lokicaprion

• No arcades in the area! If you want to play in an arcade anywhere near here, you have to go to Muvico theaters. That's a $9 movie ticket, then another $1 per game. Or you could go to Dave and Busters, which is even MORE expensive, and doesn't really have any good games in it.


• Little to no "import machines! DDR is in almost every arcade that still manages to exist in the US. But what about the others? Para-Para, Beatmania, Guitar Freaks, Percussion Freaks? I've played all these in arcades... in Montreal. If we opened one near here, we'd have the Otaku factor.


• Karaoke Booths? Another idea I got from Japan! Little booths that can seat about 4 to 6 people where you can pay to do Karaoke and have it "Grade" you. Not sure if we can get the grading machines in the US, but we could easily figure out some way to have Karaoke rooms set up.


• Beverage bar! A coffee bar, soda fountain, and good supply of the trendy energy drinks (Red Bull, Full Throttle, Bawls, etc) would probably be good for the caffinated gamer, and bring in walk-in business that may just want a drink.

Of course, the matter of getting a loan to set all this up, advertising, and the huge risk of failure are giving me pause... but for some reason, I have a good feeling about this.

Any thoughts? =D