Stop studying Mandarin.
Start playing it.
HanziVision runs Pokémon Emerald (Chinese) in your browser and turns every line of dialogue into a live lesson — pinyin over every character, tone colors, one-click word meanings, spoken audio, and an export-to-Anki vocab deck.
Read every line
Pinyin above each character and Pleco-standard tone colors, rendered live as the game prints text.
One-click lookups
Click any word for its meaning, traditional form, and per-character tones — powered by CC-CEDICT plus a game-specific dictionary.
Hear it spoken
Every line gets audio: pre-rendered native-quality voices, smart fragment splicing, and on-demand neural TTS for the long tail.
Mine real vocab
Save words as you play, drill them with built-in flashcards, or export to Anki/CSV in one click.
Saves that stick
In-game saves persist in your browser across sessions. Back up or import .sav files anytime.
Private by design
Your ROM and your save never leave your device. No account, no tracking, no upload.
How it works
Load your ROM
Bring your own Pokémon Emerald (Chinese) .gba file. It's stored only in your browser — pick it once.
Play normally
The built-in scanner reads dialogue straight from the game's memory — no OCR, no lag, frame-accurate.
Learn as you go
Read with pinyin, listen, click words you don't know, and walk away with an Anki deck of vocab you met in context.
Pricing
Free
- Full game + live dialogue scanner
- Pinyin, tone colors, word lookups
- Vocab deck, flashcards, Anki/CSV export
- Pre-rendered + spliced line audio
- Neural TTS for unseen lines — standard daily quota
Pro
- Everything in Free
- 20× daily neural-TTS quota — every line and word in a native-quality voice
- High-quality word audio on click
- Supports development ❤️
FAQ
Do you provide the game?
No. You need your own legally-obtained Pokémon Emerald (Chinese translation) .gba file. HanziVision is an emulator + study layer; it ships no Nintendo content.
How accurate is the dialogue capture?
It's not OCR — the scanner reads the text directly from the emulated game's memory at 60 fps, so it's exact, including speaker names and battle text.
What level of Chinese do I need?
Pokémon dialogue is short, repetitive, and context-rich — great from HSK 2–3 up. With pinyin and one-click lookups, ambitious beginners do fine.
Where is my data stored?
Everything — ROM, game saves, vocab deck, audio cache — lives in your browser's local storage. Nothing is uploaded.
Does it work on phones?
The UI is responsive with an on-screen gamepad. Desktop is the best experience; mobile support is improving.