Topic: Learning Japanese for Gaming?

EuphoriaX wrote:

Not only do you need to learn the 2200 Joyo kanji, but you'll also need to be fairly versed as far as grammar and vocabulary goes to be able to read something like video games, manga, and newspapers.
For kanji, I've been using WaniKani.com. It's nice because they use mnemonics and a spaced repetition system so the kanji get into your long-term memory rather than staying in your short term memory. The first two "levels" are free, and after that, there's a small ($8.00) monthly fee. Due to the fact that it's in beta, there are currently only 1900 or so kanji for you to learn, but I hear that Koichi (the creator of the site) is planning on having all 2200 Joyo kanji and possibly more by the time it's out of beta.
Aside from their unique approach to kanji, the community is great, so I suggest making an account there even if you don't want to use it for learning kanji.

For grammar, you could use something free, like http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar, or you could pay for something like textfugu/Genki I (I recommend the latter).

If you haven't learned hiragana/katakana yet, I'd learn that before trying to learn any kanji, because many kanji have okurigana (hiragana attached to kanji).

Im not sure how much kanji/vocab/grammar you know already, so if you already know a fairly good amount, you should definitely get some reading material in Japanese for you to practice on. I've found a few good sites for reading material.
http://hukumusume.com/douwa/betu/
http://life.ou.edu/stories/
These two sites only have short stories, but you could also read Japanese blogs, gaming sites, etc. for reading practice.
Also, depending on how confident you are, you could make a lang-8 account and have people fluent in Japanese correct journal entries that you write in Japanese.