Mahjong Sisters Explained

Mahjong Sisters
Developer:Toaplan
Publisher:Toaplan
Composer:Osamu Ōta (uncredited)
Platforms:Arcade
Genre:Board game, eroge
Modes:Single-player, multiplayer

is a 1986 eroge mahjong arcade video game developed and published exclusively in Japan by Toaplan.[1] [2] In the game, the players face off against a group of three sisters in a series of mahjong matches. As of 2019, the rights to the title is owned by Tatsujin, a company founded in 2017 by former Toaplan member Masahiro Yuge and now-affiliate of Japanese arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia alongside many other Toaplan IPs.

Gameplay

Mahjong Sisters is a tile-based japanese mahjong eroge game where players compete against three sisters with the main objective of winning the matches by getting the girls undressed.[3] [4] As far as gameplay goes, the game plays like other mahjong titles released at the time, as the goal of players is to take points from other players by drawing and discarding tiles until a winning hand is made.[3] [4]

The player can choose between one of the three selectable girls at the beginning to start a match: Sayuri, Yukari and Megumi.[3] [4] During gameplay, players needs to claim mahjongs in order to get the girls with taking off their clothes. Failing to do so results in the girls putting a piece of their clothing back on.[3] By meeting certain conditions such as obtaining a tenpai, the players also have the option of stripping the girls.[3]

The game is over once the players has zero points or less in their favor, unless more credits are inserted into the arcade machine to continue playing.[4]

Development and release

Mahjong Sisters was released only in arcades across Japan by Toaplan in 1986. According to former Toaplan composer Tatsuya Uemura in a 2009 interview with Japanese publication Floor 25, the code was based on the company's previous mahjong releases: Jongō and Jongkyō.[5] Osamu Ōta was responsible for the audio design, although he is not credited as such in the title.[6] In August 2018, an album containing its audio, as well as from other Toaplan titles was published exclusively in Japan by City Connection under their Clarice Disk label.[6]

Legacy

In more recent years, the rights to Mahjong Sisters and many other IPs from Toaplan are now owned by Tatsujin, a company named after Truxtons Japanese title that was founded in 2017 by former Toaplan employee Masahiro Yuge, who are now affiliated with arcade manufacturer exA-Arcadia.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] In 2019, M2 acquired the license to nearly all titles developed by Toaplan for re-release on modern platforms in the future, but Mahjong Sisters was excluded for multiple reasons.[12] [13] [14] [15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. 東亜プラン. Gamest. 49. Shinseisha. September 1990. ja. (Translation by Shmuplations.).
  2. レゲーの魂 - 麻雀シスターズ. Gamest. 113. Shinseisha. May 1994. 74. ja.
  3. Web site: Mahjong Sisters. arcade-history.com. 2019-12-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20191208022526/https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=mahjong-sisters&page=detail&id=1520. 2019-12-08. live.
  4. Web site: 麻雀シスターズ. Shooting Star. 2019-12-07. ja.
  5. Iona. VHS. K-HEX. 東亜プラン FOREVER. Floor 25. 9. June 2009. 1–70. ja. (Translation by Gamengai.).
  6. Web site: CDST-10068 | Toaplan ARCADE SOUND DIGITAL COLLECTION Vol.9. vgmdb.net. VGMdb. 2019-12-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20191208015908/https://vgmdb.net/album/79672. 2019-12-08. live.
  7. Web site: ライセンス事業. TATSUJIN Co., Ltd.. 2019. 2019-12-07. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20181225203847/http://tatsujin.tokyo/custom.html. 2018-12-25. live.
  8. Web site: Bravo. Roberto. Nueva compañía "Tatsujin" asegura tener gran parte de las IPs de la extinta Toaplan. Gamercafe. 12 September 2018. 2019-12-07. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20191021030437/https://www.gamercafe.cl/2018/09/12/nueva-compania-tatsujin-asegura-tener-gran-parte-de-las-ips-de-la-extinta-toaplan/. 2019-10-21. live.
  9. Web site: Tatsujin. exA-Arcadia. 2019. 2019-12-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20191021030706/https://exa.ac/en/editors/tatsujin/?v=a99877f71bd9. 2019-10-21. live.
  10. Web site: Bravo. Roberto. Tatsujin, los dueños de Toaplan, anuncian que están trabajando para exA-Arcadia. Gamercafe. 25 January 2019. 2019-12-07. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20191021031057/https://www.gamercafe.cl/2019/01/25/tatsujin-los-duenos-de-toaplan-anuncian-que-estan-trabajando-para-exa-arcadia/. 2019-10-21. live.
  11. Web site: ［JAEPO2019］TATSUJINやナツメアタリの参入が発表されたexA-Arcadia。出展コーナーの模様を紹介. 4Gamer.net. Aetas Inc.. 26 January 2019. 2019-12-07. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20191021031252/https://www.4gamer.net/games/408/G040821/20190125146/. 2019-10-21. live.
  12. Web site: Wong. Alistair. M2 To Bring Nearly All Toaplan Games To Modern Home Consoles. Siliconera. Curse LLC. December 7, 2019. 2019-12-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20191207161342/https://www.siliconera.com/m2-to-bring-nearly-all-toaplan-games-to-modern-home-consoles/. 2019-12-07. live.
  13. News: Romano. Sal. M2 to release nearly every Toaplan game for console starting 2020 in Japan - Mahjong Sisters and Enma Daiou not included. December 7, 2019. Gematsu. 2019-12-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20191207195505/https://gematsu.com/2019/12/m2-to-release-nearly-every-toaplan-game-for-console-starting-2020-in-japan. 2019-12-07. live.
  14. Web site: Muñoz. José David. Snow Bros. Truxton y más juegos de Toaplan llegarán a PS4, Nintendo Switch y Xbox One. Hobby Consolas. Axel Springer SE. December 8, 2019. 2019-12-08. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20191208170058/https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/noticias/snow-bros-truxton-juegos-toaplan-llegaran-ps4-nintendo-switch-xbox-one-543325. 2019-12-08. live.
  15. Web site: McFerran. Damien. M2 Is Bringing Toaplan's Back Catalogue To Modern Consoles. Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. December 9, 2019. 2019-12-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20191209154214/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/12/m2_is_bringing_toaplans_back_catalogue_to_modern_consoles. 2019-12-09. live.

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