Has anyone here learned Japanese for the sole purpose of playing

>>3567342
I've thought about this, but so far I only have the basics figured out. Definitely learn the writing system first, hiraganas and katakanas, and as much kanji as possible. That way you'll be able to take advantage of written materials in the native format. This will already get you pretty far.

>>3567342
I've been trying to for years but I'm terrible at languages let alone Asian languages. Honestly, I can barely speak English and that's the only language I really know.

Most jRPGs have a lot of honorifics, colloquialisms, and archaic forms that aren't taught in an average Japanese course and google translate often doesn't work for these either but it gets exponentially easier to understand the more you learn. I definitely recommend getting a head start by learning kana, grammar, and common verbs before even trying to play jRPGs.

If you have an R4, Japanese Coach for the DS is actually really good to start, but I also download and make flash cards in Anki. "How to" books seem useless because it's all travel Japanese you'll never see in a game. I mostly use websites only as reference and not for studying.

Learn hiragana and katakana, then go to tae kim and start learning.

>>3567342
no, because it's just needed for stuff like jrpgs or other text-based games which are shitty genres anyway

Most games before playstation only used hiragana and katakana, which are pretty easy to memorize compared to kanji