Walkin Around Super Potato 3rd Floor Akihabara, Japan

[nextrexd]

awesome luke

[SeGaSaTuRn1994]

WOW OMG this store is soooooooooooooo awsome were is this japan or something? i so wish we had this store in the uk its like a dream come true

[xINVISIGOTHx]

OHHMYGAH

[SubaruXT6]

Maniac Mansion ! good game !

wish we had video game place like that here !

Excellent Video Luke!

[devmiles]

one word: insane

[meowskull]

Today in the US I went into Gamestop looking for Xbox 1 and Gamecube games. They stopped carrying both. Fuck this country.

[thechompster2000]

That shop looks awsome dude. I would love one of them in my town.

[BossBossly]

OMG, I would go mental in that place. Best to take my plastic away before I hit the door lol. The PCE and Mega Drive selections were amazing! Pretty cool looking Vectrex they had there, I like the green trim on it. The prices on the Splatterhouse games weren't too bad compared to what you see over here state side but I've heard Super Potato isn't the cheapest in Japan. Still though, the selection in that place is unparalleled.

[gigalin]

luke can you direct me how to reach there. or post a google map link pls thanks

[JillpooThree]

Super Potato I must own you! I'm moving to Japan!!! That's all there is to it!!

[coolgamer85]

Great videos Luke. Super Potato looks awesome. You can spend hours browsing through all the games and systems you're interested in. I wish there were more retro video game stores like this. Thanks for taking the time to post videos of walking around Super Potato.

[yoh7351]

おもしろそうｗ

[bottomOFair]

wth is Gamestop? they stop your games?

[JillpooThree]

@bottomOFair Yes they do!!! They stop your dreams too! I hate Game Stop!!!!!!!!

[GamesPresnRevs]

Always knew it: Heaven is in Japan! :D For sake, I'm learning the language.

[zacatecasbuilding99]

SUGEE GOOD DATA ! :) JP PROBABLY HAS THE MAJOR AMOUNT OF SUPER GREAT AND COOL GEEKS AND BOYS ! AFTER ALL TOSHIBA WAS THE FIRST ONE IN THE WORLD ON MAKE A LAPTOP FOR THE WORLD AND ALL ON JP ! ww LOL SUBARASHII

[tripdeezy]

Wait.......so Heaven has two floors??? Cool, nice to know.

[MN12BIRD]

Wow. Cool place. So the Vextrex in Japan was called something else was it?

[BenPicking]

Wow, that place looks awesome.

[SegaCanuck]

Man I love your shopping videos Luke but it drives me crazy that I don't have access to anything like it here. To make matters worse I was in HK and Taiwan back in 07 but was saving for a down payment on my first house so I didn't enter a single store. (Not that it would have been the same as Japan but who knows)

[TheDarkHighlander]

this video makes me wish i could grab all those japanese mega drive games....

[pixle101]

did you use a wide angle lens? super potato looks big.

[unbiasedbob]

They have a lot of variety in this store but everything is so overpriced that it isn't wise to shop here.

[OldSkoolBrian]

Awesome to see you go down to Super Potato Luke.. I have always wanted to visit this place.

[AricGallant1]

so many Saturns, I want one.

[kreeddem]

@AricGallant1 Same here man would love a jap saturn for my collection, and a Europe 32x

[NerdHelpDesk]

Sigh America....why you no cool?

[lvpepe38]

Wish they had stores like this in the US.

[kumao1002]

Great video Luke-san!

私は神戸に住んでいるので、なかなか秋葉原に行くことができませ­ん、、、

でも、大阪のSuper Potatoには時々行きます。^_^

ルークさんは"Mandarake"には行きますか？

[lukemorse1]

@kumao1002 見てくれてありがとうございます！そうですね、MANDARAK­Eに一回行った事ありますですごくびっくりしました！中野もそん­なに遠くはないですからまた時間とお金がある時に行きます！

[vanburen20]

@lukemorse1 dang wonder what you said ther?? LOL wish I knew how to speak Japaneese

[kumao1002]

@lukemorse1

Mandarake is one of my favorite game/anime store and I love Nakano Broadway!

東京はAkihabaraやNakanoなど、すばらしいゲーム­ショップがたくさんあっていいですね！ I'm jealous! :)

I'm looking forward to your Nakano Broadway video ^_^

[28steryan]

I got arrested in Super Potato for masturbating once.

[jojafnot]

@28steryan O_o lol wut?

[28steryan]

@jojafnot I was somewhat excited.

[CloneTrooperGame]

i love this kind of videos

[the0vermind]

oh man i would totally buy splatterhouse 2 and 3 if i was there

[superman1234393]

A lot of games playing dude.

[tribalmunky]

Loving that Hokuto no Ken is playing in the background hearing Ken do his ata's.

[SCRATCHMASTERDAL]

Good stuff luke, i never get tired of watching these videos, very entertaining mate. Dal.

[WickedClownNZ]

Ooooooo splatterhouse 2 and 3... god damn that would be a couple of tasty megadrive pickups hahaha very nice bro

[theelfkilla]

Why is it called Super Potato? 

[Emocrest]

OOOOoooo, you cant record in there xD

[PearlJammer07]

Wish we had good gaming stores like this in the states.Gamers here in the US would absolutely love a store chain like this.As long as the prices and selection were good.The only thing that comes close is Movie Trading Company and up north they call it Vintage Stock.

[RPKGameVids]

The shop looks awsome!

Only in Japan eh?

[metakight4]

When I went to nyc last year I saw a hardoff books and they sold well books + games so yeah I bought a copy of donkey kong country 2 on the snes for 5 bucks =)

[castlevania78]

Not surprised at all that their Neo Geo selection is gone. Resellers are buying all of it up and putting it on ebay for ridiculous prices.

[laprasking]

I wanna move in there. ;_;

[dedalus22]

omg. next to me there is nothing remotly like this! great video

[80085word69]

If I ever go to Japan I know where I'll be visiting first

[XarboyMkII]

SOOO MANY SUPER FAMICOM GAMES :D

I drool too much when I watch these videos.

[Sypran]

I think my wallet would be empty upon exiting this place...There is nothing like this over here.

[andyukmonkey]

Yesterday i visited a small retro game shop located in Norwich, UK called Swallow games. It turns out there was another smaller shop just down the street! But they are actually pretty well stocked, they just have huge piles of games on the floor due to lack of space. You can see someone elses video of it if you search for 'Norwich Gaming Engine.'

[SeeJayAre]

Good lord I love Japan.

[liquidus2172]

all those people grow up playing all those old games.

[segis666]

You should go to sofmaps used game store, they had AES when i was there (1 year ago) but there is still hope ^^

Its not far from Super Potato :)

[GermanGameRoom]

300-500$ for Moonwalker? O.O

I thought the european version went nuts with the value of 50€ but 500 ... wow

[AJBiskit]

My local gamestore in the UK was like a mini (as in microscopic) version of this. And then the economy collapsed and they went bankrupt. Damn Moneygeddon :(

[SteveBenway]

Heaven exists!

There's *nothing* like that here... not even the tiniest bit close to that awesome.

[alec1382]

I wish all the retro game stores around would join up and make something awesome like this.

[goford90]

yaaaa akihabra

[brtshstel]

God damn.  I want to move to Japan. This small town in Wisconsin obviously has no video games. In fact, I think the only games and consoles in this town belong to me.

[redknight802]

@brtshstel try looking for stores near you called play n trade. They sell retro video games as well as new games

[brtshstel]

@redknight802 Well I live an hour away from Madison, and about three-four hours away from Milwaukee and Chicago

[redknight802]

@redknight802 o

[HalfBlindGamer]

Awesome, thanks for the tour there Luke. That's such a huge store, nothing like that over here :(

[n2thepast]

Man... I'm living in the wrong country. I get ripped off so much buying certain imports. Like FF2 for the FC is 504 yen in your vid. Ppl want >20 USD and like 10 shipping on eBay.  Man.... I'm just... bleh XD

[BigDaddyDarth]

Awesome. ^_^

On to the 4th floor.........

[rang3r34]

Wish we had these instead of damn GameStop......

[dave4shmups]

@rang3r34 I wish we had these with GameStops. At least in Denver, they pretty much have a default monopoly. Now, I just need to win the Colorado Lottery, and head over to Japan!!!!

[rang3r34]

@dave4shmups I agree. GameStop just rips it's customers off. I mean, I'll trade in a recent game in good condition and you can ONLY give me $2 for it??? Everytine they do that I'll go to the self and pull the same used copy that they are selling for $15 and take it to the counter. The logical and fair thing to do is give me 7 dollars for it and you still make a profit for the game. I just go to Best Buy, Target or Wall-World for new games as I have been banned from 2 of the GS where I live.

[ImNotADoctor5]

@rang3r34 Well, you've got to remember that it's not that simple.

Some older games will sit on shelves for months and months without selling. Then if it does sell, they have to provide the after market care, such as warranties. That game store gave you a guaranteed pay-out for the game, marketing it in a store where shelve space is valuable, and doing all the after-market care themselves. That isn't free, you pay for that with a devaluation of the sale. It's pretty fair.

[rang3r34]

@ImNotADoctor5 In that aspect I can understand what you are saying, but if I trade in a game like Mass Effect 2 or any other title that has been released in the last few months I expect more cash than that. I understand WAAAAY older games that only older or retro gamers will pick up, but recent releases that are modrately popular? The GS is my town does BIG business so I think some of their employees are ripping people off. Offering far below the trade in price and pocketing the cash.

[rang3r34]

@dave4shmups Yeah, If I won it big in the lottery I'd move to Japan and fuckin' STAY as our western "civilization" is fallin' apart.....

[Cartr1dgeBased]

are you saying "back again, luck here." at the start of all your videos?

[Cartr1dgeBased]

@Cartr1dgeBased luke*

[Nintendo129]

@Cartr1dgeBased What do you think ¬¬?

[ryanc519]

@Cartr1dgeBased luke....not luck

[enforce007]

@Cartr1dgeBased

yes

[Hiroshiyo]

*stares in awe*

So what would one find on floors 1 & 2?

[TheGameCriers]

Awesome place.

[GustoTheGamer]

Look at thoese Saturn`s Ooooooooo Nice vid luke

[JopeSane]

did you figure out what was causing the upload issue you mentioned on vectrex video description?

[Ryuhei64]

What shop is that? It has an amazing selection of retro games, and really well organized.

[jcnba28]

Mario hanging from the ceiling FTW!

[nemesis3561]

boxed sega saturns and megadrives damn japan stores lol would never see that in the uk anymore.

[TheBladeJunker]

Boxed Mega Drive games, the way they should be. ^_^

[crazedlink00]

Oh, I wish or video game stores in America would look like that, damn Gamestop

[StarDr0ps]

@crazedlink00 I'm with you! It's sad that all we've got is GameStop. Eh, better than nothing I suppose.