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![]() ![]() This is a tiny hidden bar run by Toru Hashimoto, who contributed to some of the most well-known games in Nintendo’s history, including Pokémon Red and Green, Yoshi’s Island, and EarthBound. Guardian games correspondent Keith Stuart suggests the Final Fantasy Eorzea cafe and Monster Hunter bar. ![]() ![]() It’s the perfect little bolthole to take the edge off the overstimulation that comes from an hour wandering around towering electronics stores such as BicCamera, or to decompress while you work out how to fit a vintage translucent pink Nintendo 64 in your suitcase.Īlternatives: Jon Doyle, director of specialist video game book publisher Lost in Cult and regular Tokyo visitor, also recommends the hobby shop and game museum Suruga-ya, and the vast book store, Book Off. My favourite spot after an evening trawling around is Barfly’s Stomp, a tiny punk bar (and shop) tucked away on a side street. If you haven’t time to give Akihabara a full afternoon or evening, Super Potato is the place to swing by. An atmospheric little arcade is on the top floor, too. There are stacks of old game guides and magazines to leaf through, displays of merchandise from huge game releases of years gone by: a lifesize statue of Fox McCloud stands proudly at the cash desk. ![]() Seeing so many different kinds of video games from throughout time in one place gives a real sense of how far the medium and culture have come. Though the majority will be in Japanese, some of them region-locked, there is joy to be had browsing what feels like a museum, even if you can’t read kanji. Down a narrow corridor and up a tiny elevator, there are floors of games from every era, the beloved and the niche. Super Potato is the jewel in Akihabara’s electric crown. ![]()
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