I´ve used a couple of games for immersion. Right now I´m playing some Yo-kai watch 4. It has furigana for all of the kanji which is really nice, it isn´t fully voiced though. I´ve gotten way faster at reading in a very short time, so I´m planning to continue using video games as immersion of course.…

DragonQuest 11 has furigana and only progresses when you press a button. But, you gotta import it; int versions (or at least NA) don’t have Japanese.

Furigana are good for words you already know. But fun games with furigana are hard to find. These games don’t have furigana, but you won’t need them to complete the games and enjoy the content. -captain tsunasa ps2 -final fanatsy XV -pro yakyuu -winning eleven japanese version -Hajime no ippo …

[image] special765: -final fanatsy XV I’ll throw in Final Fantasy X here as well, or any Final Fantasy game in fact, but I personally got over the top confused by the amount of Katakana :stuck_out_tongue: If you don’t mind the games being unvoiced, it’s fairly easy to get your hands on some …

I´ve already played through FF15 once, so playing it again in Japanese might be pretty fun. Is there a lot of kanji in it though? I like furigana, but I have one problem with it. My eyes automatically aim for the furigana instead of the kanji, even though I might know the kanji.

Ni no Kuni is a great game as well. :slight_smile: also has furigana. [225px-Ni_no_Kuni_artwork]

Genshin Impact is not 100% voiced but has served me well in just hearing the language. I like to run around in the cities and hear the NPCs talk. I’m using it with English subtitles but I think you could switch it to Japanese as well. Not sure about furigana. Some of the characters speak very stran…

I´ve played some of it. My original plan was to play it in Japanese, but the voice actor for that teddy bear thingy is fantastic in English :joy:

I would say Final Fantasy X is not the best option. Sure, you can play through it (that’s possible with every game as long as you have very basic knowledge), but the cutscenes will go way over your head. They’re fast and can’t be paused, the subtitles will only help if you’re already pretty advanced…

I haven’t played it in English, but in Japanese the thingy speaks Kansai-ben… it’s really funny and very good practice for some dialect immersion :laughing: Edit: a link [【ニノ国白き聖灰の女王 part3】しずく登場！！]

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JesperHH March 14, 2021, 10:38am 6

I´ve noticed that video games use a lot of katakana. I´ve gotten somewhat used to it after playing yo-kai watch for a few hours. It´s nice to get some practice with katakana for a change.

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