I got Chocobo Tales last weekend & let me tell you, It’s wicked fun! I’ve always loved the Final Fantasy Chocobos, and this game serves `em up with extra helpings of kawaii.

I’ve read several reviews that said that square-enix did some research & found that younger players liked chocobo the best of all the FF characters. So they made this Chocobo game for that target audience. If you’re not in that age group, never fear this is still a hugely entertaining game for anyone, especially if you’re a fan of the FF series.

Basically, it’s a full game of minigames. (And microgames!)

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ひらがな 6!? Ok, I know that you gotta be thinking to yourself, “Now Arcsis, I thought you said there where 46 hiragana. How can we be on to lesson 6? You lied to me!”
If you got that impression, you’re not alone. I felt the same way when I discovered there were more than 46.

There really are 46 basic hiragana, but then there’s variations on those. You don’t need to learn to write any new ones, only what they mean when to add a tenten or a maru. (These were what I was taught to call them. In Kana de Manga, they’re called a dakuten & handakuten)

So what is a tenten? It’s the 2 little lines on the top right that make ka turn into ga

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And Maru actually means circle. So adding a maru to ha makes pa.

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Lets take a look at the 5 lines that change, shall we?

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