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My Video Game Playlists in Japanese for Immersion

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I have taken my own advice and started playing a few games in Japanese to try to learn the language better.  I record them and then upload to YouTube.  Here are a few of my current playlists.

Labyrinth of Refrain

Shining Resonance Refrain

Ys VIII

Bayonetta

Atelier Lydie and Suelle

世界樹の迷宮X – Etrian Odyssey X

魔界戦記ディスガイア Refine

God Wars: The Complete Legend

The Lost Child

ゼルダ無双 ハイラルオールスターズ DX – Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition – Nintendo Switch

Snack World Trejarers Gold – Nintendo Switch

アライアンス・アライブ Alliance Alive – Nintendo 3DS

Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology

Deep Strange Journey 3DS – Japanese Version

Dragon Questドラゴンクエスト (3DS Virtual Console)

Pocket Monsters: Silver Version

Yokai Watch Busters 2: Treasure Legend Banbaraya Sword

Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2

モンスターハンター ストーリーズ (Monster Hunter Stories)

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Fire Emblem Warriors

One Piece Pirate Warriors 3

One Piece Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition

Monster Hunter XX

Duolingo Japanese

Duolingo Hiragana 2

Duolingo Hiragana 3

I am Setsuna (Nintendo Switch) Jap/Eng

Disgaea 5 Complete (Nintendo Switch) Jap/Eng

Minna de WaiWai! Spelunker

Corpse Party 3DS Jap/Eng

Puyo Pop Fever DS

PuyoPuyo Tetris Japanese Demo

マリオ&ルイージRPG1 DX #1 (Mario & Luigi: Super Star Saga + Bowser’s Minions)

Mindsnacks Japanese

Pokémon Ultra Moon

My Video Game Playlists in Chinese for Immersion

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I have taken my own advice and started playing a few games in Mandarin Chinese to try to learn the language better.  I record them and then upload to YouTube.  Here are a few of my current playlists.

Zelda Musou: Hyrule All Stars Edition (Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition) – Nintendo Switch

Pokémon Moon – 3DS

The Gate of the Firmament

Season of 12 Colors

Chinese Skill

Mindsnacks Mandarin

Rise of The Tomb Raider

Half-Life 2

My Chinese Coach – DS

The Talos Principle

Mayjasmine episode01 What is God?

Gaokao.Love.100Days

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13

Weapon Shop Fantasy

Chinese Kids Shows, Movies, Games, and Videos for Immersion

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I have been trying to learn Chinese lately and have been using a lot of Chinese kids shows, Movies, and Games for immersion.  I started with Fun Fun Elmo and have watched all the shows listed below.  Enjoy!

Good Chinese kids shows with Chinese Subtitles that match the Chinese Dialogue

  1. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures – Netflix
  2. Fuller House – Netflix

Good Chinese kids shows – Chinese Subtitles don’t match dialogue or no subtitles

  1. Fun Fun Elmo (Season 1) (Season 2)

Good Movies with Chinese Subtitles that match the Chinese Dialogue

  1. Lion King (Amazon Region 6 DVD)
  2. Clone Wars (Amazon Region 6 Movie)
  3. Kiki’s Delivery Service (Amazon Region 6 DVD)
  4. Harry Potter – all movies (Amazon Region 6 Movie)

Good Movies – Chinese Subtitles don’t match dialogue or no subtitles

  1. The Grandmaster (Amazon)
  2. Hero (Amazon)
  3. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Amazon)
  4. Shaolin (Amazon)
  5. House of Flying Daggers (Amazon)
  6. The Sorcerer and the White Snake (Amazon)
  7. Dangerous Liasons (Amazon)

Youtube Channels

Youtube Playlists

Steam Chinese Search, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese

Steam in Chinese

Reddit Videogame Thread

Starcraft

Good Steam games that can be switched to Chinese spoken dialog w/ Chinese subtitles

  1. The Gate of Firmament (youtube english subtitles, mandarin audio) (youtube mandarin subtitles and audio)
  2. Gaokao.Love.100Days (youtube playlist)
  3. Mayjasmine episode01 What is God?
  4. Rise of the Tomb Raider
  5. The Talos Principle
  6. Season of 12 Colors (youtube english subtitles)
  7. Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13

Good Steam games: Chinese spoken dialog w/ No Chinese subtitles

  1. Half-Life 2
  2. Portal?
  3. Portal 2?
  4. Age of Empires 2 – Simplified Chinese
  5. Age of Mythology – Traditional Chinese
  6. Oblivious Garden – Carmina Burana
  7. Eternal Senia
  8. Alan Wake
  9. Alan Wake’s American Nightmare
  10. DOTA2
  11. FEZ
  12. Unepic

Good Steam games: Chinese text only, no Chinese audio

  1. Detention
  2. Witcher 1,2,3
  3. Tomb Raider
  4. Assassin’s Creed 3
  5. Dark Souls 1,2,3
  6. Botanicula
  7. Civ 5
  8. Counter Strike:Global Offensive
  9. XCOM Enemy Unknown
  10. Borderlands 2, Pre-sequel
  11. Dead Rising 3
  12. Fable Anniversary
  13. GTA 5
  14. Resident Evil Revelations 2
  15. Trine 2, 3
  16. Fallout 4
  17. Assassin’s Creed Unity, Syndicate
  18. NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION: Souzou
  19. The Maw
  20. Insurgency
  21. Ori and the Blind Forest
  22. PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist
  23. Heroes of Might and Magic 3
  24. Black Ops 3
  25. Might and Magic Heroes VII
  26. Lego Worlds
  27. Dragon Quest Heroes
  28. The Emerald Maiden: Symphony of Dreams
  29. Fairy Tale Mysteries: The Puppet Thief
  30. Doom (2016)
  31. Double Dragon IV

Good Nintendo Games

  1. Zelda Musou: Hyrule All Stars Edition (Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition) – Nintendo Switch (youtube playlist) – Get the Game!
  2. Pirate Warriors 3 – Nintendo Switch Digital North American Version
  3. Omega Labyrinth Life – Nintendo Switch Asia Version
  4. Pokémon Moon – 3DS (youtube playlist) – Get the game!
  5. My Chinese Coach – DS – Get the Game!

Ok Chinese shows with Chinese Subtitles that match the Dialogue

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Chinese Video Game Consoles

  1. Ique – Chinese Nintendo 64
  2. Chinese ique 3ds

IPad/Android Games/Apps

  1. Chinese Skill (youtube playlist)
  2. Anki
  3. Mindsnacks Mandarin (youtube playlist)

Doulingo wikia

My Video Game Playlists in Spanish for Immersion

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I have taken my own advice and started playing a few games in Spanish to try to learn the language better.  I record them and then upload to Youtube.  Here are a few of my current playlists.

Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo Switch)

Dragon Quest 8 (3DS)

Pokémon Red (Game Boy/3DS Virtual Console)

Pokémon Sun (3DS)

Zelda Spirit Tracks (DS)

Yokai Watch (3DS)

Yokai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls (3DS)

Bravely Second: End Layer (3DS)

Dragon Quest VII (3DS)

Mindsnacks Spanish (Ipad)

Bioshock Infinite

Just Cause 3

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Assassin’s Creed 3

Borderlands

Resident Evil Revelations

Thief

Tomb Raider

Skyrim

Assassin’s Creed

Assassin’s Creed 2

Spanish TV Kids Shows, Movies, Games, and Videos for Immersion

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I have been trying to learn Spanish lately and have been using a lot of Spanish kids shows for immersion.  I started with Plaza Sesamo and a little bit of Elmo’s World and have watched all the shows listed below.  Enjoy!

Good Spanish kids shows with Spanish Subtitles that match the Spanish Dialogue

  1. Plaza Sesamo – Hulu Plus, UniMas, VmeTV
  2. El Mundo de Elmo – Hulu Plus
  3. Tomas y sus amigos – VmeTV
  4. Bob El Constructor – VmeTV
  5. Spongebob Season 1 – Hulu Plus
  6. Fairly Odd Parents Season 1 – Hulu Plus
  7. TMNT Season 1 – Hulu Plus
  8. Reino Animal – UniMas
  9. Star Wars Clone Wars – Netflix
  10. Pokemon Indigo League – Netflix
  11. Hulu Programas para Niños

Good Spanish kids shows – Spanish Subtitles don’t match dialogue or no subtitles

  1. Spongebob Squarepants 2nd Season and 3rd Season – Amazon DVD
  2. Avatar: The Last Airbender Book One, Book Two, (not 3) – Amazon DVD
  3. The Legend of Korra Book One, Book Two, Book Three, (not 4) – Amazon Blu-ray or DVD
  4. Pac Man and the Ghostly Adventures – Netflix, DisneyXD SAP
  5. Ultimate Spiderman – DisneyXD SAP
  6. Star vs. the Forces of Evil – DisneyXD SAP
  7. Phineas and Ferb  – DisneyXD SAP
  8. Clone Wars – Netflix
  9. Veggie Tales – Netflix
  10. Lots of Disney Movies on Netflix

Good Steam games that can be switched to Spanish spoken dialog w/ Spanish subtitles

  1. Alien: Isolation (YouTube Playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  2. Assassin’s Creed 2 (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  3. Assassin’s Creed 3 (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  4. Assassin’s Creed 4 (Black Flag) (Steam, Amazon)
  5. Assassin’s Creed Unity (Steam, Amazon)
  6. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Steam, Amazon)
  7. Borderlands (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  8. Borderlands 2 (Steam, Amazon)
  9. Batman: Arkham Asylum (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  10. Batman: Arkham City (Steam, Amazon)
  11. Batman: Arkham Origins (Steam, Amazon)
  12. Batman: Arkham Knight (Steam, Amazon)
  13. Bioshock 2 (Steam, Amazon)
  14. Bioshock Infinite (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  15. Civilization V (Steam, Amazon)
  16. The Darkness 2 (Steam, Amazon)
  17. Darksiders 2: Deathinitve Edition (Steam, Amazon)
  18. Dead Rising 3 (Steam, Amazon)
  19. Dead Space (Steam, Amazon)
  20. Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Director’s Cut) (Steam, Amazon)
  21. Doom (2016) (Steam, Amazon)
  22. Duke Nukem Forever (ok, maybe not a good game) (Steam, Amazon)
  23. Expeditions: Conquistador (Steam, Amazon)
  24. Fable Anniversary (Steam, Amazon)
  25. Fallout 3 (Steam, Amazon)
  26. Fallout: New Vegas (Steam, Amazon)
  27. Fallout 4 (Steam, Amazon)
  28. Far Cry 4 (Steam, Amazon)
  29. Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition (Steam, Amazon)
  30. Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition (Steam, Amazon)
  31. Just Cause 3 (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  32. Lego Batman 3 (Steam, Amazon)
  33. Lego Marvel Super Heroes (Steam, Amazon)
  34. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Steam, Amazon)
  35. Lego The Hobbit (Steam, Amazon)
  36. Resident Evil 6 (Steam, Amazon)
  37. Resident Evil Revelations (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  38. Resident Evil Revelations 2 (Steam, Amazon)
  39. Skyrim (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  40. Skyrim Special Edition (Steam, Amazon)
  41. Thief (2014) (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  42. Total War: Shogun 2 (Steam, Amazon)
  43. Total War: Shogun 2 – Fall of the Samurai (Steam, Amazon)
  44. Trine 1,2,3 (Steam, Amazon)
  45. Unepic (Steam, Amazon)
  46. Tomb Raider (2013) (youtube playlist) (Steam, Amazon)
  47. Rise of the Tomb Raider (Steam, Amazon)

Good Steam games: Spanish spoken dialog w/ No Spanish subtitles

  1. Age of Empires 2, 3
  2. Age of Mythology
  3. Assassin’s Creed (youtube playlist)
  4. Half-Life 2
  5. Bulletstorm
  6. Dead Space 2
  7. Dishonored
  8. Fear 3
  9. Farcry 3, Farcry 3 – Blood Dragon
  10. Grid 2
  11. Grid Autosport
  12. Guardians of Middle Earth
  13. Hitman: Contracts
  14. Hitman Absolution
  15. Just Cause 2
  16. Left 4 Dead 1,2
  17. Lord of the Rings: War in the North
  18. Mirror’s Edge
  19. Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
  20. Portal 1,2
  21. Scribblenauts Unmasked
  22. Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed
  23. Stacking
  24. Splinter Cell Blacklist
  25. Viking: Battle for Asgard
  26. Wolfenstein: The New Order

Good Steam games that can be switched to English spoken dialog w/ Spanish subtitles

  1. Oblivion GOTY (Original, not Deluxe)
  2. Dragon Age: Origins – Ultimate Edition
  3. Bastion
  4. Dead Island
  5. Deus Ex: The Fall
  6. Final Fantasy 13
  7. Final Fantasy 13-2
  8. GTA 3
  9. GTA 4
  10. GTA: Episodes from Liberty City
  11. GTA 5
  12. Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition
  13. LA Noire
  14. Mass Effect 1,2
  15. Max Payne 3
  16. Resident Evil 4, 5
  17. Saint’s Row 4
  18. Shadowgate (2014)
  19. Sleeping Dogs
  20. South Park: The Stick of Truth
  21. Knights of the Old Republic 2 (French&German Audio Too)
  22. Styx
  23. Witcher 2, 3
  24. Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z

Good Nintendo Games

  1. Dragon Quest VII 3DS (youtube playlist) – Get the game!
  2. Dragon Quest VIII 3DS (youtube playlist) – Get the game!
  3. Dragon Quest 4,5,6,9 DS
  4. Pokémon Red Gameboy/3DS Virtual Console (youtube playlist) – Get the game!
  5. Pokémon Sun 3DS (youtube playlist) – Get the game!
  6. Fantasy Life – 3DS
  7. Animal Crossing New Leaf – 3DS
  8. Bravely Default – 3DS
  9. Bravely Second: End Layer – 3DS (youtube playlist) – Get the game!
  10. Yokai Watch – 3DS (youtube playlist) Get the game!
  11. Yokai Watch 2: Fleshy Souls – 3DS (youtube playlist) – Get the game!
  12. My Spanish Coach – DS
  13. Assassin’s Creed 4 (Black Flag) – WiiU
  14. Puzzle Quest 2, Galactrix – DS
  15. Mario Kart – DS. Mario Kart 7- 3DS
  16. Final Fantasy 4 – DS
  17. Clubhouse Games – DS
  18. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story – DS
  19. Mario & Luigi Dream Team – 3DS
  20. Sonic Rush, Sonic Rush Adventure – DS
  21. USA Today Crossword Challenge – DS
  22. Golden Sun Dark Dawn – DS
  23. Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift – DS
  24. Yoshi’s New Island – 3DS (youtube playlist) – Get the game!
  25. All DS, 3DS, WiiU, Switch Zelda games
    1. Breath of the Wild (Switch) (youtube playlist) – Get the Game!
    2. Spirit Tracks DS (youtube playlist) – Get the game!
    3. Phantom Hourglass DS
    4. Ocarina of Time 3D – 3DS
    5. Majora’s Mask 3D – 3DS
    6. Link Between Two Worlds – 3DS
    7. Tri Force Heroes – 3DS
    8. Windwaker HD – WiiU
    9. Twilight Princess HD – WiiU
    10. Breath of the Wild – WiiU, Switch

Ok Spanish shows with Spanish Subtitles that match the Dialogue

  1. CyberChase – VmeTV, Hulu Plus
  2. Angelina Ballerina – VmeTV

Spanish Duolingo

Spanish Duolingo wikia

IPad/Android Games/Apps

  1. Duolingo
  2. Anki
  3. Mindsnacks Spanish (youtube playlist)