How readable are the Japanese shmup games?

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How readable are the Japanese shmup games?

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I've thought about getting s japanese ps/2. I know that many japanese games are readable in english especially shmups because of their simplicity. Can you think of any good shmups that are compleatly playable in the good ol' USA? I know no Japanese.
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Well...Radrigy got a port to both GC and PS2 and almost all of the menus in it were in english. In fact, most of the foreign games I have seen have at least some english in them. Even if they aren't, what's stopping you from asking any of us for help with anything unclear?
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You'll figure out what's what if you play it long enough.
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Can you think of any good shmups that are compleatly playable in the good ol' USA? I know no Japanese.
All of them.
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Instructions: Shoot everything, avoid bullets.
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ill6 wrote:Instructions: Shoot everything, avoid bullets.
That's right folks, ill6's above statement clearly says it all...you can't any more simpler than that, fellow shmuppers.....

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For most games all you need to know is Yes, No, Load and Save. Everything else is usually in english.

As for reading the manuals, the strategy boards here are far better than anything they will tell you.
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most of the games are in jap/english, so you can read them easily....for the rest, well you have many experienced players here to ask for help ;)
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As long as you can read the scores, you should be okay. :o
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guwange and maybe that game where you have a cannon on your head and you lose all your clothes if you get hit forcing your player avatar to cover his genitalia with fans are not very readable
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Aren't we forgetting the great Cave stories he'll be missing?

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Re: How readable are the Japanese shmup games?

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Pixel_Outlaw wrote:I know no Japanese.
Take a few minutes to learn freddiebamboo's essentials. You ought to be golden with just those 4 words. And possibly Autosave, for which your reponse should be "No" :)
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