Ryu ga Gotoku/Yakuza Thread

So who is enjoying Kiwami? Zero? maybe you are marathoning the games?
When is that English translation of kenzan coming out? Will Black panthers english translation ever be finshed? When is Hokuto no Gotoku coming out(in the west)?

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I absolutely loved Yakuza 0 and enjoyed yakuza kiwami however I don't see myself getting all the way to yakuza 3 much less 6 if the series ends up this formulaic.

Explain formulaic.

Most games play similar however in 4 and 5 you get more fighting styles to play as in addition to kiryus dragon of dojima

the games are all pretty much the same thing except with different storylines. yakuza is definitely not a revolutionary series -- it pretty much just takes the same system mechanics and builds upon it

Basically, you play each game if you want more of the same yet refined. I call it the call of duty of japan/beat em ups which isnt a bad thing but you arent going to get a totally new experience each new game.

playing 5 right now, how old is Haruka?

16 in 5
20 in 6

also why is she playable

I just want to punch shit

I dunno. At least akiyama is in that chapter. Though if you dont like the haruka stuff you dont actually have to win the final dance

I played Yakuza 1 way back before Yakuza 0 was even announced for the west and I'm playing Kiwami now and I thought I wouldnt enjoy it as much but nope. This game, the sub stories, just roaming aroumd kamurocho is fun as fuck.

I personally still can't get over how blown away I was by Yakuza 0, I remember getting Kingdom Hearts 2.8 on the same day as 0 and being more hyped for KH but decided to give 0 a chance first. I literally didn't put down the game to the very end, 0 was so fucking bad ass it rocked my chops and had me glued to the TV screen the entire time I was in it. I really got into the boss battles and would physically shake as I was beating the bosses up.

Yakuza zero made a yakuza fan out of me and it was so surprising to go from having a mild interest in a game series to full on crazed fan of it over the course of a single game. I just wished I had experienced Yakuza earlier and so glad I got a PS4 this gen and got to experience it.

0 is definitely the best game in the series. The gameplay is polished and rock solid, having only two playable characters was a good decision and the story as a whole is much better written than anything else in the series

My second favourite game in the series is 2, so hopefully Kiwami 2 turns out good.

Eventhough I haven't played 2,3,4 or 5 yet I'm getting 6 day one. Fingers crossed we get the other games though because my PS3 died last year

>Will Black panthers english translation ever be finshed?
The lead guy behind the project recently said that someone contacted him about doing the translation, and KHHsubs said he might go back to the project once he's done with Ishin's cutscenes. There is hope of it being finished.

Been listening to the soundtrack for it a lot lately, so I hope this happens.
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I hope they bring back the jazzy feel from the first two games

>boss people really want to play as haruka and beat people up
>ok make her dance fight and have idol drama
>ofw

>When is that English translation of kenzan coming out?
Partial translation will come out in Dec'17. This version won't be final, work will be continued after its release.

>tfw Yakuza 3 emulation soon
The battles are glitched to fuck at the moment, but I'm just glad the RPCS3 are giving at least a little bit of attention to the series and not just Demon's Souls (although I'm looking forward to playing that). I'm really stumped on whether or not to buy a PS3, since there's the distinct possibility that the games will either be fully emulatable or rereleased on PS4. Both are unlikely to happen anytime soon, though, so I have no idea what I'm better off doing.

>once he's done with Ishin's cutscenes.
when: end of year

>entire chapter in Yakuza 2 dedicated to her not wanting to be an idol
>make her an idol anyway
Haruka beating the shit out of people doesn't really make sense from a narrative point of view, though. and I don't really like her much, anyway. Her voice is the exact kind of ~uggu kawaii~ shit that's grating to my ears. I'd rather her be a sidecharacter and for them to bring Kaoru back as a playable main character or something.

>that blurring

Even Yakuza 3 and 4 didnt have that blurriness

Probably just a capture thing.

NO yakooza on pc REEEEEE

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Extended HGG TGS trailer.

>Even Yakuza 3
Kenzan was released before Y3. Their engine was still new. Although, I don't think Y3 looks sharper - it runs at 1024x768, as far as I know.

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I can't tell if they're putting on the voices or if they genuinely sound that way naturally. Japan have some elder-god tier voices

I'm hyped for Kiwami 2 not for the game itself, but the inevitable Kaoru SFM content.

they are acting, listen to tk in the sega reveal of kiwami 2 and shin
his normal voice does sound like kiryu but his personality is completely different

>implying there won't be more Ryuji x Kiryu x Majima SFM porn

Is the guy who voiced Ryuji voicing Raoh? Feels fucking right if it is.

Fujos must be gassed desu.

I can't blame them, honestly. A lot of the characters in the series are handsome as fuck.

5:05 of the video, you can see who's voicing who. And yeah, it's Ryuji.

Allow me to lol at subhuman EOPs who'll never ever get to play Ryuu ga Gotoku Ishin.

I thought that they replaced Raoh with an orignlinal character with a suspiciously similar backstory and gimmick to Raoh?

>Majima as Jagi
I feel like this is a miscast.

please no i already beat my dick to the point of rashes

should i get yakuza 3 and dead souls

Do not lewd Osomatsu-kun.

its karamatsu so its ok

Yeah, sure.

You're probably thinking of this guy named Kyouou apparently, but Raoh is still in.
>A man with great influence in this troubled world, who took in bandits one after the next to put together his “Kyouou Army.” He is a mysterious kenpo user who is persistent on Eden and attacks it regularly, making him most feared by its people.
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Going through Yakuza 0, how important is it that I switch out managers for Kiyru's real estate business? From what I can tell, their performance drops after certain amount of collections but I'm wondering I'll eventually make so much money it doesn't even matter.

It doesn't matter at all once you've bought all of the properties, and neither does Security. The battles you do against each of the Kings doesn't even matter, because even if you do lose to them, you can just get the 10% share you lost back by just buying two properties

>when: end of year
He said he wants to be done by summer of next year. There's no way KHH is going to play through, translate, edit scene by scene, and upload 12 chapters in less than three months.

Reminder that they recently released one of the Kiwami themes for us in the West. Unless you dont like Turning Point id say its pretty good.
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Tempted but I'll keep my Persona theme.

Kiwami 2 looks so good, holy fuark.
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>Hangman making an appearance at 0:43
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Story trailer looks nice too, I hate how Dio's VA's character looks more like Takashima than Takashima's actor does, though. And the Godsmack music is annoying. Doesn't fit the tone at all.

That gang battle from 6 looks terrible.

Anyone tried it? Is it any fun?

>these arrow heat actions

AIKA confirmed for cabaret. any other jav idols confirmed?

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holy shit I just noticed this

yeeeeesss

I've been going back and forth because kiwami 2 isn't fully voiced the way 6 was, but now they went and did the one thing I only dared dream of by adding Aika.

I don't really care about the fully voice acted thing, I just skip dialogue after I've read everything.

That's fair, but I still think it's a step backward. Just like all of Y6 is three steps forward, two steps backward. I know 2 has way more stuff in it than 2, so they'd have to record a ton of stuff, but going back to textboxes still feels bad. And it only serves to show that they should have done Kiwami 2 before 6 the same way they did Kenzan before 3. Try and practice the new shit in a spinoff and perfect it for the next real game.

Err, 2 has way more stuff in it than 6.

In other news that new Hokuto ga Gotoku trailer also looks fiiiine.

FEEL THE FORCE

Was that Yuki running Club Sunshine?
Also
>Ryuji's and Kiryu's cross counter

Was that QT Yuki in the Cabaret Club?

In regards to the story trailer, Majima announcing his Tojo departure to the Omi, was that trying to settle the issue of Shimano killing the Omi guy back in 0? I'd imagine Majima would inherit the blame being Shimano's captain.

looks like an older yuki alright, fuck this better get translated quick, I can't contain my dick

>Cee-lo now lags when it comes to going through each player's turns but on the plus side it now remembers your bet so you don't have to set it every single time.
How do they keep doing this "Two steps forward and then one step back" with each new iteration? It's so odd, prior to Ishin everything ran this game fine but now it's as long as Shogi just to get people to move?

I hear that there is some cut content in Yakuza 3 are these contents side stories or main story stuff? and how much cut content is there? thinking of getting 3 but not sure because some are saying that 3,4,5 might come to the ps4

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>Yuki, Virtual On

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The hostesses are the most jarring of what they cut since the girls just stand around Smile Burger waiting to get fucked by Kiryu in only two meetings. One girl even wants to marry him in under two meetings.

>Shinada as Rei
Not sure how to feel about this.

>tfw CKB is not making a return in Kiwami 2

>tfw no localization for these games for like two years, and possibly never for the FotNS game
Why are we here? Just to suffer?

Muh dick

Yakuza western sale are getting better lately. Hokuto ga Gotoku get both support from Yakuza autists and FotNS autists so why not?

doesn't look too different

The west was given as the deciding reason as to why Kiwami 2 is being made. Hokuto is definitely up for debate, considering they know Kenzan and Ishin (to a much better scale) have people begging for a release and they can't slot it in, Hokuto is probably less desirable of a release for them than Ishin.

Can't way to play 6 on the PS4 emulator in 10 years.

I love the original Yakuza, but man, they messed up Kiwami with Majima Everywhere, It's the most annoying thing I saw in the entire franchise, spin-offs included.
I hope they don't reuse that shit in Kiwami 2.

>We get Dinasty Warriors HNK clones
>We don't get this
Nips education

Yo collecting all the weapons in Kiwami is pretty boring this time around, it's just grinding money. Anybody know a faster way of getting cash than just playing the final coliseum tournament over and over?

How did Kiwami sell? Haven't heard anything about it.
They'd have showed it off in the trailers and there's nothing like that in it.

fucking hype

Imagine if you switch to Majima and there's a Kiryu everywhere system.

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I just hope they fix fight with Shindo, it was horrible

Terada was way way worse than Shindo

YEES, YEEEEESSSS

I'm happy with the remixes we've heard so far, but there's seriously no way to improve on this piece. It's that good.

So I have a copy of Y3,but I still havent played 2 yet and i dont have the money for a reprint yet. Should just pass on 2 for now and go on with 3,or stick to playing in release order?

Hopefully its left alone, Outlaw's Lullaby sounded untouched so hopefully it stays the same

is the 1/2 remaster not coming over?

They didn't touch the piano and trumpets at all, but there's some extra instruments in there backing it up.

Same here user,so hard for me to dislike any characters. And so many hype as fuck moments
>majima pussy footing about with murder
>makoto gets hurt
>majima willing to kill all the dojima family to keep her safe
I haven't enjoyed a story this much in years,it got to the point where I had to rush the story instead of exploring because i absolutley had to know what happened next.

the catscratch fights X mashing in zero destroyed my thumb.
Any other minigames in the series that have you mashing buttons?

Why would it be coming over? It's a PS3/Wii U game. We've already got Kiwami 1 with 2 being possible so it kind of makes it moot from their perspective as well.

I can't recall any minigames from Ishin back that require any mashing, but the final fight in 5 is all just constant mashing for the QTEs and it's pretty tiring.

>you find Outrun cabinets abandoned in the wasteland, along with the old Megadrive FOTNS games
>doctor minigame where you use Hokuto Shinken to heal people
>courtesan girl from Kenzan is back as Yuria

Not sure about Morinaga of all people as Souther though, Mine seems like he'd be a natural fit there: giant piece of human garbage who tortures orphans for fun yet is still loved by the Japs because he has a sob story origin. They really weren't kidding about it being a 0/Kiwami mod, you can see the bones of that engine everywhere right down to the sphere grid system. Still, it's something new and interesting using the same basic system after Kiwami burned me out on 0's fighting styles. And Heat Actions actually kill people now rather than them shrugging off disembowelment or third degree burns.

>an army of mini-shakedowns in gang battle

Actually, come to think of it, didn't Yakuza 2 have roaming powerful enemies like Mr. Shakedown? I wonder if they'll return.

Are you selling the weapons and armor you got? Collassium weapons sell for millions and I think I had 2 million yen left by the time I completed the weapon collection challenge.

It just maximizes your profits. You'll still earn money even if they are exhausted but it's meant to add a small bit of strategy to what is basically a spreadsheet simulator. Wait till they hit their peak and swap them out for another manager. Swapping them around also resets their financial stats, they don't need a recovery period like your cabaret girls.

>Megadrive
Master System

They were special enemy encounters that spawned after you got into enough random battles in that area. Had special rewards for beating them too.

They weren't that powerful, they were basically minibosses though and you had to fight about 100 battles in the town itself for all of them to spawn. It happened in both Sotenbori and Kamurocho so you had about eight of them I think in total. You could fight three of them in chapter 3 or 4 before you left for Kamurocho for example, assuming you didn't exhaust the enemy spawns.

Yep, the steel shinguards that prevent you from being knocked down could be gained from one of the guys on Pink Street if I remember right and they were invaluable for the final Amon fight since that's pretty much all he does.

>hyped as fuck for kiwami 2
>suddenly remembers that there's a substory that involves beating four mahjong experts

Fuck.

I thought you only had to beat two guys since there's only one substory in each area? Pro Slotter is worse though, 3000 profit on slots in a single game with the most incredibly low rates ever conceived by man.

I don't think I've ever been this excited for a game before. I can't wait to play it.

Haruka finally loks like normal child, not ayyyy lmao