It's a little odd when Amazon is the main source of information on a game, and when it comes to My Japanese Coach, nearly all the substantive news has come from the online retailer, from screenshots to release dates. According to Amazon, the training title, which was originally scheduled for September 18, has been delayed to October 14. My Japanese Coach was already previously bumped, but only for a week.There were some concerns over the game when those first, very early (and very rough, in places) screens appeared, and that, combined with the double delay, makes us wonder if there aren't some fixes in the works for the title. But who knows? It could be something as simple as inauspicious scheduling.
We hope to actually see My Japanese Coach in mid-October.
Gallery: My Japanese Coach
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-10-2008 @ 2:46PM
FantomRedux said...
I'm waiting for this more than I was any of the big games this year. I really want to learn Japanese, but never really have the time. This'll be useful when I'm lying in bed or on a lunch hour at college. Now get it out Ubi!
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9-10-2008 @ 2:49PM
Zealot said...
I noticed this on Amazon yesterday and wasn't happy. Of course, as you said, If those extra three weeks mean a better end product I'm fine with that. Coming from the company that's given us all the Petz games, though, I'm not sure if they know what quality control is.
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9-10-2008 @ 6:36PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
Well, having used both the French and Spanish coaches, I can say that while this probably won't be perfect, it'll be useful!
9-10-2008 @ 7:16PM
Zealot said...
I don't doubt that the game'll be at least moderately useful, I'm just a pessimist and a skeptic and thus I'm probably giving Ubisoft less credit than they deserve. I'm still definitely looking forward to the game :)
9-10-2008 @ 3:28PM
ButtercupSaiyan said...
Noooo! Why is Chinese Coach out, and not this!? Dammit!
I've been spending the last month brushing up on my Japanese in anticipation for this, especially vocabulary, properly conjugating verbs and nouns, and certain pronunciations.
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9-11-2008 @ 5:27AM
Feba said...
I've heard that My Chinese Coach was given more attention to try to get it out for the Olympics.
9-10-2008 @ 4:51PM
erichoward86 said...
oh my god....
i didn't know this even existed! i am so happy.. right now... oh and amazon is always having problems...
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9-10-2008 @ 4:57PM
Paustinj said...
Oh awesome! I'm currently trying to learn Japanese and October 14th is my Birthday. Win!
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9-10-2008 @ 8:57PM
shaoron said...
Finally!
the Japs gets so many ENGRISH tutorial titles and we finally get this! thank you!
it's about freakin time!
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9-11-2008 @ 1:37AM
Engerz said...
Kinda racist there. Proper terms would be "JPN" or just simply Japanese.
9-11-2008 @ 12:51AM
Kralos said...
Aw, what the hell, I've been waiting for this for a while :/ Oh well, I guess i'll have to do with books to help keep things fresh for a bit longer.
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9-11-2008 @ 3:43AM
kronik said...
I've tried the spannish coach and I just don't like the program. It's a great innitiative but a language program is really hard to get right, and I don't feel that Ubisoft took the right decisions to make this work. You're forced to repeat certain tasks over and over again, even though you've clearly already mastered them. Also, there is little structure or diversity in these titles, and they tried too hard to make it into a mini-game collection. Obviously I understand it's a gaming system and it has to appeal to youngsters but come on... The marketing clearly aims this one at an older age group...
I think I'll stick to books to learn a language. Software is just not the way to go about learning a new language.
Although, that being said, if you're mearely interested in learning a few words, you might want to pick this up. Just don't expect more than the most basic of knowledge from these titles.
That's my view at least.
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9-12-2008 @ 3:10PM
R_Fusion said...
Dang it! now I have to wait more weeks til' I can get it. I hope they release a German Coach
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9-13-2008 @ 1:35PM
Jamar said...
Why only this one boring title? I want to see something like the multitudes of English training games that Japan gets (it would be nice if they made a "Japanese of the Dead" for starters).
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9-13-2008 @ 3:40PM
Suzu said...
I have been teaching Japanese for awhile now, and I can honestly say by looking at these screen shots that this game will not teach anyone Japanese, not to a readable, nor conversational level. You CANNOT learn Japanese in romaji, it's impossible. It's like trying to teach someone English using Japanese characters. If anyone truly wants to improve their Japanese try get hold of the game "Tadashii Kanji Kakitori-kun".
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9-16-2008 @ 12:53PM
Obsurveyor said...
You should try looking at more than the first two pictures. Romaji makes absolute sense to teach an English speaker the kana first. There are plenty of screenshots that show only kana/kanji use for reading and input. You cannot jump from English to hiragana/katakana without some kind of middle ground for pronunciation, if your only medium is text.
9-19-2008 @ 9:37PM
Hasshugiri said...
I wonder what the release date is for Canada? I know that i cannot pre-order it from amazon at the moment and i think it has to do with my location i.e. the great white north.
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9-23-2008 @ 10:56PM
jake said...
I went to eb games to pick up my preordered game... and it seems i made the trip for NOTHING!!! So irritating! And its to do some japanese studying for a trip to japan this December. So now I have even less time to study. I agree, they do need a release date coach! haha
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9-27-2008 @ 6:47PM
Vayne Solidous said...
I am so happy that this is being released, albeit late. The Spanish Coach was a great tool for learning spanish. Having taken years of spanish, I wish I had it back then. It looks like the same thing only with Japanese. And to the person saying there is only Romanji, I suggest you look at a few more shots than just the first two. I believe you WILL be able to learn some Japanese with this. Sure, the language experts might scoff at it for whatever reason, but its a great place to start. Probably a great suppliment to standard classes. Also, "Tadashii Kanji Kakitori-kun" is not friendly for someone who is just starting.
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9-28-2008 @ 6:16PM
Delarn said...
Maybe the game didn't pass at nintendo's quality assurance testing labs. Certification are hard to get these days.
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