Kana Quest does a good job of ramping up the challenge with new tile mechanics, and the developers don’t forget you’re supposed to be learning here. They lower the puzzle difficulty as new kana are introduced to help you get comfortable with the symbols. Also, there are no tests; as with most puzzle games, you’re graded on the number of moves you took to solve each level.
Kana Quest
Not Dead Design · Mar 12, 2020
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A Kawaii Kana Match-Em Up. Learn Japanese. Match Kana (Japanese letters) with their sounds. Solve Puzzles.Your quest to learn Japanese starts now!
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- Kana Quest tries to deliver a fun learning experience but fails in the educational department and thereby ruining most of the puzzle part, making it feel like the educational part was an excuse to produce a cheap puzzle game. A vibrant art style and soundtrack can make the game a fun experience for people who are already learning the Japanese language and are looking for something to do between lessons, but this is definitely not a useful tool for newcomers.
- 7.3I can match colours on games such as Candy Crush with the best of them, but I’m not learning anything in doing so, and as such it could be considered a waste of time. Not so with Kana Quest, as there is that wonderful educational aspect to the puzzle game. In effect, Kana Quest is a puzzle game that educates as you play.
- Kana Quest is, by its nature, really only for people with a genuine interest in learning kana; with that being said, it’s a fantastic tool for said learners that can certainly help players memorize characters found in Hiragana and Katakana. As long as players stick with it, the payoff is definitely there. Language learning tools are generally repetitive, and although Kana Quest went to great lengths to keep it fun, it did have to put education before entertainment, meaning repetition was a massive part of the game and may put off some players.
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