Shashingo: Learn Japanese With Photography next week

Shashingo: Learn Japanese With Photography arrives on Switch next week, an eShop listing reveals. It’ll be ready to go on September 3, 2024.

Shashingo: Learn Japanese With Photography was announced for Switch in 2022. The PC version made it out at the start of the year, and now a few months later, it’s about to drop on Nintendo’s console.

Here’s an official overview:

Explore bright, fictional Japanese streets filled with details and interesting objects to capture with your camera. Each photograph you take will translate the name of the content into Japanese and English so you can learn with your surroundings.

Every photo flash-card you take will be unique to you. The idea behind this is to strengthen the relationship between a word and how you see its physical appearance. In the real world, you can then see such objects and make connections to the Japanese words you’ve already learned while playing Shashingo.

Your photo album is where you keep your collection of Photo Flash-Cards. If you remember them well in Find Mode, they’ll be separated into the ‘mastered’ tab and shown with a gold star sticker. However, if you’re struggling to remember a word in Find Mode, they’ll be marked with a purple exclamation mark sticker, so you know which words you need to practice more.
You can also mark your favourite words & images with a cute little heart sticker to add them to your favourites page.

At the back of your in-game photo album, there are numerous pages of Japanese lessons designed for beginners that will teach you how to speak Japanese and use the vocabulary that you learn in Shashingo. Also included are some key words and important phrases that can help you in your future conversations.

Key Features

• A stylised, approachable 3D environment
• In-game photography system
• Japanese audio
• Photo album to store your flash cards
• Game modes that test your memory
• Beginner phrases and grammar lessons
• Day/Night and weather cycle
• Display romaji, kana, furigana (recommended) or kanji
• A lo-fi soundtrack perfect for studying with

The game will cost $20 on the eShop upon release. Find more on the game here.