Japan's Nintendo was Just BETTER
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2024
- Japan's Nintendo has made some AMAZING systems since the 70's. Many only released domestically and some that most people have never even seen or heard of. And I bought every single retro console that nintendo ever made here in Japan (and many of the accessories) so that we could try it out!
Among that list... the Nintendo Color Game 6 and 15, Gameboy, Game & Watch, Japan's Famikon, Disk Station, the Nintendo 3D System, The Nintedo Power Glove, the Super Famikon, The SuperScope, Virtual Boy, N64, Pocket Pikachu, and more!
0:00 Opening
0:20 Nintendo Color TV Game 6 and Color Game 15
1:17 Nintendo Block Kuzushi
2:57 Game & Watch Super Mario Bro
3:52 Game & Watch Ball
4:40 Game & Watch Donkey Kong
5:53 Nintendo Family Computer (Famikon)
6:44 Nintendo Family Basic
8:53 Family Computer Robot
12:03 Nintendo Disk System
13:54 Nintendo 3D System
14:54 PAX Power Glove
16:41 Nintendo GameBoy
17:35 GameBoy Accessories
18:36 Super Family Computer (Super Famikon)
19:00 Super Scope
20:00 Nintendo Virtual Boy
22:04 Pikachu N64
23:39 Pocket Pikachu
24:50 Famikon MINI and Superfamikon MINI
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I saved up and got myself a Retroid Pocket 3+ so that I could play N64 games on the go!!
Was aiming for a steamdeck... but couldn't justify the price lol
Got it!! Loved it!!!
And then...
Left it on an airplane and never got it back
the heartbreak was real lol
Oh no, that's so sad. 😢
When I leave a place, I look 5 times around to see if I left something behind because things like that happened too much with me when I was little. TRAUMA. Hahaha
Oh no…..
were we suppose to pass it around taking turns gaming and watching? lol. 50 years later. twitch! hahaha
That's a shame, was it long ago? Any chance of getting it back from lost and found?
One day I will travel to Japan and buy alot of stuff gaming 😊
You're turning your office into a retro paradise. You should consider opening a retro museum.
the ULTIMATE retro paradise!
The Retro Man Cave! @@TokyoLens
I went to showa museum in Takayama this May and I fell in love with that place! It was full of retro tech from old Japan. Norm can easily create his own museum with the stuff he got haha😅
@@TokyoLens Retro gaming for a retro person. Yes, this is coming from someone who is bit more retro than you. Now if I only function as good as the systems you gotten.
Nintendo is opening an official retro museum. However, they will not allow anyone to photo/film inside, similiar to the Ghibli Museum.
That's it. I've watched a couple of your videos now and I'm 100% convinved that you are an 8-year old in adult packaging.
Whether you are running through Tokyo, visiting abandoned villages or showing the insane architecture, there is this childlike joy about you and I really enjoy watching it.
I was born in 1989 and I actually have a green 1-up mushroom tattoo from Super Mario as a tribute to the hours I've spent playing the game when I was younger. I always had to be Luigi because I'm the younger sister. Oh, the nostalgia.
Love watching all the inventions Nintendo has created using their cutting-edge technology of back then! Everything looks very creative and fun😆It must have taken lots of efforts to collect all the retro games as well! Thank you so much Norm!
Such a kind comment as always! Thanks so much
Nintendo really created excitement for so many people over the years~ nothing but gratitude!!
I’d love to do the same, but for Sega consoles. Loved the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. Wish I could go back to those days.
Such an amazing time in gaming!
This video should be titled "How to greatly upset Nintendo Collectors" lmao. When he pulled the battery tag on the pocket pikachu I yelled "NOOOOO" and died inside.
LOL guess I shouldn't tell people that I dumped it in the trash after that eh? LOL jk
The second you pulled out a Virtual Boy, the sheer happiness I felt in my body was unmatched. God that system was so fun, but so terrible.
Perfect description of it!
Never got to play one as a kid but remember some ads and so badly wanting to
So much nostalgia just rushed through my body when he pulled that out.
sudden memories of the smell and feel of sweaty eye foam.
Walmart had them on clearance for $20. TWENTY DOLLARS!!!
Red Alarm was a fantastic game.
You always find the coolest old tech pieces Norm!
So much fun~
I love retro gaming, so this video was incredible to see what exists.
So many fun systems!
Oh boy, the moment you pulled out the Super Scope I squealed so hard I scared my cat! 😂
I'd never leave your studio, that's literally childhood paradise!
its become a really fun place!
The robot kinda looks like Wall-E. You could name it Norm-E 😂
I remember being a kid in the UK and seeing the robot on tv in an advert for Nintendo and being mesmerised...never got to play with one tho!!!
Love this look into retro gaming. You've somehow connected two of my interests, Japan blogs and retro gaming and I love it.
I’ve had to share this with my sister, she is such a huge Nintendo fan. Your joy is so infectious.
There was just so much joy to be had with this video!!
Thank you so much for tagging along!
Stumbled on your videos finding thrift shop and now I'm here. Love the retro games/consoles!
I reverted back into a child when I saw you pull out the old RF switch. I remember having multiples of those, to use the NES on more than one TV.
LOVE THIS VIDEO! So cool. Your happiness shines throughout. So amazed that these really old items still work even when they’ve been labeled as “junk”.
KRIS!! Thank you eh!!
its amazing that the gameboy was "Junk" lol
slightly mind blowing
So nostalgic! Thanks for sharing all your finds with us Norm. Loved seeing you nerding out over these. Such joy! It's like Christmas morning 😀
Edited to fix all my spelling errors 😂
Collecting this was a year very well spent! Thanks for being along for the ride!
This is the best (and earliest) Christmas unboxing I've seen on TH-cam ! Those consoles and portables made my day. It's like watching my childhood unfold.
This was amazing. I've always wanted to try the Virtual Boy but this trip through Nintendo's history and your joy experiencing it was so wonderful
so many things in this video hit me right in the nostalgia. I can't believe that was 25 minutes.
Original cut was 3.5 hours hahaha I may have spent too much time actually PLAYING lol
@@TokyoLens ahaha, somehow I'm not surprised. that looked like so much fun 😄
I remember loading games with tape storage lol. 30-45 minutes later you could play a game.
and tapes would get dropouts & games would go corrupt!
I already love your video's. Then you added retro nintendo games to the mix. It brings me back to my childhood. Thanks for what you do!
My brother still has that orange folding donkey kong game, we got about 10-12 different ones, man this is bringing back some memories, awesome vid mate?
Love the studio! Man, yet another reason why when I finally get to Japan I’m going to have to send a shipping container back with me 😂 great video my friend. Good to share some nostalgia with you.
This is museum-worthy stuff. Amazing collection! (Next time in Japan I hope I have more time for thrift stores)
And it's unbelievable how futuristic some of the devices are. 3D, portable batteries, etc. are things you see today, but Nintendo had them in the 80s.
Fascinating video! :)
The Famicom and the family basic set are actually on display at the video game museum in Texas.
The thing that rang my bell was for sure the Super Mario 64 file select music, that brought me back!😊
I absolutely love it.
So much of this video was just a walk down nostalgia lane for me as well
I love that so many ideas were from the 80s but you can see it in later releases. Like the 3d system turning into a 3ds or the power-glove which became the Wii.
Absolutely loved this. My earliest experience was playing the Game&Watch Donkeykong, then playing Mario Bros on Atari.
Back then companies were not obsessed with making products to have a short user life, these things were workhorses!!
P.S I'm learning Koi Koi Hanafuda, it's a good game ;)
3nd ❤
...ish lol
I had a SuperScope back then, and yes, it was really fun... This is so nostalgic
This was insanely cool to watch! Took me way back in time. Thanks Norm!
Not sure why i irked when you use Japanese accent when saying FamiCom.
It’s not a “Japanese accent”
It’s called “proper pronunciation” of the word
Learn the difference
lol re-reading this… you’ve Got to be joking around right? 😂
That’s the only actual official assumption here
Just taking the piss and playing around right? 🤣
I am dying of envy right now having to see all the retro stuff that you have,,,
Such an amazing video! I've been collecting retro games since 2011 myself. I hope we'll get to see a part 2 with Gamecube and forward! 🤩
So much joy in this video. I also love that I got to learn a little bit about gaming history.
I'm too young for most of these systems but we had the Pikachu N64 which my father randomly purchased while on a business trip. Retro console designs are so fun!
Loved this video so nostalgic and seeing your enthusiasm was so infectious ❤
Thank you so much!!
I love watching your videos like this Norm! Seeing your face light up, and how excited you are is honestly just the most wholesome thing ever! :)
haha thanks so much! Definitely had way too much fun lol
Absolutely loved watching this! I always enjoy learning about retro gaming and it was really cool to see the Japan-only releases!
likely had WAY more fun making this than I expected haha
I remember living in Japan during elementary school and I had the Disk System. I used to bring those disk to the game store and actually downloading a game onto that disk. It was an amazing invention!!!🤩
Oh my goodness! This video pokes my childhood excitement so much.. and I did not know that the game & watch original system looks like that😍 I need to share this video with all of my friends lol thank you for another great content, Norm!! I can’t imagine how hard it would be to collect all these and plan/shoot such a video
I love when it's Nerding Time with Norm ! Absolutely loved this video and I'm so happy for you. This looks like a dream come true !
Also, hanafuda are really fun so you should definitely learn to play some games !
Loved this video! It's great to see how happy you were doing it. A couple of systems I didn't know existed and wish I had had, especially the robot! Keep up the great work mate!
So much nostalgia!! That was a lot of fun!! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
All of this is wayy before my time, but it's impossible not to admit that there's something so special about retro technology.
Not gonna lie, I learned a lot watching this video. I never knew there were so many retro systems, not to mention how unique they are! Thank you for sharing your time with us because this was truly an experience.
Super cool video. Thanks for sharing your collection c: !
This is one of your best videos. I loved all the systems you shared. I still have an original game boy!! What the rage is was back in the day!
That Tetris start up music really brings me back
This is so awesome!!! I tried convincing my husband to get a famicom system when we were at Super Potato but it was just a bit over our budget. I loved watching you play with this collection and boy am I impressed, and a little jealous! Such a fun video and thank you for sharing with us 😊
This video was so fun to watch Norm. I'm a 90s kid and grew up primarily with SEGA but most of my friends had Nintendo so I got the best of both worlds. I absolutely love those Game and Watch things!! They look mint!
I owned the American versions of almost all of these systems as a kid. Somehow even just watching you unbox these gave me that same feeling of opening a new console on Christmas day. Thanks for sharing!
Oh man! All those Game & Watch games take me straight back to my childhood. I never had one myself but played my friend's for hours.
You rock.. Amazing work there....Love all the collection flashback..
Glad that you enjoyed this as much as I did
Wow, I had no idea there were so many different versions and accessories for all of the Nintendo/Famicon systems. What amazing little treasures to find at the thrift shops. Amazing, thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Great vid as always🤩 love me some good retro!!
Dude, congrats on your collection. I'm normally pretty negative but dude your collection rocks and you're heart is in the right place. You seem to be collecting for the reasons I did when I was younger. Awesome vid!
Man every Nintendo console has been my favorite because they were the console that went across boundaries to try new things and to this day still making consoles I am very happy I found this channel.
Thanks so much 😊
Wow! This brought back some great memories. Those really old game systems are so awesome.
Absolutely loved this video. First console I owned that you hook up to a tv was an N64, but first console I ever owned was an OG Gameboy, with my first game Donkey Kong.
Really impressive collection. I had many of these including Disk system, the 3D glasses and virtual boy.
Your physical comedy opening these sets were gold. Thanks Norm 👍
I love how the famicom was basically a contemporary computer, as advertised. Ya got a keyboard, basic, a cassette and disk drive, and controller inputs
So much joy in nostalgia, I’ve got my NES and Genesis hooked into my TV.
Wow you just blasted my brains with so many cool nintendo stuff I have never seen before. Awesome!
I've never played any of these, but your enthusiasm was infectious.
I've seen many documentaries about these retro consoles, but it is so cool to see someone actually using them.
so amazing you can get these at thrift shops there! i still have my original 89 gameboy with the magnifier screen and earbuds intact 😄 hearing all the old game sounds in the vid just took me back
A video after my own heart!
As a retrogamer, Japan-ophile and lover of all tech....I just loved this video. I know about all the games and consoles you presented, but I really love your passion and the way you presented them!!
This is EPIC! Thanks for taking us back through memory lane, and a wild history museum! Can't believe you found so many BNIB items.
Color Game 6 is the first TV game I ever had. Then I had the Breakout. That's so nostalgic!
This video brought back so many childhood memories, thank you so much
Had so much fun watching your retro gaming video! You literally travelled back in time. I wasn't a Nintendo guy growing up (more of a Sega type) and the earliest thing I owned that you displayed was the Game & Watch. I had Fire and Chef. Hours of fun! Thank you Norm. Great and enjoyable memories!
I'm a new fan of yours and this video is definitely different than all the ones I've watched of yours so far in which you've been out around Japan showing us tiny homes and trains. So cool.
Glad you enjoyed!
@@TokyoLens 😁 You're a cool dude!
So many fun memories. I had a great time in Book-off last time I was in Japan. So many great classic games for so cheap
I used to play that super scope 6 a lot when I was young at the time. My favorite mode was the intercept mode. It teaches you shoot missiles as various distances and you have to lead on your shots to hit them.
It's so incredible to see all of this
Oh the nostalgia.
I’m amazed that there is so much you found still in box
Wow. Your studio looks so much better now. I still remember the short tour of your studio when it was still quite empty, only tables, shamisen stage, and that smallest shop stall 😂
Good job on the decorating, Norm! 🎉
You being this happy with all your finds is my favorite part of this video
Loving this video setup! I dont think I can pick a favorite system, though the clear shell famicom is amazing. 😮
It's amazing you were able to get all these... Game & Watch brought back a lot of nostalgia
A huge dose of nostalgia, an awesome history lesson, and a great video!
Well, not quite the content I expected from this channel. Now I love it even more. I'm usually here for the excursions into the promised land. Thank you so much for immersing yourself in everything about this country so that not all of us have to!
The robot was called R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) in the US. My brother and I got a complete NES back in the day. It came with Super Mario Brothers, Duck Hunt, Gyromite R.O.B. and the light zapper. We lived like little kings. Thanks for the trip back down memory lane.
this is the set I got too! it's been on my bucket list to do a mod to get ROB to work w HDTVs! I actually loved Gyromite!
I had a bunch of the game & watch growing up in Canada. I had forgotten all about them until seeing this. I used to play them for hours before my first nintendo with mario and duck hunt.
Thank you for representing the Virtual Boy well! A lot of people seem ashamed to talk about it in a good light. I bought one when it released in the US and loved it. It's such a fun system with some great games, especially Wario to me. The only thing I think could be changed is the hard straight edge of plastic near the nose. I wanted to sand it down to a curved but was afraid I might do permanent damage to the system. The Virtual Boy is definitely my favorite of the video, with the N64 and Super Famicom being a close 2nd and 3rd!
Super Famicom was my favorite system ever made. I love the library. That and then i get weird with TGX16/TurboDuo. Then it goes to Panasonic 3D0, then Neo Geo anything.
Partner and I are both huge retro gaming fans. It was such a huge nostalgia trip for us both especially the pocket pikachu. Just being able to see some of those in person would make my day, and it makes me even happier to see that all of these wonderful consoles have gone to such a good home.
It always makes me gasp and clutch my pearls whenever Norm slams electronics down on a table.
I didn't know Game & Watch had dual screens; fascinating.
I always found the red visuals of the Virtual Boy to be unnerving.
Great video, I learned a lot.
3:25 OMG!! I remember that game on the Game & Watch collection for GBC. I spent hours playing that whole game and the other versions I had for GameBoy and Color. Endless amounts of mini games with a history I never knew about
What a trip down memory lane. I had several Game n Watches and a Famicom growing up (for some reason a few of the early consoles and accessories were available in the Philippines back then). And the things you do to make sure the games run, like pressing down hard on the plugs, or blowing on the cartridge (NGL I still do that to things like my battery charging port, USB hubs, and Switch cartridges). Honestly want one of them now just for the heck of it.
Love how the Donkey Kong unit design looks like it was the basis for the DS!
great video, some awesome games Norm, you make learning old games fun, cheers :)
I find if you connect your RF terminals of classic consoles to a VCR, you can clean up the signal (removed the snow) and use the composite out: to the send the signal to your TV/Reciever etc.
Ohh I remember the manifying lens for the Gameboy, my brother had one for his. Super fun video Norm!
I still have my old Donkey Kong Hockey "Micro Vs. System" Game & Watch from '84, with the little circular controllers. I played that thing all the time when I was a kid!
I love this thanks man!!!
Watching someone who owns almost every Nintendo system and accessory but also has never played Super Mario or Metroid is wild to me.
Amazing video. There is a lot of history there, and enjoy your collection. I hope you get some spare time to enjoy them. 👍
Thanks 👍
What a great video. I enjoyed every minute of it. That Gameboy with Tetris brought back some memories. Played that one sooooo much.
I hope some day LGR makes it to Tokyo and you can have a meetup. That would be epic.