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I hadn't realised that Sega's MJ4 had been superseded by MJ5 a few months back.

The hand animations are superb as always and now the display includes the full wall giving a very realistic table view. *drool*

http://youtu.be/caSLZQB6z5Q

More here: http://www.sega-mj.com/mj5/sp.html

That moupai is so obnoxious. It's like saying "hey guys, I'm waiting on this suit".

I think I saw a special Saki version too, but i'm not 100% positive it was MJ5.

I know there was a special version of MJ4 a couple of years ago. http://www.saki-anime.com/blog/information/post_51/

I think it was quite a minor update, adding the girls as opponents to the single-player mode. I get the impression they just added voices and small non-animated avatars for each character.

Think they might be doing the same with MJ5 now.

It was indeed MJ5 (it turns out I took a pic of the promotional display):



And apparently, there's a contest (Saki Cup?).

Good pic, thanks... but where is Hisa? And Etopen!?

I've found several references to Saki Cup contests previously - I think they ran them with MJ4 too.

Barticle wrote:Good pic, thanks... but where is Hisa? And Etopen!?

I've found several references to Saki Cup contests previously - I think they ran them with MJ4 too.

Etopen's all over my man tiles!

Oh, you have one of the Saki sets? Nice.

Ryū ga Gotoku 5 (the latest edition in the video-game series known as Yakuza in the west) is released in Japan this week.

In the demo you can play Virtua Fighter 2 and Taiko Drum Master at the Club Sega arcade but there are also several posters for MJ5.
I guess it's too much to hope that the two Sega teams have collaborated and enhanced Yakuza's mahjong minigame...

However, aside from it being a nice authentic detail, it's good to see MJ5 getting promotion on the PS3. Gives me hope for a Sega MJ title on the Playstation 4.

Cool video!

One thing I've noticed about some of the more 'realistic looking' video mahjong games is that they leave the discarded tiles slightly un-aligned to simulate the way they might look when humans are playing. However, for some reason I hate that - I like seeing the discards perfectly aligned. When I play in real life, I to take care to align my discards perfectly.

Barticle wrote:However, aside from it being a nice authentic detail, it's good to see MJ5 getting promotion on the PS3. Gives me hope for a Sega MJ title on the Playstation 4.

Any ETA for a european, or american version of Yakuza5? And any idea if they'll cut anything like they did on the third one?

wavemotion wrote:[...] they leave the discarded tiles slightly un-aligned to simulate the way they might look when humans are playing. However, for some reason I hate that[...]

B-b-but the wonky tiles and little hand nudges are the best bit!

Moah wrote:Any ETA for a european, or american version of Yakuza5?

No news on an English version of RGG5 or, for that matter, the RGG1&2 HD reissue that came out last month.

Sega is having a tough time financially. They closed most of their European offices over the summer.

And any idea if they'll cut anything like they did on the third one?

I think they learnt their lesson after the fanbase uproar on Yakuza 3.

Still WANT!