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[Brunire]

Woooooooooo!!!

 

[Fjordson]

Fuck yes. Yakuza 2 is one of the best in the series.

I love all the momentum Yakuza has right now. Needs to take its rightful place atop the gaming world.

 

[Holepunch]

Felt like Zero was hyping up 2 so this was somewhat expected. But still.

FUCKING YES!

 

[_Ryo_]

If this uses the Yakuza 6 engine and assets, the visuals and combat of the game are going to be a hugely substantial upgrade from Yakuza 0 and Kiwami 1

 

[Anung]

That's rad!

 

[ScientificPizza]

thank god

 

[kunonabi]

Nice. Now we just need one of three since the west got shafted on the original release.

 

[Oreiller]

Hope they'll remaster Yakuza 3 as well, 2 and 3 are the only games in the series I have never touched.

 

[thatJohann]

So it will release in NA in 2024?

 

[Remapped88]

YESSSS!!!! YAKUZA GAF REJOICE!!

 

[Raw64life]

Most excellent.

Day and date with the JP version would be nice so that it could be played before 6 comes out in the US, but that seems highly unlikely. Should be summer, fall 2017 for the west at the latest.

 

[Alexander DeLarge]

So it will release in NA in 2024?

After the success of Zero, I'd be shocked if we didn't get it within 3-6 months of Japan. April-May 2018 sounds perfect.

 

[Autoignition]

But I don't wanna wait 2-3 years for localization!!!!!!!

Spoiler

dark sega show us the forbidden worldwide release

 

[B00TE]

Oh my god, yes!!!

 

[RNG]

Yaaaaaas

 

[MrMephistoX]

Nice...are 4 and 3 on PS NOW?

 

[jacobeid]

If this uses the Yakuza 6 engine and assets, the visuals and combat of the game are going to be a hugely substantial upgrade from Yakuza 0 and Kiwami 1

Seems like it.

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/900901951260344321

 

[ToonLink]

 

[lucebuce12]

So it will release in NA in 2024?

Nice joke man, but the english localizations have started pouring in.

I'm expecting late 2018 for this one.

 

[Wereroku]

So it will release in NA in 2024?

Y0 did well and Kiwami seems to be getting good reviews. If they sale well I could see them trying to get it out closer to the JP release.

 

[Kinsei]

That's great! Yakuza 2 is way too expensive for people getting into the series with 0 or Kiwami. This remake is sorely needed.

 

[bnx]

Awesome!

 

[SDBurton]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!

 

[RandomExpletive]

LETS

FUCKING

GO

Holy shit can SEGA kill it any harder?

 

[TheSuperSakura]

Yes, yes, yes!!!! Words cannot describe how excited/happy I am right now. 2 is my favorite in the series (haven't played 6 yet) and this is so freaking awesome! It's a good day.

 

[Ibuki]

This is very good news. Looking forward to starting Kiwami next week.

 

[Tohsaka]

Awesome news.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

God bless. Probably was a PSX announcement

 

[Hardvlade]

Fuck yeah! I'll buy every single one of them day 1. I loved Yakuza 0 and can't wait to play Kiwami.

I really wish they would bring this series to PC/Xbox as well, everyone should play these games. They are so good.

For those who have played the series, should I hold off on Yakuza 6 early next year and hopefully play them in order? (hoping they release Kiwami 3, 4, 5). I wish we could get Ishin too.

Rad indeed!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Yakuza 6 engine?

If that's legit, that's the big news here.

 

[Maintenance]

 

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Worth bearing in mind that unlike with 1, 2 already had a good localization, so there shouldn't be any need to a new translation here.

 

[Linkura]

My obligatory Yakuza news gif:

This also reminds me of how much of a bitch it was for me to find a copy of the original PS2 game after being LTTP (I believe before 3 was released stateside, so still a while ago). Went through 2 unplayable Gamestop copies, and finally found a working one on Half.com. Was totally worth it though.

 

[Aki-at]

What the peacock?

No seriously what the peacock?!

No wait seriously what the PEACOOOOCK?!?

Best game of all time incoming. I mean Yakuza 6 engine too? Damn, DAMN, DAAAAMN!

 

[disappeared]

lol slow down Sega with all the sequels already geez

This is great news. I dropped Yakuza 1 far too early and never tried the series again. With Zero, Kiwami, and now Kiwami 2 coming it'll be the best starting point.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[Wereroku]

Oh shit I just realized we will get high def tiger punching and probably a bunch of new side content.

 

[ultracal31]

Took till the second page for this to be posted

For shame gaf

 

[TrueDefault]

Sold! Time to punch some tigers!!

 

[Pachael]

Worth noting people that this is gonna be the HK/Japan release.

Simultaneous release in Chinese (Asia) and Japanese sounds confirmed, then

 

[MisterLuffy]

Cool. I haven't played the original one, this is a nice surprise.

 

[Aki-at]

Are you peacocks ready to face off against the best Yakuza antagonist?

Cause damn I am so ready. SO SO READY!

Better reuse Crazy Ken Band for that one scene!

 

[kamineko]

This is awesome. I haven't played the original, would prefer the Kiwami treatment

 

[Clive]

Best news. A classic that in its current form just doesn't hold up well in all regards. A remake could be absolutely incredible.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

December 17??

Holy SHIT if true. I wasn't thinking until sometime next year. I was holding out for this so fantastic if it really happens, ESPECIALLY with the 6 engine!

 

[allenpergallon]

This seemed like the logical next step, but I'm still really glad to see it happening so soon.

In

 

[Meme Master Flux]

Thank you nagoshi.

 

[B00TE]

 

[Alexander DeLarge]

With this and PS3 emulation coming together extremely quickly, I'm thinking I'm just going to wait and play 0/Kiwami/Kiwami 2/3/4/5/6 all together once this comes out in NA.

 

[alt27]

Incredible! Wonder how long the english version will take?