There is something like that! I didn't know that about Final Fantasy 9, I will definitely have a look! Thank you again :)

It gets really complicated really quickly. The original "The Legend of Heroes" was actually a Dragon Slayer game, which is its own (very old) series that includes things like Xanadu. There is a remake on PSX that combines "Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes" I & II ... that should tell you how old they are. Then there was a "The Legend of Heroes II: Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch" (note the "Dragon Slayer" part is gone) that begins the Gagharv Trilogy, followed by "The Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion" and "The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean" which ends the trilogy... all 3 games have remakes on the PSP, which included certain upgrades but are also the only (official) version with an English translation. If the REMAKE is on the PSP, you know how old THEY are. They may not actually be worth investing too much time and effort into.

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Full 3D Remake Steam soon?(2025)

I started studying Japanese some months ago, so I'd like to share some experiences.
My study goal isn't time-critical, so I don't put much pressure into it. It's just for fun, after all.

I roughly follow this routine, "30 Day Japanese".
I waste a lot of time digging into language details, so I found that unless I spent 8 hours per day, that 30-day goal is far reached.
Likewise, I spend no more than 3 hours per day.

For textbook, I recommend the book "はじめての日本語能力試験" (Tango).
It's a book series that helps you prepare the vocabulary for the JLPT exam (5 books from N5 to N1).
The strong point of this book is that each example sentence is based on previously learned vocabulary, so you won't be overwhelmed with new words.
I use this book as a companion to Anki (digital flashcard program), more detail is below.

There's another book series "みんなの日本語" (Minna no Nihongo) that is very popular with Japanese language centers in my country. It focuses on both vocabulary and grammar.
I end up with the Tango book by accident.

If you buy textbooks, take a look at the domestic publishing houses.
Here, I found that the licensed, localized versions are priced only one third of the version printed in Japan.

For grammar, I recommend this YouTube playlist: "Japanese from scratch: the game-changing course in organic Japanese".

As mentioned above, I use Anki for vocabulary learning.
There's a user-made deck for the Tango book here.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/ojx0lt/paying_1100_for_an_anki_deck_review_of_the_jlpt/
The textbook is more of a quality check tool, also, some grammar and usage notes aren't inputted into the Anki deck.

The "30 Day Japanese" routine mentioned above recommends the Kaishi deck for Anki.
But I think this deck has a critical flaw, it forgoes the strong point of the Tango book (see above).
You will sometimes find example sentences that are not only long, but also have multiple new words.
I use both decks, but I often pause the Kaishi deck and only resume it when I catch up in the Tango deck.

Be conservative when estimating your goal, I always add an extra 20-50% time to account for the unknown.
If you think you'll need 10 hours to study 200 words, set aside 12-15 hours actually to do it.
Don't be upset if you miss your daily goal, care more about long-term goals, bi-weekly, monthly...
Just don't be too lazy and let it slip too far.

Don't put too much effort into perfecting the handwriting stroke order and speaking pitch accent.
Think of them as byproducts of your study.

Learning a language is like playing a game, it should be fun, not a chore.

Well, it happened a few weeks after the Just Die Already giveaway.

Almost all? That couldn't be farther from the truth. In reality, I haven't set ANY region restrictions that weren't set by stores like Humble or Fanatical (yeah, we were charged for a higher amount due to their "custom" exchange rates and we still get region-locked keys while others get ROW). Still, I've opened them for as many countries as possible. Most of my giveaways were non-region-locked bundled/subscriptions/Kickstarter games till 2020. Since 2020 I haven't had as much spare money as before to buy bundles and subscriptions, so I sold my CS GO skins and started doing giveaways with gifts instead of keys (and you can't buy games to other countries from my country, sadly). And after 24.02.2022 most big publishers and stores stopped their operations in my country, so there is almost no way to buy non-region-restricted keys for a reasonable price and be sure, that the key will work — so, I mostly give away region-restricted Steam gifts for now. Still, I'm pretty sure that I've given away no less ROW keys than I won (at least it is so in real CV percentage).

I don't really care about blacklists on SG — someone will always blacklist you no matter what you do or say (or don't do and don't say). But that's a pretty strange reason.

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