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Kana Quest

A Kawaii Kana Match-Em Up. Learn Japanese. Match Kana (Japanese letters) with their sounds. Solve Puzzles.Your quest to learn Japanese starts now!

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Developer
Not Dead Design
Publisher
Whitethorn Games
Release
March 12, 2020
6 years and 143 days ago
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Mostly Positive34 reviews79.4%

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About the Game

A Kawaii Kana Match-Em Up.

Are you sick of educational games that are glorified pop-quizzes? Do you just want to play an awesome game and have a new real world skill at the end of it? Do you want to learn how to read Hiragana and Katakana?

Well then, Kana Quest is for you!

"But how does it work" I hear you think. Excellent question! In Japanese, each phonetic letter is called a Kana. Kana that have a shared sound will match. When all Kana in a level are connected by matches, it will be complete.

Key Features:
  • Beautiful pixel art
  • Over 300 challenging puzzle levels
  • Hiragana and Katakana included
  • Great way to learn for beginners of Japanese
  • Still a great puzzle game for people who know Japanese
  • No pop quizzes

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