Sega Hyping Yakuza 4 Unveiling
Yakuza 3If there's one franchise American gamers should be upset over missing this generation, it's Sega's Yakuza. We never got the third installment (the first for the PlayStation 3), and now, they're already talking about the fourth.
The teaser website for Yakuza 4 has opened and while it's light on details and information, we know Sega will officially unveil this new entry in only ten days time. Of course, that revealing would be on the first day of the Tokyo Game Show so it's not exactly surprising. However, we seriously doubt we'll hear any news of a North American or European release, considering that Sega didn't see fit to launch Yakuza 3 in any region outside of Japan. We can only conclude that the first two titles for the PS2, which did release here, didn't sell very well, thereby making Sega leery of going through the localization processes again. And they were reluctant even with the first two games; US gamers had to wait over a year after the initial launch of either title in Japan. It's just too bad that Sega abandoned us as soon as Yakuza entered the new generation...we so want to see one of these bad boys on the PS3! Maybe if there's enough of a fan outcry, we'll finally see Yakuza 3 at least, but you may as well forget about the fourth installment (for now, anyway).
Still, it's great for Japanese gamers, and yes, this series is exclusive to the PS3. If you want to import it, go right ahead; the first two games featured all Japanese voiceovers, anyway (with English subtitles, of course).
9/14/2009 10:35:09 AM Ben Dutka
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 12:11:25 PM
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yak4life85
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 11:09:09 AM
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yak4life85
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 4:17:56 PM
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Orvisman
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 11:19:15 AM
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I imported both for the PS3. Fun games.
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godsman
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 11:19:16 AM
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Jalex
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 12:19:20 PM
It doesn't have a huge non-Japanese-speaking fan base, but those it does have are likely interested enough in the culture that they won't have a problem with the absence of out-of-place voice actors.
Anyway, I love this series (the two full games and demo I've been able to enjoy, at least), and I'm going to continue holding out hope that every installment gets localized.
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DarthNemesis
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 11:39:06 AM
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NightHawk17
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 11:40:00 AM
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BeezleDrop
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 11:45:19 AM
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Douchebaguette
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 12:13:25 PM
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Do that, and leave us foreigners who are interested with this game to import it [which they should SO do already with Ryū ga Gotoku 3 and Kenzan].
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Alienange
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 2:32:31 PM
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DaNgerSteVe
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 3:03:11 PM
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Nerull
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 3:46:01 PM
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Seems pretty dumb to isolate an exclusive that has crossover potential.
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Scarecrow
Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 10:43:56 PM
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___________
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 2:30:18 AM
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the localization process cant cost that much.
can it?
i mean all they do is translate the language to english and release it.
well thats all they need to do
i dont see any games not releasing in japan because the costs would be to high.
i mean japan HATES FPS and even KZ2 released there.
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Scarecrow
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 @ 7:32:45 PM
If stuff like Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2 can release EASILY in Japan
Why can't Samurai/Japanese niche games be released at the same time, here? Or at least not after 1 or 2 years -_-
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Kiryu
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Monday, September 14, 2009 @ 11:07:55 AM
I hope Kiryu is Coming Back!
In the Teaser Site they show 4 poeple,i think one with the grey suit is kiryu.
I hope they Focus more on Kiryu's Childhood.
I have Imported all 4 of them!
Japanese Voice Actors are the Best!!!
Last edited by Ben Dutka PSXE on 9/14/2009 12:11:05 PM