I told myself that I'd learn it in Yakuza 0... then I told myself I'd learn it in Yakuza 1... and after proving myself to be a liar twice, now I'm actually going to learn it for Final Fantasy 14.
Glad it helped! Although it's a very simple explanation. There's a LOT to learn, but that should get you started. The next step would be to look into the yakus (the winning hands). But take your time. Have fun!
@@alip9195 My basic tip would be to play as intended which is already explained in the vid but continually check to see if you can activate Richii, do not use any other type of move like Ron etc. Just keep picking which tile to take and remove and keep checking to see if you get Richii, it’s a game of chance but I guarantee that you will eventually win and get the necessary requirements to get Plat
Try being hit with a dealer tsumo just when you thought you could at least gracefully finish the match without going into negatives... Who tf even assembles kokushi musou in the bronze room??
A minute thirty in and I can already tell that this dude is a great teacher. Love seeing when UA-cam "teachers" are willing to break it down to the simplest elements and explain it very sinply to everyone in the room. You, my good sir, have earned a like from me!
Thanks for this! I've been obsessed with the Yakuza series for years now but I've never dove into Mahjong 'cause it was so overwhelming. Now that I'm so close to 100%ing a few of them, it's time to dive in. I THINK I get it so thanks again!
This is still the single best mahjong tutorial for beginners out there. The editing, the music and the easy to understand explanations are all extremely top notch. Thank you for this gem.
The explanation for this was really clear and easy to follow, and though I don't intend on actually playing it myself soon, I've been wanting to understand how it works so that I could watch people play it, as recently some streamers I watch started playing it and I didn't understand any of it. Thanks so much!
This is by far the best and easiest to understand video on the basics on Japanese Mahjong. I love the visuals and the calm, clear explanation. Great work!
They explain a lot but they leave some things ambiguous. For example, the difference between an open and a closed hand is not really properly explained. To be fair, I might be misremembering because I could have sworn that they didn't explain what "furiten" was, but they actually do.
@@ba-wp5zs Same here. There is just too much to this game for them to be able to put everything that you could say to a new player on there. It is already the game with the most slides too, isn't it? It is good enough though. And I find the user experience to be much superior to other things out there. Now if the online play was from anyone other than Nintendo...
@@VendavalezI'm late, but furiten is a restriction applied to tenpai hands in which a player cannot call ron. Usually, furiten applies if you had discarded a tile earlier in the hand. Furiten also occurs if you passed a chance to call ron. If you had called riichi, furiten do not expire.
It’s 2023… and people are STILL coming to this video because of the Yakuza series. 😂 Definitely the ONLY video that explains everything very simple and smoothly.
Took me hours to find a guide that doesn't outright baffle me, while trying to learn Mahjong in FFXIV. Turns out it follows the Japanese ruleset, so this video was incredibly helpful, tyvm!
Thank you so much for making this wonderful video. I have been meaning to get around to learning mahjong for years and Clubhouse Games gave me the prefect opportunity. Your video helped the game finally click for me and I just beat the Impossible CPU for the first time yesterday.
Ah, that's nice to know. I thought I'd have to get into way more advanced techniques in order to be able to do that. But I guess it helps that there's a lot of luck involved, and you only need to play one round.
POV: u're watching Akagi in confusion so u came here to learn japanese mahjong ps. caught the gist of the game as i watched the anime, but this vid explained the basics so well esp w the tiles n stuff (was so confused at first TT) thank you for this^^
I kept playing mahjong in yakuza Kiwami trying to get riichi ippatsu . for hours , I wasted my time trying to get the seven pairs or pinfu and i could barely even get a riichi. After watching this , using the hand you mentioned in the video , i could repeatedly get riichi and after a few tries , i finally got riichi ippatsu , thank you.
I was not expecting this to be a video within the context of video games. I am playing it in that context, though, as part of 51 Worldwide Games! I've already got far enough into the game to be beyond the depth of this video, however. But I guess I should've expected that for such a short video! It's a great video, regardless. Very fun to watch. Edit: Actually, there were a few things that I had not yet caught onto!
After reading the comments, it has honestly suprised me how many people have been consuming mahjong-related media without actually understanding mahjong itself.
This is basically and organized version of what my friend told me yesterday when he introduced me to the game. My Danish grandmother had Mahjong, but I never bothered to ask how to play. Seems interesting.
I recommend play "Jyanshin Densetsu (NeoGeo console)", I learned a lot from that videogame, playing in "advice mode" it tells to one each correct move one have to do.
Thanks for putting this together for people trying to understand how to play. I watched other videos but this one really help me see what I wasn't understanding about getting certain sets of 3. I'm currently playing judgement which has mahjong in it and I'm actually able to win hands a certain times and it's fun can be annoying still with luck but fun.
I first played Mahjong in Yakuza 0, and was surprised by how much I liked it. Now I'm addicted to Mahjong Soul, that I barely even play Yakuza anymore. Like, I mean really addicted. I play for about 10 hours a day. I think I have a problem.
Thank you so much my man, I was trying to get into Mahjong Soul and just kept throwing games. I knew some basics, but didn't know about winning conditions based on an open hand, which I'm sure you can guess how bad that is.
Yeah it's not a game you can read the manual then dive head in. But that's cool. Give it time. Go with the closed hands, look up a list of possible yakus, give it a look every now and then and things will slowly begin to make sense. Remember to be defensive too. Probably better to give up a hand and wait for the next round instead of giving away a tile someone can win with. Good luck.
Lol! I literally just walked into the Majong place in Yakuza 0, read the instructions & thought "holy shit." This looks like a really fun game though (I love 5 card draw so it seems similar, just far more complex) & I want to learn so thank you for the upload
When I play Japanese import video games, like 40% of them are mahjong……I feel like I should finally learn the game. Perhaps then I can start liking the video games
I'm playing Mahjong Soul and just got my mahjong set. Have to watch this because I can't explain any of it to bf without him getting progressively drunk and refusing to even attempt playing till I'm able to explain it.
i have problems with Open hand, i just want to do same as at anime, when everybody always call Chii and Pon, and i see that at anime they can do and chii and pon for different suits, but i always get punishment in games what is possible?
what is the best mahjong game to learn? (i want to learn to play with AI but most games i find are in Japanese with no engilsh patch or on consoles that are too modern)
One good game to learn right now is a browser/mobile free game called "Mahjong Soul". This video was published like a month before the game went live, otherwise I might have mentioned it. It does a good job guiding players but it holds your hand too much (meaning, it'll tell you when you can call tiles and call victory) so it's a good starting point but then you can move to more complex games.
Same! I’ve actually played mahjong before playing it in Yakuza 0, but I was so surprised by how I had to re-learn the rules because of special cases such as how the hand should look like whenever you steal tiles from the table. I hope you’re enjoying mahjong as you’re 100%-ing whatever Yakuza game you have!
The open hand rule for claimed tiles (chi, pon, kan) - is that traditional or just a commonplace house rule? After watching Akagi, I was under the impression that the hand is only revealed when "ron" is declared, and all other circumstances allow the hand to remain closed.
The moment you take a tile from someone else your hand is declared open. Except for the winning tiles, which is when you ron someone. But don't get me wrong, opening your hand isn't the end of the world. It just limits you on what yakus you can go for, which are the types of winning hands. You can find good mahjong players who claim tiles left and right and win constantly.
Like Yakuza... this guy knows our struggle
🥲
I'm here precisely because that's the only thing missing in my completion list of kiwami 2, so you have my sympathy too
@@DigitalBe4r Its 2 Am where I live and I want to scream like someome would commiting unsubscribing someone form life...
"You are going to play a game With Mahjong in it, Like Yakuza for example"
WHO TOLD YOU?!! xD
Lol same when I was watching it: i.imgflip.com/2zo1ki.jpg
HOW DID YOU KNOW I CAME HERE FOR THAT REASON THANK YOU
Yeah the rules given in the game I didn’t feel like reading cuz I’m more of a visual learner so I looked this up instead lol.
I know right?!
I told myself that I'd learn it in Yakuza 0... then I told myself I'd learn it in Yakuza 1... and after proving myself to be a liar twice, now I'm actually going to learn it for Final Fantasy 14.
This is the 5th video I've watched, but the 1st I've understood.
Glad it helped!
Although it's a very simple explanation. There's a LOT to learn, but that should get you started.
The next step would be to look into the yakus (the winning hands). But take your time. Have fun!
After watching this I went back into Yakuza 0 with such confidence, then had my soul crushed after losing 10 more times. Wish me luck for next time
There's skill in it, but there's also a lot of luck.
You can do it. Never give up.
@@OldGameBox Never did! Finally got it down and got Platinum in Yakuza 0. Thanks so much for the help👍
@@julianmolina1112 do you have any tips ? I am close to the plat
@@alip9195 My basic tip would be to play as intended which is already explained in the vid but continually check to see if you can activate Richii, do not use any other type of move like Ron etc. Just keep picking which tile to take and remove and keep checking to see if you get Richii, it’s a game of chance but I guarantee that you will eventually win and get the necessary requirements to get Plat
I need this before watching Akagi...
I watched akagi without knowing the basis but still enjoyed it and even learned some few tricks here and there XD
same
@@skxtches5646 whats akagi?
@@zanagi It's an anime/manga about Mahjong
Fun fact: There's an entire manga publishing company that makes nothing but comics about Mahjong.
"Like yakuza for example"
Me
Its the only reason i’m here!!!
The real challenge of Mahjong is not shitting your pants instantly when someone shouts "RON" after 5 minutes of complete silence
And then proceeding to not break things when you see the word "yakuman" on the screen.
Try being hit with a dealer tsumo just when you thought you could at least gracefully finish the match without going into negatives... Who tf even assembles kokushi musou in the bronze room??
@@tertiaritus maybe its the only yaku they know
@@benne6512 still impressive af
@@tertiaritus yep its hard af to assemble it if you start with less than 9 tiles needed
Currently at the Mahjong parlor in Yakuza 0 ...
ahahah sameee
why is the music so beautiful, the narrator so soothing, and the animation so clean? you trying to make me cry? 😪
A minute thirty in and I can already tell that this dude is a great teacher. Love seeing when UA-cam "teachers" are willing to break it down to the simplest elements and explain it very sinply to everyone in the room. You, my good sir, have earned a like from me!
The best video ever made in this planet. Show this to a 1year old baby and I'm sure he will understand.
NL’s power over the algorithm knows no bounds
He's done it
I need to learn to keep up with him
5am and im here, learning how to play Mahjong for no reason... It'll come handy someday
I'd love to have that mindset lol
@@MAGICCOFFEY Oh, after watching this video i installed mahjong soul on my phone, and it is now my favourite tableboard game
@@gaidenhertuny2213 Thanks for the recommendation I'll check it out 👍
Lol same here any recemondation for a game on ios?
@@qdbll5875 i think mahjong soul is on the app store also
I've been playing mahjong for five years now, I don't know why I'm watching this, but I'm glad that I am.
This video teaches Japanese mahjong way better than Yakuza does.. I might actually 100% the games at some point..
Thanks for this! I've been obsessed with the Yakuza series for years now but I've never dove into Mahjong 'cause it was so overwhelming. Now that I'm so close to 100%ing a few of them, it's time to dive in.
I THINK I get it so thanks again!
You got me at ''yakuza'' hehe. Tx, very clear and not boring at all your explenation, I actually understood it unlike other videos.
This is still the single best mahjong tutorial for beginners out there. The editing, the music and the easy to understand explanations are all extremely top notch. Thank you for this gem.
The explanation for this was really clear and easy to follow, and though I don't intend on actually playing it myself soon, I've been wanting to understand how it works so that I could watch people play it, as recently some streamers I watch started playing it and I didn't understand any of it. Thanks so much!
This is by far the best and easiest to understand video on the basics on Japanese Mahjong.
I love the visuals and the calm, clear explanation. Great work!
Really helpful, i am trying to learn this game cause i just bought 51 worldwide games in the switch! Thank you!
Same! The tutorial in the game is semi helpful, but still having issues learning it haha
They explain a lot but they leave some things ambiguous. For example, the difference between an open and a closed hand is not really properly explained. To be fair, I might be misremembering because I could have sworn that they didn't explain what "furiten" was, but they actually do.
@@Vendavalez I was so confused, though, before I saw the hint about furiten. I was like WHY CAN'T I TAKE THAT TILE I NEED IT WHY AAAHHH
@@ba-wp5zs Same here. There is just too much to this game for them to be able to put everything that you could say to a new player on there. It is already the game with the most slides too, isn't it? It is good enough though. And I find the user experience to be much superior to other things out there. Now if the online play was from anyone other than Nintendo...
@@VendavalezI'm late, but furiten is a restriction applied to tenpai hands in which a player cannot call ron. Usually, furiten applies if you had discarded a tile earlier in the hand. Furiten also occurs if you passed a chance to call ron.
If you had called riichi, furiten do not expire.
A huge chunk of my rom collection just became accessible to me. Thanks.
Really helped me out in Yakuza 0 and it's the first video I've understood, thanks a bunch!
It’s 2023… and people are STILL coming to this video because of the Yakuza series. 😂
Definitely the ONLY video that explains everything very simple and smoothly.
This is really well made! I also love the retro aesthetic of the old mahjong games.
Took me hours to find a guide that doesn't outright baffle me, while trying to learn Mahjong in FFXIV.
Turns out it follows the Japanese ruleset, so this video was incredibly helpful, tyvm!
This helped me understand Kaiji lol
!!!
@@MeltedMath !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Akagi
Thank you so much for making this wonderful video. I have been meaning to get around to learning mahjong for years and Clubhouse Games gave me the prefect opportunity. Your video helped the game finally click for me and I just beat the Impossible CPU for the first time yesterday.
Ah, that's nice to know. I thought I'd have to get into way more advanced techniques in order to be able to do that. But I guess it helps that there's a lot of luck involved, and you only need to play one round.
POV: u're watching Akagi in confusion so u came here to learn japanese mahjong
ps. caught the gist of the game as i watched the anime, but this vid explained the basics so well esp w the tiles n stuff (was so confused at first TT) thank you for this^^
Me, having just finished watching Akagi whilst kind of understanding it and now wanting to play Mahjong on Yakuza: “holy shit how did he guess?”
I just watched this video just so I can win in judgement
Thanks, this helps me a lot with 51 Games on the switch
I kept playing mahjong in yakuza Kiwami trying to get riichi ippatsu . for hours , I wasted my time trying to get the seven pairs or pinfu and i could barely even get a riichi. After watching this , using the hand you mentioned in the video , i could repeatedly get riichi and after a few tries , i finally got riichi ippatsu , thank you.
the music in the background is so calming
I just got the platinum for yakuza kiwami couldn't of done it without this guide
My only regret is not finding this video before I played almost all the Yakuza games.
HAVEN'T BEEN THIS EXCITED FOR A WHILE OH BOY
don't kn0w how to play this one
can't figure this one out
Cznt figure this one out
I was not expecting this to be a video within the context of video games. I am playing it in that context, though, as part of 51 Worldwide Games!
I've already got far enough into the game to be beyond the depth of this video, however. But I guess I should've expected that for such a short video! It's a great video, regardless. Very fun to watch. Edit: Actually, there were a few things that I had not yet caught onto!
Damn you yakuza 0
I don't know why I went 200 chapters into saki before watching this
Here for the platinum of Yakuza FML🥲
After reading the comments, it has honestly suprised me how many people have been consuming mahjong-related media without actually understanding mahjong itself.
This is basically and organized version of what my friend told me yesterday when he introduced me to the game. My Danish grandmother had Mahjong, but I never bothered to ask how to play. Seems interesting.
I have been looking for a good explanation for 2 hours thank you
Yo the 7 pairs strategy worked on my FIRST TRY! You just earned a subscriber!
Watching this so I can understand streamers playing riichi mahjong on clubhouse games. Thanks!!
Your type of content is unique and special you deserve more subs honestly
I recommend play "Jyanshin Densetsu (NeoGeo console)", I learned a lot from that videogame, playing in "advice mode" it tells to one each correct move one have to do.
I've just watched anime "saki" so I'm interested in Japanese mahjong, your video is very helpful, thank you
Thanks for putting this together for people trying to understand how to play. I watched other videos but this one really help me see what I wasn't understanding about getting certain sets of 3. I'm currently playing judgement which has mahjong in it and I'm actually able to win hands a certain times and it's fun can be annoying still with luck but fun.
,,you're probably playing a yakuza game''
Me going for the platinum spending ~ 48h just completing mahjong *starts laughing*
I've been waiting for this! Magnificent as always.
Really like the vibe going on with this video.
Yakuza is bringing Hanafuda and Mahjong to the west, and this video is the conduit. Keep up the great work friend.
This video I needed...now I need a follow up video explaining the open hand xD
This help me understand Akagi,thanks
Title should mention that vid concentrates on basics of Riichi mahjong rather than just basic mahjong.
You're absolutely right. Thanks for that!
Thank you for simplifying this game for me .
The music reminds me of the title screen for ocarina of time
Thanks for this really nice tutorial, it'll make it more enjoyable when I re-watch Akagi :D
Thank you so much for the video. I feel like starting Majong after watching a lot of Japanese Vtubers play it
Really good explanations my dood. Thanks alot, im new to the game but i find it incredibly interesting. Cheers for sharing some of your knowledge!
This is extremely easy to understand! Thank you very much for teaching us. 😆✨✨✨
Super simple explanation
Thanks to you, I got the bronze medal for mahjong in 51 worldwide games
I love Mahjong. Fascinating game.
I PLAY MAHJONHSOUL WHO ELSE
That's why I'm here, their tutorial is shit lol
@@DocBB i know right like dude 😂😂😭😭
I was playing on just randomly pressing buttons. So I came here for help..
I first played Mahjong in Yakuza 0, and was surprised by how much I liked it. Now I'm addicted to Mahjong Soul, that I barely even play Yakuza anymore. Like, I mean really addicted. I play for about 10 hours a day. I think I have a problem.
Thank you so much my man, I was trying to get into Mahjong Soul and just kept throwing games. I knew some basics, but didn't know about winning conditions based on an open hand, which I'm sure you can guess how bad that is.
Yeah it's not a game you can read the manual then dive head in. But that's cool. Give it time. Go with the closed hands, look up a list of possible yakus, give it a look every now and then and things will slowly begin to make sense. Remember to be defensive too. Probably better to give up a hand and wait for the next round instead of giving away a tile someone can win with. Good luck.
Lol! I literally just walked into the Majong place in Yakuza 0, read the instructions & thought "holy shit."
This looks like a really fun game though (I love 5 card draw so it seems similar, just far more complex) & I want to learn so thank you for the upload
thanks for teaching me, this helped a lot
Came to watch this after trying out Riichi Majong from 51 Clubhouse games on switch.
Seriously appreciate this video! Also, i see youre a Dr. Slump fan so you get extra points
Difficult to learn, it was piss easy to learn. I thought it was gonna be impossible. But it was actually very easy.
Very nice tutorial. Love it.
Is this Richii Majong?
Amazing video man. Well done.
Well that's one done, now onward to shogi. Oichi kabu and cee-lo laughing in the corner. Damn it Kiryu
This is amazing, thank you
Watching coz i wanna read past the anime parts of kaiji and watch akagi
Will this be helpful to understand kaiji mahjong arc :D?
Everybody here for yakuza but no one for akaji
When I play Japanese import video games, like 40% of them are mahjong……I feel like I should finally learn the game. Perhaps then I can start liking the video games
THE RHYTHM HEAVEN DS MUSIC FUCKKKKKKK I LOVE YOU
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for this simple explanation! FFXIV has mahjong w/ other players and I'm trying to not be so bad! Lol
First video that was straightforward and simple enough to make sense. Thank you!
Nice video, very simple, but no matter what I do I still lose or end up in a draw
I'm playing Mahjong Soul and just got my mahjong set. Have to watch this because I can't explain any of it to bf without him getting progressively drunk and refusing to even attempt playing till I'm able to explain it.
Mark my words, I WILL 100% Yakuza!
Now for Koi-Koi...
Im watching this cos i cant win Mahjong in Judgement lol
i have problems with Open hand, i just want to do same as at anime, when everybody always call Chii and Pon, and i see that at anime they can do and chii and pon for different suits, but i always get punishment in games
what is possible?
Thank you for the video! All of you friends are super awesome! Oh, moments with this video are sad.
I have no idea what I'm watching or how I got here but I'm interested 👍
I watched Saki, an anime about Mahjong and I have no idea why they keep slamming the tiles on the table and declaring tsumo.
Let’s be honest. We all came because of Yakuza.
I came here cuz of FFXIV :p
Yup, that damn completion list in Yakuza...
what is the best mahjong game to learn? (i want to learn to play with AI but most games i find are in Japanese with no engilsh patch or on consoles that are too modern)
One good game to learn right now is a browser/mobile free game called "Mahjong Soul". This video was published like a month before the game went live, otherwise I might have mentioned it. It does a good job guiding players but it holds your hand too much (meaning, it'll tell you when you can call tiles and call victory) so it's a good starting point but then you can move to more complex games.
@@OldGameBox alright, i will start with that, thank you. any recommendation for what to play after that?
Greetings traveler, I see you too are on the path to 100%'ing a Yakuza game.
thanks, now i can play some mahjong eroge
YAKUMAN FACT: Suu AnKou, KokuShi MuSou, and DaiSanGen are the big 3 families of yakuman
All this just to 100% the new Yakuza game... I’ve spent more time on mini games than actually playing the game
Same! I’ve actually played mahjong before playing it in Yakuza 0, but I was so surprised by how I had to re-learn the rules because of special cases such as how the hand should look like whenever you steal tiles from the table. I hope you’re enjoying mahjong as you’re 100%-ing whatever Yakuza game you have!
The open hand rule for claimed tiles (chi, pon, kan) - is that traditional or just a commonplace house rule? After watching Akagi, I was under the impression that the hand is only revealed when "ron" is declared, and all other circumstances allow the hand to remain closed.
The moment you take a tile from someone else your hand is declared open. Except for the winning tiles, which is when you ron someone. But don't get me wrong, opening your hand isn't the end of the world. It just limits you on what yakus you can go for, which are the types of winning hands. You can find good mahjong players who claim tiles left and right and win constantly.