Just when you think you've seen it all -- more consoles! Retro game hunting in Chiba Japan!

Welcome to Retro ReWire! We got another part in the Mihama Ward, Chiba Japan, Hard Off epic! In the previous episode we saw boatloads of retro and modern consoles. Well...there are more consoles in this episode. And games! This Hard Off has a little something for everyone, I'm sure of it. So sit back, relax and let's enjoy the Hard Off at Mihama Ward Chiba Japan!

Previous In The Hunt episode:

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Chapters
00:00 - Intro and recap
00:26 - Retro game consoles
04:59 - Retro game showcase
07:28 - Hello Kitty Sega Dreamcast
08:07 - Retro game showcase 2
12:09 - Nintendo retro games
16:46 - Nintendo 3DS games
18:55 - Nintendo DS games
20:17 - Sony PSP games
21:03 - Sony PS Vita games
21:38 - Sony PlayStation games
28:57 - Sega Saturn games
30:07 - Sega Dreamcast games
30:23 - Xbox 360 games
31:00 - Sony PlayStation 2 games
31:33 - Sony PlayStation 3 and 4 games
32:33 - Nintendo Switch games
33:53 - Nintendo Wii games

[alanbassig]

Ooohh! I’ve been there back in December. Seems that it’s well stocked now. Got a very nice condish PS Vita Slim for cheap, around USD 100.

Any Hardoff outside Tokyo tends to be better in stocks

[markg]

Great video! The Mario coming out of the pipe is actually a cookie jar which you can buy in Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. I did like the Disk holder very much. Never seen that before, so thank you for bringing that under our attention.

[phile]

It astounds me how clean the Japanese games and systems are. You go into retro stores in the Western Market and see stuff from 1-2 generations ago and they look like someone has used them for target practice. Those Famicom era games are pristine and they are mid 80's! Some of the consoles arent far behind. Great to see!

[RetroMoments]

Another great tour, man! A Vectrex would be cool to have one day.
And I appreciate hearing what games have English as an option. Making a list right now. Thanks.

[billcook]

Thanks for taking us along. I especially appreciated the deep dive in PS1-land. At first a few prices seemed a bit higher than I expected. Then I remembered it’s 135 yen to the dollar these days. I really need to get to Japan.

[fazares]

Cool video....the SFC got 3 Ranma fighters....a puzzle game and an RPG, btw :P

[Tyler-gzek]

Thank you for showing some gamecube content. I feel like a lot of people skip over the gamecube either because they’re not interested in it or they don’t consider it in the same category as famicom/64/PlayStation

[javi]

Excelent tour!!! Recently I've started to collect the Japanese versions of the games I want and is beacuse of the prices....some games are extremely expensive here in occident...And I also have started learning Japanese AND Is very fun to lear while gaming

[btread]

Thanks for taking us into this Hard Off, JJ. I will be traveling to Japan in a week so this video was really helpful for giving me ideas for games to pick up and the pricing I can expect. By the way, Mario games in the States are quite a bit more expensive than those in Japan. You can be sure that I will be looking to pick up some 3DS Mario titles.

Really liked seeing that Vectrex. Man....is that expensive though! Glad I picked up one here in the US over a decade ago. The prices were definitely cheaper then (less than $100). Still, this is the first Vectrex I have ever seen in a Hard Off video so the price is going to be a bit high. Was that the Milton Bradley version from the States or was that the Bandai version?

[ShadowPuppet]

great video, I have the hole ninja gaiden series 👍, except for the older ones, for ninja gaiden 3 razor's edge i see that Team Ninja had taken off some of the ninja trials extra games off of there, good thing I still have it for the 360, where I can play any of them, do you know why they taken them off, I think maybe that it is the master collection version, thanks for reading my comments - CyberGod

[CaptVitaGamer]

Thanks for this little tour! Is this the Hard Off from AEON Marinpia Mall??

[PV-ukuk]

Hi, JJ! I got an answer.
How difficult is to find the PC Engines consoles nowadays?

Thanks for one more nice episode. Greetings from Brazil!

[Primeminister]

Psp umd movies are region locked only the games are region free👍

[faizkader]

Hi. This is an hour away from akihabara? Do u have the exact store address? :)

[kursed]

Incredible vid! Any chance we can get the exact address in google for this Hardoff? I found one in Mihama but not entirely sure if it's this one. Really appreciate it!

[sylvainfritounet]

Hi, why never give directly the adress of the shop ? Im in tokyo and i will go to this shop but without adress its complicated.

Thank you for your videos