New? Nintendo 64 in box with unopened manuals
So I recently visited Thailand and while at a weekend market I saw a vendor selling retro N64 games (from Japan). I got carried away and picked up a bunch. I came back home and found a Japanese N64 for sale from a local guy on FB marketplace and bought it. I picked up 2 controllers from Amazon, an American PSU, and HDMI converter.
I believe the N64 is new (or extremely lightly used), it smells like a new 90's console and is incredibly well-preserved, no signs of use, and the manuals/etc are unopened. The original controller/pokemon cards are sadly missing but otherwise it seems like I have a pretty full collection.
According to Google, this is from the Nintendo 64 "W-Get Daze" (ダブルゲットだぜ) Campaign. This was a major promotional event held in Japan for the N64.
I was wondering if it's worth using the N64 and all as a personal collection, or purchasing a separate used N64 to enjoy the games. I also considered getting a region-free game cartridge slot and opening the N64 but again, idk how rare this is, I don't want to desecrate something special 🫠