Zaidan Houjin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Koushiki Soft: 200 Mannin no KanKe

[wraggster]

Christ sakes some new Jap DS Game with a bloody long name has been released, heres the full name:

Zaidan Houjin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Koushiki Soft: 200 Mannin no KanKen: Tokoton Kanji Nou

Cant tell you what the games about but heres the packshot:

http://image4.play-asia.com/170/PA.71515.001.jpg

More Info --> http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-2pz-71-9g-49-en-84-j-70-1j6j.html

[Vegetable]

Longest video game name ever.

[Eyedunno]

It's only a long name because it includes what in English would be a subtitle. "Tokoton Kanji Nou" is the "actual" title. A complete translation would be something like; "Kanken (2,000,000 participants strong) Complete Kanji Brain - Officially Licensed by the Japanese Kanji Aptitude Test Association"

It's basically practice software for a test of kanji offered throughout Japan. This one goes from Level 10 (the lowest) to Level 1 (the highest). I plan on getting it in a few days.

For info on kanji kentei, look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji_kentei

Edit: I went ahead and bought this this evening. Turns out I was mistaken, as this really doesn't function so well as a study aid. It's really more of a Brain Age-style game based on Kanji Kentei. For a study aid, I think Kanken DS (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9g-77-1-49-en-15-kanken-70-1i50.html) (which I also own) is better. It's also riding on the brain training bandwagon, but it has a practice mode where you can choose to hone whatever kanji skills you want to without having to unlock anything). This one is cheaper though (in Japan at least; not so on play-asia), and comes with a nifty pen-sized stylus (though I don't know if play-asia will throw that in; that might only be with store purchases, as the stylus was packaged separately and held to the game with a rubber band, which is a somewhat common thing in Japanese game shops).