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Pokémon on 3DS is wonderful for learning Japanese. It's a game for kids so it's made up of a lot of kana with some low level kanji.

• ue_ 9y ago
  Unfortunately, even Japanese children are native speakers. I wouldn't recommend going into native material unless one has grammar points and some vocab nailed down, even if the kanji is easy or rare.
  • BEEdwards 9y ago
    ...um even if you are entirely swamped and way confused by the dialog it's still pokemon. You'll be fine.
    • prophesi 9y ago
      My niece set her language to German when she played (and beat) Pokemon X. She was probably 6 or 7 at the time, and didn't know a lick of German.
  • thaumasiotes 9y ago
    Most text in Pokemon is either completely formulaic ("A wild <Pokemon> appeared!" "Charmander used Ember" "It's not very effective") or a one-off pre-combat joke from a trainer ("I like shorts!"). It's pretty easygoing stuff.
  • mikekchar 9y ago
    Your advice is common amongst educators these days, but the general consensus in language acquisition research is completely the opposite. If you can understand something, with enough repetition, you will acquire it. Free reading of native material is hands down the most effective way to acquire a second language that we know about. There are quite a lot of scholarly works accessible from the internet on the topic, so if you are interested I recommend taking a look. I was going to link some examples, but it's probably better for you to find your own way without my biases.