SEGA has posted a new video for Yakuza 0, where localization producer Scott Strichart gives us a quick overview of the game’s story and the two main characters: Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima. Scott does a good job at explaining what the game’s story is about for those who are not familiar with the franchise. As he noted in the video, if you’re looking to play your first Yakuza game, then Yakuza 0 is definitely a good place to start. You can find the video below!
A new character preview video for Yakuza 0 has been released to IGN’s YouTube channel, featuring the second protagonist of the game: Goro Majima. Before he was the wild and uncontrollable gangster that we all know him as now, Majima was a hostess club owner in the city of Soutenbori and a man of extreme poise. He also rocked a ponytail back then, too.
In a new PSBlog post, John Hardin has announced the “The Business” editions of Yakuza 0 for the Americas. These are special first-print copies reserved for launch purchases or early adoptions.
(update: I’ve amended this article to note that there do not appear to be plans for this type of special edition in Europe, as of the time of this statement’s writing.
In order to be a professional, you’ll need the item that it carries: a stainless steel card case (adorned with Kiryu and Majima’s signature tattoo emblems), which includes Japanese/English Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima business cards, and a hostess card just in case. Our featured image above advertises its contents!
Tokyo Game Show 2016 has concluded, and it was an amazing weekend for Yakuza 6, the upcoming mainline entry to SEGA’s flagship action RPG series. It has been a strong media weekend for Yakuza 6 too; with that in mind, we’ve attached a variety of gameplay demo trailers for your perusal.
Additionally, Yakuza 6 had the honor of being designated the best upcoming game of Tokyo Game Show 2016! It’s quite an honor for all of the developers.
View the trailers below! Before continuing, we would like to mention that credit for these captures of Yakuza 6 media from SEGA’s streams belongs to Yakuza-Fan, an independent Yakuza-focused fan site. Do check them out if you are not already aware of their work.
Famitsu has revealed more information regarding Yakuza 6, and it includes some interesting information regarding the activities that you’ll be able to experience in the game’s “Play Spots”. Thanks to the translation from Gematsu, we’ve now learned that both Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and Puyo Puyo will be playable, and they’ll both feature a two-player mode. This also means that SEGA have in fact ported Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown to PS4, so it’s reasonable to think SEGA might end up releasing the game separately as well (and who knows, perhaps this also paves the way for a PC version). In addition, the arcade classics Outrun, Super Hang-On, Space Harrier, Fantasy Zone will also be playable.
The next Tokyo Game Show will be taking place from September 15 to 18, and in preparation of the event SEGA have launched a new website detailing their lineup of games. At the moment, the websites lists Yakuza 6, Valkyria; Azure Revolution, Puyo Puyo Chronicle and Persona 5, all of which will be playable at the event.
This week’s Weekly Famitsu introduces several new Yakuza 6 characters, with ties to mafia groups of various factions and countries. These new faces can be seen in action next week on the August 23 edition Toshihiro Nagoshi’s SEGANama broadcast. The archive will surely find its way to YouTube at a later date. Ahead of this broadcast, check out some character sketch details below.
SEGA has recently published a press statement detailing the events that set up Yakuza 6‘s story, along with a handful of images that may seem familiar if you’ve seen the story trailer. It might seem odd to those of us based in the West, but it’s been almost four years since the Japanese release of Yakuza 5, with Yakuza 6 set to release in December of this year. We’ll include a short summary of the descriptive statement, sourced at this 4Gamer article.
In a recent Seganama broadcast (also featuring Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice, and Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA X), Toshihiro Nagoshi broached the possibility of remasters of Yakuza 2 through Yakuza 5 on Playstation 4. These comments come in response to strong sales of Yakuza Kiwami, the ground-up remake of the first game for Playstation 4. Of Sega’s Japanese brands that have a presence in the console games market segment, Yakuza has always been one of the relatively steadier and healthier names in sales.
Sony have announced their monthly lineup of free games for PS Plus subscribers, and it includes Yakuza 5 (PS3) for both the US and EU! For those who haven’t played the game yet (and have a PS3 and PS Plus subscription), it’s the perfect occasion to give the game a try and prepare for the upcoming Yakuza 0, which received its release date for the West today. We included the launch trailer for the game below. For more information on the game, check out our previous articles!