Playing Japanese games can sometimes be tough...

[Q-Bass]

...but what Japanese games can easily be played by non Japanese speaking gamers?

I'm obvisously not talking fighters, shmups, sports or driving games here but what story based games ( not nessacarily full on RPG's ) can still be enjoyed by those not familar with the language?

JP Guardian Heroes on the Saturn usually comes up in this category where knowledge of language is not absolutely vital to get something out of it.

What others are there...if any?

Any format but mainly SFC, DC and Saturn

[Kubrick]

Biohazard & similar games are pretty straightforward.

[S3M]

A very large number of them as you can find hundreds of guides over the net to help you through tons of games. Not had a problem with any DC imports or Snes, couple of the Saturn one's.

Mainly just avoid text adventures and check there are guides if you are buying RPG, Princess Crown, Dragon Force II, Grandia only had a couple of sticking points but where easy enough to play.

Only a handful of games, I had problems with and they were all unknown titles.

[charlesr]

Bomber Hehhe!
Any shooter
tokyo bus guide
erm a bunch of others
any arcadey type thing

[Emir]

Surely one of the most universally accessible games has to be Katamari.

[Yakumo]

Get Rent-a-Hero No.1 for Dreamcast ! That's great plus there are a few guides on the net if you ever get stuck. Actually the guides are quite nice because they also explain the plot. Oh and it uses the same or modified SPIKE OUT engine

Yakumo

[Baseley09]

When i was a teen I enjoyed a game called Maniac Pro Wrestling which was a story driven wrestling game where you pulled up a menu then sub menu to pick the move/defend against your foe.

http://www.vgmuseum.com/images/tg16/01/15.htm

There are numerous ones like this you can enjoy with a little patience working out what each thing does like Soccer & also driving games. How lol, but they can be enjoyable.