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IrelandJRPGLife visits Pink Gorilla before the doors officially open
Dan and Elisa become the Tempe store's first customers, with a Dreamcast checklist and a no-haggling policy to navigate.
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This Store REFUSES to Price Video Games Like Everyone Else
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- 0:36Co-owner Cody describes the difficult setup before Dan and Elisa tour the new store.
- 7:05The back-room tour reveals dedicated console repair and testing stations.
- 10:30Refurbished consoles prompt Cody's explanation of free region unlocking.
- 14:26The rare-game display leads into pricing practices and the store's no-haggling rule.
- 18:10Dan and Elisa consult their Dreamcast checklist and browse for missing games.
- 21:54Their purchases reach the counter as Dan marks their first-customer distinction.
Dan and Elisa get a look behind the counter before they get their purchases onto it. Their visit to Pink Gorilla's new Arizona location includes repair benches, console-testing stations and a conversation with co-owner Cody about selling retro games without chasing every possible dollar.
The tour, filmed before the grand opening, is the clear standout among JRPGLife's four uploads this week, reaching about 47,000 views. In "This Store REFUSES to Price Video Games Like Everyone Else", Cody explains that region unlocking comes at no extra charge and that the shop has a strict no-haggling policy. His pricing philosophy is straightforward: "We're selling it at the price that we're going to make a profit. Can't be too mad we didn't make even more." The video also contains a sponsored mattress segment.
For the couple, browsing has a purpose beyond admiring the display cases. Out comes their US Dreamcast checklist, and Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 makes it into the purchases. By checkout, Dan says they have become Pink Gorilla Tempe's first customers. In the comments, opening-day visitors share their own memories, while other viewers offer Japanese Dreamcast recommendations.
The week's other uploads revisit pricing, displays and reviews at the Arkansas shop they explored earlier. That longer Arkansas visit remains among the channel's busiest older videos, alongside their convention hunt for Working Designs releases, though Pink Gorilla is drawing the most daily views of the three.
Subscribers held steady, while daily viewing sits slightly below its usual pace. Among nearby gaming channels, UrbanLoon had a particularly active week; JRPGLife's weekly view gain was larger than most in that group, with the new store visit supplying its strongest fresh draw.
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What viewers say
It was great to seen you both and Jason again at the Grand opening. Happy to have this store so close by. I will be a regular customer. Thank you for the video!
@AnimatorARSee it on YouTubeI was there at the grand opening yesterday, I asked you about January Game on expo. It was a pleasure meeting you guys! Great store!
@fc1114_See it on YouTube19:37 You missed the PS1 game Aquanaut's Holiday (in blue, lower-left corner). It's mostly an exploring game, wandering, if you like those. It hit US shores, but the Japanese version is way cheaper.
@WhatsOnMyShelfSee it on YouTube
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Border Down is good and with music by Yasuhisa Watanabe from Zuntata. A Japan only Dreamcast game.
@MarcelusGamingSpotSee it on YouTubeWhat a great store. Wish we had these in Canada. Awesome video, great job. Thanks Dan and Elisa 😊
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Which boxing game do Dan and Elisa pick up at Pink Gorilla?
They find Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 while checking gaps in their US Dreamcast collection.