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Nihongo Quest

Learn Japanese through gaming! Nihongo Quest is a colorful JRPG that will teach you over 1500 Japanese words and characters as well as over 80 grammar points. Explore the world of Gakushū as you battle, race, and draw your way to victory! Teaches up to the JLPT N5 level of Japanese.

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Melon Mint Games LLC
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Melon Mint Games LLC
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Learn Japanese through gaming! Nihongo Quest is a colorful JRPG that will teach you over 1000 Japanese words and characters! Explore the world of Gakushū as you battle, race, and draw your way to victory!


  • Learn over 1500 words and characters! This game teaches you up to the N5 level of the JLPT! (with hopefully more to come!)
  • Battle wild characters, students, and evil forces using the Japanese learned in the game!
  • Play through an engaging story as you learn Japanese!
  • Write out the characters that you learn to practice handwriting!
  • Create your own towns using your own vocabulary list!
  • Race against the clock in various mini-games to reinforce your learning!
  • Review using an automatically created, personalized review schedule to help you retain what you learn!
  • Customize your character with character skins!
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