{"id":431,"date":"2019-03-05T01:46:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T01:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mahjong.wtf\/?p=431"},"modified":"2020-08-02T15:42:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T15:42:19","slug":"idol-janshi-r-janguru-project-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mahjong.wtf\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"Idol Janshi R: Janguru Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hitomi from team Aura vs Kim from team Morpine.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you haven’t played an Idol Janshi game before, which is probably most people, let’s review how these games work. First, you pick which of the female characters you want to play as. Next, you play one-on-one mahjong with special abilities, like being able to see your opponent’s hand or influencing the tiles you draw. When you win a hand, the number of han points in your hand turns into “panel points” for the panel flipping game. Flipping over matching tiles will earn you power-ups and other goodies that vary from game to game. If you manage to flip over all the panels, your opponent is automatically defeated. Depending on the game, you may get to see some number of lewd drawings. Repeat this process until you beat the final boss, then… That’s it. Congratulations. A playthrough, depending on your skill level, should take between 90 minutes and 2 hours, and there’s really no reason to play the game again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At least, that’s how Idol Janshi is, but this is Idol Janshi R<\/em>. The game follows the same basic beats as the old games, but now there’s (seemingly) hours of fully-voiced cut scenes, a light powdering of story<\/g>line, and it’s a team battle this time around. How does that work? Well, each team has two to three girls, and when you or your opponent is defeated, the next girl on the team takes their place. The game isn’t over until the whole team is defeated. Once all the rival teams are defeated, you face off against the main boss. After you’ve completed the game for the first time you’re able to access a shop where you can spend points unlocking additional content for the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So is this a good game? Is it worth the effort of tracking down a copy and importing it? I’m gonna have to go with ‘no’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest issue I have with the game is just the fact that its 2-player mahjong in 2002. These head-to-head mahjong games simply have no place beyond the Super Famicom or maybe Sega Saturn era. Even the Famicom was able to handle 4-player mahjong with \uff14\u4eba\u6253\u3061\u9ebb\u96c0. I get that 2-player is part of the series’ DNA, but R<\/em> was the perfect time to split from that tired formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n