Yakuman DS

Yakuman DS
Packaging artwork
Developers	Nintendo SPD MediaKite
Publisher	Nintendo
Directors	Mitsuhiro Hoshino Azusa Tajima
Producers	Hitoshi Yamagami Noriyasu Kainuma Makoto Yoshida
Designer	Tsubasa Fujikawa
Writer	Kiyomi Oe
Composer	Kenichiro Iwasaki
Series	Yakuman Mario
Platform	Nintendo DS
Release	JP: March 31, 2005
Genre	Puzzle
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Yakuman DS ^[a] is a 2005 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

• 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

Sales

The game sold poorly, with both versions selling a combined total of less than 40,000 copies. ^{[5] [ better source needed ]}

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

1. Yakuman data on GameFAQs.com
2. Nintendo Software Planning & Development (March 31, 2005). 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
5. "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). October 11, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2022.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)