Pokémon Red / ポケットモンスター 赤
GBUS price ≈ 5.8x the Japanese price
Japan vs US prices for Pokémon Red from the YenVault database. The headline comparison — complete in box (cib) — is ¥11,000 in Japan against $463.00 in the US.
Japan vs US, at a glance
Bars are scaled to the first figure recorded for each row, with yen converted at ¥150 = $1 (the rate used across this database), so the two markets can be compared on one scale. Labels show the recorded figures exactly as published in the table below.
Prices, loose and complete kept separate
| Condition | Japan price (source · date) | US price (source · date) | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | ¥900〜1,700（なんとかゲーム、中古販売価格＝出品、2026-08-24前後確認。参考: メルカリ成約例 ¥1,799 ※電池交換済み） | $56.69（PriceCharting、成約ベース、2026-11-08取得） | 約+¥7,200・6.5倍（レンジ 5.0〜9.4倍） |
| Complete in box (CIB) | ¥11,000（ブックオフ/ハードオフ）〜¥13,000（駿河屋）、スーパーポテト ¥38,300（The Japan Hobbyist 店頭調査、2025年12月末時点）※店舗間差約3.5倍 | $463.00（PriceCharting Complete、成約ベース、2026-11-08取得） | 約+¥57,450・5.8倍（対ブックオフ系。対スーパーポテトでは1.8倍） |
Source notes are reproduced exactly as recorded in the database (in Japanese) so no detail is lost in translation. Prices are dated snapshots, not live quotes.
How to read these numbers
- Loose and CIB are never mixed. On many titles most of the gap lives in the box and manual.
- Sold vs. asking asymmetry. US prices come from PriceCharting, built from sold listings. Japanese prices are mostly shop and marketplace listings (asking prices), except where a sold median is noted — so every ratio is a guide, not gospel.
- Conversion is ¥150 = $1 throughout, the same rate used across the database.
- No US release? For Japan-only titles the US column shows the US import price of the Japanese version, labelled as such — that gap is mostly the import margin.
- Snapshot date: this database was generated 2026-11-13. Verify current listings before buying.
How to buy Pokémon Red from Japan
Copies in Japan are sold through domestic marketplaces and used-game shops that generally do not ship overseas, so most overseas collectors buy through a proxy (buying) service or a forwarding service. Our step-by-step guide covers how proxy services work, what the fees look like on a real example, and how to work out the total cost before you commit:How to Buy Retro Games from Japan. The wider picture is inthe price-gap guide, and every tracked title is on the price database page.
What to watch out for
- Loose: セーブ電池切れ/交換済みで価格が変動。箱の有無で約10倍差になるため状態混同厳禁
- Complete in box (CIB): 同上。マップ・説明書の欠品確認が必須