All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Japanese' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Jump Superstars takes everyone's favorite anime heroes, and shoves them all into one convenient package. You can play as Goku from Dragonball Z, Luffy from One Piece, Naruto, and even the prince of tennis.

Characters are created with "comic panels" which can be put together to form support cards, help cards, and playable characters. The game boasts a total of 150 playable anime heroes.

]]> 12 Jan 2007 12:22:26 ZerA is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game from Korea being developed by Nexon. Currently the game's Korean Beta has ended but a Japanese Beta has surfaced. Player enage in your normal MMO quest/grind tactics to level up but with a twist. ZerA features a type of interesting attack system. You can situate your character to hit more than one target at a time, which, in this game is very beneficial.

The Experience in ZerA is gained per hit, and with that comes some great benefits. You can some what see the advange to this say if you saw a large group of monsters and you used an Area of Effect(AOE) spell.

The game also features a similar PvP system to games like Lineage 2 and Eudemons where you can openly attack someone in the field, but with a penalty for killing them. The game has an amazing skill system that is quite unique. The skills are dropped, similar to items.

The skill system is beyond impressive. There is this circular patter, which I believe is called an Ego Panel. You open this panel up and it has various intersectiong and bonuses on those intersections. What it is, is a skill combo system. Using skills in the order you designed on this Ego Panel you can gain bonuses to your skills damage, knockdown time, what have you. Quite possibly the best skills system I ahve Ever seen. There is a limited number of skill slots in these Ego Panels, but rest assured you don't need every skill in the game!

]]> 02 Feb 2007 10:47:01 Panzer Dragoon Saga (titled Azel: Panzer Dragoon RPG in Japan) is a role-playing game released in 1998 exclusively for the Sega Saturn. It is the third game in the Panzer Dragoon and the only one which is not a rail shooter. The game centers around the plight of Edge, a young boy thrown into an ancient conspiracy.

Category: Turn-based role-playing game

Release date: April 30, 1998 (US)

Developer: Team Andromeda

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]]> 02 Aug 2007 12:49:59 Radiant Silvergun is one of the best shooters on the planet. Its sequel, Ikaruga, is widely available for the GameCube and Dreamcast both in the States and beyond. Silvergun, however, was simpler in that it played like most vertical shooters of the time with a certain point advantage for snuggling up to enemies or using sword attacks rather than guns.

]]> 21 Nov 2006 11:40:28 Approved by the Zaidan Houjin Nihon Kanji Nouryoku Kettei Kyoukai group, this game contains over 7000 questions from past tests.
The game basically consists of;
Kanji writing
Kanji reading
Kanji stroke count
Kanji stroke order
Kanji furigana readings
Other Kanji tests & minigames

]]> 08 Feb 2007 06:31:54 It is your duty as a ladybug to push small droplets of water in the special water holes. The game saves your progress along the almost 150 levels.

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]]> 17 Jan 2007 02:26:06 Thousand Arms was a great Japanese RPG that never gained much of a following in North America. Combining the role playing genre with the humour of harem anime (series such as Love Hina, To Heart, or Tenchi Muyo) and gameplay elements from dating sims, the resulting game is an oddly compelling and highly entertaining title.

The story follows the adventures of Meis Triumph, a "spirit blacksmith" who can make magical weapons with the aid (and love) of a girl. Opposing Meis and co. are the Dark Acolytes, a group of robots and cyborgs bent on finding the legendary Sacred Flames and bringing chaos to the world.

The game differentiates itself from other Japanese RPG ports of the time with its use of voice acting. While most RPGs today feature a large amount of voice acting, at the time few RPGs included it. As well, the Japanese themes "Depend on You" and "Two of Us" by Ayumi Hamasaki were both included in their entirety.

Another thing that made the game unique was the combat system. At any given time, only one protagonist and one antagonist could actually fight directly. However, up to two characters on each side of battle could contribute through use of items or magic.

]]> 06 Mar 2007 07:19:47 In this educational mini game, you can teach yourself how to identify Japanese katakana and hiragana symbols. Each symbol represents a sound, and with practice you can eventually memorize the symbols and their associated sounds. At the same time, you will be improving your typing skills!

The gameplay is very easy to adapt to. Clouds containing Japanese symbols scroll across the screen, and you must type the sound you believe is associated with any symbol on the screen. You gain points by correctly identifying the symbols.

]]> 10 Mar 2007 05:55:07 A crazy Japanese puzzle game. You have to sort the puzzle pieces to guide the pig to the mushrooms and then to his sleeping farmer father. You are fighting against the clock and trying to avoid being eaten by the wolf. Lots of fun but hard.

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