MOTHER 2 In a Used Game Store

I saw this one a long time ago. I think the store where that photo was taken is Mr. Potato, in Japan (of course).

I like that little Chibi Ness, it just puts a smile on my face for some reason!

$10-$15 in Japan, but over $100 in the US?! COME ON MAN! 🙁

Yeah the US prices are pretty ridiculous but you
can’t really do anything about it unfortunately.

To be fair, Mother 2 carts are fairly cheap in the US. I paid seven dollars for mine.

It’s neat/interesting how they used Ninten’s clay model for the drawing (whether intentionally or not).

Yeah, I agree with Ice Sage. Funny that this was posted, I was just thinking about this sign the other day! Great of them to draw up the artwork on their own… all the soul-less shops of America wouldn’t have the guts to do something so cool.

Seeing this reminds me of that one time I saw Mother 2 on eBay for $4 USD.

God, that game is so cheap compared to it’s US counterpart. It’s just too bad I don’t know moon-speak.

If I went to that store I would buy the game and that cool pic too even though I cant read it lol.

Yup, that’s the Super Potato store in Osaka~ I’ve taken a near-identical photo of the ad, but I don’t think this one is mine. :<

My dad is in Japan, if they r still selling it, maybe my dad can buy it to me 😀

Yep, that’s Super Potato, and I saw it on Starmen’s Fantography or whatever section a while ago.

Holy crap!

I took this photo during my escapade in the moon country in 2007! It was on the second floor of the Super Potato in Akihabara. I remember freakin’ out about it since none of my friends on the trip knew anything about the game. I think I nabbed a couple other photos of EB/MOTHER related stuff in the store. I’ll have to check my Facebook and see if I can find it.

No offense Mato, but this news and all the other posts for the last few weeks have totally sucked, it’s just the old boring same-old, your older posts were AWESOME though, I’ve sent you interesting news, like for example, THE EARTHBOUND BOX IS RECYCLABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀

Yes, you sent news about that… but how is that news or of interest?

I pray that he’s being sarcastic.

I think I went thre a year ago. I wanted to take a picture but… *sigh* The roll was full! :`(

But, good thing my brother took one… Maybe he posted it.

Bonus points, I guess for “no offense, but all the posts totally sucked.” Not 100% sure that saying “no offense” renders that totally inoffensive, but, hey, the effort was there.

On-topic question: what is the meaning of the name “Super Potato” as it applies to this store? It’s a pretty epic store name.

I recall seeing this on starmen.net a few months back..

I like how Star Ocean is in front there too. 😛

Mmm, you know something good’s coming up when a “no offense” kicks things off.

I can’t remember where the name comes from, but they have a derpy little potato man mascot that’s ALL over their membership cards and sales tags. Super Potato is actually a rather popular chain of video game stores all over Japan. I’m not certain if every store has it, but the one in Akihabara has a arcade on their upper floor filled with vintage/retro arcade machines. You can find some new games at SP but it is mostly a shop for finding that old game you wanted.

What really makes me love Super Potato is the pristine quality of their used games. Japanese people for some reason are REALLY uptight about the condition of their games (and rightfully so, games rock!). Here in the states, not so much. Gamestop will sell you a bloody copy of a game that looks like someone took a diamond to it. Out of the 15-16 games I purchased, about half of them were still in box with manuals, and the rest were in mint condition (Famicom games, I mean).

So, if you get the chance to fly to the Nippon, Super Potato is a MUST SEE for any fan of gaming and retro gaming alike.

Besides, it’s the only place you can buy a Nintendo Entertainment System for $200.

oh god, I love how’d they draw that little Ninten in the corner

its funny that they put Ninten instead of Ness to adversite Mother 2 xD

That’s totally Ness, though. o.o

That looks pretty cute 🙂

In a perfect world, North America would have set-ups exactly like this with a pile of Earthbound carts in its used video game stores.

I think this was taken in Super Potato in Akihabara(shopping district for otaku.)It looks like that store jugding by the pictures I’ve seen of the store.

I agree. I paid $70 for a boxed copy of Mother 2 and I actually found a copy of EarthBound( box, guide and cartridge!) for only $200 at a used game shop! I was honestly willing to pay for those once in a life time games.

that’s Ninten