Wagotabi: Learn Japanese 4+

I really this app, as I have learned a lot of japanese with it. It really forces you learn before you can progress. The recent update seems to want to force you to use the flick keyboard which is fine for some people but I don’t like it. I wish there was an option to disable it. Also it would be nice if there was full keyboard support, as the game still requires you to touch the screen or use a game controller to advance to the next screen when learning, smart test or doing the boss fights. You can’t even select the smart test without touching the screen or using a controller. Maybe use arrow keys to select the menu items or let me use the virtual mouse from the keyboard.

edit: Thank you for responding. Creating a virtual mouse for the keyboard is an option, but not really the best option. I hope that one day I can play the game completely from a keyboard without having to use a game pad or a virtual mouse.

Also, is there a way to delete individual saves? sometimes I want to start over to really reinforce the learning. Thank you.

Thanks a lot for your review and playing Wagotabi!

The current last level introduces indeed the Flick Keyboard. It was a design choice as many players wanted to learn how to use it and we also found it interesting in order to practice and illustrate the dakuten and kana group practice あいうえお, かきくけこ, etc.
The flick keyboard will not be compulsory later in the game, except in very particular situations (for instance in a small puzzle / challenge). A switch button will be available most of the time to switch between a qwerty / and flick input.

Regarding the full keyboard / game controller support, we are working on it little by little. Your suggestion to use arrow keys to move the virtual mouse is indeed interesting and we will work on it for a future update, thanks for notify it!

We are glad that Wagotabi helped you already learn a lot of Japanese. Please tell people around you about Wagotabi, this helps us a lot!

This is one of the first Japanese learning games that I find myself actually WANTING to stay with. The learning aspect feels very smooth, and I adore the fact that it doesn’t bring in romanji as its starting learner of the Japanese alphabet/vocab like so many other apps do, and instead balances moving in Japanese as you progress through the game and lessons the amount of English that is used in conversation. That I feel like is truly learning by immersing yourself into the language. It’s a cute game that has a feeling almost similar to Pokémon where you battle by learning more Japanese, collect Kanji in your Kanjidex, and travel all across the lands of Japan. It’s really neat that it makes itself unique by having the world exploration mimicking the actual locations of Japan through the game play and allows its players to take note of those real locations and maybe even pique further curiosity and excitement into wanting to travel to Japan to visit those exact locations. Keep going developers and all those who have brought this creation to life! Ya’ll are doing amazing!!

Thank you so much for the amazing review! You exactly understood our motivation and inspirations to create Wagotabi and seem to be enjoying the adventure!

When I started this app I had tried learning Japanese on my own, but struggled really hard to learn any grammar as I had no one to practice with. This app fixed that for me completely. Now instead of feeling like I’m just learning so many words and not knowing how to use them. I’m having full conversations with the people in game. I’m listening to their conversations and understanding them! Over the app does a great job at being very educational, using context to learn, but also extremely fun as well. Sometimes I want to just keep playing because I’m having so much fun but I have to force myself to stop so that I can actually soak in what I learned. Overall best 5$ I ever spent trying to learn Japanese. They even have a free demo in case you don’t wanna commit to spending 5$ upfront. This game is everything you could ever ask for 10/10.

Thank you!

It took us years to experiment while developing Wagotabi and finding the right balance between learning, fun and immersion!

We are regularly adding new towns and learning content. Our vision is to add much more content step by step. First covering N5 and then above.

Please tell people around you about Wagotabi, this helps us a lot!