Gaming Japanese region games worth playing

[diecast82]

Now that I have a way to play region free games, anyone have any suggestions of Japan only games that someone with no knowledge of the language can enjoy? I prefer RPGs but anything fun is worth my time.

 

[Thomas12345]

What about Senran Kagura? You don't have to play it, just look at the pretty pictures

 

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[SonicRax]

EX Troopers is a damn good game as well. It's a bit story driven but not too hard to follow in terms of what your objectives are, and the gameplay is great.

Taiko no Tatsujin is also a really good option, as is Puyo Puyo Tetris (you'll work out what the menus are once you've messed around with it a bit. Amazing puzzle game btw).

One more; I haven't tried it myself yet, but I understand there was a fair bit of hype (or well, a lot of hype) for Final Fantasy Explorers. You might wanna give that a try too.

 

[sblast3]

The Puyo Puyo games are very fun and have easy-to-navigate menus. Taiko no Tatsujin is also really good.

 

[Foxi4]

Monster Hunter 4, at least until it's released in the west. I mean, c'mon - it's Monster Hunter!

 

[Nemix77]

None are worth playing if you have absolutely no knowledge of the Japanese language IMHO, it's not like there's on 3DS games in English and the ones that are really worth playing in Japanese are mostly story driven which takes out pretty much all of what the whole game experience is all about.

 

[berichan]

Youkai Watch is pretty fun, very pokemon-esque.

 

[mrtofu]

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[DarkShinigami]

None are worth playing if you have absolutely no knowledge of the Japanese language IMHO, it's not like there's on 3DS games in English and the ones that are really worth playing in Japanese are mostly story driven which takes out pretty much all of what the whole game experience is all about.

speak for yourself i love rhythm games and i find em worth while and i dont know no japanese

 

[Nemix77]

That's your preference and not the majority, fighting games and rhythm games play fine in Japanese but are they really worth playing probably not.

 

[sblast3]

That's your preference and not the majority, fighting games and rhythm games play fine in Japanese but are they really worth playing probably not.

 

[Nemix77]

By all means you got a flash card to play whatever games you like in Japanese, why bother even asking right...?

 

[Zanark11]

Somebody I already said Youkai Watch =D and Inazuma Eleven GO, for Inazuma I can say that you can play without knowing nothing about japanese I played the JPN in DS, it is an epic game =)

 

[bunny5390]

There's JP Pokémon so that you can get all the Japan-exclusive events.

I asked this on another forum and some of the recommendations I got there include (though note I haven't tried any of them yet):

Fantasy Zone 1 & 2,

Beyond the Labyrinth, and

EX Troopers

Though it's slightly outdated, there's this: http://www.nintendojo.com/features/columns/top-ten/top-ten-3ds-games-we-want-to-see-localized

 

[sblast3]

Rodea the Sky Soldier is an upcoming JP-exclusive game that looks really good - it's by Yuji Naka and has been on hiatus for around 3 years.
Website: http://rodea.jp/

 

[Nagato]

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[TheBroCode]

Puyo Puyo Tetris is pretty fun, and you can find translations for the menu here http://www.windowscentral.com/puyo-puyo-tetris-guide

 

[innercy]

any good jap 3dsware to recommend?i heard swords & darkness is quite good

 

[kLAcK]

Is Shingeki no Kyojin: Jinrui Saigo no Tsubasa CHAIN (Attack on Titan) any good? Better yet, does anyone have the .cia update so that it can be played online? It's a bit hard to find.