Da-Planet Honolulu

Home to hands down the best gaming community in Hawaii. I miss the countless hours I used to spend here while lived on island. Coming back now after being awaynfor two years, not much has changed. The atmosphere is the same, the employees still just as helpful, and the prices are nearly unbeatable for sealed product.

Saturday nights from 7pm to 2 in the morning There’s a little section where gamers of the fighting genre gather and play casual and sometimes competitively in Ultra Street Fighter 4 and other games. I’m part of this group btw. Players bring arcade sticks and the pads and sometimes their own setups. It’s a pretty rad place to play fighting games with local competitors of this Genre.
There’s a few that covers playing with these guys for fun or competitive. $ 5 covers you the whole night to play Street fighter, MVC and other games. There is 2 arcade machines, one is Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Capcom vs SNK Mark of the Millennium 2000. They are set on free play.
When you come you’ll also meet well known players who has also competed in Known Competitions like EVO, Capcom Cup and ETC. if your looking to get your fighting game style on or willing to try out this genre come on down. For more info you can join this group on Facebook known as «808 Fighters FGC».

Da Planet is a card gaming store near University. They specialize in Magic: the Gathering, Pokemon, and other similar customizable card games. The location is easy to get to by bus or car, free parking is outside. There is also plenty of food in the area for those times you need something to go with your game.
The store itself is brightly lit, but the ambiance is very minimal and plain. It is kept clean and nice. Drinks and snacks are available for purchase, everything is priced very minimally for the mainly school-​aged clientele. Countless cards are available for purchase, also dice and other small things. They have mostly phased out their stock of board games.
The regular customers and staff are friendly and welcoming. There are always people to try out new games. Not a card-​gamer myself, I’ve only been in to play board games during non-​tournament times. Despite only purchasing drinks, I still felt welcome. The store also has computer gaming, which has been expanded.

First time here and it was awesome! Way higher then I set my expectations to. First, the store was easy to find. Second, the store was huge and has a huge collection from Yu-​gi-​oh, magic, vanguard, etc. They also had computers set up for any gaming. Third, the service was awesome! A nice man named Eugene, was very helpful. My bro and I dropped in for some yugioh cards. His knowledge on the cards was crazy good! He helped us out and gave us great advice.

I’ve been to Da Planet a few times to purchase some cards. I was never happy with their customer service. They don’t present a friendly vibe. Most items on the shelves aren’t priced and asking for a price check takes time since they have to look up prices. My friend and I asked to look through the damaged inventory. A lot of the cards we asked about looked old and beaten and were priced as if they were only «lightly played». I didn’t feel as if we were treated with respect over there. I think he should learn how to be more respectful, especially since he looks like he can’t even curl a 5 lb dumbbell.
I’ll just stick to going to ToyLynx in town by Costco, Dole Cannery. They are much more friendlier, better customer service, and their pricing is a lot more reasonable than Da Planet.

Not my first time here but was able to hang a little more now to get a feel of the atmosphere. First I’d like to thank Chris and Brian (I hope I spelled there name right). Really awesome guys to help me catch up on my Magic the Gathering game. Learned a lot of new tournaments going on, since I haven’t slaughtering players back in 99′. Well daddy’s back to rule the realm and conquer all!!!

There’s no place like Da-​Planet.
I definitely would know now that I’m not living in Hawaii.
There’s no other card gaming place where SO much card gamer hang out. It’s literally a community of itself in there. Now that I moved out of Hawaii, I now know how unique and great Da-​Planet was.
If you’re a card gamer and wants to play, it’s as good as it gets. Trades can be done here without problems, and you can play cards, XBox360, PS3, Wii, or computer without problems. It’s also a great place to meet up with your buddies and play cards for a bit before heading out to hang out. Cheap tournaments are definitely a plus (like $ 10 Magic: the Gathering FNM Drafts!) when you and your card gaming buddies are planning to go eat out or whenever you would like to buy their singles. (which happens to also be very cheap)
Employees are definitely the hardest working of the bunch. Constantly updating the stock while helping customers all the time. It’s also nice to talk to them once in a while too.
I sure enjoyed being at Da-​Planet while I still lived in Hawaii.

I came in here to find some Pokemon cards for a kid’s activity. I am not a regular customer but was treated really well. The first guy tried to help me but didn’t know all the ins and outs. Later when 2 long time employees came in they found out what I wanted and quickly helped me. This saved me a lot of time.
Overall I like the new location. You can see their stock better. Keep up the good customer service!

Planets new location brings with it good and bad. The good is that the place does not smell horribly, is well air conditioned and has a greater amount of space for activities. The bad is the parking above all during events, with local parking attendants hounding you and giving you stink eyes for reasons that I have yet to understand. Also you have to get a key for the restroom which is an inconvenience.
Planet has some of the largest pool of activities for magic or any collectible card game players on Oahu. You can regularly attend magic modern on Monday, commander on Wednesday and there will always be an event on Friday and saturday and even Sunday. Their payouts are pretty healthy and entry isn’t too expensive either. You can also rent consoles and computers here. Check out their Facebook and website for very current information.