Do you (importers) understand, or do/did you learn

[ShadowHeart]

Could any of you read japanese when you first gor the game, or did you "learn" it by playing the game ???

[Elite]

The story you'd probably understand by whats going on and the menus and stuff like that you learn within a few hours of play just by messing around with them. Dialogues how ever you'd have to ask somebody if your part of a linkshell or just interpret it by context.

[xeu]

if you can read kana it makes it easier, even if you don't actually speak japanese. If it's in katakana, it's usually easy to guess what it is because it's a word borrowed from English, so me-ru is mail (in POL), aitemu is items, etc. The kanji is difficult, though. No furigana to help you...

[dbeeo]

xue is right, once you know the katagana, it would be easy to play the game. And if you are a chinese, it will be more easy because most of the kanji has the same meaning as chinese.