Teaching yourself Japanese isn't easy, and let's face it, it takes a large amount of time, effort, and dedication to make noticeable progress. After coming home from a long day of school or work, sometimes the last thing you want to do is sit down at a desk with another textbook. Wouldn't it be more relaxing to just play some video games? There are games out there designed to teach you Japanese. Most of those games only offer the basics of grammar and vocabulary, but they certainly aren't the only games out there that can supplement your studying. Some of your favorite video games may hold within them the ability to become a teaching tool and can become a legitimately fun way to study. Games Made to Teach You First, I'd like to mention, a Japanese learning game released for the Nintendo DS in 2008.

Just wondering if anyone on this subreddit has used a video game to help learn/practice Japanese. I kept through it with a dictionary. Kanji (Mario RPG. How To Play (and comprehend!) Japanese Games. This is a tool that was designed to help local Japanese people learn functional English for. Sweet Kanji Dictionary!.

If you're not familiar with the My Coach series, they are a bunch of self-learning and self-help games that range from learning languages to losing weight. There is even one that's supposed to help you quit smoking. The game starts off with a placement test, but don't be fooled, this is definitely a game for beginners. It will teach you the basics: hiragana, kana, starting grammar, etc, but it only has about 100 lessons total and hasn't really been updated since it's release. One of the major problems with this game is that some of the kanji require you to use the wrong stroke order to pass them. When the to this was, 'With thousands of characters in the dictionary, there were bound to be some incorrect strokes that would get overlooked,' instead of suggesting a patch correcting the problem, they've chosen to ignore it. So, I can't recommend it for advanced, or even intermediate members.

And while stroke order mistakes may seem like a trivial matter, using correct stroke order is extremely important if you're serious about learning Japanese. (You'll have a horrible time using a traditional or electronic dictionary if you get them wrong.) Otherwise, if you're willing to double check the information you're getting, this can be a decent way to start out. Pocket Stock Monitor Cracks on this page. If you like word searches, matching, and multiple choice games, this may be a fun way to get you into Japanese, but can you really call this a game? My Japanese Coach may call itself a game, but what I listed above can't really be considered gameplay.