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=JankenpyonCLICK 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Talk about evolution of the game...here a newer version of the game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: