I have a set of hanafuda cards from Nintendo. They came with a set of instructions for the game Koi-Koi and now I really want to play a game with someone.
Nintendo originally started as a company manufacturing hanafuda cards in 1889 which seems so far from what most people associate with Nintendo now. Hanafuda (flower cards) cards are divided into twelve sets of four each representing a month with a different flower. The images on each card are different so almost none of them exactly match.
I got my set through the points exchange with club Nintendo and they had specially redesigned sixteen if the cards replacing the traditional designs with Mario characters such as...
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| Mario, Yoshi, Luigi (and Waluigi) and Lakitu |
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| Blooper, Paragoomba, Donkey Kong and Boo |
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| Toadies, Piranha Plant, Wario and Peach with Toad |
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| Koopa, Bowser and the club Nintendo logo |
Koi-koi is played by trying to obtain sets of cards usually the four cards to make a whole month or other sets like the "five lights" or "moon viewing" where you can either end the round there or call koi-koi if you think you can collect another set before your opponent to earn more points. In each game there are twelve rounds and the person with the most points at the end of the twelve rounds wins.
So... anybody up for a game?
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