Each game mode has separate options which vary according to the game and which are selected before the game start. The top-level options include general settings for background music (BGM) volume, sound effects volume and a couple of help functions, one of which causes unselectable tiles to be greyed-out and is enabled by default. If you choose a game menu item you're then presented with more text boxes for the different game modes available. Choosing any of these zooms in on one of the "ice flows" composed of mahjong tiles in the background which have cute little characters dancing about on them. The figures look like Inuit people and various arctic animals: fox, bear, whale and walrus.Īfter confirming your selections you have four menu choices: Normal Mode, Challenge Mode, Multiplayer, and Options. You are initially asked to input a 1-4 character name chosen from Japanese kana or romaji and pick an arctic-themed hand-drawn character to represent you, which can optionally be used as your cursor. In addition to two versions of this basic game there are four variant single-player games and four multi-player games. Tiles are considered removable by having no tiles on top of them or touching left or right sides.
SHANGHAI MAHJONG ACTIVISION SERIES
The rules are pretty straightforward: play through a linear series of board layouts composed of Mahjong tiles stacked in 3D patterns with the goal being the removal of all tiles in matching pairs from the playfield. Like those other SunSoft games, Shanghai Wii is presently only available in Japan, but don't let that stop you from enjoying this modern classic. Sunsoft of Japan licensed the name for use in Japan and put out a series of arcade games as well as home versions which have been released for nearly every handheld and console in existence. Shanghai is the name Activision gave to series of simple matching games featuring patterns of stacked mahjong tiles on the Apple Macintosh and later Wintel PCs (other companies have sold the same game with various other names the game is generically known as "mahjong solitaire" or "mahjong" though it has nothing to do with actual mahjong outside of using mahjong tiles).
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