My Japanese Coach (DS Game)

Susurrus · 11-07-2008, 07:04 AM

Amazon.com: My Japanese Coach: Video Games
Amazon.com: My Japanese Coach: Video Games

I'm using it. Probably not the BEST software ever, but for $30 and portable, I can't argue with it too much. I have learned some in the few days I've used it. Worth a shot, to be honest. Though they do throw stuff in there like "ninja" "kamakaze" "samurai" and other words that are the SAME.

Haroldo · 11-07-2008, 07:13 AM

Added to wishlist.

Susurrus · 11-15-2008, 10:23 AM

Been using it for a bit now. Seems like a pretty good piece of software. It's not perfect, but I'd be lieing if I said I didn't learn a bit.

Main concern with it is the writing recognition is kind of bleh. For some reason it doesn't like to detect my hiragana chi, ki, sa, u. Also sometimes it will cut off writing even if you didn't lift the pen, and it counts your strokes, so you just lost a stroke and usually lose the character. I haven't gotten to kanji yet, so I can't comment on that. I just started katakana on there, and it doesn't like my katakana i for some reason.

Granted I already knew kana when starting this, as well as many words, but its worth $30 and just do a lesson a day.

Ameroth · 11-15-2008, 06:49 PM

Actually I just picked this up today as an xmas gift for my gf. Kinda tempted to play it myself.

Susurrus · 11-15-2008, 08:15 PM

It's got spaces for 3 profiles so you can share one game and just each run your own save.

Ameroth · 11-15-2008, 10:57 PM

Awesome. That's exciting to know that after she opens it I can just play it too!

Feba · 11-16-2008, 01:22 AM

Hint: Getting a gift for someone else and then using it yourself tends to piss them off.

Kuro · 11-16-2008, 05:19 AM

It's made badly. The ideas good but the implementation is wrong as hell. They make you progress in chunks, a bit of this then a bit of that then some of this and make you play it through loads of times to "memorize" it.

Whey they should have done is have say Kana, then basic words, then basic sentences as 3 separate areas and let you progress separately, or at least let you play without having to unlock everything!

It's annoying how you get to see and write kana you haven't seen yet before you can cover them.

11-07-2008, 07:13 AM	#2
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11-15-2008, 10:23 AM	#3
Susurrus Made of Awesome Brass Ribbon of Service Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,144 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 104 Thanked 69x in 41 Posts My Mood:	Re: My Japanese Coach (DS Game) Been using it for a bit now. Seems like a pretty good piece of software. It's not perfect, but I'd be lieing if I said I didn't learn a bit. Main concern with it is the writing recognition is kind of bleh. For some reason it doesn't like to detect my hiragana chi, ki, sa, u. Also sometimes it will cut off writing even if you didn't lift the pen, and it counts your strokes, so you just lost a stroke and usually lose the character. I haven't gotten to kanji yet, so I can't comment on that. I just started katakana on there, and it doesn't like my katakana i for some reason. Granted I already knew kana when starting this, as well as many words, but its worth $30 and just do a lesson a day. __________________ Red Mage ~ White Mage ~ Summoner ~ Black Mage ~ Beastmaster ~ Samurai ~ Paladin ~ Blue Mage Windurst-Tarutaru-Ragnarok Windurst: ★Rank 10★ \| San d'Oria: ★Rank 10★ \| Bastok: ★Rank 10★ Zilart: ★The Last Verse★ \| Promathia: ★The Last Verse★ Aht Urhgan: ★Eternal Mercenary★\| Assault: ★Captain★ Goddess: Fate In Haze \| Campaign: Moonlight Medal Crystalline: ★A Crystalline Prophecy (Fin.)★ \| Moogle: ★A Moogle Kupo d'Etat (Fin.)★ Someone make me a signature pic please, I suck at art.

11-15-2008, 06:49 PM	#4
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11-15-2008, 08:15 PM	#5
Susurrus Made of Awesome Brass Ribbon of Service Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Idaho Posts: 1,144 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 104 Thanked 69x in 41 Posts My Mood:	Re: My Japanese Coach (DS Game) It's got spaces for 3 profiles so you can share one game and just each run your own save. __________________ Red Mage ~ White Mage ~ Summoner ~ Black Mage ~ Beastmaster ~ Samurai ~ Paladin ~ Blue Mage Windurst-Tarutaru-Ragnarok Windurst: ★Rank 10★ \| San d'Oria: ★Rank 10★ \| Bastok: ★Rank 10★ Zilart: ★The Last Verse★ \| Promathia: ★The Last Verse★ Aht Urhgan: ★Eternal Mercenary★\| Assault: ★Captain★ Goddess: Fate In Haze \| Campaign: Moonlight Medal Crystalline: ★A Crystalline Prophecy (Fin.)★ \| Moogle: ★A Moogle Kupo d'Etat (Fin.)★ Someone make me a signature pic please, I suck at art.

11-15-2008, 10:57 PM	#6
Ameroth Roll Us a Giant Brass Ribbon of Service Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the universe Posts: 1,357 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 350 Thanked 321x in 209 Posts My Mood:	Re: My Japanese Coach (DS Game) Awesome. That's exciting to know that after she opens it I can just play it too! __________________ PLD75 DRK60 lots of other levels. ------ Shackle their minds when they're bent on the cross When ignorance reigns, life is lost Stop the Drug War!

11-16-2008, 01:22 AM	#7
Feba sweet broken hearted machine Starlight Medal Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Facility A220S-0024, Room 211 Posts: 8,558 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 2,007 Thanked 2,232x in 1,514 Posts	Re: My Japanese Coach (DS Game) Hint: Getting a gift for someone else and then using it yourself tends to piss them off.

11-16-2008, 05:19 AM	#8
Kuro Member Bronze Ribbon of Service Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: England Posts: 585 Style: Light Theme V7 Thanks: 39 Thanked 45x in 33 Posts My Mood:	Re: My Japanese Coach (DS Game) It's made badly. The ideas good but the implementation is wrong as hell. They make you progress in chunks, a bit of this then a bit of that then some of this and make you play it through loads of times to "memorize" it. Whey they should have done is have say Kana, then basic words, then basic sentences as 3 separate areas and let you progress separately, or at least let you play without having to unlock everything! It's annoying how you get to see and write kana you haven't seen yet before you can cover them.

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