Yakuman DS

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Yakuman DS
Yakuman DS Cover.jpg
Packaging artwork
Developer(s)Nintendo SPD
MediaKite
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)
  • Mitsuhiro Hoshino
  • Azusa Tajima
Programmer(s)
  • Hitoshi Yamagami
  • Noriyasu Kainuma
  • Makoto Yoshida
Writer(s)Kiyomi Oe
Composer(s)Kenichiro Iwasaki
SeriesYakuman
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: March 31, 2005
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Yakuman DS[a] is a Mahjong video game for the Nintendo DS produced by MediaKite and Nintendo, a successor to their 1989 Game Boy game Yakuman.[1][2] It features modern Japanese Mahjong rules (with riichi and dora) and various characters from the Mario video game series.

The original version was released in Japan in March 2005 by Nintendo.[3] In September of the following year they re-released the game with an online mode and the revised title Yakuman DS with Wi-Fi Support[b].[4] Both versions were released only in Japan and with predominantly Japanese text.

In Japanese Mahjong, the term yakuman can refer both to the rare high-scoring limit hands and to the largest score limit that can be applied to a winning hand under Japanese Mahjong scoring rules.

Game modes[]

  • Free Play mode- In Free Play mode the player can freely choose opponents, rules and options.
  • Challenge mode- Win by fulfilling a given set of conditions with a given set of opponents. Initially easy, normal and hard "courses" are available. Completing these unlocks characters and an expert course.
  • Ranking mode- The character chosen starts at rank 20. The player plays against the other characters to ascend and possibly become rank 1 (the top three opponents are Petey Piranha, Bowser, and Toadsworth in ascending order). Note that the ranking system works by winning points from beating other players; thus the top opponents do not need to be unlocked in order to ascend above them.
  • Local multiplayer- A game for multiple players (up to four), all within range of the DS wireless radio.
  • Online multiplayer (2006 edition only) – Like online multiplayer for other DS games, with the same Friend Code system. Voice chat is available.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Japanese: 役満DS, Hepburn: Yakuman DS
  2. ^ Japanese: Wi-Fi対応役満DS, Hepburn: Wi-Fi Taiō Yakuman DS

References[]

The initial version of this article was based on the article Yakuman DS from the external wiki Super Mario Wiki, released under the GFDL by its authors.

  1. ^ Yakuman data on GameFAQs.com
  2. ^ Nintendo Software Planning & Development (2005-03-31). Yakuman DS (Nintendo DS). Nintendo. Scene: Staff Credits. Producers: Hitoshi Yamagami, Noriyasu Kainuma, Makoto Yoshida
  3. ^ Yakuman DS data on GameFAQs.com
  4. ^ Wi-Fi Taiō Yakuman DS data on GameFAQs.com

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