Say "konnichiwa" to a new language! With My Japanese Coach, you'll learn the basics of Japanese speech and writing, plus helpful information for first-time visitors to the country. The engaging, entertaining lessons take place in interesting Japanese locations, ranging from downtown Tokyo to the idyllic countryside. What's more, each place helps you expand your vocabulary. Learn to write Japanese characters by tracing over animations on the Touch Screen. Record your voice with the DS Mic and compare your pronunciation to that of a native speaker. Twelve mini-games reinforce the lessons, while a built-in Japanese dictionary and phrase book holds more than 12,000 words and hundreds of useful sayings.
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- Release Date 10/16/2008
- Publisher Ubisoft
- Platform DS
- Genre Strategy/Sim
- Number of Players 1
Game Description
Critic Reviews
IGN Review (5.5 out of 10)
Reader beware: Japanese is not for sissies. Not only does it tout three alphabets, a sentence structure that is the reverse of most Latin-based languages, and a hodgepodge of dialects, but it's based on a hierarchy of superior to inferior that has no real equivalent in English. This is not a lan...more
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Average Member Rating: 7.2 out of 10
Good, Not Great.. (7 out of 10)
posted by TrevorL (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO) on Dec 6, 2008
Member since Dec 2005
28 out of 28 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Member since Dec 2005
28 out of 28 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
I've just finished my third semester of college level Japanese, and purchased a DS so I could have a electronic kanji dictionary that could recognize handwriting. Seeing as this was also just released I figured I would give it a shot. I put it in and it presented me with a 50 question quiz to asses...more
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Modes Training, Mini-Games
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