Talk:Yakuman DS

"Mahjong"

According to Wikipedia, mahjong can be written as mahjong, mahjongg, mah-jong, mah-jongg, mah jong, mah jongg or even majiang. We should decide which spelling to use and apply it to the wiki overall. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 06:44, 6 October 2007 (EDT)

Mahjong. It's the most used name. Paper Jorge! I give paper cuts so stand back! I think.

Super Smash Bros. Benfactor?

The characters only seem to be from Mario and its spin-offs (Donkey Kong and Wario), so I don't see how this game relates to Super Smash Bros., is there some in-game references other than characters, or is the information on the page incorrect? - Walkazo

yakuman player?

in brawl there is a sticker named yakuman player. why isn't he mentioned in the article and who is he?
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HELLO!!?
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Yakuman DS is one of many titles in the Yakuman series. Yakuman DS is the first to include Mario characters. I would speculate that Yakuman player was a generic guy replaced by the Mario characters in this version. Therefore, he is, as far as I know, not having seen Yakuman player in screens and videos for YDS, that he falls out of our range of coverage, and therefore he is not mentioned on the Wiki. Stumpers! 16:08, 1 February 2009 (EST)

The Yakuman Player is from the Game Boy game Yakuman released in 1989 in Japan [1]. This game isn't Mario-themed, so the player isn't relevant for the article, but it might be worth mentioning that Yakuman DS isn't the first mahjong game by Nintendo, there are quite a few. By the way, I noticed that a Wikipedia author had stolen the article in February this year (no mentioning of Super Mario Wiki). The Wikipedia article is pretty much identical. --Grandy02 07:59, 5 March 2009 (EST)

Ha - our sourcing policy is different from theirs, so anything they steal share from us is going to be considered bad writing for them. Stumpers! 15:10, 5 March 2009 (EST)

Additional unlockable playable characters?

Are all of those characters really unlockable for play?　How? As far as I've figured out I can't, and the Japanese Wikipedia article places all of the "unlockable" characters firmly in the "non-playable" category and lists Toad as an additional playable character instead. Jamar 11:49, 25 June 2009 (EDT)

Crossover?

On the Mario (franchise) article, it lists this game as a crossover game. But if it was a crossover, there would need to be another franchise, no? Hello, I'm Time Turner.

As stated above on this very talk page, there are other Yakuman games without Mario characters, so I suppose the other franchise would be Yakuman.--vellidragon 09:54, 3 June 2010 (EDT)

Yakuman is a common term in Japanese mahjong rules as far as I know, though, and there are several games bearing the Yakuman name that were not made by Nintendo. I'm not sure, but wouldn't it almost be like saying that Mario Tennis is a crossover between the Mario and Tennis series because it is a tennis game? --Grandy02 19:51, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Split Wi-Fi Taiō Yakuman DS

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canceled by proposer
Per Camwoodstock's comments in their sandbox page regarding the Reissue page. This game, while it doesn't have very many differences from its original incarnation, does function as a re-release in a sense, with the game adding a Wi-Fi mode, thus, as Camwoodstock said, being a re-release of a game (albeit on the same system) that seeks to add new content, fulfilling the required quota to constitute a split.

Proposer: Nelsonic (talk)
Deadline: June 20, 2025, 23:59 GMT

Wi-Fi Taiō Split DS

1. Wi-Fi Taiō Nelsonic DS (talk) Per proposal.
2. Wi-Fi Taiō Rykitu DS (talk) Per proposal.

Wi-Fi Taiō Don't Split DS

1. Jdtendo (talk) Per my comment below. IMO, the real criterion for splitting a re-release should be “Would it be a benefit for the readers to give the re-release a dedicated page instead of a simple mention on the main game article?”, and if the content of the new article is just “Wi-Fi Taiō Yakuman DS is a re-release of Yakuman DS with an added online mode”, then the answer is no.
2. Power Flotzo (talk) The content being split is just not going to be enough IMO. Per Jdtendo.
3. Camwoodstock (talk) While definitely a reissue in a literal sense, this game is just inherently going to be a weird edge case as literally all it does is add Wi-Fi compatibility. It wasn't to add any new content to the base game, it wasn't to a different console, it was just. The same game but you can play it online. It's a byproduct of an before patching games was really a thing, and for better or for worse, those days are behind us. Unlike a title like, say, Mario Paint BS Ban, it's not like there would be much unique to say; there's no distinct controls or features, it's just. You can play online now. Or could, since Nintendo Wi-Fi has gone defunct, but that's beside the point.

Wi-Fi Taiō Comments DS

If the Wi-Fi release is split, its article will only contain a mention of the added Wi-Fi mode, won't it? It doesn't seem like it adds any Mario-related content, so I don't really see the point of creating a dedicated article for that. Jdtendo^(T|C) 01:23, June 6, 2025 (EDT)

@Jdtendo I understand what you're saying, but there are other games currently split (such as New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U and Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move + Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!) that don't have much in the way of new content/changes from the original incarnation, in the same manner that this game adds on a Wi-Fi mode. Nelsonic (talk edits) 12:22, June 7, 2025 (EDT)

@Camwoodstock I.... didn't think of that. I'll withdraw. Nelsonic (talk edits) 16:20, June 7, 2025 (EDT)