Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Man, shit, was hoping theyd do upgrades of 2-5 first. I just finished 0, have Kiwami on order. Never played the rest.
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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life launches March 20 in the Americas and Europe
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Sebastiano
Member
Huge Yakuza fan since Zero, will buy this (and Kiwami) day one, can't wait to see the new engine on my TV!
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Any notes on when we can pre-order in the US?
E_Darkness
Member
I'm certainly in for that collector's edition.
cj_iwakura
Member
Are we getting the Japan wrestler stuff?
AuthenticM
Member
I'll buy it at launch, but won't play it until Sega rereleases Yakuza 2 through 5 for PS4 (or PS5). I haven't played these, and I want to play these games in order.
I believe so. I mean, we got the Tekken NJPW stuff
Rellik
Member
So you're never playing it then.
Lord of Ostia
Member
This is the Atlus influence. Expect most of Sega's Japanese output to include extras like this now. Atlus has been doing this for years and it's worked out for them. They even get to charge more for 3DS games doing it.
I'm glad that the release date is far enough away from Ni no Kuni II.
I didn't even consider the possibility that we wouldn't. That would be extremely disappointing.
I didn't even consider the possibility that we wouldn't. That would be extremely disappointing.
NightShift
Member
I need to track down a copy of Yakuza 2 and finish it before then so I can have that full story. It will be fitting considering that Yakuza 6 is supposed to be the end of Kiryu's story.
thiscoldblack
Unconfirmed Member
Thank you, Sega. I'm in.
Spooky Scary Skeleton
Member
Whoa, thats way too sooner than I expected.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Guess I'll have to watch the story of yakuza 2 through 5 on YouTube or something because I don't want to be lost.
Peroroncino
Member
I want those fucking glasses. I'll drink whisky in them and beat the living shit out of punks in Kamurocho, it's gonna be GLORIOUS.
Some Yakuza games [e.g. 3] have handy retrospect videos, I'd suggest trying to look for them. Luckily Yakuza games are mostly self contained so after playing Kiwami I'd say you'll be good to go, you'll be missing maybe 1 or 2 things but that can easily be remedied by watching some retrospective of Y5.
Some Yakuza games [e.g. 3] have handy retrospect videos, I'd suggest trying to look for them. Luckily Yakuza games are mostly self contained so after playing Kiwami I'd say you'll be good to go, you'll be missing maybe 1 or 2 things but that can easily be remedied by watching some retrospective of Y5.
TheRazielim
Member
Those glasses, phew.
This will be the first time I'll get a premium edition for a game.
This will be the first time I'll get a premium edition for a game.
Peroroncino
Member
Oh shit, with all that excitement I missed the new trailer, awesome moves: https://youtu.be/Dmmb5YS2phw?t=40s
Man this is such a good news, March 20, fuck yes.
Man this is such a good news, March 20, fuck yes.
gcncontroller
Member
Artbook? Hardcover?? For the price of a regular game?! Just give me the pre-order link Sega
Really looking forward to Kiwami after loving 0. I can't believe I slept on this series for so long...
Really looking forward to Kiwami after loving 0. I can't believe I slept on this series for so long...
It's rad that we're getting this and also a new Yakuza game announcement at basically the same time Kiwami comes out here in the west. I can almost feel like maybe the new game might even be announced for the west at the same time if Yakuza actually mattered here, but at least we're starting to make a dent.
lucebuce12
Member
Awesome collection! And we never got Ishin eitherGreat more yakuza plzzznext week kiwawi, next year part 6!
One of the best game series ever, 10 years ago i pickup part 1, and it stil going strong!
To bad we never got Yakuza Kenzan spin off...
But just in case you didn't know, there's an awesome translated guide available on khhsubs.com for both games. If you're willing to put up with playing the game through a guide, then this is the way to do it. Importing a copy shouldn't be too much of a hassle if even me in Pakistan could pull it off.
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Son Of Sparda
Member
I was expecting January.....
lucebuce12
Member
This post is meant for ALL who started with Yakuza 0 and Kiwami, and won't/can't play through the rest of the series.
MOST OF THE GAMES ARE STANDALONE. What I mean by that is that the stories of one game have very little effect on the next one, and even when they do, it only affects the beginning before a new story starts. This happened in Yakuza 3, it happened in Yakuza 5 and again in Yakuza 6.
So if you've only played Yakuza 0 and Kiwami and want to catch up on the series then you have two options.
- You can either play through Yakuza 4 and 5 on the PS3. Yakuza 4 was the PS+ Game of the month for February 2015, and Yakuza 5 for August 2016 so you might possibly own them already.
- OR you can just watch their stories on youtube.
Don't spoil yourself on Yakuza 2 in particular if that game does get remastered/remade. That game has the best story of the series after Yakuza 0 IMO, and THE BEST antagonist.
Peroroncino
Member
I was expecting January.....
Now now, let's not get greedy, remember Yakuza 5 #rememberthewait
BoogieWoogie
Banned
How are they making these so fast???
bryanee
Member
The west was just way behind. We have finally caught up.
They're catching up from the games that were already released in Japan.