- JP release: 21st April 2000
- PAL release: N/A
- NA release: N/A
- Developer: Seta
- Publisher: Seta
- Original Name: Ide Yosuke no Mahjong Juku
- N64 Magazine Score: N/A
This is the last Mahjong game released for the Nintendo 64, and it offers a polished presentation, featuring 3D graphics with your opponents standing around a table. It features a cast of characters to play against and a campaign mode that lets you unlock more opponents as you progress. Your opponents will also occasionally share their thoughts on their current situation or explain their next move, adding a bit of personality to each match.
The interface is the most user-friendly of the Mahjong games on the N64. A helpful menu appears when you’re able to take a tile, clearly showing the sets you’re working on. Another nice feature is the ability to press a button for the top down 2D view you get in all the other Mahjong games. The display of your tiles on the bottom part of the screen also matches up with the 2D view, which is a nice little touch.
Though I’m still not very good at Mahjong, this seems like a nice package for fans of the game.
Fine
Remake or remaster?
Clubhouse Games will do the job for most people.
Official ways to get the game.
There’s no official way to get Yosuke Ide’s Mahjong Cram School
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I played a PS2 game in this series (by Opus!) and it was the nicest anyone ever did mahjong + environment. A cozy atmosphere and home-y settings, emphasis on playing mj with “people”. A game you could only make at the exact moment in time at which it was made.