Check out Game Gengo on YouTube, his channel is centered around the idea of learning Japanese with games
>What is your best/worst game
Duolingo is the worst game to learn Lapanese.
I liked final fantasy and fire emblem. Lots of ancient Japanese in there but it’s good practice.
Animal crossing to brush up on my keigo and sonkeigo.
Ghosts of Tsushima if I want to make myself feel like I don’t know anything
Yakuza!
I’m gonna recommend Skyrim or the Witcher if you’re more advanced. There’s lots of fantasy words and even outdated terms you might not use in everyday life, but being immersed in a world that’s fully in Japanese is truly an experience that helps a lot. You can try it out
Ookami uses furigana making a great choice if you’re learning.
Its not perfect I will say up front, but as a supplementary learning tool, KawaiiNihongo was good for me when learning hirgana, katakana and very simple kanji along with my other inputs/learning methods. It encouraged me to study daily, which is a discipline in which I am sorely lacking, so gamefying learning for me has made me more likely to learn daily. YMMV obvs, but I am a beginner and it worked for me as kickoff point. I still go back to use the kana charts and repeat/review lessons, which I find quite handy, but as many others have said, most learn japanese games are just one of many ways you can use to help you on your learning journey, it isn’t meant to be used just on it’s own. Good luck, I hope you find something that works for you!
Animal Crossing 110%
Anything in the Yakuza universe is good too, easy to understand what they’re saying
If you like board games and you have a fellow japanese learner or a Japanese friend, I recommend “はって言うゲーム” Also “カタカナーシ” And code names but in Japanese(I got it from Amazon Japan) They’re fun and can get you learning more vocab and kanji.
Edit to add that at least an N4 level would work best.
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Check out Game Gengo on YouTube, his channel is centered around the idea of learning Japanese with games
>What is your best/worst game
Duolingo is the worst game to learn Lapanese.
I liked final fantasy and fire emblem. Lots of ancient Japanese in there but it’s good practice.
Animal crossing to brush up on my keigo and sonkeigo.
Ghosts of Tsushima if I want to make myself feel like I don’t know anything
Yakuza!
I’m gonna recommend Skyrim or the Witcher if you’re more advanced. There’s lots of fantasy words and even outdated terms you might not use in everyday life, but being immersed in a world that’s fully in Japanese is truly an experience that helps a lot. You can try it out
Ookami uses furigana making a great choice if you’re learning.
Its not perfect I will say up front, but as a supplementary learning tool, KawaiiNihongo was good for me when learning hirgana, katakana and very simple kanji along with my other inputs/learning methods. It encouraged me to study daily, which is a discipline in which I am sorely lacking, so gamefying learning for me has made me more likely to learn daily. YMMV obvs, but I am a beginner and it worked for me as kickoff point. I still go back to use the kana charts and repeat/review lessons, which I find quite handy, but as many others have said, most learn japanese games are just one of many ways you can use to help you on your learning journey, it isn’t meant to be used just on it’s own.
Good luck, I hope you find something that works for you!
Animal Crossing 110%
Anything in the Yakuza universe is good too, easy to understand what they’re saying
If you like board games and you have a fellow japanese learner or a Japanese friend, I recommend
“はって言うゲーム”
Also “カタカナーシ”
And code names but in Japanese(I got it from Amazon Japan)
They’re fun and can get you learning more vocab and kanji.
Edit to add that at least an N4 level would work best.
[Here](https://youtu.be/Negh7VkFRVE)