What are some good games to practice your kanji reading?

[JackNoir413]

Real true otaku gamers will all have to face the wall that is untranslated media at some point. For me that was devil summoner 1(and the supercub novels). This year i managed to start getting some kanji practice on and after two months im close to 700 vocabulary learned and wanted to start a game to help me adjust to the grammar. I started ningyou hime recently and while the rpg words beat me up i can understand most of everything else so far.

But it got me wondering what do you guys think are some good games to start practicing kanji reading?
Also kanji learning thread if anyone wants to talk about that too.

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

Greco’s Hall of Kanji　Learn Japanese< Beginner >​

 

[JackNoir413]

Greco’s Hall of Kanji　Learn Japanese< Beginner >​

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i was thinking more on the lines of "non learning games where the vocabulary isnt too complex and any reading mistakes wont ruin your run on the long term"

still tho learning games count i suppose i just forgot all about them lole

 

[Otosou]

Start with games with furigana (the small text above kanji that tells how to read it) for instance Level-5 games (Youkai Watch, Inazuma Eleven...). The furigana is an excellent helper, because you learn all kinds of readings with it (like names, those are tricky in Japanese). If you are also an auditive person, get games that have lots of spoken lines. The moment furigana feels like clutter, it's the time to shift to furigana-less games. Keep on it and you will be victorious one day! Ganbatte!

 

[JackNoir413]

Start with games with furigana (the small text above kanji that tells how to read it) for instance Level-5 games (Youkai Watch, Inazuma Eleven...). The furigana is an excellent helper, because you learn all kinds of readings with it (like names, those are tricky in Japanese). If you are also an auditive person, get games that have lots of spoken lines. The moment furigana feels like clutter, it's the time to shift to furigana-less games. Keep on it and you will be victorious one day! Ganbatte!

i get what you mean, i considered reading manga with furigana like pandora hearts. i still keep that idea in mind but for me games are a lot easier to engage.
sadly inazuma doesnt appeal to me. i also thought about VNs or VN-ish games because its true spoken lines help a lot.

 

[qw90700]

I actually wrote about it because someone else asked pretty much the same question:

Good games to practice Japanese reading comprehension with

I've been thinking since I've been learning Japanese on and off over the years that I should probably practice more. I've poked at random games but I feel like I get frustrated when I encounter words I don't recognize and it happens fairly often. (I'm at that kind of awkward point where I can...

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On the other page of the very same thread I also wrote tips to learn Kanjis better.

 

[Juip]

Play tokimeki games, all the dialogue is voiced and a lot of lines will be repeated over and over again, it will burn the kanji into your brain

 

[qw90700]

Play tokimeki games, all the dialogue is voiced and a lot of lines will be repeated over and over again, it will burn the kanji into your brain

Yes tricking your brain into thinking you are in a sexual relationship with someone by playing dating sims can power up your language learning skills so hard you'll start writing Japanese poems in no time!!! lolol

 

[Sweetmint]

Yes tricking your brain into thinking you are in a sexual relationship with someone by playing dating sims can power up your language learning skills so hard you'll start writing Japanese poems in no time!!! lolol

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Real true otaku gamers will all have to face the wall that is untranslated media at some point. For me that was devil summoner 1(and the supercub novels). This year i managed to start getting some kanji practice on and after two months im close to 700 vocabulary learned and wanted to start a game to help me adjust to the grammar. I started ningyou hime recently and while the rpg words beat me up i can understand most of everything else so far.

But it got me wondering what do you guys think are some good games to start practicing kanji reading?
Also kanji learning thread if anyone wants to talk about that too.

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[JackNoir413]

Yes tricking your brain into thinking you are in a sexual relationship with someone by playing dating sims can power up your language learning skills so hard you'll start writing Japanese poems in no time!!! lolol

i could see the logic behind this.
"i must learn japanese and stay diligent to understand my dear nagisa-chan's dialogue!"