Although I have yet to play it because I’m a cheapskate and chose the least expensive shipping available (economy airmail without tracking), I’m almost chomping at the bit to play it because I’ll finally be getting some educational use out of my DS (aside from playing Brain Age 2 in Spanish).
I can guarantee right now that I’ll get it and find something about it I don’t like, and will end up regretting buying it. But, I’ve.. acquired the game.. to see whether or not I’d be able to handle it and if it would be useful, and I think it’ll help a fair bit.
I really wanted to buy the other kanji game I mentioned before – なぞっておぼえる大人漢字の練習 but two things stopped me: It’s more expensive than KanKen, and a new version is coming out February 25th, meaning I could get a discount on the older one (doubt it) or I can get the newer one and be much better off learning-wise. So, I’ll just have to wait a month and find out.
I have a lot of good feelings about the game though, despite knowing right now that playing it will necessitate lots of dictionary use and lots more SRS cards. But there’s so much knowledge available in the game, so much I can learn, it’s really an exciting prospect.
But I have to get it first. That’ll take… oh, probably a week or so.
