In early January, brands and companies in Japan are temporarily selling fukubukuro. These fukubukuro are surprise bags, the contents of which can sometimes be worth much more than their retail price. Among the brands that join this tradition each year is a famous Japanese retrogaming shop familiar to collectors and nostalgic gamblers.
In Japan, a YouTuber got a goodie bag full of millions of yen retrogaming games to unpack during a stream. It is this video that today we invite you to discover it. For once it is the famous Super Potato Store that took part in the “little game” of Fukubukuro.
A surprise bag to degrade rich people
This year the brand again offered Fukubukuro in various values on January 1st. “Lodoss“So the YouTuber in question got this for a million yen. According to the current exchange rate, this corresponds to around 7,700 dollars.
As buyers of this expensive surprise bag often do, the videographer unpacked it in front of the camera. We don’t want to spoil the joy of those who might be interested in this video. We will therefore not list the games discovered in the Super Potato surprise bag.
A concept that can only work in Japan?
However, we can say that there is Mega Drive, PlayStation, PC Engine or even Xbox on the menu. Also note that these are not just games. In fact, the surprise bag also contains several consoles. But again, you need to watch the video to find out more.
Un fortunately for the curious, Super Potato didn’t reveal how it determines the content of fukubukuro. For your information, Super Potato is one of the most famous Japanese retrogaming stores in the world. However, it is far from being among the best prices. Anyone interested in Super Potato can find our tour of the Akihabara Store in one of our Tokyo Game Show 2019 videos.
What do you think of the concept of fukubukuro? Do you think the YouTuber got a good deal? Would you be ready to buy a surprise bag like this? Do you think this concept could work in France? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
