This. Is. AWESOME! Any huge pokemon fan will love this 'first-ever (unedited may I mention) pokemon game'.The product came very early vs. What it said it'd be here by. It was wrapped in bubble wrap and inside a "small" bubble wrap case. I'm not Japanese, but it's not much of a challenge of you already know the plot of pokemon red, blue, green, (maybe) yellow, fire red and leaf green. I know what almost all the important character a lines but most importantly the plot. I'm on my way to Misty's gym right now and I got the game yesterday. For some reason Charmander evolved very fast compared to my American Red version. Plus its interesting to hear the music changes from Japanese to American. It's also intresting to see the sprite differences. The hardest thing to do in this game is learning what moves are what, what products are what and maybe naming your character/pokemon. But again, if you are familiar with the other pokemon games I mentioned, you'll learn what the products are quick (though you won't know the Japanese) and its good to change how many you get of which item (ex. 4 pokeballs, 3 potions) and/or buy one and see what it does. With moves on pokemon you should test new moves on wild pokemon and learn what the animation is like to compare to the games I mentioned. I think most evolve, gain experience and moves with the same timing as the American versions. I have yet to see how bad the Lavender Town ("syndrome"**) music is (**if you know it has very high pitched noises to "invoke scared-ness" - it could give headaches if you CAN hear it). Maybe I'll come back with some more updates as I play.