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Forgot to share this here yesterday! (I blame that insane podcast episode that got me distracted and questioning life and the American Way.)
### Happy 25th anniversary to the WonderSwan, first released on March 4, 1999.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2WrwIgO4kM
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WS is very cool and nice. I was able to snag a Flashmasta a while ago, and had some fun playing the port of Devil Dice / XI called XI Little the other day. In color with some pretty nice graphics and not much of a language barrier. Check it out!
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i have a b/w wonderswan en route to me. possibly the stupidest thing i’ve ever bought and that’s the including many many guitar pedals that were a waste of time and money. my brother asked me what i was planning to play on it and i simply do not know at this juncture.
original carts are too expensive here. seems some can be got cheap from japan but i guess i need to get that flashmasta once they’re back in stock. if i dig it i might look to “upgrading” to a WS colo[u]r but felt it was good to “start” with black and white. sort of adhering to the wonderswan chronology a little bit even in the year 2024
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@treefroggy found in the wild reposted to a tumblr aesthetic blog 
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thanks for the heads up!
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cool!
English Patch repro cart of DICING KNIGHT. available here for $25 as well as other games like Judgement Silversword !
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806502965030.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.3bda1802RAMrhH&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa
Ah, that’s cool! I wish I could use aliexpress! Is everyone else able to use it without sending a scan of their passport? That’s what they ask me for every time and obviously I am not going to do that.
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Nope! That’s pretty suspicious!
Also that would limit their customer base by a large swath if it was mandatory for all users! Mine expires next month and I don’t plan on renewing it!
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Yeah, it’s very strange. Well, too bad for them! Because I would certainly order some garbage.
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Never been asked for my passport there! Maybe it’s because I’ve had an account for a long time but first I’ve heard of being asked for any kind of ID.
Let me know if you want me to order some greatness/garbage on your behalf.
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Apparently with slight modifications it is relatively easy to flash WS cartridges. This explains all the repros on aliexpress.
You can interface with the cartridge pins directly instead of desoldering the flash rom ic.
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I got it to work after all, not sure why it was fine this time! Ordered two wonderswan games and an ngpc game. Excitement!
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I watched the final Evangelion Rebuild film today and Asuka is playing a WonderSwan throughout. I am very curious if whatever she’s playing is supposed to be a real game or not.
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Yeah, that’s a weird “didn’t pay the license fee” gunpey.
(or maybe they did and it’s really just gunpey)
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Does anyone here have advice on where to buy a Wonderswan for an ok price in Japan?
The couple of retro game stores I’ve walked into had really jacked up prices
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Total crapshoot but check any hardoff near you, I’d say about one in three tend to have one in one of their end display cases. Then, check Surugaya if there is a location around. Might be able to get an OK price if they have any more plain jane models. Hope you can catch one!
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at this point mercari will likely be cheaper than any store in a major city. ship it to your hotel. this isn’t to say you can’t get lucky at a rural recycle store, but it’s a fairly common side hustle these days to just comb through inventory as soon as they open.
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also have in mind if you want a WS Color or Crystal. Color will be a lot cheaper, but the screens are sometimes a bit off to our modern eyes