Japanese for Gaming How Much Do You Know

To all Retrobit Games fans, have you had Japanese lessons before, if the answer is no, you might be interested to test yourself on how much Japanese you’d known as a hardcore J retro gamer, especially who grew up in the golden ages of gaming. OK blow down the cartridge and get ready to surprise yourself.

Remember the first Japanese game you played, when you switched on the famicom (NES) and Super famicom(SNES). What was your feeling when you were looking at the screen? Total mumbo-jumbo when you were looking at the Japanese words, right? However, you might be familiar with the western version of the game, if the screen layout is similar, then you’d know where the “start” button or quit button was.

Here are more common words that are found on Japanese game menus:

• Menu = メニュー(Menyū)
• File = ファイル(Fairu)
• Mode = モード(Mōdo)
• Settings = 設定・せってい(Settei)
• Option = オプション(Opushon)
• Select, choose = 選択・せんたく(Sentaku)
• Music = 音楽・おんがく(Ongaku)
• Gender = 性別・せいべつ(Seibetsu  )
• Main character, hero, protagonist = 主人公・しゅじんこう(Shujinkō)
• Level = レーベル(Rēberu)
• Easy = 簡単・かんたん(Kantan)
• Hard = 難しい・むずかしい(Muzukashī)

Through the game:

• Load = ロード(Rōdo)
• Mission = ミッション(Misshon)
• Yay, I won! or Yay, I did it! = やった! (Yatta)!
• Fight = 戦う・たたかう(Tatakau)
• Attack = 攻撃・こうげき(Kōgeki)
• Item = アイテム(Aitemu)

After the game ends:

• Save = セーブ(Sēbu) to your Memory card = メモリーカード(Memorīkādo),
• Quit = 終了・しゅうりょう(Shūryō)
• Continue = 続き・つづき(Tsuduki)
• Retry = リトライ(Ritorai)

Popular games to look back on:

• The Legend of Zelda =ゼルダの伝説(Zerudanodensetsu)
• Super Mario World= スーパーマリオワールド(スーパーマリオワールド)
• Donkey Kong= ドンキーコング(Donkīkongu)
• Street Fighter 2 = ストリートファイター2 (Sutorītofaitā 2)
• Super Metroid =スーパーメトロイド(Sūpāmetoroido)
• Legend Of Zelda 3 =  ゼルダの伝説3(Zerudanodensetsu 3)
• Secret Of Mana 2 = 聖剣伝說2(Seiken-densetsu 2)
• Final Fantasy 2 = ファイナルファンタジー2(Fainarufantajī 2)
• Chrono Trigger = クロノ・トリガー(Kurono torigā)
• Soul Blazer =ソウルブレイダー(Sourubureidā)
• Breath of Fire II =​ブレス オブ ファイアII 使命の子(Buresu obu faia II shimei no ko)
• Terranigma​ =天地創造  (ゲーム) (Tenchi sōzō   (gēmu))
• Arcana = カードマスター リムサリアの封印 (Kādomasutā)

These days games have all the fancy storylines and realistic graphics, but nothing beats classic Retro games that brought us lots of simple joys, and it is part of our good old childhood.

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