For starters, here's a better shot of the game's cover art, which I think is pretty nice--although I have to admit that I find the five-pronged thingamabob in the center of the logo to be ... curious. (I can't be the only one who think it looks like some sort of alien sex toy, can I?)
Sadly, the art that appears on Osawari Tantei Nameko Daihanshoku's cartridge (below) isn't as cool. In fact, I'm not even sure what it's supposed to depict. Anyone have any ideas?
Oh, and here's the little sheet of stickers that come with every copy of Osawari Tantei Nameko Daihanshoku (aka Touch Detective: Funghi's Big Breed). I'm not entirely sure what I'm supposed to do with them, but I like them all the same--the one featuring the burly mushroom especially.
Finally, here's a shot of the back of the game's case. Sorry it's kind of washed out--it's been gloomy here lately and quite a bit of post-processing had to be done on the photo for it to be presentable.
That's about all I can say about this import-only puzzler at the moment, I'm afraid, as I haven't played enough of it to talk about modes and options and such. I'm planning to put it through its paces shortly, though, and once I do I promise I'll do my best to shed some light on the situation here.
See also: 'I can't decide if I should hug my mailman or hit him' and 'Kind of embarrassing admission: Osawari Tantei Nameko Daihanshoku is my most-anticipated 3DS title at the moment'
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That "five pronged thingamabob" is the kanji for "big" (大), read here as the "dai" in "daihanshoku." If you start studying Japanese it will probably be one of the very first kanji you learn. :)
I assume those nubbly bits on the end are meant to make the character resemble Funghi, who, let's face it, already looks like a penis.
Ah, I thought it was letter/word, Michael, but thanks for pointing out which one it is!
Also, I have *just* started trying to learn Japanese, but it's going to be quite some time before I get to kanji, I'm afraid.
Oh, and, yes, I assumed the nubbly bits were supposed to resemble Funghi. Still, you have to admit that makes the kanji look a bit ... suspect :)
Cool, how "just started" are we talking here? (like, yesterday? ;) Once you're able to read a bit in Hiragana I think it's actually pretty helpful to start looking at basic kanji as you look at vocabulary, just to help recognize the word when you see it and break up sentences into their components. Any Kanji is better than none, I think! :)
Two days ago :P And thanks for the pointer!
Well, congrats on getting started! :D What sort of program for learning did you end up settling on?
For now I'm using Genki Integrated Elementary Japanese. Should that not work so well in the end, though, I may switch to TextFugu.com or even just rely on various free online sources to help me learn hiragana and katakana.
I love burly mushroom.
Cool. I took a look at TextFugu and man, they sure spend a lot of time psyching you up! I would go nuts with that one, honestly. The bulk of the time you spend learning Hiragana and Katakana is going to be just just brute force memorization (whatever technique you like) so any source should be fine for that imo. :)
For me, Hiragana was a huge help in moving forward with grammar and vocabulary, and Katakana was more like a funtime reward as I could go to my import game collection and find tons of English words to read. Deciphering stuff like "Pawaa Dorifuto" is a kind of fun puzzle on its own. :D
Well, that's good to know--that learning hiragana and katakana is basically just about brute force memorization.
I'm starting with hiragana, by the way, as that's what pretty much everyone suggested a while back.
I'm very much looking forward to katakana, though, as, like you said, it seems like a fun puzzle, in a way :)
How could you not, right?
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