Cherrim
PSA: Blossom Shower theme is BACK ♥
- 33,302
- Posts
- 21
- Years
- Age 35
- she / her
- Toronto
- Seen yesterday
It actually miffs me a little that the Pokémon games don't use kanji. XD; If you just have a kanji dictionary, it's much easier to look up a word since once you find the right kanji, you can get the meaning of the word. You may not be able to get the exact translation of the sentence, but if you get most of the words, you'll have a better idea. <_< I find that when I read Japanese with no kanji, it's SO much harder for me to split up the words since I just don't have enough practise reading the language and I can't differentiate the words. D: Not to mention a single word in hiragana, assuming you split it up properly, could mean many things instead of the fewer meanings of one kanji.
Anyway, it's just Pokémon. It doesn't have a mind-blowing plot and it'll just be a basic spin on D/P's plot. You'll probably have no problem getting through the game. I'd suggest teaching yourself katakana so you can easily pick out foreign words (because they're almost all English and you'll have some idea what people are talking about) and writing down the basic items/moves and whatnot so you know what you're doing for gameplay. Otherwise, you're probably fine importing if you don't want to wait.
I import and play some games in Japanese. I still tend to stay away from big RPGs if I haven't already played them in English but I'm going to be starting a few DS RPGs in Japanese soon that I haven't played before and hopefully I'll be able to stumble through well enough. :/
Anyway, it's just Pokémon. It doesn't have a mind-blowing plot and it'll just be a basic spin on D/P's plot. You'll probably have no problem getting through the game. I'd suggest teaching yourself katakana so you can easily pick out foreign words (because they're almost all English and you'll have some idea what people are talking about) and writing down the basic items/moves and whatnot so you know what you're doing for gameplay. Otherwise, you're probably fine importing if you don't want to wait.
I import and play some games in Japanese. I still tend to stay away from big RPGs if I haven't already played them in English but I'm going to be starting a few DS RPGs in Japanese soon that I haven't played before and hopefully I'll be able to stumble through well enough. :/