{"id":2249,"date":"2025-06-03T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2025-06-03T16:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:00:51","slug":"new-buttons-i-got-at-the-mikado-game-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/new-buttons-i-got-at-the-mikado-game-center\/","title":{"rendered":"New buttons I got at the Mikado Game Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mikado had these pin badge buttons in their gachapon capsule toy dispensers, so I got three. One big one that says “PUSH START” (I’m not sure why it says “2006” because according to the Japanese Wikipedia<\/a>, it started in 2009), and a set of buttons for the Mikado location in Ikebukuro (top) and the original in Takadanobaba (bottom). As I mentioned in the previous post, Mikado is a legendary spot for retrogaming. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mikado had these pin badge buttons in their gachapon capsule toy dispensers, so I got three. One big one that says “PUSH START” (I’m not sure why it says “2006” because according to the Japanese Wikipedia, it started in 2009), and a set of buttons for the Mikado location in Ikebukuro (top) and the original … <\/p>\n

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