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Shujinkou
A retired samurai (主) is entrusted with saving his home from intelligent, language-devouring "Akuma" alongside an eccentric fox (人) freed from a cursed abode and an astute princess (公) with her own ambitions. Shujinkou is a dungeon-crawling JRPG that offers a unique opportunity to learn Japanese as you play. It features thousands of Japanese words...
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- Released
- February 13, 2025
- Developer
- Rice Games
- Genres
- Puzzle · Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy · Adventure
- Publisher
- Rice Games
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Shujinkou Reviews
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Shujinkou is a genuinely worthwhile language tool wrapped up in a genuinely worthwhile indie Etrian Odyssey-style dungeon crawler. It’s an inspired, intelligent idea and I hope people give it a chance despite being as indie as they come. On sheer ambition and creative energy, I would be hard-pressed to point to anything I have ever played that’s more impressive than this.
Suffice it to say, Shujinkou is one of the most ambitious indie games I’ve ever played. It not only satisfies the DRPG craving, but also rivals the industry and genre giants in delivering a complete experience. Whether you’re a longtime fan of the genre or just curious to try something new, this is the one.
Summary - Both a decent language learning tool and a good game, Shujinkou pulls off a pretty impressive feat here. Some of the controls are a little more complex than I would like, but everything else is spot-on.
War of words.Reviewer's Note: Shujinkou was reviewed on a Switch 2.For the longest time, I've wanted to learn to read [...]
You won’t become fluent in Japanese by playing Shujinkou, but it will introduce the basics of both hiragana and katakana to you in a game that features the best bits of the Etrian Odyssey series in a very clever way. The combat system is solid enough that not even the counterintuitive menus could keep me from diving back in for more.
Solo-developed RPG Shujinkou offers an enthraling adventure and a fun way to learn Japanese. Even with some flaws due to this dungeon-crawler being extremely ambitious, it is a great cover letter for Rice Games.