Pas juste un jeu de mahjong... #gaming

Capcom was going through a difficult financial period with weak sales of its early games, threatening the company's very existence.

• Decision to quickly develop a mahjong game to minimize development costs • Major challenge: stand out among 8,000 existing mahjong games

Collaboration with artist Akiman to integrate female characters who progressively remove their clothing with each player victory.

• Mahjong Gakuen generated enough revenue to restore Capcom's finances that year • The game's revenue surpassed Ghosts and Ghouls, considered Capcom's greatest arcade success at the time

Mahjong Gakuen's development was credited to a studio named Yuga.

Yuga did not actually exist; it was a shell company created to conceal the true identity.

Capcom refused to publicly acknowledge that its survival depended on a game perceived as embarrassing.

To this day, Mahjong Gakuen remains officially credited to this fictional studio by Capcom, which continues to deny its role in this commercial success.