3D MahJongg

Genre: Card Game / Puzzle

Players: 1

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Review:

3D MahJongg (not to be confused with the DSiWare game 3D Mahjong) is a version of solitaire Mahjong released on Nintendo 3DS in 2012. Er… not sure what else to say about the game in an introduction. It’s Mahjong, alright…

The presentation here is good, with a simple 2D representation of the remaining pieces on the bottom screen, and a 3D representation of both on the top screen, with players able to move the camera around if they like. This is backed by some pretty catchy background music styled to be sorta’ like a modern take on traditional Chinese music. This is probably about as good as one could hope for from a Mahjong game.

As for the gameplay… well, this is a Mahjong game. Players select pieces to match using the touchscreen, there’s an option to select rivers rules or classic rules in the game’s menus, and players can unlock various backgrounds and tile sets by playing through the game’s “Adventure” mode (don’t worry, there’s no story, it’s just a set progression of levels), or get a randomly-generated game in Free Play mode. There’s no difficulty selector, but otherwise this is a pretty good take on Mahjong.

Look, there’s nothing revelatory to say here. 3D MahJongg is just a decent game of Mahjong, with good controls and a good (but not great) selection of options. For the $5 price tag, this is a pretty good bet for those just looking to add a Mahjong game to their Nintendo 3DS collection, but don’t expect anything truly extraordinary here.

tl;dr – 3D MahJongg is a version of solitaire Mahjong that has a good presentation, a decent selection of options, and sufficient controls. This game doesn’t do anything truly extraordinary, but for $5 it’s a perfectly decent version of Mahjong.

Grade: C+

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