Update: March 23, 2006
«©NCSX» The courageous swashbuckling generals from Sangoku Musou take a break from mass murdering warfare and settle down for some good old fashioned mahjong. That's right, mahjong - the game of wizened grandmothers, Asian gangsters, and harried salarymen.
After pressing START and entering your name, a character selection screen appears where 16 men and 16 women warriors may be selected for battle. There's a gal who wears purple hot pants and a purple bra-like outfit and a gyuy who looks like a girl with a papal-esque hat on his head. We chose the hot pants gal and were given the opportunity to play MJ against contingents from Wu, Wei, or Shu. The action is broken up into stages and before a match begins, the various players will introduce themselves with full speech and challenges as well as righteous conviction that they'll win. After the trash talking, each character is allocated 25000 credits and a gong sounds to start the action. Once the tiles are laid down, huge cut scenes are shown on the screen where an opponent taunts or jives his way through the game. Use the D-pad to move which tiles to throw and press down when an opponent throws a tile that you need. The game runs fast but it would run faster if it weren't for the frequent intermissions from the opponents. Jan Sangoku Musou presents a big, brash, and bold twist to a table game that's generally sedate... even when playing against Asian gangsters. View the back cover and screenshots on the main NCSX website. NCS Game Notes
» The game disc contains previews of Sengoku Musou 2 which ends with a teaser for game, soundtrack, and Treasure Box. There's also advertisements for SSM4 Empires and SSM 2nd Evolution on the PSP. » A character gallery features portraits of all 49 warriors in the game along with their record of wins if applicable. This document is ©NCSX 2006. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part of this document may be made without express written consent of National Console Support, Inc.
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