wilddenim said:
They should make 'Learn Japanese' so we can play these Japanese games!!!
Maybe, but I don't think it would work all that well. These hardly functions as language learning tools in the first place, (mind you, the work really well for bulding vocab, though) and when you introduce the added element of learning Japanese, ie. kana and kanji... well, it certainly couldn't be done like this.
I'm not saying a good Japanese educational game couldn't be made, but I doubt it ever will; there really isn't a market for that kind of thing. You have to realise that Japanese is not like most other languages you could study. Unlike French and Spanish, where you'd spend some time on grammar, and then it would all be about plugging vocab, but in Japanese you'll spend years learning how to read. Even if you study Japanese at Uni level, and you finish your bachelor, you will be nowhere near able to play most Japanese games, if you follow a normal study progression.
I think the bottom line is that if you need a game as an excuse to learn Japanese, you probably don't have the will-power to see it through anyway. If you want to learn Japanese, though, get a book, and possibly join a class. Genki is good for self study. But do know, it will take several years of dedicated study to get you anywhere close to playing Japanese games.