Kanji de Puzzle (2000)

Platforms: Game Boy Color

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A kanji-focused educational puzzle game blending crosswords, quizzes, and brain teasers for Japanese learners.

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About

You can enjoy the world of puzzle game magazines published in various ways on GB. Most of the kanji to be asked are 1006 kanji learned in the 1st to 6th grades of elementary school. Acquire perfect while playing antonyms, synonyms, stroke order, okurigana, homophones and idioms. There are four types of games: Kanji quiz "Spartan Z", Kanji crossword "Kankuro", "Kanji puzzle", and original puzzle "Elephant Dragon". It can also be used as a kanji learning tool for children from general education.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.