Solitaire & Mahjong for Wii Reviews by Gamers

Solitaire and Mahjong: Two cops out for justice in the mean streets of...
Sorry, my mind wandered off for a second - this game just doesn't get the blood pumping at all. But, Solitaire and Mahjong could've been a perfect game for those looking for a relaxing game. Unfortunately, this isn't that game.
Solitaire and Mahjong is exactly what the title suggests; you play one of several different solitaire games or pick a Mahjong layout from the dozens offered.
But the game's mechanics and graphics drive it down the wrong alley.
In the Solitaire part, you pick a game, then you manipulate the cards in order to meet the goal of that game.
But the controls are clunky; far too often it refused to let me make a legitimate move, making the game frustrating.
Also, it would've been nice to have a more clearly defined help button. Instead of a "?", we should get a "how to play" button instead.
And that's the better half of this compilation. Mahjong's worse.
In Mahjong, you select one layout and try to clear it by picking pairs of available tiles that match.
But the graphics are so bad that I have a very hard time telling what the tiles look like.
It should also tell us how many matches are available and for a reduction in points, tell us where an available match is if we get stuck.
There's a lot of content to be shown here, and the music's good, but Solitaire and Mahjong needs better graphics and more helpful features. SKIP IT.

Solitaire and mahjong are simple games - how could they screw them up?

1. Bad graphics. It's dificult to tell the mahjong tiles apart, so that's half of the games that are unplayable.
2. Touchy controls. Several times I've re-read the instructions for a solitaire game because it refused to make legitimate moves.
3. Annoying "features" that can't be shut off. I don't want my cursor to leave a sparkly trail so that I have to move it off to the side of the screen between moves.

Pretty much a waste of time, and not in a good way.

I found this game hard to play because of the red tiles that blended together

i could not wait to play game. when i got it ,it would not load, the game said i had to download updates that would probably hurt my machine. what a dissapointment this game was. a big one, because the only reason i ordered gamefly was to play that game and probably buy it. i am not a happy gamer. greg suzanne

not bad, the only real complaint is that the perspective of the mahjong stacks made it hard to see what some of the open tiles actually were.

I just got the game in the mail and it is going right back the same day! It has graphics that remind me of old Super Nintendo day's. A good array of games with no directions on how to play the ones you don't know and you can barley read the tiles or the cards.

This game contains alot of puzzle variety, but my eyes are not perfect and the cards and tiles are not that easy to see unless you sit right on top of the tv.

I will not reconmend this game to anybody. Its hard to understand

The Mahjong tiles were very difficult to see exactly what was on them so hard to make a match. I tried a few Solitaire games but the instructions were.....non-existent so I couldn't figure out how to play. Kept one day and sent right back.

Its a nice simple game for an easy going gamer, if you like mahjong like i do its a decent game, some of the shading makes it a little difficult to see the tiles edge, but you can change the tiles and backfround. Overall its pretty fun for an easy going game night for 1 player.

Mahjong on the TV? Great! I can sit back in my recliner, relax and play. NOT. The sensitivity of the Wiimote makes this game virtually unplayable. the game tiles are small and hard to focus your pointer on, thus making it difficult to play without clicking on the wrong piece. this one is better on the computer...

Don't waste your time or money on this one. Mahjong was horrible to see....unbelievably bad graphics and game controls terrible....I tried to figure out the solataire and gave up