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Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat

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Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat is an educational game, designed to be the ideal introductory course to the Japanese language! It's the third game in a smash-hit series, following Hiragana Battle and Katakana War - but you don't need to have played those!
This new game teaches you a separate part of Japanese: the Kanji writing system. Everything you need to start learning Japanese is contained within the game!
Japanese is a language that can be very daunting to begin learning. It contains a unique alphabet of intricate symbols that can be very confusing to newcomers. How do you write these symbols? How do you even pronounce them?! If you're asking yourself these questions, don't worry - that's completely normal!
Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat is your ticket to easy Japanese learning!
Learn over 200 Kanji characters! With this knowledge under your belt, you can begin reading and writing Japanese!
At the start of each of the game's chapters, you'll learn a new set of Kanji characters. Following that, you're free to go on adventures and explore. You'll encounter dangerous enemies that have taken the shape of Kanji. To defeat them, you'll need to correctly translate them! If you give the wrong answer, your attack will be reflected and used against you. It's a learn & live situation!
Much like the other games in this series, you will also have the opportunity to learn some Japanese vocabulary! You'll see how words are constructed using Kanji, and learn the translations of useful words and phrases.FeaturesLearn over 200 Kanji characters, with detailed instructions on how to read and write each character.
Learn useful mnemonic techniques to recognise each Kanji.
Audio speech examples from native Japanese speakers demonstrate how to pronounce each Kanji character.
Follow along with the exciting story that will see you travel to Japan to defend the country from shape-shifting monsters!
Exciting gameplay with familiar RPG elements - collect items, complete quests, engage in batles!
Build a new town from the ground up. Customise your town with different features!
Form new friendships and get to know each of your companions with unlockable story sequences.
Earn experience points and level up your characters.
Review completed lessons to brush up on your knowledge.
In-game quizzes test what you're learning.
Original soundtrack, including opening and closing themes with vocals! Ready to learn Japanese? You bet you are!

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Sleepy Duck
Publisher
Sleepy Duck
Age rating
Not rated
Website
https://study-japanese.net

System requirements for macOS

Minimum:
  • OS: Mac OSX 10.10 or better
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Compatible OpenGLR
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended:
  • OS: Mac OSX 10.10 or better
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Compatible OpenGLR
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

System requirements for PC

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32bit/64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32bit/64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
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Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat reviews and comments

Translated by
Microsoft from French
As much as I had recommended the first opus despite their flaws, this one is disappointing despite its qualities. And the flaws remain: we spend more time doing micro-management than really learning. What should be a way of repeating without getting bored becomes a chore in itself. Especially, the knowledge of the Kanji is not rewarded since one can always wipe without making a single fault. I want a game that evaluates my achievements, not my ability to farm for the best equipment or the fact of throwing a heal at the right time. This was already the case for Hiragana and katakanas, but we could still skip and learn these characters without forcing too much. With the kanjis, precisely, it's more difficult. I have retained the meaning of the kanjis, and I can recognize them (in the list, but in a real text?). For pronunciation, it is quite ineffective. I can only recommend this software as an alternative method, in addition to another more traditional.
Translated by
Microsoft from French
First of all, this evaluation is based on my experience during the beta-test (seen how I had to Rusher the game for this beta, I felt not to re-retest it when it came out ^^ "). So, after the Hiragana and the katakana, here is the third piece of the TRIFORCE of the Japanese language: the Kanji. The story remains "classic" if one refers to the previous two Opus (kana invasions, all that...), but remains sympathetic to follow and will keep you still in suspense until the end. Regarding the gameplay, one is always on the same bases of the previous games: those of a J-RPG made with RPG-maker, even if improvements have been added, the main being that the Kanji are tuable in one attack; This makes the fights faster without making them simpler, but it adds dynamism in this part of learning and most importantly, memorisation. Let us dwell on the characters: you will be able to unlock a good handful of companions to be able to advance in your adventure and even learn more about them via a system "of affection" that will allow you to unlock their abilities, even if the skills in the game are quite anecdotal, one must confess well; We will spend more time hitting the Kanji and treating the Bobos between two fights these same characters can help you to develop your base camp that will allow you to have access to merchants and other amenities. To conclude, if you seek to learn Japanese, this game (as well as the other two Opus of the series) will help you greatly. But the best is to pair it with another educational support (manuals, books, etc.) to implement what you learn.
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