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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin,

  • and welcome to a very special episode of Mystery Tech,

  • featuring Japan.

  • This is Ken's idea obviously.

  • - So this is probably one of my favorite parts of the store.

  • So sorry.

  • (laughter)

  • (keyboard typing sounds)

  • - [Ken] Number seven?

  • - [Austin] Number seven.

  • - [Austin] All right that's 28,250 yen,

  • so this sounds like a month's salary.

  • (laughter)

  • - Just gonna put this back.

  • (upbeat music)

  • - [Austin] This shot epitomizes everything

  • that is terrible about Mystery Tech.

  • - Think you mean great.

  • You wanna try Finals?

  • - [Austin] Yeah, I just said that.

  • - There are some over ear headphones

  • - [Austin] Okay cool, let's do these.

  • No wait, let's do some other ones.

  • - No, we can get affordable ones.

  • - [Austin] No, keep going down the.

  • - Here, here, here.

  • - [Austin] Yeah, oh cool.

  • - I didn't think you'd agree with that,

  • but I am more than down to try these.

  • - Look, Xbox!

  • You know, 'cause they sold 15 of them here in Japan.

  • What is this?

  • - [Ken] I'm pretty sure

  • we can just buy that in the States though.

  • - Really?

  • I've never seen these before.

  • Yeah, we're gonna do this.

  • Cooling fans for the Switch.

  • This is so dumb.

  • - [Ken] Oh yeah, you just put it on the dock.

  • - I kind of feel like we have to try this.

  • - [Ken] This one has three.

  • - That's a turbo, I need a turbo.

  • I think we should head over to the retro video game store.

  • - [Ken] Well, it's kind of closed,

  • but we can go another day.

  • We have a few more days left to try.

  • (rain sounds)

  • - So first spot is Trader's.

  • This is the first thing that's open for us

  • so let's see if Austin can get some gaming stuff here.

  • - [Austin] Gaming stuff you say?

  • - Yeah, gaming stuff.

  • - [Austin] Sounds about right.

  • - A Wii for $30 basically.

  • - [Ken] This is better than GameStop.

  • Junk, no warranty.

  • Oh man, look at this.

  • Woo!

  • - [Austin] Dude, that's too expensive.

  • - [Ken] But it looks so good.

  • It's in orange.

  • How could you not want it?

  • - [Austin] Dude, it's like $180.

  • - [Ken] Yeah, but it's in orange.

  • - I'd rather do a PSP Go.

  • - [Ken] But it's not in orange.

  • - I don't understand why you want this,

  • but I want this now.

  • You still have to plug in USB, yeah all right, sold.

  • This I think easily

  • is my favorite video game store of all time.

  • It's incredible.

  • - [Ken] Well, you haven't seen the other one yet.

  • Definitely.

  • Oh, no.

  • (laughter)

  • This is bad.

  • Oh, no.

  • No.

  • Wait, wait, wait.

  • Ah, I hate this.

  • (laughter)

  • We're here at the next spot.

  • So it's actually called Super Potato.

  • - [Austin] Is it really?

  • - Yeah, it actually is.

  • So it's one of the main gaming,

  • like retro gaming destinations.

  • It's probably a little touristy as well,

  • but their selection's actually pretty decent

  • so I think you might be able

  • to find something there as well.

  • - [Austin] Excellent.

  • - Oh we should also just get out of the rain.

  • - [Austin] Can we just get out of the rain?

  • Wow.

  • This is dangerous.

  • - [Ken] Oh yo.

  • - [Austin] Mario Paint?

  • - [Ken] That's actually kind of cool.

  • - [Austin] That is really cool.

  • - [Ken] It's just straight up a mouse.

  • - [Austin] Is that a floppy?

  • What is this thing?

  • I mean I'm not going to spend 60,000 yen on it.

  • Yo, oh.

  • Oh, that's actually pretty good.

  • - [Ken] Should we take one?

  • - No.

  • Feel like I found something you might be interested in.

  • - [Ken] Huh.

  • (sarcastic laughter)

  • Jokes.

  • (Japanese music)

  • (dramatic music)

  • (airplane landing sounds)

  • - So we're back,

  • and it is time to take a look

  • at what monstrosities that we chose to purchase in Japan.

  • Oh, the stupid wireless charging AirPod case.

  • I think this probably made a lot,

  • well thank you very much.

  • I think this probably made a lot more sense

  • back before there was an actual

  • wireless charging AirPod case, but sure why not?

  • - [Ken] I also don't know

  • how this is mystery if I went shopping with you.

  • - It was a mystery in that

  • we didn't know what we were looking for.

  • We were in a land of mystery,

  • a land of intrigue, a land of magicalness.

  • - [Ken] It's only a mystery for Matt.

  • He's the only one that hasn't seen any of these items.

  • - Well, we haven't tried them.

  • We're halfway through the video

  • and you're already questioning?

  • - [Matt] How are we halfway through the video?

  • We literally just started.

  • - Excuse me Matt,

  • there was a whole intro where we shot in Japan.

  • Did you forget that part?

  • I like how we start recording.

  • Look, it's me and Ken, everything is no problem,

  • we're having a great time,

  • Matt shows up and now we're all arguing and like,

  • "This isn't real Mystery Tech.

  • "This isn't real tech.

  • "This isn't a real country.

  • "Wa, wa, wa."

  • - [Matt] It turns out friendship

  • was the real mystery all along.

  • - That's good Matt, I like that one.

  • I mean it just looks like I've got big AirPods.

  • All right, can I get a wireless charger please.

  • - [Ken] No problem.

  • (laughter)

  • - Is this is the Galaxy S10e?

  • Is wireless power share on right now?

  • Can I just drop it on?

  • - [Ken] No, you need to turn it on.

  • - Why didn't you do that first?

  • So it's not this way right?

  • Is it this way?

  • (phone vibrates)

  • Oh, it's working.

  • I heard a vibratey thing.

  • There we go!

  • What a great way to start our Japanese Mystery Tech

  • with Samsung literally supporting AirPods.

  • - [Ken] Are you gonna answer

  • your mom's phone call or no?

  • - What?

  • It's okay mom, I'll talk to you later.

  • - [Matt] Tell her I said hi.

  • - Hi mom.

  • - [Austin's Mom] Hey, can you talk for a second?

  • - [Austin] We're shooting Mystery Tech right now,

  • you're on camera.

  • You can say hi to everyone.

  • - [Austin's Mom] Well hello world, it's Friday night.

  • - [Matt] Hi Mama Austin!

  • - [Ken] Hi!

  • - [Austin's Mom] Hello, children.

  • Austin's children.

  • (laughs)

  • - [Matt] I'm older than him!

  • - Hey oh!

  • Hey oh!

  • (clears throat)

  • Game Boys, I'm excited for Game Boys.

  • All right, so let's actually start with the Game Boy Pocket.

  • Come, come with me for a moment please.

  • Just, just.

  • So, you may have watched Mystery Tech

  • from oh I don't know a year or two ago,

  • and noticed this on the back of the set.

  • So a long time ago,

  • I think for the very first Japanese Mystery Tech,

  • Ken purchased these.

  • All the original Game Boy games for Pokémon.

  • Pokémon games for Game Boy,

  • and now we're going to actually

  • try them on a Japanese Game Boy.

  • I'm not used to being this close to the camera.

  • It's slightly uncomfortable

  • because as you can see on A cam, this is a little close.

  • It's a little close.

  • I don't usually sit inside the camera.

  • However, this is a special occasion.

  • It's something that doesn't happen all the time,

  • and that is when we don't

  • take a look at Ken's dumb (bleep) on Mystery Tech,

  • we take a look at mine, which are Game Boys.

  • You can go back over there now it's fine.

  • We're good.

  • 1999.

  • All right, time to challenge my Japanese skills.

  • (whispers) They don't exist.

  • I'm going by memory 'cause

  • I played this game like 20 years ago.

  • So one of the things

  • I really like about the Game Boy Pocket,

  • is specifically compared to the original Game Boy,

  • is the screen.

  • I mean there's obviously the size comparison.

  • I mean it's literally like maybe a third the size,

  • but the thing is this is

  • a very retro green screen, which I get.

  • That's kind of like the classic way to play the Game Boy,

  • however these days, I mean it's just not great looking.

  • Now this at least is a black and white screen

  • as opposed to a black and green.

  • Now the Game Boy Pocket still only has four colors.

  • It's black, dark gray, light gray, gray?

  • So, when it comes to games like this,

  • it's maybe not the greatest way to play,

  • however, it's fine.

  • Next, we have the Game Boy Micro.

  • Aw, it's so tiny.

  • - [Ken] Is it a picture, or is it the real thing?

  • I can't tell.

  • - [Austin] What?

  • - [Ken] Oh!

  • - Crazy right bro?

  • What?

  • Woo, look at that high quality screen.

  • So this has a fully back-lit display, it's color,

  • and honestly it looks so much better than the Pocket.

  • Dude, this is so legit.

  • Like the Game Boy Advance was realistically

  • like obviously the peak of Game Boys,

  • but it really felt like

  • a portable version of the Super Nintendo.

  • There was so many great titles for it.

  • Not just Pokémon.

  • There were things such as Advance War,

  • and honestly while the Game Boy Micro

  • definitely does have some limitations,

  • personally I still do prefer the larger screen

  • and the better form factor of the Game Boy Advance SP.

  • This is actually the very first time

  • I've ever owned a Game Boy Micro,

  • which is actually was the last Game Boy.

  • I've literally owned every other Game Boy.

  • This is the last one I don't have in my collection.

  • (breathes in and out)

  • Oh, the Finals!

  • So this is actually the very first time

  • I've ever heard of Finals was on Mystery Tech

  • probably a year ago at this point,

  • and I daily drove the Final E4000s

  • for quite a while until the cable finally broke,

  • actually no, it wasn't the cable that broke,

  • it was actually my right ear bud.

  • - [Ken] Yeah, because the cable is replaceable.

  • - Yeah, but still.

  • Very impressed with Final audio quality.

  • I don't remember how much we spent on this,

  • but I'm sure it was fine.

  • - [Ken] $150, $200, something like that.

  • - It's actually kind of a lot.

  • Ooh.

  • Ooh that's nice.

  • (dial clicking noise)

  • (upbeat electronic music)

  • They're decent.

  • They actually sound solid for like $150 pair of headphones.

  • They don't blow me away.

  • They're lacking a little bit of high end sparkle

  • I guess would be the best way to describe it.

  • There's a decent amount of bass,

  • and honestly sound stage is actually really quite good

  • for some sealed up, over ear headphones,

  • but I'm not in love with them.

  • I definitely prefer the way the E4000s sounded,

  • that's probably a little bit more of personal preference,

  • but they're good.

  • They're just not like, not as good as I hoped.

  • (upbeat electronic music)

  • Oh, the giant stupid keyboard!

  • So this if I recall correctly,

  • was quite expensive for not any particular reason.

  • - [Ken] No, there's a good reason.

  • - Okay, well let's find out.

  • - [Ken] What the hell was that?

  • - It's called style, Ken.

  • You should get some someday.

  • - [Matt] Thanks, that'll be fun to clean up later

  • - [Ken] It's okay, we'll make him clean that up.

  • - Got anything else to add, Matt?

  • - [Matt] Why is the studio always a mess?

  • (keyboard typing sounds)

  • - [Ken] Did you find what you're looking for?

  • - [Matt] What are you looking at?

  • (laughter)

  • - I'm experiencing aural bliss.

  • Can you hear this aural bliss?

  • - [Matt] Aural!

  • - Aural bliss just listen, just listen.

  • Shh.

  • Appreciate the aural bliss.

  • (keyboard typing sounds)

  • Interesting.

  • That's not what I thought that switch would look like.

  • - [Ken] Topre switches are actually completely different.

  • - It's really weird, yeah, yeah.

  • So it's like the spring is actually inside the switch.

  • I guess that makes sense if you want to

  • I guess better protect against like dirt and debris

  • because you would have to go,

  • not only through the key cap,

  • but you also have to go through

  • what looks to be a sealed piece of plastic around it.

  • That's clever.

  • Okay so the way I would describe this,

  • is a very good mechanical keyboard,

  • which you are correct Matt,

  • is quite quiet,

  • however there's something actually

  • that's really reassuring about it.

  • Like the build quality feels rock solid, right?

  • And there are a lot of great mechanical keyboards out there,

  • most of which are in to gaming.

  • Nothing wrong with RGB,

  • nothing wrong with some optical mechanical switches,

  • however not everyone is really into that,

  • and for someone who's a little more,

  • shall we say, not a 14 year old gamer,

  • this is a great alternative.

  • I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.

  • RGB is awesome, and if you enjoy RGB,

  • and if you enjoy

  • very bright YouTube thumbnails with RGB in them,

  • then by all means continue,

  • however this, I can get down with this.

  • I can (beep) with this as the kids say.

  • - [Ken] Wow.

  • - [Voice Of Button] Nut.

  • - Thanks Matt, I always needed a well-placed nut in my life.

  • - [Matt] Uh, it's November.

  • - [Ken] We're gonna wrap this up with even more gaming.

  • - Even more gaming you say?

  • Hey!

  • It's our Switch (beep).

  • Okay, so we have the Switch cooling fan turbo,

  • which okay look,

  • we've taken a look at these kind of things in the past

  • for the PlayStation, for the Xbox,

  • generally speaking, they don't do anything,

  • however there's actually a chance

  • that this could work for the Switch.

  • So as we're walking around here on the Switcher,

  • let's see what kind of temperatures

  • we are getting out of the Switch.

  • Okay, so right now we're looking at about 38, 39 degrees.

  • Let's add the cooling,

  • and see if that actually makes a difference or not.

  • So the way I think this works

  • is that the air is coming in through this,

  • it's going through the little channel in the dock

  • to the bottom where it's being intaked

  • through the little grills on the bottom,

  • and then obviously the fan and the Switch

  • is exhausting the air out the top.

  • Let's play for a minute

  • and see if that makes any difference.

  • I think maybe long term it might.

  • I doubt we're gonna see any kind of major drop.

  • So looking at the thermal image,

  • this actually does seem to be helping.

  • You can see there's definitely

  • much much cooler on the outside.

  • I don't think it's a big deal.

  • If you have an original Switch,

  • maybe you might be getting a little bit of a benefit,

  • but certainly if you're having newer red box Switch,

  • this doesn't seem to be particularly worth it,

  • however if you do have your Switch

  • on a little bit more of a more confined space,

  • so say it's like underneath your TV

  • or it doesn't have a lot of ventilation,

  • something like this could actually help,

  • and the good thing is there's really no downside.

  • It fits nice and flush here,

  • even on full turbo mode it's not that loud.

  • You're only losing a single USB port.

  • It's not for everyone.

  • I'm not going to use this on my normal Switch,

  • but there's actually a scenario

  • in which this could be more useful

  • than say some of those PS4 and Xbox One like intercoolers.

  • Like it's not bad, it's just not really that necessary.

  • So this a weird one because

  • this is a keyboard that's meant to go

  • in between your Joy-cons.

  • I don't understand why you need this.

  • Well I'll say to start out with, this feels ridiculous.

  • It's like my hands are 15 feet apart from each other.

  • I'm gonna attack this guy.

  • - [Ken] Wait, but like that's the size of the normal Switch.

  • - You need tiny hands.

  • Oh wow that's terrible.

  • Who can type on this?

  • Should we do something else 'cause this is not working well.

  • - [Ken] All right, well this thing is probably going to be

  • a million times better or worse.

  • - Oh!

  • Yes, excellent!

  • The Tactical Assault Commander.

  • Wait, does this mean I'm gonna be good at Fortnite finally?

  • - [Matt] No!

  • - [Ken] Definitely not.

  • - Okay.

  • So you plug the mouse into the controller,

  • and the controller into the PlayStation,

  • and you can also change in between your DPS settings.

  • Okay, that sounds cool.

  • (laughs)

  • Man, they weren't kidding.

  • They just chopped a PS4 controller in half.

  • Wait, oh you have all your face buttons off.

  • Wait, now this is bad.

  • Is this an eye patch?

  • So this is the way you're actually supposed to use it,

  • with a strap on this side,

  • and your hand free here,

  • so you can really get into the game.

  • Oh that's weird.

  • The mouse basically is scrolling through.

  • What the?

  • Wait, but it works though.

  • The mouse actually feels like a mouse.

  • So basically all of my buttons that would be on the top,

  • so L1, R1, those are all mapped to the actual mouse.

  • Woo!

  • Feeling some ways I do prefer this

  • compared to a standard controller.

  • I feel like I'm a little more precise with the mouse.

  • I would want to tune the DPI settings a little bit,

  • but generally speaking it does work pretty well.

  • It's better than I expected.

  • I'm just not totally sure why you would do this

  • when you could use a mouse and keyboard.

  • Come on.

  • Everyone knows that this is the future of gaming.

  • This right here, the future.

  • Look it up.

  • All right, I'm dead.

  • Well that's unfortunate.

  • - [Ken] Future looks grim.

  • - It always does.

- Hey guys, this is Austin,

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