Mahjong is a game for four players that originated in China. It was called, meaning sparrow in ancient China, which is still the name most commonly used in some southern Chinese dialects such as Cantonese and Minnan, as well as in Japanese. However, most Mandarin-speaking Chinese now call the game má jiàng.
Mahjong involves skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of luck (depending on the variation played, luck can be anything from a minor to a dominant factor in winning). In Asia, mahjong is also popularly played as a gambling game. In the game, each player is dealt either thirteen or sixteen tiles in a hand, depending on the variation being played. On their turn, players draw a tile and discard one, with the goal of making four or five melds (also depending on the variation) and one pair, or "head". Winning comes "on the draw" by drawing a new or discarded tile that completes the hand. Thus, a winning hand actually contains fourteen (or seventeen) tiles.
Mahjong Taikai II was first released in the SNES console and ported to Saturn, Dreamcast and Playstation consoles.
These are single player games (as with card games Mahjong player have hidden hands, so multiplayer with one screen wouldn't work too well) with virtual opponents. The Mahjong rules used are Japanese Riichi (Reach) rules, which is a somewhat streamlined version of traditional Mahjong rules where the emphasis is on building special hands to get lots of points -- Mahjong players should take note that terms used in this game are Japanese rather than Chinese, though they are similar so it's not difficult to adjust.
Manufacturer's description:
2nd hit four Mahjong fully enjoy authentic charm of Mahjong tournament in three modes of exercise Jansou. Further strengthen routine cheating without any thought to enjoy a game just like combat. Personality, ability, muscle is also different beat, a stand of 23 players as the opponents of the motif of distinctive historical character.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Mahjong theme.
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