A More Fun Way To Learn Kanji & Meanings

I randomly found this app under RPG games on the day its released, and Ive got to say that overall, I really like the concept of learning Japanese while playing an RPG. Best of both worlds! Ive been playing it for a couple of hours now. =)

This game basically tests you on your Kanji and its meanings--Kanji to English meaning and English meaning to Kanji. Depending on the Kanji level and how fast you answer correctly, you can give more damage to the enemy when attacking, or receive less damage from an enemy when blocking. You get to use more Kanji (or Spell Balls, as the game calls it) as you answer correctly from enemy attacks. I havent finished the game yet, but so far the game lists at least 500 Kanji to discover and use.

Since Ive already have some experience with Japanese, I found it to help polish my Kanji reading skills. However, if you do not really know any Kanji yet, you might have trouble advancing in the game since you need to know the characters youre dealing with in order to do well. The game does provide a list of Kanji your main character knows with the meanings right beside it, but your character has to learn it _before_ you can see the Kanji and its definition (meaning, you would have to answer correctly at first to know its meaning--kind of counterintuitive). So for people just getting started with Kanji, I would not recommend it, unless you want to learn via trial and error. Also, for people that want to focus more on how to write Kanji and learn stroke orders, I would recommend that you look at other apps instead.

ScPpY about Ninja Words Adventure