He's a Twitch streamer

He streams Japanese games and all that cool stuff

So Chad's like the gaming pro

So I thought for today's video it would be awesome to have him join us

and explain how buying games works in Japan

and we're gonna go show you guys some places where you can get games for good deals

So we're out in the inaka (countryside)

I thought if you guys come here on an exchange

or to work as an ALT or something

you're probably not gonna be put right in Tokyo

More often than not you'll be out in the countryside area

We're gonna show you some of the shops out here that you will see a lot

They're really cool places to buy games

Used, you can get amazing deals and it's just fun to go shopping there

So yeah that's what we're gonna do today!

Make sure you go check Chad out on Twitch when you're done watching this video

Let's head out to the stores and have some fun!

So the first store that we are going to is called Wonder Goo

This is a chain store, you can rent movies from here

And you can also buy games, they have an awesome games section

So we're gonna check that out

So we came inside, and they have Animal Crossing here

They're selling it for 4080 yen

I found mine in Nakano for 3500

We're gonna check out the smaller store later and see if they have a better price

As you can see they have all the new games here

There's also a used section that we're gonna go look at now

So Chad was just saying that if you are studying Japanese

It's always cool to buy games designed to teach children Japanese

And I think that's a great idea

I used to play lots of these really simple children's games

and they have furigana over the kanji, so if you're not good at reading kanji you don't need to worry

This one has practice for writing kanji

So that's really awesome, and it's Doraemon so that's always cool

This is one of my favourite games

It looks like it's the newer version that I don't have yet

Tomodachi Collection

I'm pretty sure this is out in America as well under another name

This one is so fun

So if you come over to the corner of the store

You can see they have what looks like a junk pile here

With lots of random used stuff for sale

You can find games that don't have the packaging so they're a lot cheaper

This Pokemon Pearl is only 990 yen

200 yen for some of these games

They're for older systems

It's always cool to check out the discount piles

You can find some good stuff in there sometimes

if you don't care too much about the packaging

Chad found Mario Party! And what is that??

Whoa it's a Supra!

I've never seen this game before

Some N64 games

Oh my gosh wow this is worth getting

It's only like 790 yen

Still in the box

That's nice

There's even some Famicon games

It's so cool looking at the old Japanese games that never came out in North America

Oh look, Pokemon Stadium!

Whoa, 2 bucks!

Sonico!!

50% off? What! Why is no one buying this

If only I had a PS3

So if you guys want to reserve a game and get it right when it comes out

You wanna look for this: shinsaku yoyaku

And Chad is gonna show us what you need to do here

So when a new game comes out, like God Eater is coming out on Oct. 29

So you just take this right here

So you fill out your name, your number and where you live in Japan

That's really all you gotta do, and the store will fill out the rest for you

Usually it's free, you don't have to put any money down

And you just walk away with it

So you just hand that to them, and you're good to go

In Japan, when new games come out they can do whatever they want with prices

because there's no international release

So basically they can decide like, yeah this game is worth 80 bucks

When back home, this would be $60 no questions asked

So when it comes out worldwide, then they'll put a limit on it

This is only in Japan

So they're like, well we're the only ones who have it so we can do whatever we want

Price it up

And of course Amiibos are big right now

So you can find those at all the game shops

Plushie amiibos!

Those are so cute

So this is the store that I'm excited to tell you about

It's called Chiba Kanteidan

Now this is just one that they have in Chiba here

They're gonna be different depending on where you are

But basically what it is, it's a recycle store or a thrift store

where you can get games for really super cheap!

They also carry new games here

And their prices are a little lower than the big chain that I showed you before this

So if you can, look for smaller recycle stores like this

They'll probably have better deals

On the outside wall here they have all the prices they will pay you

They will buy games off of you for this price

The money that they give you is a little higher than other places as well

Check out the giant Famicon and Super Famicon section!

So cool!

Dreamcast, wow

Some are still in the boxes too!

Wow, that's amazing!

That is super nice

Oh that's a good game too!

They're in such good condition

I've noticed that Japanese people keep their stuff in such good condition

So even if you buy it at a recycle store, they're still gonna look amazing

Close to new, often

Set of PS2 games for 6 bucks!

6 bucks for like 10 games!

That's crazy

Check out the discount bin

Yah again, look for the discount bin

You never know what you'll find in here

Hulk Hogan, omg

This looks... erotic

Wii Fit! I love Wii Fit

I wanna get it again

Chad has found some random tonkatsu game

We have no idea what this is

Some kind of puzzle?

And for some reason there's a picture of a tonkatsu on the front

But yeah these are the kind of random games that you can find in Japan

Honestly, the game selection in Japan is intense

Soooo many more games than you can find in Canada

Here is another game for practicing your Japanese writing

I love this kinda stuff

It's so much more fun than practicing out of a text book

I totally recommend games for Japanese study

Oh this one even comes with a brush! Wow

That's really cool

I need that, my Japanese writing is so ugly

It's great, it tests it and everything

You can go for a train vacation

Through your DS

I can totally see a train-otaku wanting this

I kinda like it actually

Can't come to Japan? Just buy this game and you can travel Japan

There's different versions, you can get the other rail line

I hope that gave you an interesting look into what game stores are like here

and gave you some ideas of some places where you can get a better deal

as opposed to like the super big stores in Akihabara and stuff

Make sure to check out Chad's Twitch channel!

I will link it down below

For all the information on new games in Japan

And thanks for watching guys, bye!!