I came here with my friends a few times already. They have claw machine games and some other games. Ambience: The music is just right, and the noise level is average. The only thing is that there is no ventilation in here and causes this entertainment center to become very hot inside. Claw machines: The games are easy to win prizes and sometimes you can even play until you win. Some staff members are nice enough to adjust it so you can grab it better with the claw. You can also trade in the plushies for points. You use the points to redeem it for prizes that you would like such as figurines, keychains, statues, and etc. Staff members: The staff members here are patient and friendly. When they see you struggling with a few plushies they offer you a bag to carry them in. Overall: This is a good area to bring your friends or kids to hang out. It is a good place to de-stress from a heavy workload. read more

Gatcha - Arcades Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

A little pricey. It's nice once in a while for a little treat for the kids. This is play until you win location, so it's nice to visit if you have younger kids with you. So no sweat to not be any to claw anything to bring home! read more

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We saw an ad for this spot and wanted take a look on a mall day. When it's too cold outside and can't stay home. They have the same card-load-and-reload model as other Asian arcades but their claw machine is play until win. Then you have a choice to keep or trade in for points. But the pay per play is steep and you can definitely end up spending a lot of money if you dont pay attention. They have good games, claw machines, and exchange area. Space is large, well lit and clean (since they are new). Overall the experience was ok. Once in a while you can visit but not recurring. read more

Get ready for numbers. Here is my breakdown from analyzing the coins: - $11 for 28 credits, $22 for 65, $33 for $107, $44 for 150, and $55 for 192 - optimal purchase? $55 for 192 credits = $0.29/credit Most of the games "guaranteed to win" which is great! - # of credits? most are 50-70 or so * $0.29 = $14.33-$20.30/plushie Trade in? - plushies traded in range from 2-4 tickets Items to purchase with tickets? - I took a smiski for an example blind box for $13 USD - they sell for $26, or 11 tickets; let's just do the $13 USD to 11 tickets = $1.18/ticket trade in So: - you pay $14.33-$20.30 for ONE plushy - you trade in plushy for 2-4 tickets ($2.36-$4.74) that you paid $14.33-$20.30 to win = net loss of ~85% So essentially you are buying plushies at $14.33-$20.30, which is within reason if you went to a retail store to buy it, with the fun of a claw game. Not terrible. read more

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What a change from my last visit a month ago. The place was packed today! St the entrance be sure to spin the wheel at a chance for a bonus prize. read more

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My daughter's birthday choice of birthday trip was to Gatcha in Menlo Park Mall in Edison NJ. We arrived to the mall and if you park in the covered parking lot after Macy's, at the main entrance, Gatcha is literally there as you walk in. Beautifully set up and clean and organized!! I love that! Not much staff but there was a 2 behind the counter and 1 walking around. It's pretty self-explanatory, you walk in get play cards and go to the claw machines or games of choice. There are more claw machines than games. I must say it is quite pricey. $11 gets you 28 credits and depending on the claw machine and the size of the prize the claw machines can up to 40+ credits. The positive is that you keep playing until you win BUT (the down point) you will basically pay $20-$55 for the prize depending on the one you pick. My daughter picked the small to medium prizes. They have a store to shop for collectibles, keychains, etc. That was very expensive. They had Sonny Angels for example were ranging from $30-$50 That for me was a little steep because I had just bought some Sonny Angels for less than that in another Asian market, I go to all the time. My daughter had a nice time overall, but definitely a once in a while activity because it will break the bank. Check it out if you're in the area and if you have extra cash to spend. Let me know what you thought! read more

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I am not one of these PAID FOR "Elite" reviewers. I paid to come in so you can believe my review. I've been in here twice in the span of a couple months and all I can say is the prices nearly tripled, and the amount of machines available to play is actually smaller as a lot of them are out of order. The credits to play for each machine has doubled as well. Each of the machine has products that I actually found on Temu and other Chinese sites for less than a couple of dollars. If you are interesting in where they're getting this mass products I guess DM me and I'll save you the trip here and give you the websites. Extremely pricey, with all of the knockoff products, and absurdly high prices, you'd expect some value. We spent $29.99 x2 for a birthday package ($60+) to get 50 credits each, which equates to a 1 medium size plush. If you decide to trade in that plush you will get 2-3 credits while the smallest products to trade in for is 7 credits+. Having 50 credits limits you to smaller machines as the medium to bigger size plush requires 58+ credits. tl/dr: extremely predatory pricing, full of knockoff Temu-like products mass produced from China. Was such a scam and a letdown for a birthday event. In the few months it's been operating price tripled, and credits for each machine to play doubled. Do not come here or you will be disappointed. read more

Gatcha - Arcades Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

I was very surprised to learn Menlo Mall has an arcade and even more surprised to learn that it would be so jam-packed with unique Japanese games. As someone who rarely wins at claw games, it was refreshing to see "play-until-you-win" signs plastered on each one. I ended up winning the most adorable capybara with a tangerine on its head. While the play to win option seems the most economical in contrast to spending 10 tickets over and over and not winning, 46 tickets is a lot for one plush if you spend $24 on 65 credits and a card. Despite the price, I still enjoyed spending time at this arcade and will definitely be back here for date-nights. read more

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Really cute arcade that will definitely suck you and/your kids in. Pretty decent prices for the games. Right now, it's play until you win so be sure to stock up on your plushies and prizes. They also resell some viral toys here of which I will not name but at a very high price. That is the only thing I didn't like very much otherwise it's a fun place to stop and see. read more

Gatcha - Arcades Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

If you LOVE claw machines, Gatcha is the arcade for you. However, if you're a claw machine purist, Gatcha may be a bit underwhelming as the allure of winning is overshadowed by guaranteed wins. Either way, Gatcha offers seemingly higher quality of prizes compared to your average claw machines - the stuffies are definitely super cute! The arcade operates with an in-house NFC card which arcade tokens can be loaded onto. For $55 dollars, you'll receive about 196 tokens. Depending on the claw machine and prize, you'll spend anywhere from 18 tokens (small prize; key chain sized/~4" sized stuffy) to 147 tokens (large prize; ~24" sized stuffy) per game. So per math, you're looking at $3.56 per token. Expensive? Perhaps. Ultimately, it's what you decide to make out of the experience. The other neat part about the guaranteed prize system is that you are able to collect and trade in the stuffies for "tickets." As you might imagine, the amount of tickets you receive depends on the type/size of the stuffy. These tickets can then be redeemed for shelved prizes. These prizes can be compared to what you would find in a Pop Mart or MINISO. Note: Not all stuffies can be traded in for tickets. There are also some claw machines that offer a lottery ticket prize system. There are also several non-claw, Japanese arcade games available for an all-encompassing arcade experience. Gatcha is located on the ground floor of the Menlo Park Mall. The best entrance in proximity to the arcade would be the one by the parking deck feature between the Macy's and Barnes and Nobles stores. It is easy to miss if you're already walking around in the mall as it is located along one of the side corridors - look for the spiral stairs by Auntie Anne's and Victoria Secret. read more

Wife wanted to take the kids to check out this new Japanese arcade that just opened up. Its main feature are the claw machines. Spent 57$ that included about 140 game credits and the 2$ card to play the games. The claw machine games are play to win. Was immediately shocked to observe the lowest credit claw game to play, cost 18 credits. ......This is what 24 minutes and 57$ got us......"Gatcha" More like "GOT YOU" AVOID read more

Gatcha - Junk - Arcades Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

Gatcha at Menlo Park mall in Edison has two pictures of customers who stole on their door. One of them is clearly a Caucasian older male with a white beard but the Asian owner listed him as African-American. There are also two Caucasian women who stole but the owner chose not to list their race at all . When I spoke to the owner, the Asian man with long hair and told him that it was incorrect, it's a Caucasian male not an African-American, he said, "he could be a light skin black guy" I said no he is a older Caucasian male with a white beard. He just laughed. I also asked him why he did not list the race of the two Caucasian women and he just shrugged it off and disregarded my question. He had no empathy for what I was saying and could not relate. his expectations were so bad that he even wished him to be a light skin black male when you can clearly see the picture is a Caucasian male. His expectations were so incorrect . The irony is that when I worked as an officer my caseload had the highest rate of theft from Asians who did counterfeiting and had to pay restitution and Indians who reported their jewelry stolen to the insurance companies. It sad the expectations are so bad that they can't even get the race correct. read more

Gatcha - The older Caucasian male with the white beard they listed as African-American. - Arcades Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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cute arcade vibe! fun spot for friends and kids to hangout and experience something different!! read more

Gatcha - this place is so cute! its a fun vibe. i just made a quick stop while shopping at the mall ! - Arcades Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

Very fun for family day. The Japanese toys and plushies are all of great quality and the claw machines are "play til you win" which is amazing for kids and a real money saver. Arcades usually drain your money however wining plushies of all sizes from the machines is well worth it than at the Japanese toy stores TRUST ME. read more

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We have recently become obsessed with Japanese claw machines so we made a dash to this recently opened Gatcha. Unbeknownst to us, this one has a different business model than others in which you play until you win! So guaranteed win every time. Took my daughter and we spent a little over $100 and played for around two hours. For that we got 8 medium sized plush (decent sized just not jumbo) and 8 keychain sized. The plushies were branded and considering how much Sanrio goes for at times I thought this was a great deal and you get to play. You can exchange prizes for tickets to use in their store. They also will change our plush for others in the same machine if you get one you don't like. We absolutely loved it. Clean, well taken care of and super nice and courteous staff. We can't wait to come back. read more

dont mind the other reviews saying its a scam, they are all using the claw machines and stuff, wastes ur points drastically, game wise i love it, they have maimai, chunithim, wacca, ddr, and more. definately a heaven for rhythm gamers, i reccomend it for jp rhythm game lovers! i never regret coming here to cool off and play maimai as it brings me great happiness. stay away from the claws and enjoy the games tho!!! the staff is friendly, funny, and helpful. although i do have a complaint on the kids ghost playing/tapping the buttons on the maimai machine next to me as im playing, as it is a distraction and messes up my combo, if they can put up a sign saying do not interrupt players while in use, i would appreciate it a lot! read more

No stars if I could honestly. This place is a SCAM no wonder why it's call Gatcha. They sure got my ass. $11 for 28 points and all of the claw machines are 30+ points?! That's horrible they should at least disclose "just to let you know 28 points won't be enough for 1 game." Then the arcade games - there's no prizes. They also sell pokemon cards that have clearly been resealed. Booster bundles that are unsealed. Literally a scam. DO NOT COME HERE. Save your money. read more

Can someone explain. Was just here and it was 192 credits for $55. However, the claw machines were 27-57 credits PER PLAY? So each play is $8-15? The Hello Kitty is worth maybe $14.99? I talked to the attendant and we wound up leaving. Can go to a store and just buy them, absolutely pointless arcade. Have fun spending $100+ to win 4-8 items and trade them for a $20 prize in the prize store. read more

what a great experience with my kids! a fun way to win at the claw machine! They had a great time collecting their stuffed animals.

I came to Gatcha New Jersey at least a few times this month and every time I came here they kept raising the price and decreasing the amount of tickets worth on the plushies. Today I came here and a plush was worth 4 tickets after I was trading in the plushies I won for tickets they immediately changed the tickets back to 3. This has happened multiple times in a short timestamp. Utterly ridiculous. Instead of opening an Arcade they might as well open a store. This arcade used to be fun before they changed it to play till you win and now every time I come here, it's as if I'm buying my own prizes and the fun of claw machines are not exciting anymore. I understand as a business they want to earn more money but now I don't know how they expect people to want to come here, which is why almost every time I come here it's always empty. read more