The Gritty, Underground Network Bringing Japan’s Arcades to the US

Re:The Gritty, Underground Network Bringing Japan’s Arcades ... by jbm on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:11AM (#29964747)

What arcades are you talking about, if you don't mind me asking? All the Sega ones were about as mainstream as you could get. I would walk out of Sunshine City in Ikebukuro and see it filled with normal-ish people. I even took my kids to play Taiko no Tatsujin in Nakano Broadway.

The tobacco issue was a lot better in Tokyo when I left; most indoor places are non-smoking now. IMO that is the only true benefit Tokyo reaped from the 2020 Olympic preparations.

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Re:The Gritty, Underground Network Bringing Japan’s Arcades ... by Klonoar on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:34AM (#29964854)

The non-mainstream ones can indeed feel a bit dodgy - like, night and day difference.

That said I still went to them periodically since you could often find older games there that the bigger ones had moved on from.

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Re:The Gritty, Underground Network Bringing Japan’s Arcades ... by suction on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:00AM (#29977878)

I mean if that's normal to you I guess you're not aware of the reputation they have among normal Japanese people.

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