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I went and preordered the game. Clerk pulled out a sealed, shelf-ready copy (with price tag and all) to verify the data. So close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHaq_7gFXg Guess I'll just have to loop Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan main theme for the rest of the day.
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The localisation team deserves an award. There's some liberty taken, but it's all done for the sake of making it lively for a western audience.
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Jan 25, 2017 16:47
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The guest stars and the amount of detail they've done to get their characters look like their real life counterparts is one of the crowning achievements of this game.
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projecthalaxy posted:Yeah the first time I saw the three lieutenants and the long closeups on their faces, I thought "I'm clearly supposed to recognize these guys." I mean I don't, but this picture proves it. These are famous Japanese actors I assume? Yep, all three are famous actors and have done roles in Yakuza films in the past. From left-to-right: Hideo Nakano (Outrage -series, directed by Kitano), Riki Takeuchi (A Million V-Cinema Yakuza films, Takashi Miike's Dead or Alive films) and Hitoshi Ozawa (same as Takeuchi) Riki Takeuchi also gave us this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcVMXzRNoQ
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Jan 26, 2017 17:38
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drat, this game really makes bubble era look cool. Just like this music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4LdPx3nGXk
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Jan 27, 2017 23:34
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Don't google the telephone card ladies.
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Jan 30, 2017 21:02
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Friendly reminder: the series has a system where save data carries over. You can use your cleared 0 save in Kiwami.
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New DLC dropped. Go see your friendly shrine clown.
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Feb 1, 2017 06:30
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This game has Lenne Hardt in it.
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projecthalaxy posted:You know what would be cool is if the game had an iPhone/Droid companion like GTA5 and Assassins Creed and so forth had. Both businesses and the weapon agent system would be perfect for that, and you could tie it to your psn and get your money in the real game. The game had a companion app for Vita in Japan where you could do coloseum fights and play super monkey ball.
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Policenaut posted:Man, this telephone game is a real pain in the rear end. I hate trying to figure out the voices of which girls I've already spoken to. I know about the bikini colors but it's a pain to kill five minutes on this thing and find out you got the wrong girl and stick through a few more minutes of dialogue before you can try again. Yet somehow this takes less time and effort than Hostess Clubs so thumbs up. The input prompt speed is a dead giveaway.
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Feb 7, 2017 05:53
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Reminder that Sega had Takashi Miike direct a film adaptation of the first game: Trailer: https://youtu.be/o9hwuJ4nAcM The best scene: https://youtu.be/sCbY61pwuaA Both can be considered as spoilers
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Sep 6, 2017 05:44
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mikeycp posted:It's also loving boooooooring. It seriously sucks. It's an art film. At least it tries to be while being a video game adaptation. It even made the rounds at arthouse film festivals
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Deceitful Penguin posted:I have played every single Yakuza game that came out in the West since Yakuza 3. That boss fight was poo poo even in the original Yakuza 1. The Kiwami poo poo actually made it even worse.
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Sep 13, 2017 09:33
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Policenaut posted:Yakuza Kiwami 2 has another NJPW tie-in, whereas Yakuza 6 had a bunch of current stars Kiwami 2 has many of the classics. Not really a NJPW tie-in as all these men are running their own booking agencies/promotions now. This is loving huge though. Imagine having Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, The Rock, Stone Cold, Goldberg and Brock Lesnar all appear in a big western franchise at the same time.
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Sep 21, 2017 09:16
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julian assflange posted:Couple of months for localisation at least If there is any truth to the claim that the recent success of the Zero helped Kiwami 2 come to fruition, they would've started localization work fairly well into the development process.
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Yeah, I scoured through that video someone linked and couldn't hear Nagoshi say anything about that.
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precision posted:Something strange with the translations of Zero and Kiwami (and maybe this happened before, I don't recall) is that many times this sort of thing happens: Localization mandated. Since you want to portray a hierarchy (Yakuza being an extremely hierarchical organizational entity) where the superiors demand to be respected, having underlings just say "yes" in English to their superiors would be even stranger, as that can be viewed as a non-polite way of expression. Considering the Japanese language has numerous formal ways of respectful language, you can express respect using that and just saying "hai" wouldn't be viewed as disrespectful. I'm sure you've noticed they almost yell out the "HAI" with extreme piety when the text says "yes, sir", which is one way of expressing your humility and respect towards your superior.
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lets hang out posted:i mean they said they made kiwami 2 because of the success of zero in the west, we're absolutely getting it Still need a source on this as the one post linked to a video that said nothing about it.
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Shinsekai is one of my favorite places in IRL Osaka. Seeing it getting cut from the game feels bad 
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Buy Yakuza 6 to ensure Kiwami 2 gets brought to western shores.
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Re: no Kiwami 2/Hokuto/Samurai-games announcementsquote:According to Mullen and Strichart, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life will be playable at PlayStation Experience 2017, but with the opening presentation changing up its format, and with the current promotional focus being on Yakuza 6, there will not be any new Yakuza series localization announcements this year. Nonetheless, the producers teased that 2018 will be a great year for the Yakuza series. Source: https://gematsu.com/2017/12/no-yakuza-kiwami-2-localization-announcement-planned-playstation-experience-2017 E3, friends. E3.
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I have a yakuza itch to scratch and thus bought 3, 4 and a PS3 pre-owned. 3 and 4 won't be here until next week so time to clear the backlog.
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I’m fairly sure we will have some news around GDC
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Feb 24, 2018 16:08
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 The Yakuza 6 Prologue Demo has popped up for download. It's the same as the Japanese demo, so it let's you play the first half (or so) of the first chapter and your savefile will carry over to the final retail release.
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Feb 27, 2018 08:44
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julian assflange posted:A 36.53 GB demo? I smell a trojan
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Feb 27, 2018 08:57
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Famitsu gave out their scores for Hokuto ga Gotoku Hokuto ga Gotoku (PS4) – 9/9/9/8 [35/40]
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The Yakuza 5 Saejima chapter was so boring I fell asleep.
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I did like the city as it is really close to real life. Same with Fukuoka. Having visited all the cities in the game in real life, I really love the attention to detail they have given to each city. They even have small cultural landmarks and cultural things down.
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BabyRyoga posted:Haven't played a Yakuza game up until now, but seriously considering buying that Hokuto crossover game this week. I just wish it wasn't so expensive. Anyone know an internet outlet to get it for max $70 US shipped? Is physical a requirement?
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I'm interested to know how they gauge how one character is stronger than the other. Is it the amount of chapters it took Kenshiro to beat them? Amount of encounters and Kenshiro's track record with said enemy?
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Even better, the western release will be made to adhere to the Black Belt/Last Battle continuity
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twistedbutterfly posted:So I just finished my first Yakuza Game (Yakuza 0). drat what a ride. I laughed. I cried. I crushed people's faces with Majima's fancy boots. I am now super pumped to jump into Kiwami. He'll be everywhere.
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Playing through the sidestories of Yakuza 5, it seems like Kiryu's taxi story and Haruka's idol jobs received the most attention. Shinada's was hilariously short.
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Seems like the embargo on 6 was lifted early. Getting quite a good buzz.
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Mar 15, 2018 10:12
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Apparently that was fixed/improved upon on Kiwami 2. You have to remember that Yakuza 6 was built on a new engine and thus most minigames would have needed to be refactored for the engine. Compared to Kiwami 1 that basically just reused everything from the previous games.
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MrLonghair posted:Also allegations of having to cut back due to budget approaching the limit. Kiwami 2 though, is god. More or less I feel it was a project scope issue (which of course is tied to the budget, too)
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Some new promotional videos for Yakuza 6: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/04/12/stories-of-the-dragon-the-legend-of-kazuma-kiryu/ Nice execution, but do they really have to speak english?
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Kiwami 2 has the quickest turnaround for the whole series in terms of time between Japanese and English release. Only Yakuza 1 and Yakuza Dead Souls come close.
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