Koi-Koi Japan

I've only just recently got this game but I saw it had no reveiws so I wanted to spread the love. If your playing becuase you just want to try it out, saw it in an anime movie(Summer Wars), or just becuase, its a great start to teach you how to play the game of Koi Koi. Its pretty bare basics with a bit of a learning curve (mostly with just remembering which card is which and what ones go into a pair), but by played a few rounds you can quickly pick up the basics to the game. If your looking for a different kinda card game to play I defintaly recomend Koi Koi. The music is good and it fits the pace of the game, and the coms in quick play are not brutal. I havn't tried the collection mode but I assume it'll work like a tournument getting harder each round. The cards all look really nice and the game also looks nice. The only thing is the lack of a exit button if your in full screen mode

This is one of my favorite games, even made me buy a real Hanafuda deck to teach to my friends. Very easy to learn, with some luck and strategy elements. Hanafuda was developed based on the portuguese deck (now know as the common playing cards deck), but having 12 suits instead of four, one for each month. Each suit is comprised of four cards, some more important than others due to their point value on tricks (yaku). Cards are captured from a central pool (think of Texas Hold'Em, but the cards are taken from it) every time a player shows a card of the same suit. Once a player achieves a trick, he can either end the round or call "koi-koi", which makes each trick that player does worth more points. The hardest part is to learn the yaku, but once you get what each card represents and where they can be used, this game is blast. It has a great learning curve and the AI is on point. You rea

This review is for all my card playing and/or match 3 loving friends. Hanafuda, a traditional Japanese card, is well hard to describe. It is like a combination of Go Fish, Old Maid, Bridge, Whist, Gin Rummy, Poker, Eucre, and Cribbage. Instead of 13 cards in only 4 suits, there 4 cards per season or month with the added bonus of special higher point sets of 3 to 5 cards. It is a bit confusing a first, I admit, but there is an in-game visual guide to the card hands. Plus before beginning any card matches or tournment matches there is a very informative tutorial about how to play. It also helps that your playing cards become highlighted along with the central "pot" cards to help find matches. This card game is very challenging.

It lets me feed my Koi-Koi addiction without having to start up Yakuza Kiwami and walk all the way to the gambling hall. 10/10

Koi-Koi Japan is a beautiful and relaxing game of Hanafuda cards variation, which happens to be the most popular. If you have never heard of this card game, you are really missing out. The cards are very beautiful and once you learn the cards the game is really a treat to play. There are 48 cards in a deck of Hanafuda, with 12 sets of 4 cards each that represent each month of the year. Each month is represented by a flower/bush/tree, January is Pine, February is Plum Blossom, March is Cherry Blossom and so on. There are also 4 types of cards as well, light, seed, ribbon and basic cards. Nearly all of the months have 2 basic cards and then a couple of the other types as in a light card and a seed card or a ribbon and a seed card. A little time is needed to memorize how the sets are put together. To play Koi-Koi, each player is dealt 8 cards and then a common pool of cards in the middle

Usually I'm not fond of card games whether it be in real life or on PC, I am really not that good at card games at all in general. However, I bought this game largely because of the animé film “Summer Wars”, in which Koi-Koi is featured prominently in the film and I always wanted to at least try it out. I happened to acquire this game during the Halloween sales at a very low price, but having played this game for a good few hours I am really enjoying playing this game and is definitely worth the full price.