I love the Hotel's desire to still retain the building's history, especially as the roots of Nintendo's activities and history. I enjoy how authentic it is in nature.
That's kinda how Kyoto is in general, being that it was Japan's capital all the way until the Tokugawa shogunate. There's a lot of proud history there.
So many Nintendo items considered "Extremely rare" in the United States and Europe are so easy to come by in Japan itself it baffles my mind. Although it does make sense since it's the country it all was made in the first place back in the day.
That's always interesting to me too. It's the same with Pokemon cards. Japan exclusive cards, are just regular cards in Japan...so there's no premium for it domestically. It might still be rare and expensive, but it will be cheaper than anywhere else since you have to import it there.
Really wanted that Mew DS when I was younger, but as I was still in my mid teens and didn’t have the luxury of disposable income like I do now, I never was able to get one. I wish I had got one though as always loved the subtle Mew silhouette by the speakers. I would have definitely snapped that up if I had found it.
One thing I noticed during my trip there was the sheer amount of Yugioh games that were found in the hard off and hobby off stores. Everyone must’ve had Yugioh on the gameboy back in the day 😅
I love that Elliot tells us about console variants that we may have w never heard of before and random accessories to so we get even more knowledge on Nintendo stuff
These vlogs are so well shot, the editing is fantastic, and your sarcasm stays amazing haha But seriously this whole series of you traveling Japan has been so cool 😎 imma be sad when they stop lol
I traveled to Japan in 2006 and got one of those Japanese e-reader devices. I also got a few Pokémon cards back then. Sadly, the e-reader did not work with European Pokémon games, so I only got to use one or two cards that included a standalone mini game. :( I still have the item though. :)
I'll never forget when a friend and tutor of mine in college back in 2012 was on a trip to Japan. And out of nowhere, with no expectation or prior setup just randomly runs into Eiji Aonuma and takes a selfie with him. Complete freak, on in a million chance.
Hi Mr retro future I started to watch you around two and a half years ago and I just want to thank you because now I have a most every Nintendo handheld which I have wanted to do when I first started watching you. I even started a retro gaming channel called dsgameboy because of you so thanks again.
Man I'd love to go to every one of those hardoff shops and get my hands on some of those film cameras. It's definitely on my bucket list to go to japan and experience it first hand. The car culture there is something else.
I visited the Nintendo headquarters in the snow in January 2017. A magical experience. Played Alone in Kyoto by Air for my soundtrack.
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Thank you for your videos Eliott as always! The fact that you actually stay natural and true to yourself makes it much more pleasant to watch. Have fun in Japan, I'm going there next year Hopefully 😁
Dude, seeing not the red 3DS for $20 but the charcoal one behind it, going for like $28, makes me wanna cry. I just bought a cosmetically flawless new 3DS XL for $280😂 2 weeks ago.
It not the original HQ, it was second building to serve as a HQ. The newest HQ you saw. At least you didn't claim the R&D building as the HQ like a lot of other vloggers. When I lived in Kyoto(I lived on the same street as Kinkakuji) there were other building blocking the view of the HQ from the R&D building. I think those new buildings inbetween may belong to Nintendo now.
I really ought to shop through Sendico if prices are low as seen in most of your videos. The American market is chock full of scalpers who "know what they have". According to them, I'm sitting on a gold mine. If you're selling NDS game carts, take it easy, okay? An out-of-box copy of the _Metroid Prime Hunters_ demo is NOT worth $45.
heads up: the train controller is for ps2 (there is a pc version too but its rly rare) and its the spinoff of Densha de Go focused on trams (Densha de Go! Ryojō-hen)
I hope that one day, someday in my life, I can visit Japan. It's so much a part of my interests as a child growing up, and as an adult I feel very inspired by it~
loving this series! and your Channel Elliot! Keep it up for this great content. I am huge massive fan of Retro gaming though. I hope I can visit Japan and buy some cool stuff there!🤩🤩🤩
Really cool find Eliott!! When is the next time you will repair a GameBoy? You got me into this stuff - I am going to reshell my GBA SP and I would have never done it if not for you!
Love these videos, so interesting to watch. If i was over there my number one gaming system i would be hunting for would be the Sega Saturn, my favourite system. The amount of treasure for that system in Japan is staggering.
Awesome video, so jealous of the rare finds. I need to go to japan. 880 yen for a gold club Nintendo wheel. I am in heaven haha, keep up the great content!
That Gameboy Advance is about average price for a used one in Canada on the marketplace. It's crazy how much people trying to sell these consoles for especially in crap condition!
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I love the Hotel's desire to still retain the building's history, especially as the roots of Nintendo's activities and history. I enjoy how authentic it is in nature.
That's kinda how Kyoto is in general, being that it was Japan's capital all the way until the Tokugawa shogunate. There's a lot of proud history there.
@@warbossgegguz679 For sure. Would absolutely love to visit at some point
Keeping the tradition of Nintendo's greed by charging 1k a night
@@neverlucky3406 It's probably a tactic to keep attendance low. That building isn't very large.
@@neverlucky3406 Well you clearly let them live rent free in your head at least.
So many Nintendo items considered "Extremely rare" in the United States and Europe are so easy to come by in Japan itself it baffles my mind. Although it does make sense since it's the country it all was made in the first place back in the day.
That's always interesting to me too. It's the same with Pokemon cards. Japan exclusive cards, are just regular cards in Japan...so there's no premium for it domestically. It might still be rare and expensive, but it will be cheaper than anywhere else since you have to import it there.
Same with JDM cars.
I like the fact that you always try to show us some history and nature through your videos. Good work!
Title should have been: "I found the rarest Pokemon DS In Japan (and looked at it for 10 seconds)"
That car at 5:46 ❤ Japan is famous for its car modifying culture and that was quite the classic car.
Really wanted that Mew DS when I was younger, but as I was still in my mid teens and didn’t have the luxury of disposable income like I do now, I never was able to get one. I wish I had got one though as always loved the subtle Mew silhouette by the speakers. I would have definitely snapped that up if I had found it.
As a huge Xbox fan it was so heartwarming to see you standing outside the Sony buildings with your Game Gear.
I just bought a mint condition gameboy micro form japan- i’m not keen of traveling to japan, but sendico’s got me covered.
One thing I noticed during my trip there was the sheer amount of Yugioh games that were found in the hard off and hobby off stores. Everyone must’ve had Yugioh on the gameboy back in the day 😅
That Sharp Twin Famicom was C H E A P. I am so jealous, I have wanted one for years!!!
Video Title and then its just mentioned 3 second from a 12.30 min video. lol
This is like watching an anime come to life. Just few mates going around Japan hunting for bargains! Love all the episodes of this trip so far!
Kinda crazy how not everything retro-gaming related over there hasn't been speculated in to the sky.
Your B Roll shoots are so enchanting and calming to look at, excellent video, keep up the good work!
I love that Elliot tells us about console variants that we may have w never heard of before and random accessories to so we get even more knowledge on Nintendo stuff
5:45 still peaceful with that sound
These vlogs are so well shot, the editing is fantastic, and your sarcasm stays amazing haha
But seriously this whole series of you traveling Japan has been so cool 😎 imma be sad when they stop lol
Never know what you might find. From the history, architecture, nature, expression. To hidden treasures
Love this series
The videography is unreal, some awesome shots!
I traveled to Japan in 2006 and got one of those Japanese e-reader devices. I also got a few Pokémon cards back then. Sadly, the e-reader did not work with European Pokémon games, so I only got to use one or two cards that included a standalone mini game. :( I still have the item though. :)
Sendico is perfect, thanks to sharing it to me, I bought a Poké-plush in Japan with them ! Super good and good pricing !
Awesome you went to the Nintendo headquarters! I went there aswell when I was on vacation in Japan!
God, I so badly want more money to buy more cool stuff like this
I'll never forget when a friend and tutor of mine in college back in 2012 was on a trip to Japan. And out of nowhere, with no expectation or prior setup just randomly runs into Eiji Aonuma and takes a selfie with him. Complete freak, on in a million chance.
Gotta be honest. I just skipped to the ds
5 months later but same
It looks like most did 😂
Hi Mr retro future I started to watch you around two and a half years ago and I just want to thank you because now I have a most every Nintendo handheld which I have wanted to do when I first started watching you. I even started a retro gaming channel called dsgameboy because of you so thanks again.
This is so cool! I wish that I could go to Japan and buy a ton of old consoles and make a huge collection.
Wait, 8 Bit Music Power??? That's probably the coolest throwback I haven't seen in the longest time!!
This video taught me that not all people say “urinal” the same.
I have scrolled for eons to finally stumble upon the comment I was looking for.
I missed out on Nintendo's old HQ when I was in Japan back in 2018, it's definitely on the list for next time!
8:10 Classic Densha de Go! Nobody expects train games.
Miss living in Japan in many ways but oh boy the second hand stores were always just such great places to stop by 🤩
upon looking it up, the rockman blue sp was bundled with Battle Network 4 (known as Tournament Red Sun/Blue Moon in japan)
Love that you gave mini history lessons in this!! Always love hearing things I can actually apply to life
Really funny watching you get closer and closer to my house. Kyoto has a lot of cheap game stores near the touristy area, but I haven't been recently.
Can’t wait to see what you got !!! That mew ds is awesome !
10/10 would learn that old castles have working plumbing again!
I went last month. Nintendo HQ's lawnscaper needs a raise. That grass was wild! I hit up 711 tbh
i love that you talk about the history of the places you go to, it's so interesting!
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The rarest Nintendo thing ever: the Astroboy Gameboy giveaway, that never happened. Its so rare that it is actually a Nintendon't
Man I'd love to go to every one of those hardoff shops and get my hands on some of those film cameras. It's definitely on my bucket list to go to japan and experience it first hand. The car culture there is something else.
Great video! I don't actually know anything about Kyoto, so this at least taught me a few things!
Best feeling ever finding the things you love I absolutely want to start collecting every Nintendo device
“So guys I just went for a wee in the castle” - TheRetroFuture 2023
never tired myself to see Japan an weird console stuff...keep going dude
Awesome find!
08:07 Broooo you shoulda grabbed that 8bit Music Power Final!! Ohhh man
This looked like such a fun trip! All sorts of retro hardware, too! Also the name Hard-Off makes me laugh.
6:15 This shirt gives me life
I visited the Nintendo headquarters in the snow in January 2017. A magical experience. Played Alone in Kyoto by Air for my soundtrack.
Thank you for your videos Eliott as always! The fact that you actually stay natural and true to yourself makes it much more pleasant to watch. Have fun in Japan, I'm going there next year Hopefully 😁
LOVE it. I want to do this someday. You're really living the dream mate.
as a manga and videogame lover, i see this as an absolute win
I love how they just have a PS VR chilling there. Definitely would’ve picked up the Sharp Famicom for 5,500 yen. 10:33
Great views of Kyoto. Love the castles.
Your videos are so good. I love watching them. Keep up the good work. Thanks
I'm really enjoying this mixture of treasure hunting and travel!
I'm really loving this series! I'm looking forward to the next part.
What an awesome vlog, so many cool locations and cool stuff at the hard offs
Keep it up man been here since the mod videos and hope you keep it up
i love this series, crazy that theres still more coming. i hope one day ill be able to visit Japan one day and check out some of these stores
love to see that silver dreamcast controller, and that mario kart 64 controller bundle, i was just thinking about buying one!
I came for rare Nintendo stuff, I stayed for the awesome Japanese and Nintendo history lesson.
Dude, seeing not the red 3DS for $20 but the charcoal one behind it, going for like $28, makes me wanna cry. I just bought a cosmetically flawless new 3DS XL for $280😂 2 weeks ago.
It not the original HQ, it was second building to serve as a HQ. The newest HQ you saw. At least you didn't claim the R&D building as the HQ like a lot of other vloggers. When I lived in Kyoto(I lived on the same street as Kinkakuji) there were other building blocking the view of the HQ from the R&D building. I think those new buildings inbetween may belong to Nintendo now.
These videos are awesome, love your content and your trip to Japan so far! So much retro consoles/gamesQ
I really ought to shop through Sendico if prices are low as seen in most of your videos. The American market is chock full of scalpers who "know what they have". According to them, I'm sitting on a gold mine. If you're selling NDS game carts, take it easy, okay? An out-of-box copy of the _Metroid Prime Hunters_ demo is NOT worth $45.
My lord its beautiful
You always find the coolest stuff man 💪🏻
I want to go to Japan just for the games. As soon as I can afford it I’ll go
That walkman looked gorgeous indeed
I wonder if they had more walkmans there...
heads up: the train controller is for ps2 (there is a pc version too but its rly rare) and its the spinoff of Densha de Go focused on trams (Densha de Go! Ryojō-hen)
Thank you for showing us what it's like there, would love to visit one day too.
I hope that one day, someday in my life, I can visit Japan. It's so much a part of my interests as a child growing up, and as an adult I feel very inspired by it~
loving this series! and your Channel Elliot! Keep it up for this great content. I am huge massive fan of Retro gaming though. I hope I can visit Japan and buy some cool stuff there!🤩🤩🤩
Thanks for sharing your moments
that pink 3ds dock was amazing. I need it.
Loving this series how many videos you got left?
Really cool find Eliott!! When is the next time you will repair a GameBoy? You got me into this stuff - I am going to reshell my GBA SP and I would have never done it if not for you!
This videos are so comfy.
Love these videos, so interesting to watch. If i was over there my number one gaming system i would be hunting for would be the Sega Saturn, my favourite system. The amount of treasure for that system in Japan is staggering.
I don't own any Nintendo devices, but I enjoy your content. Cheers from Port Hughes in South Australia.
Impressive as hell. Very nice vlog!
Can't wait to go to japan this week
I love this series man!
Awesome video, so jealous of the rare finds. I need to go to japan. 880 yen for a gold club Nintendo wheel. I am in heaven haha, keep up the great content!
Keep up the awesome work love the travel vids ❤
that urinal comment had to be a joke 😂
Hey i love your videos !!!!! Its really interesting to see what kind of stuff they sell in japan. Have a nice day !!
Thank you so much for the journey!! 😮❤
Your content is amazing! Keep up the good work 👍
Cool to see the building where Nintendo sends their cease and desists from
Japan is beautiful this is a God dang documentary 😄
8:49 I saw that place in a dream once, but it was dark. idk kinda weird.
The switch 2 was probably already in the building when you stood there!
That Gameboy Advance is about average price for a used one in Canada on the marketplace. It's crazy how much people trying to sell these consoles for especially in crap condition!
Congratulations! Love your content!
The backwards base ball cap is very cool 😅