I would save each and every single word that I don't know into my main dictionary/lookup device to add them later to my SRS.

You don't have to change it into Japanese it will all ready be in Japanese. Ps3's are not re-gen locked

If you buy it in english it will be in english

You can also use TA + ITH to learn from VNs.

jordan3311 wrote:

If you buy it in english it will be in english

Not necessarily, I was able to get Soul Calibur V in Japanese with the English copy, but whatever.

What I did with games was I looked up words I didn't know and saved them in my dictionary. Then I would later go back and browse through my history as review. Games are great for expanding your vocabulary so give it a go. A lot of the games I played were ones I've already played through in English, so getting around wasn't much of a hassle, it was just a matter of figuring out how to say menus/dialogue/etc. in Japanese. Games with subtitles are probably the best, however very dialogue-heavy games might be frustrating at first. Some words in the game you probably won't even need to SRS, as they will come up many times as you play.

It's very easy to get lazy and just skip the dialogue and continue on with the game instead of looking up every single word you come across, and because of that I think learning solely through games isn't the fastest way to learn the language. But If you don't want to put in the work it's still a fun way of doing so. I don't know your will strength but I would always just want to "get on with the game already!"

Last edited by Jombo (2013 February 17, 10:47 pm)

If it has furigana, it'll take 10 seconds to write down the entire sentence if you use sentence cards and even less if you only use single vocab cards.

It's really worth the effort, because there might be words that are very frequent in the game, but nowhere near the 10,000 most common in general -- and you learn your "daily dose" of new words when gaming, which sounds productive to me.

Jombo wrote:

jordan3311 wrote:

If you buy it in english it will be in english

Not necessarily, I was able to get Soul Calibur V in Japanese with the English copy, but whatever.

What I did with games was I looked up words I didn't know and saved them in my dictionary. Then I would later go back and browse through my history as review. Games are great for expanding your vocabulary so give it a go. A lot of the games I played were ones I've already played through in English, so getting around wasn't much of a hassle, it was just a matter of figuring out how to say menus/dialogue/etc. in Japanese. Games with subtitles are probably the best, however very dialogue-heavy games might be frustrating at first. Some words in the game you probably won't even need to SRS, as they will come up many times as you play.

It's very easy to get lazy and just skip the dialogue and continue on with the game instead of looking up every single word you come across, and because of that I think learning solely through games isn't the fastest way to learn the language. But If you don't want to put in the work it's still a fun way of doing so. I don't know your will strength but I would always just want to "get on with the game already!"

The non-Japanese versions have Japanese audio, but from what I understand, no Japanese subtitles or in-game text. I'm finding that to be more important, because there's actually not as much audio as I expected. The cutscenes are great, but often they substitute what could be cutscenes into 'cinematic camera angles with the dialogue box', no audio.

edit: Is this too expensive for you?
Because Sweden is generally more expensive, and because the translated version is new, I probably got the game for less money by ordering the original Japanese version from there than I would if I'd locally bought the game here.

Last edited by TwoMoreCharacters (2013 February 18, 4:23 am)

Then I say go for the Japanese version, at least if your country is viable for the free shipping from yesasia. My copy came in two-three weeks.

AlgoRhythmic wrote:

When it comes to how I study it, I just play it and makes sure I understand the overall story and what the purpose of the side quests are and so on, by looking up words in important sentences and conversations. I see it more as a way to get used to reading actual Japanese, and don't focus too much on learning new vocabulary and grammar (I do that in other ways though of course).

This is more or less how I do it. The goal for me is to have fun. Learning new vocabulary just comes along for the ride.