Japanese Learning Game (RPG Style)

[Deo]

Did not see this listed here on the site though I might have missed it.. Anyways I've started playing a Japanese game designed for learning Hiragana/Katakana and especially Kanji, which I have found invaluable and more fun/quicker than just simple flashcards. Kinda RPG style a little with different areas for increasing difficulty. Thought I'd post the link incase anyone else trying to learn Japanese is trying to find another learning method.

Completely FREE and a small download ( < 10MB ).

http://zabor.org/jrpg/

Anyone else try this before? Kinda fun though Kanji is kicking my ass.



Oh yeah, for every game session mistakes are also logged into a separate text file that helps pinpoint problems.

[kanadajin]

nice! I'll definitly check that out thanks Deo

[KINGZ]

This should be fun, Im trying to learn the Hiragana/Katakana ATM

Thank you.

[p2dski]

is it actually effective? do you actually learn? i wouldn't think you could actually learn from something like this...

[zankoku na tenshi]

O_O Wow! That looks really helpful. I'll definitly try it out! どうもありあとう！

[kanadajin]

p2dski, why exatcly would you think you wouldn't learn anything from a game.

[princemichae1]

I can vouch for the greatness of this game. For some reason, kanji are much easier to learn when dungeons and treasures are involved.

[Nibble]

I haven't seen this one before, but LRNJ and Knuckles in China Lang are similar.

[paul_b]

Nibble wrote:
I haven't seen this one before, but LRNJ and Knuckles in China Lang are similar.

I see* they are getting on about as well as I'd expect given the way Knuckles in China Land was first promoted. :rolleyes:

* I've decided not to post the link I was going to as I wouldn't want to risk provoking anybody to bring the argument back into this forum.

[edit]Man I'm a careless typist :-(

[Reno]

You know, there was a similair thread like this one not so long ago. That just started off with a bad gamelink. I dont want to post links either because im kind of lazy, but that aside Knuckles in China Land is baddd stuff and Slime Forest isnt really worth the download.

[Nibble]

I think Slime Forest / LRNJ is good for drilling kana and Japanese keyboard mapping, but I wouldn't recommend it for learning kanji, aside from the fact that it teaches you to recognise radicals. I expect the other two are the same, but I haven't tried them.

[richvh]

The new jrpg seems to do a good job of teaching readings of kanji in context, but doesn't address meanings at all.

[KINGZ]

I think the game would work better if it used a sound clip of each syllable, then enter the Hiragana either from direct keyboard or a Hiragana keyboard on the screen. I'm personally staying away from Romaji as much a possible.


PS since there seems to be a down Load Problem from the creater of the RPG game, I uploaded it to my server, it should work
http://www.kingz-world.com/japanese/jrpg-windows-20060604-2347.zip

[HKS Performance]

Thanks for the link for the game, I almost know Hirigana, Im getting there, and I hope this game will help with my skills

[TrilinguisT]

dude, the link doesnt work.