So, how many names and variations of
Rock, Paper Scissors is there?
Just out of curiosity,
I found all of these:
Japanese= jankenpon or Jankenpyon
Korea=Kai bai bo
Thailand= JanjiiIn
China janken is the same as in Korea, except that sometimes guu is 'hammer' and paa is 'bomb'.
In
India and Indonesia, and on Bali, janken is played with elephant, human and ant, where elephant beats human and human beats ant.
Cantonese people of China play
gosukumi. The symbols are god, chicken, gun, fox, and termite. God is the thumb, chicken the index finger, gun the middle finger, fox the ring finger, and termite the little finger.
The
Malaysian 'Wan Shi Zan' janken is connected with this gosukumi. In this janken, pistol defeats everything except water, and bird loses to everything except water. Stone defeats bird and plank, and loses to pistol and water. Plank defeats bird and water, loses to stone and pistol. Water defeats stone and pistol. Bird loses to plank.
The game becomes differnt in other places as well...insted of Rock, Paper Sissors it looks like this: Myanmar- General, Soldier Tiger
Malaysia- Rock, Bud Water
Vietnam- Hammer, Paper Sissors
Laos- Hammer, nail Cloth
Russia-Rock Scissors Paper Well
France-Rock Scissors Leaf Well
Other variations of the game: Rock Scissors Paper Dynamite
Rock Scissors Paper Fire Water
MINI MONI DOES JAKENPYON Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZYMIOlMaQw&search=Jankenpyon>CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO
You can find out more about this game here:
http://www.jbrowse.com/text/janken.shtml>CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT JANKENPON
Talk about evolution of the game...here a newer version of the game
15 levels:
By the way, some people have added an additonal bit
of fun to this game.
Each person is given a rolled up newspaper, or paper fan or plastic hammer and a helmet.
If you win, at Jankenpon you are supposed to hit the loser with the newspaper or other item, on the head. He or She must put the helmet on before this happens. If the you hit them on the head before the helmet is on...you win. If you don't then you play the game of Jankenpon again...You might think this is easy, but its such a fast game you have to think fast and re-act faster...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5F6XgwSyE8&search=jankenpyon CLICK HERE FOR A PERFECT EXAMPLE