Card-Jitsu Water

Card-Jitsu Water
Information
Players	2-4
Controls	Mouse
Minigame location	Water Dojo
Date released	November 24, 2010[1] (memberninjas) May 9, 2013[2] (everyone)
Date closed	March 30, 2017

Card-Jitsu Water was a spin-off ofCard-Jitsu. This game was confirmed in a trailer posted on theWhat's New Blog. News of it were released in late October 2010 and in early November 2010. It was said thatthe great storm was leading up to its arrival. At first, onlyMemberninjas could play it.Non-Member ninjas could play it for the first time during theCard-Jitsu Party 2011 for a limited time. On May 9, 2013, it became permanently available for all players, ninjas or not.^[2]

Stamps[]

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Medium[]

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Extreme[]

Gameplay[]

Players moved on a grid of stone tiles that were floating down a river towards a waterfall. Towards the beginning of the river, there was a gong. The waterfall behind the gong would bring new stone tiles to replace the ones that fell down, each had a fire, water, or snow obstacle of varying size (small, medium, large). The objective was to cross the tiles to reach the gong first, and not fall off the waterfall, requiring continuous forward progress.

The player could select one of their owned Card-Jitsu cards from the deck on the bottom of the screen. The deck scrolled from the left corner of the screen to the right corner of the screen, so there was a limited amount of time to play a card before it scrolled off the right edge of the screen. When a card was selected, the player would hold up the element depicted on the card, and could select any tile around them (up to eight). If the element was strong against the obstacle on the tile, it would shrink or remove the obstacle. If the element was the same as the obstacle, the obstacle would grow, or be created if the tile was empty. If the element was weak to the obstacle, the obstacle would be unaffected. Fire beats snow, snow beats water, water beats fire.

Selected cards could not be used on tiles occupied by a player. Additionally, the number depicted on the card corresponded to the strength of the element used, with higher numbers shrinking/growing obstacles than lower ones. If a power card was played, it would not only affect the tile it was used on, but all adjacent tiles as well.

A player won 1st place if they managed to reach the gong first, or if all other players fell off the waterfall. The closer the other players were to the gong right before it was hit, determined their placement (2nd, 3rd, 4th), if two players were on the same distance away from the gong right before it was hit, the player closer to the left side of the screen received the higher placement.

Rewards[]

Progress obtained by winning and losing matches (progress points are not obtained by quitting matches) was used to earn the four parts of theWater Suit. Sensei would award the Water Gem after defeating him in a match, which was only possible to win after receiving the four Water Suit items. They were earned in the following order:

TheWave Sandals

TheWaterfall Coat

TheTorrent Mask

TheHelmet of Oceans

TheWater Gem

Trailer video[]

Just likeCard-Jitsu Fire,Card-Jitsu Water has a trailer for itself. This is what the voice says:"For those who have mastered the ancient art of Card-Jitsu, it is time for a new wave of challenges. Beyond the myth and high above the Dojo, a place of mist and mystery emerges from the clouds. From here, a new ninja journey begins. Turn the tides on your opponents with patience, practice, power. Reach the waterfall and discover a new battle. Are you ready to master the element ofwater?"

Sensei messages[]

If the player wore or owned a certain item or walked a certain type of puffle while opening the Sensei dialog closeup, he would make a comment. If the player met the criteria for multiple messages, only one would appear at once, selected at random. All comments were made in the form of ahaiku, with the first and third lines containing five syllables each, and the second containing seven syllables.

For clothing items, if the comment was made if the playerwore the item, this is denoted by "(wear)" after the name. For comments made if an item was merelyowned, this is denoted by "(own)".

Item versions without messages[]

Some alternate variants of items in the above list do not cause their item's message to appear. The Squidzoid Costume is the only item in the above list that both has multiple variants, and all variants of the item caused the message to appear.

Real life replication (game)[]

This is a real life game, the instructions are:

• It is hard to make it move, so instead, make a race of who can get to the top fastest
• First, arrange the cards into a 5X10 to 40 formation, if it is a 3-4 players, make it 7X10 to 40.
• Have a spare pile of cards to use. If it runs out, pause game, and use the spare cards not on the grid for spare cards
• First one who races to the end of the grid wins, and this is much easier, because you don't fall off.
• A great game to speed up your math skills, and who's the fastest.

Trivia[]

• This marks the secondCard-Jitsu game in the series that can be played with 2-4 players.
• During gameplay, theDojo Courtyard can be seen in the top left of the screen, to the left of the Water Ninja fountain.
• As mentioned during the second part ofWaddle Down Memory Lane, theClub Penguin Team created prototype board games in the process of development to test the concepts of Card-Jitsu Water. Board games were created forCard-Jitsu Fire too.
• Its official trailer video could be seen at the Dojo Courtyard from November 16, 2010 to May 23, 2013.

Glitches[]

• Sometimes, when joining a 4-player game, all four of the players' penguins would suddenly turnOld Blue, start bowing, then vanish into clouds before the game starts. This glitch happened to Card-Jitsu Fire too and was never fixed.
• When playing on low quality graphics, any penguins wearing thecolorblack, appear to beDark Black.
• After theDojo was renovated, some penguins were not able to leave theWater Dojo, having to use theirmap to get out.
• Black cards with "uno" shown on them in white font often appear mixed in with the player's cards. These cards disappear when clicked, rendering them unusable.
  • The text on said black cards likely reads "undefined', but only the first three letters fit on the card and the top of the 'd' is cut off.

Gallery[]

Artwork[]

Sensei wearing his water suit

Billybob playing Card-Jitsu Water

AWater Ninja posing

AWater Ninja posing with water

Screenshots[]

Earning the Water Suit[]

Earning theWave Sandals

Earning theWaterfall Coat

Earning theTorrent Mask

Gameplay[]

Ending[]

Winning a round of Card-Jitsu Water

Getting 2nd place in Card-Jitsu Water

When you try to beatSensei without theHelmet of Oceans

Stamp Book photographs[]

Nearing the edge of the waterfall

Jumping onto another tile

AWater Ninja with theWater Gem

Other[]

The Card-Jitsu Water Trailer screen at theDojo Courtyard

Concept art for the game

Videos[]

Card-Jitsu Water (Club Penguin)

Offcial video

Names in other languages[]

SWF[]

• Card-Jitsu Water
• Card-Jitsu Water Instructions
• Card-Jitsu Water Suit
• Login Screen
• Login Screen 2

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