Based upon Game Gengo’s tier list for learning Japanese from Switch, he lists a number of games that are great for learning Japanese based on a number of factors. I won’t get into them here.
All I’m really doing here is expanding on the game list from that YT comment thread. This is for if you own a Switch and given it’s portability aspect it’s pretty handy to take it and a dictionary where you go.
Anyway…the expanded list and this comes from the American eShop directly though if it has a lot of language support including European languages as well as Japanese it’s a good chance EU copies will likely have Japanese text support. A number of Square Enix games tend to have this though a few only have Japanese and English.
This being said the list will refer only to US Switch versions…anyway here goes, Metroid Prime, Saturnellia, Trinity Trigger, No More Heroes 3, Persona 3 Portable, Various Daylife, Megaman Battle Network Collection and Megaman Zero Collection. Largrisser, Deadly Premonition 2 and Octopath Traveller 2.
Oh and a heads up there are a few companies that almost always have no Japanese text options…Bandai is one of the clearest ones. Oh and the direct SMT games have no Japanese text either.
All you have to do is switch your Switch’s system settings of language to Japanese and go to the game screen and the Japanese cover will show up with Japanese text below.
Would anyone here like me to mention some specific Switch games that have many language options? I’m thinking primarily RPG’s and while a number of them support Japanese and English with the usual European suspects some have Russian, Korean and both simplified and traditional Chinese.
I’m thinking a separate topic thread.
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I’ll be trying to play the new Zelda in Japanese I think when it arrives this weekend. I don’t think Zelda would be way up there on a language learning tier list since it’s mostly action but we’ll see.
Word of warning. In Game Gengo he mentions the newer Zelda(BOTW) has more antiquated Japanese but apparently the previous ones were fine. I assume the same holds true here being a direct sequel.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an incredible RPG that gives you a lot of language choices. You can play it in English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, and many more. Enjoy playing! I also play スポーツベットアイオー 出金 トランザクション ,Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, Final Fantasy XVI in different languages but usually in japanese both Sub and Dub for other platforms