Japanese Learning Software...

I'd like a Japanese Learning Software that doesn't suck...

I tried that Rosetta Stone one but I really don't like it, they don't explain anything.

I also tried Power Japanese, it was decent. I'd like something with a little more interactivity and differents games to help you learn. Something fun that teach you the basics because I'm a total beginner at this and the hardest part of learning a language is always the beginning (I learned English as my second language, I'm French Canadian).

I know that I'm probably asking the impossible and that a software like this may not exist, but I could do with 2-3 differents software + some sites that have games on them and little programs.

BTW, any good online Japanese Dictionary? And any awesome translation site? I use Eudict, it's pretty good because it tells you the different meaning of the word instead of just having a dumb translation, but I'm sure there's better sites out there.


Thanks in advance.

>>52
do your own thing

But Japanese is my thing! 日本大好きですから～ Sure, at first, in 2005 when I started studying Japanese I did it out of peer pressure, but since then I've grown to love the language itself.

Besides, isn't Mandarin Chinese the new "Japanese" now?? It's gotten more and more popular each year... I bet that in the 2010s the classrooms that are full of pimple faced teens will be the ones where Chinese classes take place.....