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How To Shop For Games In Japan?

Posted by simoniker on from the dance-dance-otaku dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing out Insert Credit's new feature on how to navigate Japanese videogame stores. This in-depth article talks about some of the best ways to get rare Japanese systems and games inexpensively at the massive gaming stores in Tokyo and Osaka, covering some of the pitfalls ("..keep in mind that âimport gamesâ(TM) written on a sign outside a store means overpriced US games"), and the weird situations you can get into ("..even the big [stores] have whole hentai [software] floors.. try bringing a girl up with you, and the entirety of the clientele will FREAK THE HELL OUT.")

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  1. Re:3 Years? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its a "good" language becuase it helps you understand the tentacle pron movies and games better.

  2. hmm by joFFeman · · Score: 5, Funny

    "..even the big [stores] have whole hentai [software] floors.. try bringing a girl up with you, and the entirety of the clientele will FREAK THE HELL OUT." if you're the type of chap who plans on going to look at and potentially buy cartoons with women with blue hair being raped by all manner of man and beast, there's a good chance you'll have a hard time getting a girl to go with you ANYWHERE.

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  3. Madame Butterfly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "my friends GF buys more hentai than I have ever seen in my life...dont be so stereotypical"

    I think your friend has a surprise coming sometime.

  4. Re:Games In Japan!!! by TheRoachMan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Idiot What did you say!!!
    bakayaro!! omae wa nani itta no!!

    In fact, i know japanese too, and the correct translation for "What did you say" is "What you say!?"