Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle

Summary: A good, fun way to learn hiragana (the basic writing system for Japanese), but you can outgrow it quickly. This game was my first step in studying Japanese, and early on it was very helpful and quite effective. However, as time went on, it wore on me, and I ended up getting hiragana flashcards, which were much more effective. I ended up not finishing the game, however it gave me a good foundation once I started using the flashcards. The gameplay it typical of JRPGs, particularly the classic Final Fantasy games. You fight battles with kana, where in order to defeat the enemies you must use attacks that pair the romaji (alphabet) with the hiragana character. It is not a particularly difficult game as an RPG, the challenge is in learning the characters. However, it starts to feel very grindy after a point, which is more wearisome than a typical RPG. The game includes some extras (which may be DLC, I do not recall) which are quite helpful, including a printable reference book which I used extensively as I studied. So in my experience, this game was a good start for study, but only to get my foot in the door. It is only good for learning hiragana and some vocab…

ok so I start the game. Game goes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too faast. like reaaaally fast. no matter what I do even changing my Hz to 60. I download cheat engine to enable speed hack. something happens. now game is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to slow. I dont understand this game. the idea is good and simple but I cannot enjoy the game because it speed.

Something akin to Misaki's quizzes should be added that encompasses all Hiragana you've learned to that point. The reviews are a hassle.

It's really simple if you already have a decent understanding of hiragana, but the natural grinding is a pretty good way to really pound home the symbols and sounds. It's interesting they introduce the dakuon and handakuon early on. Kind of a neat touch that you never do see the english name of some powerful items. If you like the old-style RPG Maker games and you're wanting to learn Japanese this is probably pretty good.

Great for learning hiragana, its not a great game but good enough to keep you going and learn the characters. I recommend using the kana-app in parallel or write everything on to a paper. Around 13 hours of content.

This is a great way to practice your Hiragana, and a good source to practice some vocabulary. It was also cute and fun ~