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Hey thank you so much! I have good days and bad days 😅. Hopefully you can watch and enjoy the other episodes 😊 merry Christmas too!

Yeah trying to balance the audio is a nightmare! Love the game though! 😁

@@ZentoJPN Me to, I am considering trying to do my own playthrough of it in JP, but I'm also aware of how hard it will be, since I did a test with pokemon black yesterday, and it took me like 3 hours just to get to the point where I can choose my starter, and even then I had to start skipping some dialogue because my smartphone as running out of battery and that would make it much harder to look up kanji as I'm playing on a real nintendo ds.

Yeah honestly sometimes it’s just like that. You need to decide whether you’re going to play for fun or for study and change your way of thinking. Pokemon is good because if the Japanese gets too much you can just grind levelling or something else instead. Also the more modern pokemon games have kanji with the furigana above it which makes looking words up much easier. But if you love digimon world it’s still worth playing for sure!

@@ZentoJPN Yeah, sadly I don't have access to the modern pokemon games due to not having a switch or a 3ds, but at the very least pokemon black let's me toggle between kana and kanji modes. As for Digimon, I agree, I love digimon world, and honestly, reading will be hard anyways regardless due to me being new to japanese, so a change in mindset is in order.

Haha for sure. If i didn’t have the childhood memories there’s no way I’d have made it very far in this game! But that’s part of what makes it unique.

I also saw that のめす is also a verb on its own: to make someone fall forward. Interesting! Thanks for watching and commenting 🙌

Thank you so much for watching and the comment. The program on the left is DuckStation that I use to emulate PS1 games and on the right is just a chrome browser tab with the jisho.org Japanese dictionary website 😅

Thank you for watching and commenting! I hope you are enjoying it!

Thank you for watching and your comment! 😁 How comes you don’t think you can learn Japanese from Animal Crossing, I think if you know enough of the basics it’s a good place to practice. But of course it can’t teach you the basics 😅 That’s cool with English though, I perfectly understood your comment 🙌

Thank you so much. I’m enjoying playing it too. Been a little busy recently but more coming soon!

Thank you so much. Glad you liked it! Let me know if you’d like any other games in this style!

@@ZentoJPN You’re very welcome! Yes! I am looking forward to watching more of such videos and explanations gameplay that have this style! All the best!

Glad you checked out a different series! And yes now wife! ☺️ To be honest even when editing it there’s a few times I had to rewind and replay somethings she said several times before I truly understood 😅 but I’ll let her know she can talk about whatever! And yeah same I’d rather have no sub titles than non matching subtitles. Unless the volume is really low and I honestly can’t hear it 😂

That’s a good idea. I don’t want people to copy my bad habits but it sounds fun and a good challenge. Maybe I’ll play a game I really like so I don’t have to worry about playing the game and speaking Japanese at the same time 😅 any games you’d like to see?

Thank you for waiting! Hope you enjoy it and the rest of the episodes. Sorry about the lack of subtitles!

I would love to. But it’s such a huge time commitment I just can’t do it right now :( I’m still finding ways to put out other videos and if I ever win the lottery I’ll definitely come back to this.

Thank you so much for watching! I actually intend to release some more of this soon! Unfortunately doing the subtitles takes so much time it's not reasonable to continue. I will try and at least make English sub titles for each episode though :D

Hey thanks so much for watching. I have other videos in that series, Can you learn Japanese with … No top 5 list but that’s a good idea! I think really it comes down to the level and personal goals. But I always think the newest Animal Crossing is a great recommendation.

Thank you for the kind words and watching. I actually have and really like Dragon Quest XI, but I never finished it. But I’m also super interested in the HD2D remakes coming out soon so I’ll try and make something!

No I only usually premiere the first video in a new series 😅 thanks for stopping by as always!

Hey thank you so much for watching. I hope you enjoy!

Lmao. He was ahead of the game back in 1998. Digibattles were the tiktok of yesteryear.

Even today people are learning new things about this game. It’s crazy! But thanks again for the comment. I always appreciate them. If you finish this play through and would be interested in anything else please let me know :D

@@ZentoJPN Yeah, for real haha. It probably will be a while before I finish it all but I'd love to see a full playthrough of It Takes Two. Played that game few times now. And if you're into JRPGs then I'd definitely love to see Chrono Trigger as that's another classic I've played several times. But take it at your own pace. You have more than enough content here to last a while.

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Great! I wish you the best of luck, if you ever wanna talk about Japanese learning or video games please find me on Twitter/X or Discord! :)

Thank you! Not much time to stream or make detailed videos recently. But I do have a new Digimon World in Japanese series that will come out weekly for a loooong time :D

It all helps! 🙏 Yes actually, I’m intending to steam Pokemon Heart Gold in Japanese this weekend, and I’ll upload that video to TH-cam shortly after. I also want to finally get around to editing the rest of my bilingual let’s play of it takes two with my then girlfriend (now wife) and I have plans for one or two more “Can you learn Japanese with…” videos. My motivation is pretty high right now thanks to a lot of positive comments from people such as yourself!

@@ZentoJPN That's great to hear! Looking forward to it especially It Takes Two. That's a favorite for my wife and I - we've played through that a couple of times.

That’s awesome! It’s not as expensive here as opposed to overseas. I’m sorry this was only ever one part. If you ever have any questions or wanna talk about it please message me! :D

@@ZentoJPN Oh yeah for sure! And no worries, it helped me get through the first bit which is what matters most. Still, thanks for the video nonetheless!

Hey thank you so much for the nice message!! Have you tried playing many other games in Japanese? 😃

@@ZentoJPN I attempted to play a couple of the Assassin Creed games but I found that there was too much dead time. I also tried Stardew Valley a long while ago but my reading ability just wasn't good enough. I've been meaning to go back because I think I've improved a lot since then. And I haven't really tried with much else. Part of it is just my ability (or lack thereof) but I've felt my time has been better spent watching a Japanese show since I can get a lot more. Hopefully when I get better at Japanese I can add games as a learning option.

@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews Ah yeah I can imagine that with AC games. I would definitely say give stardew valley another shot, I think the Japanese font sucks but the content I think is pretty reasonable. But you’re right, something with voice acting feels like much better value in terms of immersion. But it’s all about balance and mindset. Hope you can keep going! 😁

@@ZentoJPN Thank you! And I think I will start soon. I've almost finished with part 2 of your OoT playthrough and I've found it super motivating. When watching and trying to read along I found myself pleasantly surprised because I can actually read a lot more than I thought. I don't always understand what I read though. And it probably does help that you're reading it at the same time. Also, it's been pretty fun to see if I can actually read kanji that you need to look up whether for appropriate pronunciation or you just don't know it. I usually don't know but I did get it right a couple of times. And I guess it's a bit of a relief seeing someone who is far more skilled at Japanese at me still stumble. Sometimes I forget that we're all in this journey together and it gets a bit intimidating around others who are much better. So I guess what I'm basically trying to say is thanks again for doing these videos haha

@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews Thanks again! Yeah once you have a good basis it’s surprising how much you can actually read, and thanks to kanji you can often guess both the meaning and the pronunciation sometimes. Sometimes you hear about people who are “fluent in a year” and if they are good for them, but I’ve enjoyed my journey and really just want to encourage others.

Oh nice! The physical game? 😍 I'm sorry I couldn't put out more parts to this series xD It was just unbelievably time consuming. But please let me know if you have any questions or wanna talk about it sometime :D

@@ZentoJPN any chance you could livestream/roughly translate the game as you paly normally? Im receiving my copy soon and wanted to follow along in case there were important decisions I couldnt otherwise understand

Thank you!!! Yes it was a physical copy and i dont feel good having to go through the english walkthrough 🤣 do you have a discord group

@@KourtKim I've got discord, but not a hg/ss group

Thank you! I will try my best to do that! Since I moved apartment I don’t know if my internet is good enough for streaming, but at the very least I’ll record me playing through and put it up here on TH-cam for you guys for sure!!!

Haha no problem at all, makes me glad I kept all these vods up if even one person watches them. I've only been 日本語上手'd twice this month :( need to crank those numbers up xD

@@ZentoJPNI couldn’t help myself 😂. Your Japanese is leagues above mine. Thanks for the great study material

And thank you for watching! Good luck with the journey!!! Let me know if you ever have any questions about anything :D

I never expected follow up to a random question I had on a stream vod over a year later. But thank you for watching and thank you for the insightful knowledge drop! I googled 次元城 and it was mostly FF5 related, but definitely seems to be a fantasy thing in general in Japanese.

It's definitely true, I usually suggest a good mix of skills where possible. But if people want to only play games with Japanese text or they really want to play a certain series in Japanese I'm all for encouraging them to just make it happen. Voice acted games is definitely more efficient though.

That's awesome! Have you tried many other games in Japanese yet? I've been playing the Yakuza games recently, still pretty advanced for me, but good fun! Thanks for watching!

There definitely is a part 2 xD I can't believe it's been a year. Thank you so much for watching. I'll try my best to actually get it edited and up some time soon... I had a busy year, but it means so much to me people are watching so I want to get back into making videos! :')

Wow that's awesome. How different are the vibes between languages or is it just a direct translation most of the time? Im sure some form of Animal Crossing would have been around, but it was definitely a lot less accessible than getting a Japanese version nowadays! Thanks for watching :)

@@ZentoJPN I’d say most of it is the same but they definitely change the humour or certain phrases to make sure it has the same affect between languages. A lot of villagers have different names in other languages for example that make more sense than directly translating it. 99% of the time tho it’s just slight alterations like in Spanish it’s “Mini Nook” instead of “La grieta de Nook” and in French it’s Nook’s shop. Love your content tho 😊

Thank you for watching! Hope the studying is going well! :D

I would say having good Kanji knowledge would help, between 500-1000 will make reading/looking up in a dictionary much less frustrating. And 1000-2000 general vocab as a good base level. On top of that there's lots of legal/police vocab in this game you might need to learn specifically. But the good thing is lots of it is repeated throughout the game. So maybe the first case will take a long time, but the other cases should get easier as you recognise more vocabulary again. Good luck with your studies and I hope you can play these games one day! :)

@@ZentoJPN Thanks I appreciate the help, I will keep posted on your content

@@ZentoJPN Also do another stream again if you get the chance

Any questions please feel free to ask here or on Twitter. I want to help as much as I can :D And I would like to stream again, I actually moved apartment and my new internet kind of sucks. But I'll definitely try again soon. (Just need to finish Zelda tears of the Kingdom :P)

Thank you so much! I've had this video idea for maybe 6 years and one day I finally managed to find the time to put it out. xD I'm glad someone else could enjoy it too!

No problem. Thanks for watching. Sorry the part 2 was never made, it took a lot of time to edit in this style I just couldn't commit to it long term. I hope you're studies are going well and I am always eager to help with any questions.

Oh thank you so much. I'm so busy these days I rarely have time for these videos. But I always want to work on them. Everyone here is always so kind I will be back one day for sure.

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Thank you so much. I've been super busy the past few months. But we do have more, and I will try my best to get it out, at least just for you! Can't believe you came back after 3 months. Thanks for watching!

Idk if it matters anymore, but by changing your system's language.

Sorry its been so long. Yes you should be able to change your switch's system language. I think they do ask you to set your language when you first start a new game also though.

Yeah thats true. I think from the 3DS era onwards all pokemon games have had Kanji and Scarlet/Violet even have furigana options. It might be easier to play the more modern games first and go backwards xD Thanks for watching!

Sorry for the late reply! xD But thank you so much. Yeah you're right, I think it's less a language issue and more we're just useless when it comes to electric goods like this. Good luck with your studies, I hope you enjoy it!

That's just what we were going for! haha we do the animal crossing voices toooo often so it comes naturally now xD

haha thanks! Honestly there were times when I was subtitling that I had to listen 4-5 times to know what she said exactly - like I could catch the overall meaning, but when you have to write the actual words there's so many sounds that get mixed together!

Hey thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. The subtitles were a lot of work, but if it can help people out it's worth while. Good luck with the studies! If you ever wanna talk about Japanese learning/coming to Japan I'm always about on Twitter and Discord! Hope you see the next episode ^_^

Thank you so much for watching! Yeah there’s definitely a couple stiff/awkward translations, and a lot of “old timey” phrases due to the setting. But overall it’s pretty standard Japanese. I think most modern games have pretty good localisations these days, both ways 😂

Great! Thanks so much for watching :) Ooo I never knew that, I played Phantom Hourglass in English when I was younger so never knew that was a feature! I’ll definitely look into it and see if I can make a video! I need to finish Skyward Sword though which will take a loooong time xD