A new Japanese themed arcade has opened in the Florida Mall - Gatcha USA. Gacha games are very popular in Japan, and while the arcade in the Florida Mall isn’t quite at the level of those arcades, it’s striving to bring a taste of it here to us in Orlando.

Gashapon (ガシャポン), also called gachapon (ガチャポン), are usually a series of dispensing machines that give you a small token or collectible in a capsule. "Gasha" (or "gacha") the hand-cranking action of a toy-vending machine, and "pon" for the toy capsule landing in the collection tray. Now the current spot in the Florida Mall does not currently have any of these exact machines they are working on.

What they are offering at the moment are crane games that allow you to do your best at capturing popular plushies.

How it works:

• Pay upfront for a physical card full of credits. Each game play is five credits.

• Spend your credits at the machines for a chance to win.

• Some crane machines are the classic position and launch, while others have more strategy as you use try to get small ping pong balls into designated areas. Those are much harder.

• New plushies are constantly coming in, and if you have your sights set on a larger plushie, sometimes they offer a trade. Smaller plushies to get a larger one.

• Plushies vary from Anime, Sanrio, Pokemon, Nintendo, and more.

Right now there are no Gacha machines but the owners are working on getting some.

You’ll find Gatcha USA in the Florida Mall near the entrance to the Crayola Experience or Dick’s Sporting Goods.