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Originally Posted by Fat XenoIncognito

I barely know Japanese. I took a few months of it last year in college, and while their instruction is pretty comprehensive, it's not enough to know what everything says. The entire game, though, is in Hiragana and Katakana, 2 of the 3 parts of Japanese language. Hiragana is used for common Japanese words and articles. Katakana is used for foreign words, foreign names, or loanwords. They're part of the basic Japanese "alphabet", so they're the first things you would learn if you took a Japanese class. Kanji, characters adapted from Chinese, aren't used because it's a childrens' game.

Anyways... if you have absolutely NO knowledge of Japanese, it's not impossible to play. Most of the events occuring at the beginning are pretty standard for the series. You start out picking your starter, you get introduced to your rivals and professor, then you go through the grass and get to the next town to learn about the Pokecenter. Later on, your mom gives you Running Shoes, and you move on to the next town, which has the first gym. And so on.

Jumpluff has an excellent thread sticked right now that can help you identify moves, abilities types, and items. All you need is a Japanese keyboard and the Ctrl + F command will match whatever you're looking for with its English counterpart. There's also an excellent website called Jisho.org that has a Japanese dictionary. Use the keyboard to type whatever characters you're having trouble with in the search box, and it'll come up with all the definitions for that word. Later on, I'm guessing people will put eventually up a walkthrough for those with no understanding whatsoever. And lastly, a good tip to remember is that items will always be highlighted blue during a dialogue, so try to remember that so you can look it up.

Awesome thanks man I appreciate it. Man. I might give this a try. This game is awesome.