Can You Learn Japanese With: Animal Crossing New Horizons?
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2020
- In this video we assess whether Animal Crossing New Horizons is an efficient game to play when learning Japanese.
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I recommend starting the game in English, then you can switch the language to Japanese when you are comfortable with the game itself. (Language can be switched any time)
I think thats a really good idea. Luckily I was already pretty familiar with the game mechanics but for people new to the series having the option to switch whenever is great! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
How do you change language? Do you have to change the Switch language to Japanese?
@@OdinAesthetic Yes, it's the language of the whole switch, so in the settings somewhere.
This video was so damn high quality yet this man has 9 subscribers. Alright I'm buying Zento stock- HODL. 笑、ありがとう友人
Haha thank you so much. I didn't post this anywhere so the fact people are finding it and enjoying make me feel very grateful! Since there has been some nice comments I will try my best to keep this series going!
日本語は難しいのでしっかり勉強したいと話せませんよ。
Im from Japanise.
Frankly, this game is very good for beginners learning to read Japanese - actively.
You can play this game without knowing how to read at all, but that is not a good way to study.
I am looking for more AAA games that are as helpful for learning as this one. Considered the new Pokemon on Switch, but we'll see...
I agree Ivan, it's great to put some context with new words.
I have decided to keep this series going so hopefully I can find some good recommendations for you in the future. But for now Pokemon is a good option, if not I've been playing Dragon Quest XI recently which seems efficient.
Thank you so much for this video. I love Animal Crossing and I am thinking of new ways I can use to start learning Japanese. As a language teacher I knew that Animal Crossing would be a good source, but thanks to your video - which is visually neat - I get a peak at what the experience would be and how to set the language at the beginning of the game and how the kana look when you write, etc. So helpful! Thanks!
Hi Nat, thank you for watching my video and leaving a comment! I think it’s a really great game to supplement learning with, especially if you’re already familiar. Give it a shot and let me know how you get on! :D I’m always looking to help people out!
Thank you for this video! It had all the information I was looking for. I'm just about done memorizing hiragana katakana and am going to pick this game up once I can read basic sentences!
And thank you for watching! Good luck with the journey!!! Let me know if you ever have any questions about anything :D
When I was a kid I grew up with animal crossing new leaf and it actually helped me learn vocabulary as well as to read and write in my mother language. Now im 16 and wanting to learn Japanese in a fun way aside from books. Thank you for the video!!
Thanks for giving such a complete answer, you helped me a lot!
Your channel deserves to be more popular, your visuals are so clean and your audio is perfect 👌
Keep up the good word 👍
Thanks so much for the kind words. It's difficult to balance working full time, studying and making these videos. But I've had a lot of good feedback so I will definitely try and get some new ones out soon!
I really love this type of content, please keep making more!!
Thank you so much. I'm surprised people managed to find this video! I will definitely try to make some more of this style thanks to the kind comments I've received.
Your reviews are great! I can tell you put a lot of effort into these videos and really try to place yourself into the learners' shoes. I really like the format as well, with the overall discussion but also the little slice of representative gameplay!
I'm glad the sections and format is noticed, I want to make the videos short and concise, but still informative and entertaining - it's a difficult balance but I think I'm getting there!
I think the Pokemon Dungeon Games are really great! The DX has furigana just like Animal Crossing. I like how game-specific vocab(so the hard parts) gets highlighted
I played the demo of the switch version of Pokemon Dungeon. Seemed like a pretty nice time for learning at your own pace, and the art style was really cool. Yeah that's a nice feature too. Thanks for the comment :)
Hello Joe,
glad I found your video! I'm currently majoring in communication design, so congrats on that, the wordmarking is very catchy. I'm studying content based, not jlpt. Animal crossing would be a great opportunity to study Japanese and English words more efficient. Linking written words to images is perfect and learning オノマトペ easily so much fun. I'm looking forward to find more videos like that, because I'm not allowed to change the language.
Good luck
Anna
Hi Anna, I'm glad I could help you practice in two different languages! I will definitely try and keep making these types of videos.
@@ZentoJPN i think you could really make a niche thing out of it
Thank you so much for making this video! I'm gonna play it in japanese now and hope it will help me improve even though I'm just a beginner and can only read in japanese at the moment + I know some words I picked up while watching anime. Anywaysss hope you'll gain more followers, you deserve it
Hey thanks for the comment! I really appreciate it and it makes me want to make more! (I'm just too busy with real life). Good luck with the journey! let me know if you ever have any questions!
Amazing video, you deserve a million subscribers! Keep up with the quality and I’m sure that will happen one day!
Hey thank you so much - for watching and for the kind words. I hope you enjoy the next video too! :)
This is SO helpful. Thank you so much. ❤️❤️❤️
Hey thank you. I'm glad it could help! Good luck with the studying!
I’ve used Animal crossing to greatly improve my Spanish and now I’m making a new island to help my French. It’s really useful to learn casual phrases and things you wouldn’t have learned in a textbook or such. If animal crossing was available when I was learning Japanese it would’ve make it so much easier.
Wow that's awesome. How different are the vibes between languages or is it just a direct translation most of the time? Im sure some form of Animal Crossing would have been around, but it was definitely a lot less accessible than getting a Japanese version nowadays! Thanks for watching :)
@@ZentoJPN I’d say most of it is the same but they definitely change the humour or certain phrases to make sure it has the same affect between languages. A lot of villagers have different names in other languages for example that make more sense than directly translating it. 99% of the time tho it’s just slight alterations like in Spanish it’s “Mini Nook” instead of “La grieta de Nook” and in French it’s Nook’s shop. Love your content tho 😊
i love this video. i wish that animal crossing was availible in the language i was learning but its good to know it can actually be helpful to others
Thank you so much :)
Oh. What language are you learning? Finding good resources is always tough.
@@ZentoJPN hi, i am learning swedish :)
Hello! I am Japanese. I found your movie via my recommend. I’m interesting about your challenge. I hope you continue making this challenge. So I pushed two buttons. ﾎﾟﾁﾎﾟﾁ
Good luck!
Hello thank you for the nice comment and clicking the buttons :) I'll try and make some more videos soon! I hope it gives you some good English practice too!
I watched this video around when it came out and subscribed instantly. such high quality! if you make more content you'll get so many subs one day! (and I'll be happy lol)
Thanks for the encouragement I'll try my best to make more! I love making them. Just real life gets in the way. Good luck with the studies!
@@ZentoJPN I'm not even joking you could make a career out of this... I totally get the real life bit though!! I'm gonna tell a bunch of ppl to sub to you as motivation hahaha
thanks i really wanted too learn japanese
Thank you for watching! Hope the studying is going well! :D
Great critically under rated channel
Hey Gromski thank you so much. I really need to make some more videos huh xD
Omfg, why is ur channel so small?! U deserve way more subs!
Haha thank you so much. Probably because I upload so infrequently and do 0 promotion xD If I had more subs maybe I'd make this channel more of a focus and make more. It's a vicious cycle haha.
Good luck with your studies. Let me know if you ever have any questions!
This game will definitely be on my list to try play in Japanese, I’ve played earlier games in the series, will be interesting to see how it goes.
I’m currently (slowly) working my way through Mario Odyssey (while watching Japanese Quest to help), so it’ll be a while before I get to another game.
Thanks again for the superb video, this perfectly answered the questions I had!
Oh sounds great. How is Mario Odyssey for learning Japanese? Japanese Quest is a really great channel! Game Gengo is also really useful.
i often switch between languages on my iphone since i'm studying multiple, including spanish and japanese, and i just had the idea to change my switch to a different language. as i launched acnh it has asked me "character names and UI elements vary from language to language. do you still want to start playing?" i don't want to press okay yet in case it completely starts the game story from the beginning... i've seen people have said it continues as normal but i'm so paranoid ! can anyone confirm??
Hello thanks for watching!
I have done this myself and I can confirm - yes that warning is fine. It's just as it says the character names are obviously different in different languages. But your save and progress will be safe! Have fun exploring different languages! =]
I ended up here because ACNH was suggested by Matt at Game Gengo as a good first Japanese game since it has furigana. He also suggested Zelda games for the same reason. How would you say Breath of the Wild is for learning?
I don’t think zelda games are particularly good for learning because they use weird & archaic language. Animal crossing is so much better in that respect because it uses colloquial japanese and i think it can be very helpful to learn new vocab that is actually useful in real life
Hey, thanks for checking out the video.
I think Zelda has some good learning opportunities - there is a lot of non-essential text. But sometimes the language is very cryptic - for example I played Links Awakening in Japanese and all of the in game hints are difficult to understand in English, so in Japanese it made progressing in the game much more difficult.
But as always motivation is a key factor, if you enjoy the game and can study from it then by all means do - BotW even has some voice acting too! (and it's a great game)
THE BIRTHDAY YOU CHOOSE IS RIGHT AFTER MINE!!!!!!!!!
Aha it was just a random day! (My birthday is also November though).
Anyway happy birthday for the other day! thanks for watching.
あなたは実際に1週間でチュートリアルをプレイすることができます。
You can actually play the tutorial in 1 week which I found easier and faster.
Yes I think the tutorial does a good job at explaining the game's systems.
日本人のイギリス英語とんでもなく聞き取りにくいな(アメリカ英語での日本人学習者より)
そうですね。映画とか動画はほとんどアメリカ英語ですから。イギリス英語を学びたいなら資料を探すのが大変だとおもいます。見てくれてありがとうございます。
Woww interesting! But first.. how to change language ??
Idk if it matters anymore, but by changing your system's language.
Sorry its been so long. Yes you should be able to change your switch's system language. I think they do ask you to set your language when you first start a new game also though.
Your Content is really high quality. You should do yourself a favor and talk a little bit about your work. Ask friends etc. to watch your content, get a instagram account and so on. "Promote" yourself, you deserve much more attention (: !
Thank you so much. I wanted to make high quality a priority, so I’m glad it shows. Honestly I’m just too busy with daily life to spend too much time managing social media (as much as I’d love to grow a community!). I’m actually shocked how many views and subscribers I have gotten from only 3 videos. I think if it keeps going up like this, if I hit 1000 subscribers I’ll try and make a real effort.
For now I’m relying on people like yourself spreading the good word and UA-cam’s mysterious algorithm!