learning a foreign language via video games?

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Earlier today I remembered this:


I honestly am surprised this was still being maintained up until 2018 and still runs on Windows 10. The site hosts a game called Slime Forest Adventure which... basically its flashcards but with an NES-style JRPG wrapped around it.

Back in the day this taught me how to read the kana alphabets and that lesson stuck to the present day, so now I registered the full version to see how well that does for building kanji and vocabulary. To be honest I wish I had done this sooner.
 
Aesthetic Liminal Pool said:
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I learned English by playing SNES-era games.
Good memories playing Final Fantasy VI (III) on my old SNES with a dictionary on hand.
Is doable.
However, for Japanese, there is a little bit more effort involved. Right now, I'm in the process of doing it. But I think it has been two years since I started, and right now I feel confident enough to play simple games like Yokai Watch.
Had to learn tons of kanji and words before getting up to this point.
 
So many replies in this thread are "I learned by playing games like Pokemon and Final Fantasy." Thing is, I tried that, and actually also have full import sets of certain manga and even some import DVDs and video games.

Problem is I get too interested in what's going on and then the language barrier becomes a hurdle and I start just skipping through it.
 
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