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-------------------------------- [MAHJONG ACADEMY] ----------------------------
--------------------------------[by Ice Queen Zero]----------------------------
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     INTRODUCTION
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I got addicted to Mahjong quick. I'm not talking about the kind where you go
around trying to match tiles on a mountain of tiles. I'm talking about the kind
similar to the tile game, Gin Rummy but using tiles and you compete against an
opponent.

I originally planned to FAQ this back in late 2011 shortly after I made an FAQ
for Poker Mahjong but it slipped my mind so there is no time like the present
time to get it overwith.

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      DISCLAIMER
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Mahjong Academy and its characters are trademarks of Sachen and all of its
copyrights belong to them.

This FAQ/Walkthrough is the sole copyright of Andrea "Azul Fria" Castillo aka
Ice Queen Zero (or the Zophar Queen if you prefer) and cannot be put on other
sites or posted without my given permission nor can it be reproduced w/o proper
consent.

For more guides by myself visit this link:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/74803.html

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       STORY
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You compete against for ladies who represents level of difficulty. Your job is
to climb the ranks in the school of Mahjong Academy.

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      CONTROLS
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A button = draw tile, distile
B button = declare win (when you have a winning hand)
Start = Start game, pause/unpause
Left/Right = cycle through tiles after drawing tile.
Left = Declare Chi after opponent distiles eligible tile.
Right = Declare Pong after opponent distiles eligible tile.
Down = Declare Kong after opponent distiles eligible tile or you got a Pong
      that's eligible upon drawing a tile.

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       GAMEPLAY
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The tiles will be dealt out evenly until each side has 13 tiles each. The dice
are rolled to determine who goes first. The one who goes first is the one with
the highest roll.

On subsequent hands, the winner of the last hand goes first. If there is a draw
(stockpile reaches 0), tiles will be collected and re-dealt and the last person
to go first will go first again.

I bet you are wondering what all this Pong, Kong, and Chi stuff means. Pong is
when you have 3 tiles of the same rank and suit in your hand. Kong is when you
manage to get all 4 tiles of same rank and suit in your hand and you can stash
it away from the hand as a bonus towards scoring. Chi refers to having numbered
buttons, sticks or japanese numbers in a numerical sequence. With sticks, the
ace is represented by a peacock.

Japanese numbers go like this:

***** = ichi (one)

 ***
******* = ni (two)

*****
***
***** = san (three)

*******
* * * *
*** *** = shi/yon (four)

*** ***
*   *
    ***
    * * = go (five)

  *
*******
*   *  = roku (six)

  *
 ***
  * *
  *** = nana/shichi (seven)

 * *
*   *
*     * = hachi (eight)


*
****
* * *
* **  = kyu (nine)

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There are non numerical tiles that can only used as Eyes, Pongs, or Kongs. They
come in black, red, green, and white. These are rare to match but give out good
points if you win.

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Press the A button to draw a tile. Choose a tile that you don't want then press
the A button again to distile it. To win this hand, you must have a combination
of 4 Pongs/Kongs/chis and a Pair of Eyes. Ex: 3 Pongs + 1 Chi + Eyes equals a
winning hand and so does 2 Chis + 1 Pong + 1 Kong + a Pair of eyes etc. Now be
careful when you are distileing. Either player can use a distileed hand to make
a legal combination provided they have the other 2 (or 3 for a Kong) already in
their hand. To claim a chi, press Left on the D-pad. Press Right on the D-pad
to claim a Pong. Press Down on the D-pad to claim a Kong. Kongs can be claimed
by also pressing down if you have all four tiles of same rank and suit in your
hand at anytime including adding to a claimed Pong. However, if you do claim a
set, the tiles will be turned face up. Once you have a winning hand, press the
B button to claim the hand. This is the only time you can claim a pair of Eyes
off the distile. In regular Mahjong there is a play called Robbing the Kong but
I'm not sure if you can do that here. If you can do it, it can be done when an
opponent has made a Kong and if the tile is needed to claim a Chi, you can get
that top tile and claim that Chi or you can declare a winning hand from there
but you can only do it immediately after the Kong is declared.

As far as scoring is concerned, I'm going to pass on explaining that part since
I have no clue to explain it. I just know if you manage make some bigtime plays
then you will score more points. I just go with flow. Whatever points you score
determines how much points you take away from the opponent.

There are also seasonal titles which are not used in play and are discarded to
your bouns pile automatically. They are worth bonus points if you win. There
are four opponents to compete against. One thing I can say about the scoring is
that the best way to test if you won or lost the war is when the loser's score
is in the negatives. If that's you, then it's game over. If it's the opponent
then you move on to the next opponent.

Since the factor is random, I can't really give out any winning strategies to
the game. You got to go at it like a chess game. Good Luck out there, you'll
need it.

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        CREDITS
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God for being Lord and Savior.

Sachen for creating the game.

You for reading.

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     CONTACT ME
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azulfria[at]hotmail[dot]com
[at] = @ and [dot] = .
Don't want any email bots.

Visit my website at 1ccgaming.com

Here is my Youtube account I share with my sisters.
http://www.youtube.com/user/PurrfectTrio - retro gaming entertainment
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Check me out on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/icequeenzero or at
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Thank you for reading

-Ice Queen Zero

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