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Getting really frustrated with the boss battle. I seriously do not understand what I am doing wrong. I try hitting 'enter' as the missile/character flashes, but keep missing anyway.
I really try to time it, but it seems random as to when it accepts and makes the missile turn. Please explain this mechanic, as I am clearly doing something wrong.
And yes, I am fairly sure I am entering the correct kana. As it is now, I don't enjoy boss battling at all, even though I know the kana well, I just cannot time it right.
That's odd, can you play other games (which require using keyboard) on Kongregate properly? Have you tried restarting your computer? Another browser, maybe?
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This is good game!
But a little mistake has been found.
False:ぢ(ji) ,ヂ(ji), ぢゃ(ja),ヂャ(ja),ぢゅ(ju),ヂュ(ju),ぢょ(jo),ヂョ(jo),づ(zu)
True :ぢ(di),ヂ(di),ぢゃ(dya),ヂャ(dya),ぢゅ(dyu),ヂュ(dyu)ぢょ(dyo)ヂョ(dyo),づ(du)
It's not "false", the ローマ字 as you type in this game is according to the Hepburn romanization system (look it up in Wikipedia). If you prefer to type them as di, dya, dyu, dyo, du..., you can simply change the input mode to "All" from "Hepburn" in the main menu (look at the top right corner). Enjoy!
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well i havnt palyed it that far cause i am not interested but you get a good rating cause its awesome i wish there would be a lot more games like this cause it helps you in your life and is killing some time^^
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Just to be clear. This game will not teach you Japanese. However this is a fun way to practice recognition if you are just getting into learning the language. If you complete the game I would highly recommend continuing with a class (assuming you are not already in one).
Yep, exactly - this game helps you recognize hiragana and katakana more quickly, but it is not meant to teach the language. You won't be able to speak Japanese just because you have finished this game. A course is highly recommended, or maybe some online tutorials!
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good stuff ! now i can learn hiragana a bit easily compared to writing them.
please do kana and the combo word as well !
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If you combined this with a touch screen on, let's say, an iPad or the 3DS so people could get some practice drawing the characters, that could be pretty cool. Also, having a recorded person speak the characters to get pronunciation could be a good tool. By all means, keep making games like this and putting them on Kongregate, but this does have some serious potential.
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Hi!! Love this game!! t got the motivation for it that way. Anyways, your game here has made me more and more motivated to learn hiragana and Katagana!! Thank you so much for this game!! :3
Last thing, it would be awesome if you could create a Kanji Warrior, or something similar that we could use to learn Kanji
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A game of pure entertainment combined with easy language acknowledgment, a masterpiece. An example that games can be used to enlarge our bondaries. 11/10, Marvelous, Fabulous, Perfect.
Hi! This game should autosave. Make sure that your Local Storage (right click -> Settings) is set at Unlimited. If it still doesn't save, make sure that cookies are permitted, you don't use things like DeepFreeze, and remember that using certain junk cleaner programs such as CCleaner may possibly wipe out your savefiles. This also applies to most other games on Kongregate.
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This is the first time I comment a game, but you deserve a huge arigatou gozaimashita!
You remembered me my lost enthusiasm with japanese language!
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My complaint is from a typing perspective I don't like how i have to type chi instead of ti, or tsu instead of tu, or shi instead of si. I suppose from a pronounciation perspective its good. I would recommend maybe instead of a gunshot sound you have a voice pronounce or say the word, then you can have the typing actually match how you would type it on a computer.
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Thanks so much to TUKKUN, I never thought learning Japanese would be this easy. I learned the whole Hiragana in 3 days with alot of motivation and enthusiasm. I LOVE THIS LITTLE GAME YOU PUT TOGETHER. VERY EDUCATIONAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR KANJI (Hopefully you release it) ^-^ !! さようなら
That was only the first step, but I'm glad to hear that you found learning hiragana with this game easy and motivating! Yes, I'm working on a Kanji version and although it probably won't be released anytime soon, there's some hope for it!
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Finally some time to spare after midterms. Thanks for adding some additional typefaces, Tukkun. The serif font was throwing me off. Wish I had a way to give you a bit more kudos than a 5-star rating or positive comment.
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Idea: include a guide on how to learn Kana more effectively with this game, like pronouncing the Kana out loud every time you see it and so on. Also, maybe you could later implament a Kana drawing game? Just like these few modes that are now available, but there you must draw the image of the Kana with your mouse. Would be fun for touchscreen users :)
Kana drawing sounds fun, but there are too many different typefaces and that makes it difficult to recognize a kana (if you draw a き, how does the game determine whether it is correct?). Besides, it's a better idea to write kana on paper anyway.
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You missed out some Youon inputs in all-input mode, which are recognized by Windows IME. At least the following:
ちゅ cya
ちゅ cyu
ぢゅ dyu
ちょ cyo
ぢょ dyo
Also, the adventure mode is really tedious.... ......But then again this isn't meant to be the next Anti-Idle, I suppose. :)
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Oh neat, as someone who can speak Japanese this looks pretty interesting if a bit easy. I was very suprised to suddenly see a new game by you!
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Very nicely done. Was just thinking about brushing up on my Kana again. Pacing is a tad slow for my purposes, but for someone who's just picking the alphabet up its probably fine. :)
I find my self kinda wishing there was a prounounciation guide. Mostly because the kana with "I" and "E" can be pronounced in ways unexpected for English speakers.. but this *is* an alphabet teaching game not a language one. So not a big deal. XD
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I have found those sites very helpful in memorizing hiragana and katakana very quickly through mnemonics and imagination:
http://japanese.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/JAPN1001/contents/Lesson02/hiragana/mnemonic-hiragana.html
http://japanese.gatech.edu/WebCTVista/JAPN1001/contents/Lesson02/katakana/mnemonic-katakana.html
Awesome game. 10/10. Thanks! I have a friend in Japan who has been helping me with some Japanese. I help him with English as well.
Hi! Katakana already exists, it begins at stage 26 of Adventure Mode (because it is advised to learn Hiragana before Katakana). But if you are too lazy for that you can also try Free Play Mode, where you can practice any set of characters you want!
Hi! As noted in a few comments below, you can change the font of the romaji text in the bottom menu, which is accessible from the main menu. Thank you for playing and I hope this resolves your issue!
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It would be really nice if there were Randomize Font checkbox that will randomly pick one of the kana fonts each time a level begins.
Well, I suppose you can always toss some coins or roll some dice to pick a new font before trying any level :P It's a little more effort, but a randomize font option is probably not too useful anyway (I think?).
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In response to the questions on my original comment about the in-game lag.
I am using opera browser on a latest macbook pro, flash player is up to date and I have almost no problem playing other games either on flash or no.
Also, when I leave the game open for some time the slowness and lag become intolerable. It seems to me some kind of memory leak problem. I find this game very useful and nice but this breaks all the fun. Please fix.
That is odd, I really have no idea why that should happen in the first place :( During my testing on many different computers, I did not notice any significant lag issue (the worst computer I tried this game on still managed to run this game at 30~45 FPS and without any significant freezing), and I haven't heard any other lag complaint from many other people who played this. Are you playing on Mac OS? Have you tried a different browser (Safari maybe)? In any case, I'm very sorry to hear that you have to encounter such lag issue, and while I would definitely love to fix it, I'm afraid I'm not really able to.
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One easy to fix complaint I have is that in the english font, 'h' and 'n' look very similar, which makes things difficult when you're reacting quickly. Maybe choose a different typeface where the two letters are more clearly different.
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5/5 This is really really awesome! I started playing and loved it but unfortunately don't want to continue because I'm currently taking a Mandarin Chinese class. Something like this with Mandarin would be such an amazing supplement to my class, does anyone know if something similar exists? :)
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Great game so far. Obviously a little rough, but I'm interested in getting my kana skills back and this seems like a decent way to do it. I'll continue to play when I have time, but for now you got a 5/5 and a favorite for a job well done. If any huge, glaring problems arise I may update to a 4/5, but for now I'm psyched. Keep updating, please!
Well, if such problems do arise, I would also greatly appreciate it if you tell me what they are so I can look into fixing them! :P I hope you enjoy Kana Warrior!
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Really great game! I knew hiragana and katakana before, but I took way too long to read something before (and had trouble between "sa" and "chi" for example). Now I can almost recognize instantly which kana is what :3