pissed we never got a spice one in the states.

[@OniMau619]

Can't help but think of the orange Nickelodeon VCR tapes. 😂

[@kab4439]

I have an orange spice GameCube (region modded as well) and my orange spice GBA player just came in today!

[@JoshLeitzel]

YES. Jon joins us privileged few in the spice orange GameCube brotherhood. That color just POPS, it’s probably my favorite color variant of any console ever.

[@LunaFayeForever]

I would love to see you do an unboxing of the Mint Green colored Tales of Symphonia limited edition GameCube that got released exclusively in Japan! I personally think it's the most gorgeous of all the color variants that they released. Great video, makes me want to starting collecting GameCube again!

[@Delaretro_]

Thank you bro now they’re going to jump up in price... still love all your videos

[@BennyBsolo]

Right on , I just bought one of these with a GBA player last night on the Bay

[@MrKo0pa]

Nice. This is the one I got. I swapped the board with my original platinum to make it NA and then sold the now JP platinum one. I also got the matching GBA player. Spice is the best one.

[@sketchitDotBiz]

Japanese imports usually do tend to be some of the best maintained systems to buy. I think a lot of the reason the shipping was so fast is because the traditional airmail from Japan and other Asian countries isn’t permitted to the US - only Fedex and DHL can be exported from Japan at the moment, which, luckily, are way faster anyway.

[@TheRetroGamerBay]

Picked one of these up early last year and it was basically brand new in box, still had the plastic and everything. Even smelled new. Came with a game boy player basically new in box as well.

[@nasc5376]

New tech wave right on my birthday? What a gift

[@drew7915]

Happy birthday!🕺

[@timelymirror7826]

🙂 happy birthday to you

[@malibuman792004]

Happy birthday Syrus Br

[@metro9640]

happy birthday fellow Chie fan 🤝

[@orangeoctober.]

I had a similar mail experience recently. I had something take 8 days to get here from the next state over, but ordered some items from Japan and it was somehow delivered in 6 days.

[@lepterfirefall]

Still got my original launch gamecube....will never get rid of it. Playing metroid prime at the moment in lockdown...awesome.

[@LordYamcha]

I hope the WiiU is remembered and loved like the GameCube is today one day- it was a great system that had so much potential

[@Vanessaira-Retro]

I think it will. Has that same vibe to it as well as an amazing library with the same style cult following that the Cube has.

[@edwardspan396]

Hopefully the switch pro dock will incorporate some of the better features we enjoyed for the Wii U.

[@staats13]

That’s a cool gamecube you got there! The color reminds me of the rug rats/good burger VHS movie tapes I’d watch when I was a kid

[@glazeddonut9494]

I had an imported Game Boy Advance back in the day. Loved that handheld. Same color orange as your GameCube.

[@thereeven]

Several years ago I bought an used black GC online, it was supposed to come with just one controller but it came with two, and the second one was orange. At first I thought it was a fake controller, but I quickly noticed it was genuine, and I found online that in Japan there where more colors available. I remember being proud if this controller because of how weirdly happy it looked 😂😂

[@samuraispiritsx]

Back in summer of 2003 I bought this gamecube at an import shop, it was the one that came with the gameboy player and the store did the switch mod on it. I still have it, good times, it was a long summer of F-Zero GX.

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[@bobrodfernie9759]

Now Star Wars on the GameCube amazing I remember playing those two Star Wars games to death when I was young🙂

[@Evanlizardo]

2:47 hey Man, are you flexing?? You hitting the gym, bro? That's good 🙂.

[@Avanti1talia]

I've been wanting to see this guy in a tank top for months LOL

[@Evanlizardo]

@@Avanti1talia oook

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

The Spice.... I must have the spice... He who controls the spice controls the games .

[@PikangsFutaba]

I grew up with both silver and indigo GCN console (the silver was my 2nd, because my indigo one it's mini-DVD drive died on me... but is getting resurrected by the end of this month or early august with a GC Loader), and it was a suprise for me to see that orange GCN, there is also a white one that is even harder to find (and again, Japan only color).

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

I had completely forgotten about that colour! But now that I see it, I remember I always wanted one like that back in the day.

[@MokyCho]

Honestly the spice orange gamecube is my dream console. It's just so cool looking.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

What a great buy and a super interesting way to change the region.

[@Aghor4166]

Just bought a orange GameCube myself can’t wait

[@TheBeatles9091]

well ive been wanting to learn to solder for a while, and wanting a gamecube... looks like youve given me my first project, im shocked the conversion is so simple

[@PatrickGoodspeed]

I have a indigo and loving it. Spice orange is beautiful though!

[@Mystico1713]

The tales of symphonia GameCube is probably the GameCube I desire the most

[@weebsquit347]

I really like the orange color on this GameCube. It really pops out.

[@Brauchz]

I found an Spice Orange GameCube that a local game store didn’t want, bought it for $20 in the parking lot, I already have a US one so I kept it Japanese for the exclusive games we didn’t get here. Mr. Driller: Drill Land is my favorite

[@JavierPwns]

I still have my silver gamecube with the gba adapter on it, I wouldn’t mind selling it to you

[@epicPhsycoturtle]

Not sure if this is just for him, but how much are you looking to get for the gamecube? I never had one and was looking to get one in the near future.

[@JAdams-gs8hb]

Nailed that goal while monologuing. That alone deserves a like.

[@zgoaty9235]

The Platinum Gamecube was my jam all the way. It was very eye-catching for me, personally.

[@00mistacory]

I have that orange GameCube along with the orange gameboy dock, I bought it in Nagasaki to play fire emblem just to learn that region lock was a thing. Then I modded it and the rest is history.

[@supermark64]

I think this might be my favorite Gamecube color. I also really like the original indigo and the Pearl White.

[@mj-7444]

I could really feel the stress when that disc first spun up post surgery lol

[@wa11pon33]

I wanted the Spice Orange GameCube as a kid so badly. I was so jealous of Japan for having it

[@darkpoethd9913]

Excellent video and super informative... I never owned a cube but loved watching you mod this :)

[@jacobharvey2946]

I’m so jealous. I’ve been wanting a Spice Orange GameCube since the system launched. I’ve almost pulled the trigger on eBay this year multiple times. But they’re always used and dinged up or pre modded and expensive. I’m sure it’s not all of them. But I see all the photos of piles of them, and I get overwhelmed trying to decide which one to get.

[@FreakGeSt]

Really is so interesting the region lock is just brige to points, like a hardware configuration, is like when a Gamecube was produce and go to USA, in the factory they just solder those points and is ready to go.

[@retrojb101]

I love the spice orange version. Those things have gone up in price in recent months. Still waiting for the right one to come along.

[@m3nmin]

I wish I had an orange GameCube. A boxed orange GameCube is my collecting dream

[@AmazingFrenchman]

I got the same gamecube, I added a switch in it though, didn't want to lose compatibility with NTSC J games. I used an SNES power switch which takes two of the squares of the right vent. It's very subtle and works like a charm!

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

In the past, I did buy two "orange" GameCube controllers, but both turned out counterfeit and didn't even function properly from the get-go.....

[@Just_RJ]

There was a particular edition of GameCube that just looked amazing. I first saw it when someone bought it and posted it on Twitter, and it was a Japanese Gundam edition one. It was red and the accents were black instead of grey. I think that aesthetic just made it super unique and badass. Also, I just looked up some more versions and apparently there was a collaboration with Panasonic that made a GameCube that could also play DVDs. And it looks weird.

[@Calacene]

I've always wanted a spice orange GameCube.. I had a controller in that color and always loved it.

[@EVERARDEDGaming]

My friend have a purple Gamecube color of it, and my parents didn't own a Gamecube for me. We grew up as a family played the Wii back in the day, and they didn't know that the Wii can played Gamecube games, but my parents don't bother of listening to me. The only Gamecube games I'd have so far was Luigi's Mansion, and Paper Mario the thousand year door which I can still play on the wii system. I'd predicted that you show case the Wii instead. I would love to looked at the inside of the system.

[@bashirsfar3825]

I grew up with two things. A platinum GameCube and Mario Strikers. No memory card, so I would play the shit out of that game to beat it in one playthrough. Some of my fondest memories are shooting the crocodile goalie into the goal with my meteor strike shot.

[@pokemonmasterkoda73]

I love that color. I personally have the gale of darkness edition GameCube. But this one is a close second in favorite

[@colinkelly8393]

Yes Spawnwave, I want to see the other Japan special edition GameCubes.

[@roguespartan2854]

AHHHHH, I saw that at Super Potato in Akihabara in Japan, there were like 6 or 8 of them along with the Jet Black, Platinum and the iconic Purple. Behind it were a stack of N64s, on the same room were SNES consoles, and some DS cartridges.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Something about Orange... maybe it's the Star Wars jumpsuits lol idk. It just looks classy. These are almost as dope as the N64 consoles. That's a sweet console, i'd be slapping some Rebel decals on the top, all white of course.

[@Bajablast_scuba_cat]

Yeeesss!!! I did this a few years ago! Everyone always asks how I got a spice orange GC in the US/to play US games! Fantastic video 👍🏻

[@RetroBirdGaming]

Wow. I never realized that the region mod was so easy for this. Good to know.

[@bebopblue]

I really wanted this color when it came out which was Japan only. Jet black was the color I got, and I think it was the most common color, I rarely seen a indigo Game Cube. I do have the orange spice controller and still use it with SSBU.

[@ChicagoSince80s]

Definitely wanna see cool Japanese GameCubes, also a “WAVEBIRD RECEIVER/ADAPTER/DONGLE” REPAIR VIDEO.

[@VAULT-TEC_INC.]

Mario: “That’s-a-spicy-a-GameCube!”

[@MotivatedSharkie]

The president from Shadow The Hedgehog when he sees the orange Gamecube:

[@JolliAllGenGamer]

I have an orange gamecube too and it’s a cool color. I just use freeloader to play American games on my Orange Japanese gamecube.

[@link123a]

The Music is Various Scifi by Ecliptix. Off an Album called Various Dreams 2019 👍

[@atomiswave1971]

I bought an orange Japanese Game cube. I got mine properly modded for the homebrew apps including gba player. My orange machine has the digital port but one of the bottom bays was blocked. Apparently it was a really late machine.

[@lion8079k]

Yess spawn wave got sponsored!! We got to support!!

[@catriamflockentanz]

I am floored how easy it is to change the region of a GameCube.

[@coyote_aaaooo6828]

Love ordering from Japan. It comes way faster

[@JohnSmith-fe3di]

I bought a symphonic green GameCube that was modded to play US games off of EBay last year for $240.00. No regrets. It was just missing the matching gba player and controller.

[@kevinjrpiedr2490]

I'm only missing the Orange GC, hopefully I get one soon! Great vid bro!

[@najtrows]

The OG Purple still looks pretty great!

[@RandoOnline_]

These videos are so therapeutic.

[@Dustrick]

I've wanted the orange GameCube since forever.

[@supersmashmaster43]

I thought my GameCube was broken for like the past 12 years because the lens inside the disc reader was a little dirty and wasn’t reading disc, but this past summer I took a q-tip with some rubbing alcohol to the lens and it started working again. All those years not knowing it was fix as simple as that lmao.

[@Aelrandir]

I live in Japan, and a local store had one of the Tales of Symphonia seafoam green Gamecubes last time I was in there. Totally complete and looked near mint. I forget exactly how much it was but they were asking some serious cash for it. Nothing I would have been able to just buy on a whim, unfortunately.

[@Didgey77]

John you don't half get lucky with the systems you buy! That thing is immaculate!

[@ightimmaheadout290]

Spawn wave looks jacked in the thumbnail

[@DeckerIV]

The gamecube will turn 20 this year. Please do an awesome history of for my favorite console of all time's anniversary.

[@hayleydots956]

Just bought the orange spice modded one online for a decent price. Super excited for it

[@dakotatwilight]

What a cool idea, no need to produce one mother board for Japan and another whole different one for a different region. Nice color.

[@TheCoolDave]

I have a few GameCubes (Orange, Black and Silver, all with matching Gameboy adapters)... My Orange one is my fav ! I did the switch and I did a XC mod. Paid $26 for my Spice Orange one on ebay... claimed "Junk" but, no cables, got it, plugged in and she works perfect and even read burned discs. I did get a minty controller for $30 and I am very happy with the system... It's a really nice looking system in person, a video does not do it...

[@lancegifford1397]

I am so doing this if I get a Japanese import GameCube. Love this

[@TheIncredibleJumpman]

As far as how fast your mail came in from Japan vs the US, my guess is your gamecube was shipped through DHL while your other packages are probably being sent through USPS. Even if your US orders are via UPS/FedEx, they're not necessarily going to be that fast unless the seller selected overnight/2day shipping as they're still recovering from the crazy holiday rush.

[@andytabor3829]

I actually own one and it looks so nice in the video it makes me want to buy it all over again although the packaging on mine is pretty beat up.

[@mlohnes7]

I want to see everything gamecube. I have the platinum and the black systems so far. Need an indigo and really want that orange. Glad to see it’s so easy to switch to english