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Square Enix Offers iOS Game to Teach English Dialogue
posted on by Egan Loo
The Final Fantasy/Dragon Quest game developer Square Enix launched Summer Story, the first title in its Real Taiwa de Manabu Jissen Ei-Kaiwa (Learn Practical English Conversation Through Realistic Dialogue) series, as an iOS app on Wednesday. Not only can players listen to spoken English, but they must actually speak English with proper pronunciation to advance through the bishōjo game-style app.
In the game, the player interacts — entirely in English — with three female college students who are studying abroad in Japan. The three students are LiSA" Ferguson (a 19-year-old anime fan from Florida, far right). The character Karen M. Turner (center left) appears as the player's 26-year-old college English teacher from Yokohama.
The app is compatible with iTunes Store offers the app for 800 yen ($10), while the American store offers it for US$6.99.
The visual novel distributor announced Go Go Japan ~My First Trip~, a tour guide to Japan created in the form of visual novel software.
Source: Famitsu via Temple Knights
Image © 2011 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
