The BEST Pokémon Games for Learning Japanese

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  • @Zaurthur
    @Zaurthur 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

    This week, Game Gengo figures out how to make spending $100s completing his pokemon collection a business expense.

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      Haha true story, it was actually really expensive getting the games/consoles to get all this footage legitimately recorded from Nintendo hardware, absolutely nothing was emulated :)
      BUT! Good news is, now its much easier to make videos for a bunch of retro games now haha

    • @Epiphanetic_
      @Epiphanetic_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@GameGengowould you ever consider a video for Dragon Quest 8?

  • @GameGengo
    @GameGengo  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Wooo! That was a fun one! Sorry for my video occasionally skipping, was a problem with my new recording setup but I've fixed it now so shouldn't be a problem again! Hopefully you guys enjoyed the video! What do you all think about using Pokemon games to learn Japanese with? :) I had such a blast playing these games and would love to cover more on the channel! Let me know in the comments what you want to see more of on the channel!

  • @GameGengo
    @GameGengo  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Shout-out to @littlered6340 for asking about Pokemon games in Japanese that led to me making this breakdown for you all!

    • @FallOnFridays
      @FallOnFridays 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This might be a wild ask but would you consider content on Pokemon TCG as an entry point for learners?

    • @littlered6340
      @littlered6340 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the shout out and I am so glad you made this!!!
      I haven't played a Pokémon game since the DS and my Japanese friends kept saying I should just play one, as they've been playing it to learn English (also a lot of them are watching Friends for some reason.) I never would have thought to play Let's Go at all. Maybe that's the change up I need to get back into it.
      Thanks again 🙏

  • @jesus042
    @jesus042 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Babe wake up, new Game Gengo video just dropped and he sunk HUNDREDS OF HOURS into it again... seriously dude, your work deserves all the credit in the world. ありがとう❗

  • @Kanji101
    @Kanji101 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    With legends Arceus, I bought it day one and I took a very long time to get through the introduction because I read it all, looking up what I didn’t know and taking notes in what became my legends Arceus language specific notebook… I got overwhelmed with the language and had to come back to it later on, a year later on actually. But with my notebook to help me through the intro and knowing more Japanese at that point. It was a much nicer time. I find that one you are into it there isn’t too much to read unless you want to find it

  • @Epiphanetic_
    @Epiphanetic_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been doing a sparse playthru of Omega Ruby in Japanese and I’ve been able to get decently far with your help! Also taking into account that many of us have been playing these games since we were children so even if you don’t know Japanese it’s easy to get into these cause you simply know pokemon well enough lol. I appreciate your hard work and effort you put into making these so much I watch you almost daily and I feel like slowly but surely I’m getting somewhere with this. ごくろさまでした!

  • @sixeyes831
    @sixeyes831 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Appreciate what you do 🙌🏾

  • @papasmurf789
    @papasmurf789 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Just started Legends Arceus in Japanese for reading practice. Cant wait for this list!

  • @sacredscythe7979
    @sacredscythe7979 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I’ve stayed away from Pokémon games because I feel like once you get past the intro the amount of text to gameplay ratio is too lopsided towards gameplay. But I might try it now. Love this style of video!

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      For sure! It really depends on what games you play and how you play them :)
      If you want a ton of dialogue even after the beginning, then the newer games will definitely have you covered.
      If you want to play the retro ones though, make sure to talk to every NPC and read every Pokedex ;)

  • @Dragona55555
    @Dragona55555 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi! I just discovered this channel a few days ago and I'm really impressed by what I've seen so far in terms of production value and usefulness. I'm still N5, only 5 months into self study, but finding resources like yours REALLY helps with keeping up in terms of motivation and variety (especially since I love video games as well)! It's funny that this video should come out now because I had been wondering this exact question just recently - I noticed that some Japanese screenshots of Scarlet & Violet had furigana and spacing in their dialogue which helps with reading kanji. I'm sure you hear this lots, but I'm surprised that you don't have more subscribers! Keep at it, this channel is a gold mine and I've been recommending it to all my fellow learners.

  • @Kekswaffel208
    @Kekswaffel208 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ありがとうございます
    Thanks for these recommendations :D

  • @monkeysonitrousoxide
    @monkeysonitrousoxide 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The timing on this is great, just last night I was going through my switch case trying to decide which Pokémon game to try in japanese for reading practice, so this breakdown is very helpful

  • @davidcabreracepeda6105
    @davidcabreracepeda6105 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video, for a beginner in japanese like my self this really helps me in finding other engaging ways of learning the language.

  • @thelizziemanan
    @thelizziemanan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome video! Thank you for your hard work Matt. Now to go play some pokemon!

  • @colonelvector
    @colonelvector 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tremendous video, I've wondered which pokemon games to play for learning Japanese before because I'm only familiar with a few. Great breakdown of each too

  • @TanMan97
    @TanMan97 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a video Matt. Well done! I also feel like there is a somewhat intangible difficulty element as well. For example, it seems like when I am playing Pokemon X&Y, some of the grammar, or shortening of phrases, or the modern speech/slang is hard to understand. Compared to playing something like Breath of the Wild, where the words may be more rare/difficult, but after a lookup or two it becomes clear what is being said, not as easy to do in some of the sentences I see in Pokemon, in my opinion.

  • @alxjones
    @alxjones 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As far as weird fonts go, it's a good exercise to get practice reading them! There's a ton of fonts and writing styles used in _any_ language, and you don't want to go from reading expert to practically illiterate just because something is written a little funny. Besides, when you're reading words and sentences rather than just characters, the context will help you fill in gaps until you get used to that font/style.

  • @Pawl0solidus
    @Pawl0solidus หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video is perfect for me at this very moment! I'm collecting all pokémon games and the less expensive ones are the japanese ones so I'm going to use them to practice my japanese and learn more. Thank you so much Matt! You're a hero!

  • @ElMoika01
    @ElMoika01 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    As an absolute beginner in Japanese and pokemon fan, count me in chief 🫡

  • @costelinha1867
    @costelinha1867 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I feel like another JRPG series worth covering is the Ys series, specially since there are many remakes and ports of the original trilogy, the first versions being kana only, while later versions having kanji, and some more popular versions even having voice acted cutscenes (although the pc-engine versions of ys 1 - 4 do not have any kind of subtitles in the voice acted cutscenes, not even in Japanese.)
    Also, even if you're playing a version with Kanji, the original Ys trilogy is surprisingly light on text and short for a JRPG, you barely have to read anything before the game "starts", you'll probably spend more time grinding levels than reading text (for better or for worse), but grinding usually don't take that long in these games.
    Ys 4 on the other hand is a huge step up in difficulty, lots of voice acted cutscenes (again, without subtitles), and a LOT MORE TEXT TO READ, and a much longer intro sequence.

  • @vankaali6873
    @vankaali6873 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    baller video 👍 been binging your content while i had my all nighter and gotta say, i love your enthusiasm :)

  • @malfruemulo
    @malfruemulo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What I really wish you could do in Pokémon games is start them in one language and then switch to another mid-playthrough; would be so cool to be able to wander regions of games I’ve already beaten in a different language, but I don’t think that’s an option in any Pokémon game

  • @Ozown
    @Ozown 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't usually comment but I really loved this video and would hope to see more of this on other game series!

  • @mkbest
    @mkbest 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    17:05 "しょうりゅうけん kinda catch Pokémon on the way there"

  • @linceed
    @linceed 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your videos! I watch them religiously and I've learned so much from them. I'm moving to Japan for 3 months next week, I'm going to a Japanese school, and I'd like to know what's THE BEST Japanese game to jump-start my learning? I'm currently N4-N3 level!

  • @palacioed17
    @palacioed17 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this video ❤

  • @EIDiabeetus
    @EIDiabeetus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I started learning it back with Diamond in 2006. But have played most of the series in Japanese at this point.
    Gen 5 is where Kanji started popping up.

  • @戸沢アヒル
    @戸沢アヒル 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pokémon is awesome! I loved it since I was a child. And I even started playing some of the games in Japanese (for learning practice).
    But I'm actually also die-hard Digimon fan.
    Now unfortunatelly there aren't that many 'good' Digimon Games, but one that is absolutely AMAZING is Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth and Hacker's Memory.
    It's an absolut recommendation and it would be sooo cool if you could play it on your channel. 😊❤

  • @x----Celebrom----x
    @x----Celebrom----x 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you ever done a video about how to setup the Switch (or other consoles) to be OCR-able? I would love to see that video. Also, great content as always!

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I definitely think an OCR video is something I'll be doing sometime soon! Seems really revolutionary for game-learners for sure!

  • @TenebraeLux
    @TenebraeLux 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I do think a big point against SV is that there are cutscenes in which you do not control the text. So the text shows up, and you better read it fast or else it's going to disappear. This happens toward the end, but also at the very start with the school principal giving his speech. I also think it happens with Rose's speech at the very start of SwSh, though I don't remember that as clearly.

  • @TheThrillerJunkie
    @TheThrillerJunkie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This should be interesting! I hope one day you can do one like this for the spinoff games. Anyways, thanks for the great and helpful content as alwayss!

  • @Californ1a
    @Californ1a 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonder where Colosseum and XD would fit in this list, as well as some of the others like Ranger and Conquest, or even Snap, Stadium, or Puzzle League. Stadium is especially unique, with the battles having voiced narration.

  • @Blaise--
    @Blaise-- 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Currently playing JP HG on a DS lite... no kanji makes things difficult as a low N4 😅

  • @ph8808
    @ph8808 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Been playing frlg and hgss in japanese and its been really fun + a great learning experience

  • @Nerukenshi1233
    @Nerukenshi1233 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I find that hiragana only+2 lines at a time is a great set up for helping your listening, of all things.

  • @clay2889
    @clay2889 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are one of the best Japanese language learner youtubers man.

  • @shidoumezawa
    @shidoumezawa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hope to see some pokemon on the upcoming nintendo direct! who knows, maybe some of these finally come to the switch online stuff, would make it a lot easier to play them in japanese! I've been playing some jrpgs on the switch with it, like breath of fire and shin megami tensei on the super famicon app. i hope they bring some pokemon there too!

    • @5095smf
      @5095smf 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm sure if they ever release the originals on the Switch they'd do it with a separate release instead of Switch Online. I do hope they come to the Switch, too.

  • @Kanji101
    @Kanji101 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would you consider making a video about how to use a capture card for translating a game as you go. Many people, myself included, have never had a capture card and are a bit intimidated by them as they’re expensive and it makes me worry about getting the wrong thing/ not using it well.

  • @AnishSubedi-wq8xr
    @AnishSubedi-wq8xr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do u plan on making more contents on 13 sentinels: AR? Imo, that was the best series of all. And, contents like Nier Automata and Buddy mission bond are great too. Loved all of these. Would love to have more like these.

  • @jinjin1156
    @jinjin1156 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excited for 100k sub sensei🎉

  • @readone_9718
    @readone_9718 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh my goodness... I learned english through Pokemon games when I was kid and now it's time for another language learningggg

  • @HuntedCupCake
    @HuntedCupCake 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The DS games are region free so they work in any regions DS or 3DS
    Just remember 3DS gamer are region locked so if you do important any of the 3DS pokemon games you'll need a Japanese 3DS. But like said in the video american version has the japanese language option

  • @claudiafrutuoso
    @claudiafrutuoso 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video Matt. I guess it is time to give Alpha Saphire a new try :D

  • @raguar946
    @raguar946 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent video, you do an incredible job.
    By the way, I wanted to ask you: do you recommend 乃木恋 for learning Japanese?

  • @codybennett2298
    @codybennett2298 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would have loved to hear how Mystery dungeon and Snap on switch compare, but this was still awesome!

  • @_Username__
    @_Username__ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks. will you ever do Gran Turismo games?

  • @potetopancakes
    @potetopancakes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i haven't played alpha sapphire since i was little so i'm definitely interested in replaying it after watching this!!

  • @gracesiemi
    @gracesiemi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The ds is not region locked but the 3ds is but that can be fixed by installing basic custom software

  • @azsylia
    @azsylia 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude I always look forward to seeing more Game Gengo... Any chance we can get a Ghost of Tsushima first 30 minutes? 😊❤

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for enjoying the channel!

  • @ultimocredito779
    @ultimocredito779 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You can learn any language with videogames, I'm studying English with this method and yeah I'm a beginner but it works.... The best genre for learning is an RPG in my opinion.

  • @なにもないやらん
    @なにもないやらん 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ポケモン ZA Please Be challenging and give us more メガシンカ
    also ふりがなand Great story
    while also being 超楽しい

  • @aris_roth
    @aris_roth 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    your prep work is like you’re about to write a paper on this 😂

  • @annausagi
    @annausagi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm just at the beginning of the video, and I'm sure it will come up, but since the older games are in kana only (starting from the Switch releases you can choose if you want kanji) they are much harder to understand and playing is not as fun...

  • @HCRAYERT.
    @HCRAYERT. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good timing.

  • @Rimmer7
    @Rimmer7 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is a reason for intermediate to advanced learners to play early pokemon games. Reading only hiragana is a decent way to improve your reading speed.

  • @benjaminneldner2220
    @benjaminneldner2220 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Matt, what capture card should I buy to use OCR?

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would recommend the Avermedia cards more than Elgato (had terrible experience with Elgato) however if its jist for OCR even a cheap USB capture card could work! All you need is that text on the screen so anything can work :) if you need lagless gameplay/upload footage etc thats when you invest in a better one like Avermedia etc

  • @2013hondafit
    @2013hondafit 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what about pokemon games for ds or gba?

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are included in this video! :D

  • @Japaniel-t8y
    @Japaniel-t8y 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Now we need to see which Pokemon spinoff is the best for learning Japanese lol

  • @dacueba-games
    @dacueba-games 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Big fan of these little pocket arsonists! 😁

  • @BeansEnjoyer911
    @BeansEnjoyer911 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This but with dragon quest would be fun

  • @Exellocks
    @Exellocks 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ooo this might be useful!
    I tried playing Leaf Green in Japanese a few months ago, but the old man lingo immediately threw me off, still have no clue what "おるよ" means
    😭

    • @Skadel_
      @Skadel_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you're still wondering, おる is basically the same as いる, but in "old man speech" as you pointed out. And よ is the particle for emphasis. Usually you can almost ignore whatever is in the end of a sentence without missing most of the context lol
      But don't get discouraged, the beginning of the journey is the hardest, but also when you learn the most! Two years ago I was playing a kana-only game (Monster Rancher on the GBA) and "mining" pretty much every word into anki, with DeepL translations (godawful), while I was pretty much unable to parse a sentence on my own, but I still had some fun, and I learned really fast (a few months later, I was playing Chrono Trigger with a script, and actually understanding quite a bit, one year later I was playing Rune Factory in full JP with no OCR, just immersing). So just take your time, and remember that even if it feels like you're stuck, as long as you're studying a bit every day, eventually you'll try again and Leaf Green will feel a walk in the park ;)

    • @ShaheenAlJuwaiser
      @ShaheenAlJuwaiser 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey yo Mr I want learn Japanese so bad through pokemon but don't know what's a script and what's an ocr I don't know where to begin what should I memorise do you have any beginner advice

  • @henry5274
    @henry5274 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do monster hunter stories 1 learning review!

  • @MadPhoenix
    @MadPhoenix 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had a very bad experience in BDSP in japanese. While I was going home to talk to my mother I found a Shiny Bidoof... but without Pokéballs 💀💀💀
    Since that day I've never touched a japanese Pokémon Game ever again, but maybe I'll restart in these days. Great video Mat ❤

  • @gamering_mx
    @gamering_mx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wait, conenct a switch catridge to the PC to highlight the text and translate? how??

    • @paprikayes
      @paprikayes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He means run your switch’s HDMI through a capture card and connect that to your PC. You can run Kamui or whatever OCR you’d like on your PC’s window that is displaying the output of the capture card.

    • @gamering_mx
      @gamering_mx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@paprikayes yeah I was googling about it, thanks a lot! already bought the card!

  • @facundocesa4931
    @facundocesa4931 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didn't buy a Nintendo Switch to have to sit next to a computer!
    And I don't get why each person should have to use OCR technology...
    Why don't we have a website with all the text?
    Better yet, the text and translations.
    I wouldn't want to have my Nintendo Switch connected to a PC, but I wouldn't mind having my cellphone nearby, reading the texts and translations. 🤔

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha of course, however as a language learner having the power of a PC to help is preeetty amazing ;)
      Of course you don't have to have it, and this video was not made under the assumption you would. I mentionin the video how the games in hiragana/furigana are best if you dont have any OCR help

    • @facundocesa4931
      @facundocesa4931 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GameGengo yes, as a relative beginner, I'll have to choose from games with furigana.
      But having the script next to me in my phone would be great too.
      That's an option with some games, right?
      I decently found your channel and it's awesome. 😀
      I'm still not big on sitting next to a computer. 😅

  • @Dyundu
    @Dyundu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    OK, cool, what about Zelda games? 😃

    • @Rimmer7
      @Rimmer7 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Start with Ocarina of Time, then Majora's Mask, then Wind Waker, then you might possibly have enough knowledge to challenge Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. If the language in BotW/TotK is still too hard even after the first three, try some of the 2D games and maybe Twilight Princess first.

  • @SupCortez
    @SupCortez 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Data analytics? Me likey

  • @DianaWanMa
    @DianaWanMa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damn you’re going to make me spend like 350 dollars to get a 3ds and alpha sapphire 😭

    • @DianaWanMa
      @DianaWanMa 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I also want arceus 😔

  • @thomasLG2
    @thomasLG2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In the beginning of the video you say ”Most easiest"、Is your brain thinking 一番簡単 ? :>)

  • @japolskilopata
    @japolskilopata 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    遂にヤッタ!

  • @scrublordzega3613
    @scrublordzega3613 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    pokemon soul silver #1. fight me.

    • @Nerukenshi1233
      @Nerukenshi1233 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Seconded. Best game in the series. But I am a Heart Gold guy. Ho-oh over non-dark Lugia

    • @ItsNothingAmazing
      @ItsNothingAmazing 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Crystal > hgss

    • @NPP_1
      @NPP_1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What special benefits has Soulsilver for language learning over the other games?

    • @Zaurthur
      @Zaurthur 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Silver/Gold #1 no need to be hoity-toity with the remakes

    • @vikkumari
      @vikkumari 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@Zaurthur I'm a huge sucker for having my pokemon walk behind me lol I didn't like that the gen 3&4 pokemon are in the national dex tho. I wanted to maintain the gen 2 experience. Didn't make sense to me for gen 3 and 4 pokemon to be suddenly in Kanto and Johto.

  • @MGM_Think
    @MGM_Think 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dude, you need a beard and a mustache.

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hahah why do you say that? Haha

    • @MGM_Think
      @MGM_Think 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GameGengo Just a style/fashion advice, you don't have the jawline to support your current shaved style.

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MGM_Think Haha thanks, I'll give it a shot one day for you :P I have always wanted to give it a go, but I feel too rough/unclean when I try

  • @henry5274
    @henry5274 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How dare you imply negative emotions with Bidoof

    • @GameGengo
      @GameGengo  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hahaha im soooory! Please forgive me! hahah

  • @brunoyudi9555
    @brunoyudi9555 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    YEAH... BUY.. *WINK* *WINK*

  • @novapulses
    @novapulses 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    comment for algorithm

  • @philplusguitar
    @philplusguitar 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He forgot Colosseum and XD😢