I really really really hope you enjoy this series. It’s the biggest project I’ve ever worked on by far and I’m really nervous about it! The audio and video was a bit rough for the first few days because I was too excited and overwhelmed to make sure everything was okay. Hopefully it will get better in the coming videos and you won’t mind too much! Also if there’s anything you want me to do different let me know now because I’ve not edited the other ones yet so I can adjust them to suit what people want! Love you all ❤
Men you did great and i gotta say its one of the videos i have most enjoyed in your Channel. keep up the good work Edit: im not english so please have that in mind when reading this
Elliot, I was beginning to wonder what happened to you. This explains it. Let me commend you on showing me the best and most thorough footage of Japan that I've seen. Because you actually took the time to film a lot of the "hole-in-the-wall" stores and show the massive amount of merchandise that these stores just blew me away. I was watching in total amazement and in complete awe the entire time. I felt like I was right there with you. I cannot wait for you to upload and publish Episode 2.
@@TheRetroFuture put back up the Pokémon emerald Rick roll cartridge video! 😂 I want to see that again man! Cmon! I’m a long time subscriber, you have to reward us with that!
Gosh, it's so mesmerizing to see these stores stocked with so much cool stuff. Even though it's just a video, it makes me feel like a kid in a toy store again . Can't wait to see what you do next! ❤
As always, absolutely fantastic content. I loved the different format of this video. You captured some terrific shots of Japan too. I am REALLY looking forward to more of the videos in this series. Keep up the amazing work!
This has to be honestly one of my favorite videos. I’ve always dreamed about going to Japan, especially to find all the cool & unique Nintendo items they have. Thanks 4 taking us on the journey!
This series is absolutely unreal! Couldn't love this more, so awesome to live vicariously through you on your trip. Love everything about this - just perfection! Keep em coming :)
Glad you actually got to see Tokyo like this. I did the same in 2013 and ended up playing street fighter in the arcade on the top floor of Super Potato smoking Marlboro reds. The best experience. Really can’t comprehend how lovely it is just wondering at night.
I'm going to Japan for the first time myself at the end of July, and I plan on shopping around for retro gaming stuff as well so I can hardly describe how exciting this video is! Can't wait for the next episode!
I'm so glad you had a BLAST in Japan and made it home safe!! LOVED this first part and can't wait to see the rest-- production quality is so lovely!! Thanks for taking us with you!!
Love seeing all the old and exclusive stuff, someone like me will probably never get to Japan in person so this is a good as it gets, thank you Elliot!
yo this is about to be a REALLY good series! watching this really takes me back. I remember walking through the alleys of Golden Gai or spending hours and hours in Akihabara. God I miss Japan.... But seriously looking forward to more in this series. I think this might be one of your best ones yet man!
This is an absolutely fantastic idea for a series! I loved every bit of this episode and can't wait for more! Thanks for sharing Japan with all of us! ^^
Great work Elliot, really enjoying these and vicariously experiencing your joy at visiting these places for the first time. There's nowhere else like Japan and it's great you're getting to see so much of it. On a personal note, I'm reassured in a way you didn't find much in hard Off in Akihabara, as I thought I'd just been unlucky when I visited. I'd heard so many good things about it, but the two branches I visited there didn't have much for me, but good to hear you had better luck in some other regions!
Thanx for the tip on Hard Off, I hadn't heard of this store yet. Seems like they also have quite some old camera related stuff. I'm leaving for a trip to Japan in about 2 weeks and seeing you going through the "junk boxes" really makes me check out this store. Love your channel, greetings from Belgium.
2:39 You crazy Brit😮 I do not recall any karaoke, that thing was used for the microphone attachment for "hey, you Pikachu" Back on the N64 I don't recall any karaoke game coming from Nintendo in that era at least
I am so very excited for this series! I thought the video was great! It's nice to see Japan from the perspective of a GameBoy fan, there aren't any videos like that on TH-cam. Love it!
Elliot, loving this series! Your videos are always so high quality, the editing is fantastic Great job! Absolutely amazing being part of your journey! I can't wait until you hit 1M, so deserved!
Hey man! I absolutely loved the format of this video! I am traveling to Japan in two weeks with my brother and I am so excited to go game hunting. I have Cerebral Palsy (stairs are an issue while traveling with a wheelchair) thankfully, my brother will be helping me with getting around. However, it looked like the places you visited may have been pretty accessible! Made me really excited for my dream trip! Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
3:12 both the Yashica and the Canonet were avaialble in the Netherlands. But that Yashica is a beast of a camera, it takes extremely beautiful pictures for 'that kind of camera'.
Brilliant series, this is my dream! Hopefully I get to do this someday. In the meantime, we'll all be living vicariously through your vlog series. Cheers!
To be honest I was a little worried about the lack of activity on your channel but this is definitely worth it. I love your content and I definitely look forward to the other episodes of this trip to Japan. Keep up the good content and congratulations to the whole team.
Awesome vid, though my favourite part might be you (tipsy and jet-lagged) excitedly showing off the path and streets while exclaiming “Alleyways! Staircases! Go up those stairs!”
This is awesome stuff. For those who havent been able to go to Japan and discover all the goodies in the stores its great to see all of this. Thanks Elliott
Wow Elliot! The footage you took was beautiful and breath taking. The backwards footage looked sick! I can't wait to watch more of these. The idea of go pro for rummaging was a terrific idea. All that lovely stuff to look through, must admit I feel a little envy. I hope you had and amazing time mate
That's amazing! I am happy for you and I am also grateful that you share your experiences and impressions of Japan with us! I'm looking forward to the next video of this series!!!
Super jealous, looking forward to more videos in this series! Tbh I kinda hope you visited Sendico, I've bought a lot from them over the years and am curious what it's like lol
I missed your videos! That constrast in that alley was crazy! The greenish atmosphere was awesome! Looking forward to episode 2! The day I go to Japan i will need an extra suitcase, the prices are so low!
You're making me feel very nostalgic, I was used to live in Tachikawa in west Tokyo (teaching english), I spent my weekends at Hardoff and Bookoff searching for games. I was always on the look out for 64DD and Virtual Boy goodies. Sending my best from Houston Texas (although I am British)
Awesome content! It's so cool to see this stuff; and if you think this video was rough around the edges, I can't imagine how excellent the rest is going to be!
I actually went to the store next to the Hard Off in Akihabara (shown at 9:02) a few weeks ago and I bought four broken PSVita 2000s for 82,000 Yen each. They have been a fun project so far! I've been able to get 3 of them working, and 1 'kinda' working. Loving the content, keep it up!
8:52 This place (Surugaya) I bought a Green DSi fully working for 900 yen with no issues, just a bit dirty. Also was the only place I could find old flip phones, highly recommend.
This is so cool, i get your excitement and I can't wait for the next episodes. Last year when i went to usa i found like not even 1% of what you have (and are going to in the next episodes) found in japan!
Great video dude, enjoyed it from start to finish! Takes me back to my first trip to Japan, it's a beautiful country and the sensory overload in Tokyo is always mind blowing! I liked the tipsy part a lot, felt like I was chilling with you, maybe have an outtakes vid for stuff that didn't make the final cut? Also the Go Pro stuff was quality, keep it up and am looking forward to the other parts in this series ❤
Retro game hunting in Japan is one of my favorite hobbies. That's awesome you made it out here. You've gotta check out Namba Osaka as well. It's incredible
This may be my most ideal series ever made. When I lived in Tokyo I used to go to Akihabara once or twice a week on my bike looking for cool stuff. Actually found minuet Tetris in Super Potato hidden with all the normal ones for 500yen after watching your video on it!
I've been waching your channel since 2020 and I love game boy stuff, and now that you are in Japan which is a dream that most of us have. Thanks for sharing this experience with us.
Man, I miss shops like these. In my hometown there once was a retro game shop, but in the town I live now they even closed the GameStop. So nothing retro AT ALL here. Went on holiday the other day into a veeery big town. Internet said it had 3 Retro Games shops. One was for VERY RICH people looking for sealed stuff. One was a complete bust and the other one was in the middle of restructuring... at least they got good prices on the stuff that was actually there. This makes me want to go to japan. Just that damn language barrier....
Thank you! I watch other youtubers that go to hard offs and book offs in Japan and they've done it so many times they don't take the time to show all the stuff like you have. I could watch all your footage. Please put up 4 hour video of you rummaging through the junk section!
12:25 rhat area is all documented in the Yakuza video game series, painstakingly accurate. I believe its referred to as the Champion district, bars and restaurants packed into a very small space. Very cool to see.
Elliot. I knew the channel was going to make a drastic change... And I was worried it was going to pivot to Mr Beast stuff. You totally went in a direction that has me super excited. I follow other TH-camrs in Japan, tokidoki traveller etc. But the idea of following a gaming specific one really speaks to me. Can't wait for more.
This is amazing ! A month ago i bought a gba with box for around €40 and a sp with 2 great games for €52 using sendico for the first time. The gba and box are in perfect condition and they go for around €200 in the Netherlands where I'm from. ( With bad conditions boxes. ) Im never gonna sell this gba and will leave it in its original state. Thank you for making these amazing videos and introducing me to sendico. Also thank you sendico for the amazing service. I hope they'll support with you for a long time because you deserve to do all these amazing things.
I really really really hope you enjoy this series. It’s the biggest project I’ve ever worked on by far and I’m really nervous about it!
The audio and video was a bit rough for the first few days because I was too excited and overwhelmed to make sure everything was okay. Hopefully it will get better in the coming videos and you won’t mind too much!
Also if there’s anything you want me to do different let me know now because I’ve not edited the other ones yet so I can adjust them to suit what people want!
Love you all ❤
Men you did great and i gotta say its one of the videos i have most enjoyed in your Channel. keep up the good work
Edit: im not english so please have that in mind when reading this
Very excited about this series this is going to be awesome
I’m hyped
Still looks really good, no worries! First episode was great, and this looks to be a really awesome series!
I'm lost how do u tell how much it is? There yen in American and UK price
Elliot Sendico-ed himself to Japan!
Haha! Indeed he did 😂.
LMFAO😂
He shore did😅
Wait…. can you do that?!
Recievico
Elliot,
I was beginning to wonder what happened to you. This explains it. Let me commend you on showing me the best and most thorough footage of Japan that I've seen. Because you actually took the time to film a lot of the "hole-in-the-wall" stores and show the massive amount of merchandise that these stores just blew me away. I was watching in total amazement and in complete awe the entire time. I felt like I was right there with you. I cannot wait for you to upload and publish Episode 2.
So chuffed for you to be given such an amazing opportunity.
Truly an excellent content creator and thrilled to see things going so great for you!
Thank you so much, it means a lot ❤️
@@TheRetroFuture put back up the Pokémon emerald Rick roll cartridge video! 😂 I want to see that again man! Cmon! I’m a long time subscriber, you have to reward us with that!
This was masterfully shot and edited, your videos are always a treat to watch. Cheers!
Thank you so much 😊 ❤️
Gosh, it's so mesmerizing to see these stores stocked with so much cool stuff. Even though it's just a video, it makes me feel like a kid in a toy store again .
Can't wait to see what you do next! ❤
As always, absolutely fantastic content. I loved the different format of this video. You captured some terrific shots of Japan too. I am REALLY looking forward to more of the videos in this series. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you ☺️
Cannot wait to see more of the Japan trip. convenient how you cut out all the Maid Cafe visits 👀
This video was really great man, I love getting a deeper look into Japan's gaming culture, as I have never been there before.
This has to be honestly one of my favorite videos. I’ve always dreamed about going to Japan, especially to find all the cool & unique Nintendo items they have. Thanks 4 taking us on the journey!
Absolutely top-notch man. Going straight to one of the biggest sources for gems like these. A great video to look forward to.
Thank you! Hope you enjoy!
@@TheRetroFuture For sure!
Loving the content, you cant beat the retro future in Japan... best of both worlds... its amazing seeing the culture and gaming scene there in Japan.
This series is absolutely unreal! Couldn't love this more, so awesome to live vicariously through you on your trip. Love everything about this - just perfection! Keep em coming :)
Glad you actually got to see Tokyo like this.
I did the same in 2013 and ended up playing street fighter in the arcade on the top floor of Super Potato smoking Marlboro reds. The best experience.
Really can’t comprehend how lovely it is just wondering at night.
That was an amazing video, so well filmed, the music choice, etc. You really captured it!
I'm going to Japan for the first time myself at the end of July, and I plan on shopping around for retro gaming stuff as well so I can hardly describe how exciting this video is! Can't wait for the next episode!
Love you man, so happy you could do something like this!
I'm so glad you had a BLAST in Japan and made it home safe!! LOVED this first part and can't wait to see the rest-- production quality is so lovely!! Thanks for taking us with you!!
This is such a cool video! Can't wait to watch the rest of this series. Awesome work, Elliot!
Love seeing all the old and exclusive stuff, someone like me will probably never get to Japan in person so this is a good as it gets, thank you Elliot!
Dont waste your money on youtubers get a good job make enough money and travel there in the future
@@ralphtaylor7448 lol why are you saying kt like that, and saying it weeks after he made the comment? really helpful there with that life protip
@@noahboat580 don’t donate towards youtubers meaning save your money for something better
yo this is about to be a REALLY good series! watching this really takes me back. I remember walking through the alleys of Golden Gai or spending hours and hours in Akihabara. God I miss Japan.... But seriously looking forward to more in this series. I think this might be one of your best ones yet man!
Hope you enjoyed it 😁
This is an absolutely fantastic idea for a series! I loved every bit of this episode and can't wait for more! Thanks for sharing Japan with all of us! ^^
Brilliant start to a series mate. Gave me proper Lost in translation vibes with the music towards the end exploring the small streets.
shout out to people who agreed to walk backwards for the video
Great work Elliot, really enjoying these and vicariously experiencing your joy at visiting these places for the first time. There's nowhere else like Japan and it's great you're getting to see so much of it. On a personal note, I'm reassured in a way you didn't find much in hard Off in Akihabara, as I thought I'd just been unlucky when I visited. I'd heard so many good things about it, but the two branches I visited there didn't have much for me, but good to hear you had better luck in some other regions!
Thanks mate!!
This series is incredible! 😱
Love the the editing style of this video!
Thank you!
@@TheRetroFuture no problem!
Thanx for the tip on Hard Off, I hadn't heard of this store yet. Seems like they also have quite some old camera related stuff. I'm leaving for a trip to Japan in about 2 weeks and seeing you going through the "junk boxes" really makes me check out this store. Love your channel, greetings from Belgium.
Oh this series will be a treat. I'm finally gonna visit Japan in june and can't wait for it
2:39
You crazy Brit😮
I do not recall any karaoke, that thing was used for the microphone attachment for "hey, you Pikachu"
Back on the N64
I don't recall any karaoke game coming from Nintendo in that era at least
Loving it! looking forward to the complete series. Also this is getting me very hyped I will be going to Japan this summer. :D
Me too!!! This series is gonna be my training guide 😂
I am so very excited for this series! I thought the video was great! It's nice to see Japan from the perspective of a GameBoy fan, there aren't any videos like that on TH-cam. Love it!
Do you remember where the store was at the 3:30 mark? What areas of Tokyo do you recommend for used games?
been waiting for you to visit japan 😭🇯🇵❤️
Elliot, loving this series! Your videos are always so high quality, the editing is fantastic
Great job! Absolutely amazing being part of your journey! I can't wait until you hit 1M, so deserved!
Cool!! I love when you upload!!
Hope you like these videos!
Congrats Elliot, looking forward to this series. Honestly, some of the prices looked really good at the shops.
Hey man! I absolutely loved the format of this video! I am traveling to Japan in two weeks with my brother and I am so excited to go game hunting. I have Cerebral Palsy (stairs are an issue while traveling with a wheelchair) thankfully, my brother will be helping me with getting around. However, it looked like the places you visited may have been pretty accessible! Made me really excited for my dream trip! Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
Really enjoyed this. Not saying I don't like your usual videos, but it was cool to see you doing something else and really just having a great time!
3:12 both the Yashica and the Canonet were avaialble in the Netherlands. But that Yashica is a beast of a camera, it takes extremely beautiful pictures for 'that kind of camera'.
FANTASTIC work mate! So excited to see the rest of the series! I hope you had an awesome time.
Brilliant series, this is my dream! Hopefully I get to do this someday. In the meantime, we'll all be living vicariously through your vlog series. Cheers!
To be honest I was a little worried about the lack of activity on your channel but this is definitely worth it.
I love your content and I definitely look forward to the other episodes of this trip to Japan.
Keep up the good content and congratulations to the whole team.
I don't think you'd get me out of that one little random shop for hours, it looked like retro gaming bliss.😅
This was so fun to watch, can't wait for episode 2!
Awesome vid, though my favourite part might be you (tipsy and jet-lagged) excitedly showing off the path and streets while exclaiming “Alleyways! Staircases! Go up those stairs!”
I absolutely loveee travel vlogs! Please do more like this in the future!
This is awesome stuff. For those who havent been able to go to Japan and discover all the goodies in the stores its great to see all of this. Thanks Elliott
Wow Elliot! The footage you took was beautiful and breath taking. The backwards footage looked sick! I can't wait to watch more of these. The idea of go pro for rummaging was a terrific idea. All that lovely stuff to look through, must admit I feel a little envy. I hope you had and amazing time mate
That's amazing! I am happy for you and I am also grateful that you share your experiences and impressions of Japan with us!
I'm looking forward to the next video of this series!!!
What exactly is the name of the "TV Game Store" and the name of the DS game you bought there?
@@jantunes I am not Elliot xD sorry
Super jealous, looking forward to more videos in this series! Tbh I kinda hope you visited Sendico, I've bought a lot from them over the years and am curious what it's like lol
awesome dude im glad you enjoyed maing this love your channel
I missed your videos! That constrast in that alley was crazy! The greenish atmosphere was awesome! Looking forward to episode 2! The day I go to Japan i will need an extra suitcase, the prices are so low!
You're making me feel very nostalgic, I was used to live in Tachikawa in west Tokyo (teaching english), I spent my weekends at Hardoff and Bookoff searching for games. I was always on the look out for 64DD and Virtual Boy goodies. Sending my best from Houston Texas (although I am British)
Biggest project... and it shows! Awesome video! Keep up the amazing work and content bro 😊 cant wait to see whats in store for your retrofuture! 😄
Awesome content! It's so cool to see this stuff; and if you think this video was rough around the edges, I can't imagine how excellent the rest is going to be!
Aaaaah 😍 i was waiting for your Japan vlogs! So great to see them!!! ❤
New retro future content always makes me smile
I have visited Japan, and I loved revisiting through your video, great video and production! Your passion for gameboys are very effectious :-)
I actually went to the store next to the Hard Off in Akihabara (shown at 9:02) a few weeks ago and I bought four broken PSVita 2000s for 82,000 Yen each. They have been a fun project so far! I've been able to get 3 of them working, and 1 'kinda' working. Loving the content, keep it up!
This is going to be a series? Brilliant. Can’t wait to see the whole thing, I absolutely love this.
Quality content mate, cant wait to see the whole series
Looking forward to this series and very happy for you to be in Japan, enjoy!
Awesome video Elliott very interesting and fun to watch.
8:52 This place (Surugaya) I bought a Green DSi fully working for 900 yen with no issues, just a bit dirty. Also was the only place I could find old flip phones, highly recommend.
This is so cool, i get your excitement and I can't wait for the next episodes. Last year when i went to usa i found like not even 1% of what you have (and are going to in the next episodes) found in japan!
It's so cool that so many people walks and drive backwards there! Great job on the video!
Great video dude, enjoyed it from start to finish! Takes me back to my first trip to Japan, it's a beautiful country and the sensory overload in Tokyo is always mind blowing! I liked the tipsy part a lot, felt like I was chilling with you, maybe have an outtakes vid for stuff that didn't make the final cut? Also the Go Pro stuff was quality, keep it up and am looking forward to the other parts in this series ❤
Thank you for this! This was an awesome video. I can't wait to see more!
Great video as always, can't wait to see more of this series in Japan! 🔥
Nice work man, love the style of the video, and your enthusiasm is showing!
This is fantastic, looking forward to the series
Retro game hunting in Japan is one of my favorite hobbies. That's awesome you made it out here. You've gotta check out Namba Osaka as well. It's incredible
Wow Elliot this looks awesome! Really looking forward to watching the rest of your series while at Japan!
I love this first video of the series, can’t wait to watch more!
This may be my most ideal series ever made. When I lived in Tokyo I used to go to Akihabara once or twice a week on my bike looking for cool stuff. Actually found minuet Tetris in Super Potato hidden with all the normal ones for 500yen after watching your video on it!
Awesome report! 😊 cant wait for the full series! Thankyou!
I've been waching your channel since 2020 and I love game boy stuff, and now that you are in Japan which is a dream that most of us have. Thanks for sharing this experience with us.
Man, I miss shops like these. In my hometown there once was a retro game shop, but in the town I live now they even closed the GameStop. So nothing retro AT ALL here. Went on holiday the other day into a veeery big town. Internet said it had 3 Retro Games shops. One was for VERY RICH people looking for sealed stuff. One was a complete bust and the other one was in the middle of restructuring... at least they got good prices on the stuff that was actually there.
This makes me want to go to japan. Just that damn language barrier....
Thank you! I watch other youtubers that go to hard offs and book offs in Japan and they've done it so many times they don't take the time to show all the stuff like you have. I could watch all your footage. Please put up 4 hour video of you rummaging through the junk section!
This is awesome bro, keep up the retro content
Thanks for coming out to see us Elliot, we miss you! ♥
Wow
A bit late to the video, amazing, very interesting. Your excitement is contagious!
signed up for sendico and just bought a copy of metroid 2 to help fill out my collection. thanks elliot! also, amazing video & beautiful place
Soo happy for this series. Ill be in Japan in a month and this is getting me so excited to do some treasure hunting!
Bro I love this! And I can’t believe you just popped in a lil yashica GSN to get my juices flowing!
Great Video! Thanks for showing us this side of Japan 🇯🇵
Bless you Elliot, some of the best content on TH-cam
Love the new content! I have to watch it in sections though because POV camera style like this gives me motion sickness.
12:25 rhat area is all documented in the Yakuza video game series, painstakingly accurate. I believe its referred to as the Champion district, bars and restaurants packed into a very small space. Very cool to see.
Glad to see you back! Be happy!
6:47 Holy Game & Watch! It’s a boxed YM-901-S!!
That store you found at 9:00 is surugaya. Awesome stores! And for visitors you get tax free over 5000 yen at i think just bout all surugaya stores.
Elliot. I knew the channel was going to make a drastic change... And I was worried it was going to pivot to Mr Beast stuff. You totally went in a direction that has me super excited. I follow other TH-camrs in Japan, tokidoki traveller etc. But the idea of following a gaming specific one really speaks to me. Can't wait for more.
This is amazing ! A month ago i bought a gba with box for around €40 and a sp with 2 great games for €52 using sendico for the first time. The gba and box are in perfect condition and they go for around €200 in the Netherlands where I'm from. ( With bad conditions boxes. ) Im never gonna sell this gba and will leave it in its original state. Thank you for making these amazing videos and introducing me to sendico. Also thank you sendico for the amazing service. I hope they'll support with you for a long time because you deserve to do all these amazing things.
Omg this is so awesome, can't wait to see more of this series 😮
Really really amazing Love seeing Japan through your enthusiastic camera. WOW!
Awesome! Looking forward to the next episode, also wondering when you figure out the 60hz :D.
You inspire me in my vegas videos with this one. Thank you.
LOVING THE ELLIOT IN JAPAN VIDIOS...KEEP THEM COMING PLEASE BRO! hello from JERSEY.