Wagotabi: Learn Japanese 4+
RPG Japanese Learning
WAGOTABI LIMITED
Designed for iPad
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- $4.99
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Description
Wagotabi is your daily companion for learning Japanese from scratch, at your own pace, and with maximum immersion. Learn to read, write, and understand Japanese in context, while retaining Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Use your knowledge directly in context, by interacting with locals, and using Japanese in daily situations.
Discover real Japanese cities and culture while going on a quest to become a Japanese Grand Master.
Designed in close collaboration with +300 Japanese language experts, official Japanese prefecture tourist associations and thousands of early testers, Wagotabi provides you with an immersive approach to language learning following a graded reader approach. Words and grammar points are introduced according to the JLPT standard, beginning with N5.
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◆ START from zero: the game is beginner friendly: no initial Japanese knowledge needed. Concepts are introduced step by step and used right away in-game. Non-beginners will progress faster and equally enjoy the game.
◆ JOURNEY in Japan: Explore real cities, learn to introduce yourself, order food, ask your way to the locals and unravel hidden secrets!
◆ COLLECT new words, Kana, Kanji and get detailed explanations on grammar patterns and conjugation step-by-step. No more overwhelming Kana / Kanji / vocabulary lists.
◆ CHALLENGE Japanese Grand Masters in their castle to earn their respect!
◆ COMPETE with fellow learners on Kana and Kanji minigames and post your top scores to the leaderboard!
◆ PERSONALIZE your learning experience: benefit from our SRS tool pin-pointing your weaknesses, create your own avatar, set the game difficulty. This is your Japanese journey.
◆ ENJOY a fully ad-free experience without in-app purchase, the game can be entirely played offline!
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(Non-exhaustive) list of features :
Interactive dictionary (with illustrations, tags etc.), clear grammar explanation, interactive tooltips, fully voiced, SRS powered smart tests, interactions with environment, quests, 2 minigames (Kana and Kanji), boss fights, Hiragana / Katakana / Kanji stroke order and calligraphy, Kanjidex, resembling Kanji, conjugation, advanced progress tracking tools …
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Currently available content:
+190 carefully selected words and grammar points
+100 Kanji
+250 example sentences
+750 voiced Japanese dialogues
+190 unique NPCs in game
All words / grammar are used extensively and in context for better retention
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What our early testers are saying about Wagotabi:
"You guys are a blessing to bring this to the learning market!"
"I have been using some of the App's examples for my lessons and my students are responding to them really well."
"I don't have the budget to travel to Japan, however I'm totally immersed in this game, learning effectively and witnessing my progress daily."
"Thanks to this app, my kids are now self-motivated to learn Japanese and reconnect with their roots. This concept is so Kawaii!“
"I'm preparing a trip to Japan and will definitely go check these spots I already visited in-game."
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Terms of Service: https://www.wagotabi.com/terms-of-service
What’s New
Version 0.01.0403
Bug and localization fixes
Ratings and Reviews
Just do it
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!!
Developer Response ,
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!
Best place to start
I’ve tried many different resources for learning Japanese, but none of them helped me progress as well as this game. The unique way they merges language learning and immersive gameplay has greatly boosted my retention rate compared to many other methods. What I love is how you’re encouraged to immediately apply what you learn by interacting with NPCs. And as you progress through the adventure, the game gradually introduces more Japanese, replacing English to match your growing skills. For just five dollars, it’s a steal and offers much more than some paid places for learning. Don’t hold back if you’re thinking about it, go for it! Thank you, devs for an amazing learning tool and best of luck on the future updates !
Developer Response ,
Thank you so much for your kind words! 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.
Since you feel that Wagotabi is much more valuable than its price tag, please tell people around you about Wagotabi, this helps us a lot! There is also a Patreon page, feel free to join it or share around too: https://www.patreon.com/wagotabi
Immersive and impressive
This is the only “japanese learning game” i’ve ever played that:
1. feels like an actual game
2. feels like you’re actually learning and improving in an effective way
Wagotabi teaches you along the way, and as you’re introduced to more words and grammar points, they start appearing in the conversations and tasks in the game. The amount of repetition via slightly different contexts, and relevancy (what you read or hear informs what you do next as the game character), makes it feel easier to remember and digest new information. As you play, it increasingly feels like you really are playing a game IN JAPANESE, and that feeling is wildly exciting.
I honestly cannot wait until they release more content for this game.
Developer Response ,
Thanks a lot for your review! We are really glad that you like our game.
We put a lot of effort to make the game as immersive as possible, to make people feel they are learning Japanese as if they were in Japan. We are updating the game regularly, adding new content and improving the game based on feedbacks.
App Privacy
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- Location
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- Diagnostics
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Information
- Seller
- WAGOTABI LIMITED
- Size
- 147.1 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 - 2024 Wagotabi Limited.
- Price
- $4.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.