Because I am fascinated by bizarre game concepts, especially in conjunction with bizarre peripherals, I'm thinking about picking up the Densha de Go + controller for the Saturn. I'm really looking forward to getting strange looks when I show this thing to people. However, I don't understand a lick of Japanese.

To those who have played it: Would I spend most of my time mashing buttons and wondering just what in the hell is happening, or is it something that I could probably work through?