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Ultimately this is what the tweet was all about to begin with. What, with the man in question being a stinky foreigner himself.I like how this thread has evolved into us devising our own collecting strategies, lol .
Ultimately this is what the tweet was all about to begin with. What, with the man in question being a stinky foreigner himself.I like how this thread has evolved into us devising our own collecting strategies, lol .
The only thing it does is providing the ROM to the console like if it was the original cartridge. Everything else is running on your console's physical CPUs, GPUs and RAM, that's not emulation. the only things these cartridges emulate are additionnal chips (Super FX, SA1, DSP, ...) or extra hardware add-ons like the Mega SD emulating the Mega CD with just a cartridge.Well, not natively, Everdrive is absolutely emulation. That said, they build up a pretty cool ecosystem and more power to them!
And this is why emulation is important, a lot of very rare games that were never reprinted or rereleased could never have been playable again without the help of emulation.
The only thing it does is providing the ROM to the console like if it was the original cartridge. Everything else is running on your console's physical CPUs, GPUs and RAM, that's not emulation. the only things these cartridges emulate are additionnal chips (Super FX, SA1, DSP, ...) or extra hardware add-ons like the Mega SD emulating the Mega CD with just a cartridge.
I’m pretty sure my Japanese fiancée at the time broke up with me partially because I was one of those Weebos hauling home a Sega Saturn and a bagful of games around with me while meeting her relatives in Tokyo for the first time and then getting a horrible flu…so not only was I a weebo I was a snot faced immature weebo Baka Gaijin who embarrassed her in front of her family. In retrospect I was too young to be proposing to a girl any girl straight out of Sophomore year in college but man talk about life regrets lol she was a damn regional department store catalog model.
This sounds like something you just made up. Besides it’s the other way around; limited prints of modern releases that’s otherwise digital-only is the scalpers dream. Buying, playing and then selling limited releases will net you a profit most if the time.That’s one of the reasons physical folks are resisting the digital move. If people buy digital, these scalpers will find it harder to resell their rare games for high profit.
They want gamers to pay hundreds of bucks for their physical copy of Haunting Ground, instead of $15 on Steam.
I was one of those Weebos hauling home a Sega Saturn and a bagful of games around with me while meeting her relatives in Tokyo for the first time
He's right though...lol wut?
This is the dumbest thing I've read in a while. You are mad because collectors collect so now you can't collect? I don't get it.
And why does it matter that they are white are you a racist?
It will stabilize but I don’t think it will burst. There will be lower prices then they will go up and down as time proceeds. The more games get thrown out and discarded, the higher the values will be, especially for complete examples. I have relatives who would routinely throw out new and snes games versus giving them away, etc just because it was too much hassle for themThe bubble will burst, these people will be left with a bunch of games they can't sell. Then they'll sell them for cheaper prices. The key is for everyone to stop paying these inflated prices.
The Book Off in Hachioji had two I believe when I was there.I found that neo cd was so common, I can't imagine they go for a lot. I didn't check, actually.
I found ONE Duo at a super potato. I almost got it but didn't want to deplete japan's supply.
And he is also a foreigner who apparently frequents retro game stores. 200 IQ tweet from this fella.
I'm guessing not .
This is a perspective from a researcher.
YOU ARE RUINING IT FOR THE REST OF US!!My gray launch Japanese Saturn came today I'm so happy! I might take pics in a bit.
Now waiting on that turbo duo to arrive!
This sounds like something you just made up. Besides it’s the other way around; limited prints of modern releases that’s otherwise digital-only is the scalpers dream. Buying, playing and then selling limited releases will net you a profit most if the time.
I did the same thing for some Saturn, PSX and Dreamcast games. Maybe OP is using reverse psychology to get us to buy Japanese games because he runs a games import business!Thanks to this thread popping up I quickly jumped on some old consoles and hardware I've been wanting. Thanks OP!
That sounded like a good trip, that’s for sure.I figure I'll drop a detailed review of my experience game hunting in Japan more then just the few comments I've made in this thread.
I ended up grabbing that Switch, an OLED Vita for $67, Astral Chain/Monster Hunter Rise for $23 each, Fire Emblem Engage for $31 (funny sad story is I bought it for $27 at a Book Off in Hachioji and she forgot to put the cartridge in there and I didn't notice until I got back to Tokyo and wasn't spending 2 more hours of our vacation to go back and try to get it so technically I bought it for full price but whatever), K-On on PSP for $2, Catherine on PS3 for $2, Steins;gate LE on PSP for $2, Ridge Racer 7 for $3, Persona 4 Golden on Vita for $2, and multiple 16GB Vita cards for $10.
- This should be obvious but Akihabara sucks for games due to tourist trap pricing. I'm not saying don't look but more that the pricing is terrible.
- The farther out you get from city centers the better. Book Off/Hard Off is a good place to search for games as the pricing is much better.
- Kyoto seems to be underrated for game hunting. I don't see anybody talk about it but it's really the only place I actually bought things.
- Personally I would say Surugaya and Book/Hard Offs are your best bets though I did go to a cool place that I can't remember the name of anymore. I found a Splatoon 3 LE OLED for $215 brand new there. Book/Hard Off is also tax free. I'm not sure if Surugaya is because I forgot to ask.
- Right now at least for USD you basically get a 35% discount on literally everything and that gets even bigger when you factor in tax free. With this I was able to get multiple Switch games for $20-30. You can also get brand new Joycons from the Nintendo store for $45 due to this which I should have grabbed to modify.
- Moby Games has a list of PSP/Vita/PS3-5/Switch games that have full English for the Japanese releases.
- Related to the last two points is Switch games. Basically every 1st party game I could think of has full English options.
- Persona games seem impossible to find. I only found one copy of FES and the copy of 4 Golden on Vita the entire time I was there which is disappointing since it's my favorite franchise.
I wanted to find a Spirited Green PSP while I was there but I only saw one at the Akiba Super Potato and it was like $160 which I can buy for half that on eBay.
I'm not advocating going there and fucking up their market, but wanted to give people tips for finding stuff they want.
A foreigner, basically.Ugh Ok, I’ll bite. I’ve clearly missed this… what’s a “weeaboo”?
Specifically a foreigner obsessed with Japan and Japanese culture, particularly video games and anime. Plenty of non-weeaboo foreigners in Japan.A foreigner, basically.
We did something similar. United gives 2 free checked bags per passenger.That sounded like a good trip, that’s for sure.
I told my wife that if we go to Japan for a trip, I am bringing an empty suitcase.
This is definitely one of those problems similar to the one where other foreigners complain about the number of foreigners visiting or living in Japan.
Oh, so like an IGN editor. Got itSpecifically a foreigner obsessed with Japan and Japanese culture, particularly video games and anime. Plenty of non-weeaboo foreigners in Japan.