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I was into JRPGs in the late 80s and early 90s. I knew DQV existed in Japan because my cousin was there (and informed me Dragon Warrior was called Dragon Quest there). He got me a copy of it and he didn't really play games and I didn't really understand that this game would be in Japanese (and also not fit in my SNES). Thankfully I figured out how to mod my SNES (aka take some pliers and rip off those hinges), but unfortunately the game was entirely in Japanese. However it was only kana and I using a dictionary managed to get the menus figured out. I was basically ignoring dialogue and just running around doing stuff. Learned some basic words, other people online playing helped form early guides (some of them are still on this site). Eventually got Dragon Quest VI as well. I had been reading the dictionary just learning words but still not understanding grammar really, but eventually got a grammar book that helped a lot. Then I wanted to look into other Japan only RPGs and SMT was recommended a lot. That was a massive undertaking as it has kanji (unlike DQ) and a lot of complex words (but English menus lol). I had an N64 and not a PS1, so I basically missed that generation, but I bought a PS2 with money from my first job and modded it by removing the front (it's like a disc swap technique) to play imports. After that I started basically only playing Japanese games outside computer games.