The one I got into the most is called Shenmue.
I love Pikmin.
Fire Red is a game that I played recently.
Today we are gonna go and ask Japanese what kind of games
they like playing, what the best game is that they played so far
and what they are currently playing.
Let's go an Ask Japanese.
What was the best console or app game you ever played?
Mario.
Which Mario game?
Mario Brothers. On the Wii.
Yeah Mario was fun. I played it with friends.
But I always came last. So my Mario symbol would disappear from the screen.
You turn into a soap bubble that follows every one.
The one I got into the most is called Shenmue.
- What type of game was it? - What was it? Action I think.
An RPG action game. The hero gets money from his grandmother
you can go to the game center and win things.
Simple fun.
It's super old but Animal Crossing was lots of fun.
I like games where you raise things.
I tried to clear the game in several ways. It was fun.
I loved a game called Pikmin.
How do I describe it. There are little aliens called Pikmins.
They have a leaf growing on their head.
If you put down a seed, they will start growing from the ground.
You then pull them out.
Turn them into your allies.
And then go to fight some monsters.
Or just games like Mario and Super Mario.
I like clearing levels and following the course.
There was a game called Popilar.
- You know it? - Not at all.
You have four buttons
You connect it to the TV and circles will fall down from the top.
And then you push the buttons when they fall down.
- Like a rhythm game? - Yeah just like that.
And then there were many songs.
You match it with them and it gets more difficult.
I was really into that.
Seems like it will also help with your musical rhythm skills.
Yeah, I also played the piano you see...
It was great for keeping in rhythm and that helped when playing percussion.
I played Mario Party.
- How nostalgic! Playing it with friends...
Yes definitely.
You can compete with all your friends.
Animal Crossing and such.
The one where you interact with other animals. I owned that one too.
Oh you did?
What part of the game did you like?
You can save up money right?
I really got into that. I made lots of money on the game. That was fun.
There's a game called FPS
?
It's like a war game.
I like that one.
Playing this game against other people online and winning is fun.
Is this for the computer or the playstation or Xbox?
I am playing it on the PlayStation 4
- I would have to be Pokemon Go. - Is that your best one?
- Yes. - What do you like about it?
Finding pokemon.
What's the most RECENT game you have played?
Pokemon Go!
Thousand Memories.
What type of game is it?
You play it on smart phones.
- It's an app game. - What type?
You connect them and you can fight with that. If you level up
you get better attacks.
- Is it a bit like a puzzle game. - Yeah like that.
- I am playing Pokopoko - A what?
- Pokopoko. - What's Pokopoko.
Like Puzzle and Dragons. You delete rows.
You can level up and train more. That's fun.
I played a basketball game for a while.
Are you spending money on that or how do you play?
You can pay for some areas but I am not doing that.
Are you playing it on the train or where?
I play it at home.
I don't play it on the train.
I am playing rhythm games from time to time.
What game are you playing right now?
You mean what type of rhythm game? Do you know of ...
Idolm@ster Cinderella girls? - Yes!
It's the super cute one.
I play it lots.
I play TsumTsum.
The Disney game that was connected to the LINE app.
I played that lots.
Which is your best character on TsumTsum?
My best character was Tinker Bell!
Depending on the level there are different sizes.
I managed to level her up to the maximum level.
I kept raising her stats.
I remember a game where you make mushrooms grow.
Do you not remember that?
Mushrooms... I think they were called Nameko...
you let them multiply.
It was a game like that. I think that is the last one I ever played.
Many years ago.
What did you enjoy?
I wanted to see how many I can make grow.
I recently played the old pokemon game fire red again.
On the gameboy advance.
You pulled out the old gameboy and played it again?
- Yes. - Those were all our questions. Thank you.
So games. We know Japan as a game country.
We know that most of the fun games that come out are usually from Japan
well most of the games I am playing are pretty much all from Japan.
I was expecting to have more people talk about their gaming experience
or what type of games they were playing but you can see that
actually normal people on the streets in Japan are maybe that much
into games. They might not be gaming anymore, maybe they
only gamed when they were younger. It was interesting to see that
comparison. Yes great games come from Japan, doesn't mean though
that most people are gamers.
Which was again interesting to see.
People named games that they were playing when they were younger.
Mario and games they were playing and now app games
And you can see the big different between app games were you usually
collect stuff and so on.
There are classic games that you will never forget.
One of the games that I love is the
Legend of Mana series. I know it's super old but loved playing that one
with little money I could play it because it was older.
It is on the smart phones now. You can play them on the smart phones.
Secret of Mana. Legend of Mana. Loved Final Fantasy too.
7... 8... 10... but now I don't have a playstation that's good enough to play on.
I play games a lot on my psp and my ds.
Obviously I am totally addicted to Pokemon as you guys know.
We have done a couple of pokemon videos.
If you haven't watched the pokemon videos yet, I will put them in the
top right of the screen.
What is a game you used to play and loved as a child. Your best game.
That you can recommend.
Number two, what's the most recent game you have played?
Maybe it's the same, maybe it's different.
Curious to find out what kind of gaming experience you are having.
Thanks for watching, catch you soon on Ask Japanese.