We learned before that Onomichi, in the Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan, is a location that you’ll be able to visit in SEGA’s Yakuza 6. Onomichi is a small port town that faces the Seto Inland Sea, and is known for its steep hillsides and historic temples, as well as its “Cat Alley” where one can find 108 stone cats which are scattered across the trail. As is typically the case for Yakuza games, the developers have taken care to faithfully reproduce the town in the game.

The Japanese PlayStation blog has recently posted an article where they talk about the various play spots in Kamurocho and Onomichi that are included in the game. But they also show a comparison between real photos, taken by Dengeki PlayStation, and in-game screenshots from Yakuza 6. The real photos are unfortunately in a very low resolution, but it still provides us with an interesting look at the accuracy with which some of the existing locations have been replicated in the game. You can see the comparisons side-by-side below!  Note that left is the real photo and right is an in-game screenshot.

Sanyo Main Line Train (in a retro yellow color)

Climbing the stairs up the hill

Town center

The Mt. Senkoji ropeway (cable car)

Ferry into the Seto Inland Sea

Not one, but two Yakuza games have been announced for the West! After Yakuza Kiwami earlier on, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life has also been officially confirmed for the West at PlayStation Experience 2016! The game will be released in North America and Europe in early 2018. That makes a total of three Yakuza games that Sega of America has in the pipeline now, so fans of the series definitely have a lot to look forward to! You can watch the announcement trailer below, uploaded by devilleon7, as well as the official Yakuza Kiwami announcement trailer.

You can find more details on Yakuza Kiwami in this article from community manager John Hardin on the official PlayStation blog here.

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Famitsu has recently uploaded to their YouTube account three preview videos of Yakuza 6, ahead of the game’s impending release in Japan. Yakuza series director Masayoshi Yokoyama was present to provide commentary, and much of the commentary being featured is comical.

The first two videos contain many cutscene segments, while the third video is an adventure demo, set in Kamurocho. Please be warned that these videos, particularly the first two, are not for people who don’t want to be spoiled. Important plot progressions are already shown in the early parts of the game.

The demo for Yakuza 6 is scheduled to be made available today (November 29th in Japan) on the Japanese Playstation Store, as of this article’s writing! The full game will release on December 8th.

The next Yakuza title planned for release in the West is Yakuza 0, set for January of next year.

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SEGA have uploaded a new trailer for the English version of Yakuza 0, which gives us a look at all the things you can get up to in the streets of Tokyo in the game. You can find the trailer and more details from the official press release below! Do note that, like the game, the video has an ESRB M and PEGI 18 rating.

Yakuza 0 will be released for PlayStation 4 on January 24 2017 in the Americas and Europe.

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SEGA has announced that they’ll be releasing a demo for Yakuza 6 in Japan which will allow people to play the first chapter of the game. You’ll also be able to visit some of the play spots in the game. In addition, the demo will allow you to transfer the save game data over to the final game when it’s released on December 8, 2016.

It’s interesting to see SEGA release more demos of their PS4 games in recent times (Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X, Hatsune Miku: VR Future Live, Valkyria: Azure Revolution and Yakuza 6), as it’s a practice that had all but disappeared in recent times.

Source: Hachima via: Siliconera