Yakuman DS
| Yakuman DS | |
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 Packaging artwork | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo SPD MediaKite |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) |
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| Producer(s) |
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| Designer(s) | Tsubasa Fujikawa |
| Writer(s) | Kiyomi Oe |
| Composer(s) | Kenichiro Iwasaki |
| Series | Yakuman |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle, traditional |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Yakuman DS[a] is a Mahjong video game developed by Nintendo and Mediakite and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is a successor to Nintendo's 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[edit]
- Free Play mode - in Free Play mode the player can freely choose opponents, rules and options.
- Challenge mode- in this mode the players can 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.
Reception[edit]
Sales[edit]
The game sold poorly at less than 40.000 copies across both versions.[5]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2009) |
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.
- ^ Yakuman data on GameFAQs.com
- ^ Nintendo Software Planning & Development (2005-03-31). Yakuman DS (Nintendo DS). Nintendo. Scene: Staff Credits.
Producers: Hitoshi Yamagami, Noriyasu Kainuma, Makoto Yoshida
- ^ Yakuman DS data on GameFAQs.com
- ^ Wi-Fi Taiō Yakuman DS data on GameFAQs.com
- ^ "マリオシリーズ売上ワースト５" (in Japanese). ロジー&マリオファンの集い (YouTube). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Japanese)