Next to none of it is in English but once you set your game up the way you like it it won't matter. The guys over at Spirits Translation walk you through the menus line by line. The gameplay itself requires no knowledge of Japanese. I just started playing the series in March now I have every edition. Buy an older one first used on eBay see if you like it. It eats The Show's lunch all day. You can make the game as hard or easy as you want and anything in between.