Are there many people who learn Japanese just for games?

Not games, but for manga. Studying Japanese is hard, but this thread is a goldmine. Tweaking my bookmarks for later!

I first got interest watching Japanese animes and picked up a lot through that. Then I learned about games so I wanted to learn more. I took Japanese classes at school and it was so much fun!

I started learning japanese so I could play games! I've been studying for a long time but I feel like I could learn some more as of now, but at the moment I don't struggle playing!

Although, I personally never felt I really 'studied' per se as I would try to learn the language with some sort of exposure therapy? Watching shows with subs and trying to learn the words while doing so!
I do believe it is a bit easier now thanks to all the dictionaries you can find online and with how much translation tools have progressed tho!
I personally really enjoyed, when I first started, watchig gameplays of games I liked so I could sort of figure out the meaning of a sentence remembering the translated ones!

I wanted to learn Japanese for a while since I've been an otaku since I was a kid watching anime, and there are a lot of untranslated games I want to play. But the reality of my particular situation is that I ended up in the Japanese side of a game's community sometime late last year by chance, mostly on social medias like X. I mainly relied on the built-in translator to read what everyone was saying, and I used Google Translate on my end.. (I don't really recommend this! It may sometimes be quite inaccurate, and it's no good to rely on it and use it as a crutch as much as I did..) But after a few months, recurring phrases JP users around me use ended up sticking and I started to be able to read some of the kanji and romaji! I think I also picked up the specific tones my JP friends type (say?) things so it sounds a little more natural-ish..? I also romanize and translate the scripts of some situational voice I listen to and learn a little through that. I admit, my methods were unorthodox, so I don't think I'd honestly recommend following what I did.. Though now, I'm trying to learn it seriously when I have the time, since the elective is now available to me! Learning the basics and phonetic alphabet is important imo :] I'll definitely be checking out the sites and advice given by other users in this thread too~☆ Let's do our best and learn the language together!

I actually learned Japanese naturally through playing games.
At first, I couldn't understand anything at all. I just played by relying on context, intuition, and a lot of guessing. But because I kept doing it for years, I ended up creating an environment where I was constantly reading and listening to Japanese.
Over time, I gradually picked up the language without really realizing it. Nowadays, I can play games in Japanese and understand around 80% of the content. Of course, I still come across words and expressions I don't know, but it's usually enough for me to follow the story and enjoy the game without needing a translation.

I learned English just for games kinda! Of course I also wanted to have access to other translations like manga, anime, books, and to be part of online communities I couldn't otherwise, but my main motivator was definitely media consumption. Doing the same for Japanese now, except far more lax in comparison? There was a frantic energy I had in my teens I'm having trouble finding now, so it's at a pretty glacial speed...

I'm rooting for anyone and everyone learning other languages for whatever reason and motivation; in order to partake in art forms, connecting with other people, etc! I think it's a beautiful thing and it broadens your understanding and appreciation for the world, so, let's all do our best!

I once tried to teach myself Japanese just to play Japanese otome games.
I was doing fine with Hiragana and Katakana, but the Kanji was so difficult that I ended up giving up.
Lately, thanks to translation programs, I'm so glad that I can play games in many different languages!