Mahjong is an old game that you may not have heard of. We know that it was first played more than 2,500 years ago, and was popularized as a four-person game in eastern Asia. The game never really caught on in North America until a solitaire version of Mahjong was released with several of the entertainment-focused Windows platforms in the nineties. From there, Mahjong turned in to a minor hit, with online versions cropping up and gaining in popularity, though it has never become a real hit.
I didn’t even know that this game existed, but if you own a 3DS and want some Mahjong on it, Amazon.ca has cut the price by 48%.
Overall, what makes Mahjong Cub3d good is its simplicity. It isn’t hard to pick up, it is challenging, and visually, it looks pretty good. It's fun and its simple gameplay offers a new and welcomed puzzle presence on the 3DS.
Not sure if I would pick this up, but it looks like a solid buy for fans of Mahjong.
GameShark - It’s hard not to love Atlus sometimes. They bring over interesting (and often charmingly odd) games from Japan (and Chile, in the case of the recent, bizarro Rock of Ages); that are almost always worth playing and talking about. While the timing is less than ideal for Mahjong Cub3d (this is a tiny little title in a big sea of October blockbusters), it certainly carries on that tradition. An innovative 3D take on the classic Chinese matching game, it’s attractive, packed with content, and addictive in the best way.
