Using two apps
So I purchased the entire Japanese app (blue tile with a symbol) from writing practice and this for reading practice both are very helpful with pronunciation as well!
This is a fun game and awesome tool.
I use this app alongside all of my university resources to help me along with my learning. What a great tool, I recommend picking it up at least once every day and playing for a few minutes! The speed of the game really reinforces the memory retention.
Only game that has helped me learn to read Japanese
I have tried probably close to 30 apps that claim to help you learn to read hiragana. This is the only one that has ever actually helped! It’s fun, just difficult enough without being too hard, and best of all it sticks! Even after months of not doing any Japanese at all I can still remember most of the characters. I highly recommend this game for both children and adults!
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Absolutely worthless
This app is some how worse on cell phone than the Nintendo Switch. Don’t get me wrong the Switch version is worthless to. But at least you have a controller option. For the most part it fails at teaching and rhythm by having you Cover up the whole screen to press a character.
There is so much more wrong with this. Just know I speak and read Japanese up to a N2 level easily. I love DDR, Guitar Hero, and pretty much every rhythm game ever made. I feel as if this app fails in both education and fun.
There is so much more wrong with this. Just know I speak and read Japanese up to a N2 level easily. I love DDR, Guitar Hero, and pretty much every rhythm game ever made. I feel as if this app fails in both education and fun.
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Great foundation for learning Japanese!!
I love this app because it makes learning the Japanese alphabet fun and engaging! Rather than just throwing a bunch of words at you like other apps, this one builds the foundation and helps you learn how to read and speak Japanese. For another great language learning app that’s free, I very highly recommend Mango!
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Best game ever
I just downloaded this app and i really liked it, I really recommend this app to everyone who wants to learn hiragana, thanks for making this cool app.
One of the better “learn hiragana” games I’ve seen
I have only started learning Japanese at my college, and I have been using duo lingo and other apps to learn Japanese, but this app in particular has really helped me because it forces you to learn to recognize hiragana characters and sounds quickly, while being entertaining and rewarding. Not having to struggle to remember how to read hiragana in class has been a huge help. My only complaint is that sometimes (not very often) the beats of the music and the timing of the character sounds seem a little off from each other, which can be kind of distracting and make it hard to hit them at the right time, especially on levels where the boxes you have to jump over blend in with the dark background. (Admittedly though, I am not very good at music and timing so maybe they are meant to sound like that and it’s just a rhythm thing that I am just not picking up on)
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Great supplement for study
I have been studying Japanese for a little over a month now - this is my third attempt to learn the language and I am determined to succeed this time; therefore, I have started looking for better means of supplementing my book and instructor study time with games and other fun ways to engage with the language outside of study time proper. Hiragana Pixel Party has been a wonderful supplement to my study regiment.
Alone, this will not teach you the letters; however, it will most certainly embed the characters into your brain so that you don’t even have to think about them when reading Japanese. When I read English I don’t think about the characters that make up words, I merely pass over them and collectively understand the word they form. I was not able to do that previously with Japanese; however, after many hours of playing this on my Switch, I now have a similar fluency with Hiragana and almost with Katakana. It’s incredibly motivating.
Don’t rely on this to teach you, but you can rely on this to drill you. Putting it on my iPhone for when I can’t have my Switch near by ;)
Alone, this will not teach you the letters; however, it will most certainly embed the characters into your brain so that you don’t even have to think about them when reading Japanese. When I read English I don’t think about the characters that make up words, I merely pass over them and collectively understand the word they form. I was not able to do that previously with Japanese; however, after many hours of playing this on my Switch, I now have a similar fluency with Hiragana and almost with Katakana. It’s incredibly motivating.
Don’t rely on this to teach you, but you can rely on this to drill you. Putting it on my iPhone for when I can’t have my Switch near by ;)
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It’s a kana drill! It’s a rhythm game!
This game was, for me, the most effective way to learn to sightread hiragana and katakana. It drills a combination of kana, English text, and spoken audio across a gradually expanding library of characters... But you hardly notice, guiding the pixelated heroine across vibrant apocalyptic landscapes to a buzzy chiptune beat. It’s equal parts kana tutorial and genuinely challenging rhythm game, which means that some levels may require rhythm or memory skills that even a native speaker would find difficult. But the challenge keeps you working at the edge of recall, in a way that flashcards simply can’t match. Fortunately, you don’t need to complete all levels to advance — and if you are able to finish all levels, you will know hiragana and katakana cold.
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Challenging and fun
You have to put effort in and it's designed to make you think about it and remember the sounds with the characters.
Hiragana/Katakana review
I only started playing this game recently and the cute little tunes and memorization strategies used to help implement these Japanese characters to your mind are extremely helpful! I hope when i complete my hiragana lesson I will be able to depict a majority of the characters without fail. I would absolutely recommend this to people out there just starting out to learn the basics of Japanese writing systems. Ganbatte! (good luck)
Edit: I realized after passing certain levels there is a quick unexpected tempo increase and more characters thrown out to memorize. This app alone will not help with memorization with hiragana and katakana characters. Although, i do commend the game developers for issuing something free and usable to all, brush strokes and consistently should be added in this development for the benefit of mnemonics and other resources to help non-native speakers adjust to the differences of a foreign language. Thank you and so sorry for those relying on 100% good feedback. Talk soon.
Edit: I realized after passing certain levels there is a quick unexpected tempo increase and more characters thrown out to memorize. This app alone will not help with memorization with hiragana and katakana characters. Although, i do commend the game developers for issuing something free and usable to all, brush strokes and consistently should be added in this development for the benefit of mnemonics and other resources to help non-native speakers adjust to the differences of a foreign language. Thank you and so sorry for those relying on 100% good feedback. Talk soon.
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Doesn’t Register When you Tap
This game is absolute trash!!!! When you tap on the screen it doesn’t do anything, and it doesn’t even teach you Japanese! It just flashes a girl saying “ah” over again then flashing an image of the Japanese alphabet which doesn’t teach people to read Japanese! Over all this game is a piece of crap that doesn’t even deserve to be on the App Store because of false advertising and lack of gameplay.
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2 in one
I am trying to learn Japanese, even better if I can practice in keeping time and hitting the right beat. Helps a lot when it comes to memorizing.
Great but there is an ambiguous button
Recommend switching the button text for the hiragana and katakana missions because it makes it look like the katakana missions are the hiragana ones and vice versa.
Really good!
I actually really recommend this for anyone that wants to learn and have fun along the way, it really does work!
Great!! but with minor issues
Highly recommend. This app really helps you learn and it is fun. The songs and concept are the best. You don’t feel like you are learning but it really does stick.
Cons:
It goes from easy to hard extremely quick. I actually stopped playing for a while because I couldn’t move on to the next level.
The beats are sometimes offbeat from the music so the timing feels wrong and if you are trying for perfect scores this will be really frustrating.
If those two issues were fixed I would easily give 5 stars
Cons:
It goes from easy to hard extremely quick. I actually stopped playing for a while because I couldn’t move on to the next level.
The beats are sometimes offbeat from the music so the timing feels wrong and if you are trying for perfect scores this will be really frustrating.
If those two issues were fixed I would easily give 5 stars
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Fabulous!
I found this incredibly fun and enjoyable i started learning immediately and i cant help but think they should make an english version to help teach preschoolers and such, this is a fun and educational game and i honestly think there should be more apps like this!
Good game
Wish their were more options for formatting. Like choosing to have hiragana in same order on screen instead of random or now having the English letters pop up and just have audio.
A real help
I’ve been learning hiragana and katakana for a little while now, and this really helps. A big problem for me is translating quickly. Most times I have to think about each character for a bit. This helps me think on the spot and translate faster. Plus it’s super fun! I was really expecting it to be more expensive to unlock everything, so $2 was a nice surprise! I’d definitely recommend another source to go with this though because there’s no stroke order or anything like that, but overall a great game and a great way to help learn Japanese characters! Thanks!
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Surprisingly fun
And it actually seems like it would be a useful addition to studying flash cards.
