BASIC RIICHI MAHJONG STRATEGY (to brute force your way through a yakuza game)

This is an INCREDIBLY basic method of playing riichi mahjong, for people who are only interested, for instance, in 100% completion of a Yakuza game. Regarding FFXIV mahjong, this method doesn't really pay attention to anything anyone else is doing on the table and isn't recommended

Just focus on your hand, don't call tiles, and try to make a completed mahjong hand. Call riichi, and you can win without having to know or remember what tiles score in which combination.

There are complexities and exceptions to this strategy but it should work most of the time!

[PalloneWafer]

The golden rule for beginners is NEVER STEAL OTHERS' TILES and always press square button to check if you can call Riichi

[jayfila]

i felt confident after watching this video then i immediately proceeded to lose 5 games in a row in yakuza 0

[ElissaMai]

Let me guess. Who all came here for Yakuza mahjong game completions?

[realkingofantarctica]

I like how this was made specifically for strugglers like us.

[Delulu]

It's Sad that this is The Only Thing that Stopping Me to Platinum this wonderful game

[InTheMindOfDavid]

Dude, you don’t know how much I appreciate that you’re using physical Mahjong tiles to explain how to play the game. You’re actually able yo show us the basic in a controlled way rather than through the chaos of a game with a Yakuza/Like A Dragon game. There’s to much going on for someone to effectively explain how to play and give examples in a clear way, let alone for someone who doesn’t understand the game to ever actually grasp what’s going on during those matches within the games. Thank you.

[Inubito]

Oh good, Yakuza 0, the only reason I need this. lol

[justkelly]

Another tip: if another player calls riichi, it can be a good idea to stop trying to form a valid hand yourself, and instead focus on only discarding tiles that the player in riichi has already discarded, or tiles that the other two players discard after riichi is called. Ron cannot be called on those tiles (the term for this is “furiten”), which can help you avoid losing lots of points!

[HACHIAttack]

Ahh the dreaded Substory 21 of Yakuza Kiwami 2 brought me here. Thank you experimilk.

[QaDri]

Coming back to this video to really thank the man behind this tutorial. Just won my first round with a whopping 48k points. Thank you! Maybe now I’ll actually improve

[saint]

This whole time I was trying to win with Pon/chi/kan not knowing I was screwing myself over. Thanks for the simple but effective guide

[fool]

"Hey yo, cheater. That's a furitan, you got no hand"
"What??"

[kennethshiro]

It seems like almost every time I dscard one suit from my hand I get dealt nothing but that suit and I realize i shouldn't have discarded ><

[szeltovivarsydroxan]

2:55 For anyone who wants a tip, he's making a little mistake here. Instead of discarding the 6 of circles, he should've discarded the 9 of circles, because then he would've only have tiles with numbers 2-9, which meets a Yaku (winning condition) called "All Simples" (Tanyao).

[QaDri]

Dude..you’re the best. Easy and simple to understand. Wished the game explained everything better

[experimilk]

for posterity's sake:

this is BASICALLY ONLY for people who don't want to learn how to play mahjong but want to get through yakuza mahjong games. there are many more rules and an actual GREAT game with very deep strategy, but not everyone wants to learn or has time to learn. This will get you the CP you need eventually, and you can stack on top of that extra knowledge of strategy and rules. check out the mahjong reddit or google "tenhou wiki" if you want to ACTUALLY LEARN TO PLAY THE GAME

[The_Farlander]

I used this video before, and I'm coming back to it again for review. This is the video I recommend to anyone and everyone trying to learn it for the purposes of doing well in-game, and for beginners in general.

[ChasingForever]

Now I understand "Reach." I knew you were one away from Ron, but I didn't understand that you cannot change your hand in any way. Nice video!

[Shadowhuf]

Finally a hands on video. Ty so much. Be that from yakuza 0 or being invited to play with friends. This is THE best 101 I've seen.

[ixgreenlantern]

I doubt you'll see this but you have saved me from going insane I was so confused when I was reading the in-game tutorial .