HANAFUDA Japan - Japanese Traditional Card Game
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $8.99 | Hidetoshi Hayakawa | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Supports online matches! (the ONLY Hanafuda iPhone app that does!)
Introducing the "Echigohana" card suit design! (FIRST and ONLY of all the Hanafuda games.)
Fully Supports Apple Game Center! (the ONLY iPhone app to do so!)
Supports iPhone4's high-resolution Retina display!
Include beautiful Japanese-style background music!
The fastest Hanafuda App with the best operability!
Includes instructional guides with complete explanations so that even beginners can play easily.
- Online Matches -
You can play online with players all over the world via the Internet (using 3G or a Wi-Fi environment) as long as your opponents have any "HANAFUDA Japan" series app.
It records your statistics, including your points, your win percentage and your number of straight wins.
There are no other iPhone Hanafuda Apps that support online play!
- "Echigohana" card suit design -
This is our first time to introduce the Echigohana card suit design!
(The "Hachihachihana" card suit design is the most popular design, so this app includes both the "Echigohana" and "Hachihachihana" designs.)
This visual design is a bit different from Hachihachihana, the defining feature of Echigohana is that there are Chaff cards that depict classical Japanese Waka and entirely gold and silver colored.
- Game Center -
Your points, win percentages, and number of straight wins will all be registered on the worldwide Leaderboards which contain the highscore rankings.
You earn Achievement awards when certain conditions are met.
And also, you can extend friend invites to your opponents and invite friends. This app fully supports Game Center!
- iPhone4's Retina display -
When it comes down to it, the best part of Hanafuda is the beautiful card design!
This app supports iPhone4's high resolution Retina display!
- Beautiful Japanese-style background music -
There are about 20 different background music tracks, including Japanese Festival Music composed using Japanese Instruments. The Japanese instruments used include the Japanese zither (koto), the three-stringed banjo (shamisen), the vertical bamboo flute (shakuhachi) and the drum.
This app also includes a custom playlist function that allow you to select your favorite background music tracks and order them as you like.
- Speedy and Easy to Use -
This app optimizes the size of cards and the user interface to maintain good visibility and operability even on the iPhone's smaller screen.
You can use this app to play Hanafuda easily and comfortably!
- Instructional Guides with complete Explanations -
Includes instructional guides with complete explanations so that even beginners can easily learn how to play.
Features:
- Koi-koi Local Play : 1 Player (6 Hands(seasons), 12 Hands, and Knockout mode)
- Koi-koi Local Play : 2 Players (Bluetooth Server and Client)
- Koi-koi Online Play (using Game Center's Matchmaking)
- Online Ranking (using Game Center's Leaderboards)
- Achievements (via Game Center)
- Statistics
- 3 Levels of CPU Difficulty (Easy, Normal and Hard)
- 2 Hanafuda card suits (Hachihachihana and Echigohana)
- 3 types of background music ("Pure Japanese Musics", "Japanese Festival Musics" and "Custom Playlist")
- total of 20 different background music tracks
- iPod background music available
- iOS 3.0 or higher iPhone, iPod touch, iPad(*1)(*2)
*1 : iPhone compatible mode on iPad.
*2 : Features that use the Game Center's functionality, such as Online Play, Leaderboards and Achievements, are available with iOS 4.1 or higher on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2nd generation through 4th generation, and iOS 4.2 or higher on iPad.
Reviews
Iffy
Readerjoe93
This app has not been updated in a while and is not iOS 11 compatible. Judging by the update history, that's typical. New card design is horrible. Just use the old style. New unlockable music is nice. Playing the hard CPU DOES feel like he cheats. On the medium I have over 1000 points and I play a lot. But it seems very hard to beat the hard. I'll have to play more to find out but I AM a good player lol.
Great!
Greyson Fauchard
I'd heard of Koi Koi, but never got a chance to play or read much about how to play. So when I saw the various free versions, I tried them all. This app's free version had full English rules and explanations, great music, and was very easy to use was so good. It was so good I just HAD to get the paid version, with all the extras and no ads! A couple of suggestions for future updates I would like to see: 1) a 2-player pass and play option for those times when my friend doesn't have an iThing. 2) I read that hanafuda cards can be used to play several games beyond Koi Koi. I'd love to try them - adding more of them would be great!
No one online to play
Samespecies
There is never anyone online to play with. I reported it as a problem incase I was doing something wrong and never got a reply. So your stuck playing the program unless you know of a friend you can invite to play with you who has this app. Other wise it looks like it would be a great game. But I regret buying it with nobody online to play with. I also feel like they mislead me with the "online" advertising.
Great, except that it crashes
molleyfox
The app itself is fabulous, and would get five stars except for this: when you play, you can do nothing else. If you multitask during a game, when you go back to the game, the app crashes and your present game disappears. If you close the app during a game, then open it later, the app crashes, your game disappears, and you have to start again. Accumulated personal stats remain throughout crashes-- that's a good thing, of course. And the app itself is wonderful, except for that really big problem --- which occurs on both the iPhone 4 and the iPad 2. It was a really good idea to merge all the hanafuda paid extras into a paid app, and I was happy to sign on for that. Now please address the crashing problem. Thanks!
Best Hanafuda game out there!
joey_shmoey
Addicting beyond belief! One of three games I can always play again and again and again. Knockout mode in the paid version (this one) the best! If u don't know about hanafuda/koi-koi watch the movie Summer Wars. What got me into it...
Worth it!
pcouture89
I love this game! The music is amazing and the game is so addictive! It's worth every cent!
Awesome Game!
Alekic
I have enjoyed playing for plenty hours for several years now. Great challenge, options for playing against friends locally and new game friends around the world.... Plenty hours of good fun from anywhere I am. Hanafuda is my #1 online & actual game choice!
