New Yakuza Loses Kazuma Kiryu, Set To Go Portable
See Full ImageThe Yakuza series is very popular in Japan and thus far, the critics have quite enjoyed these flashy, atmospheric, story-driven beat-'em-ups.
Yakuza 3 was the first entry for the PlayStation 3 and we know Yakuza 4 is already out in Japan (so if the third sells well here in the US, we might see the fourth). However, it seems that Sega is done with the PS3 for a while, as they want to bring this brutal basher to the PSP. According to Kotaku, the latest Famitsu edition not only told us all about the perfect score for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, but it also opened our eyes to "Project K," the newest Yakuza installment. It's a portable title and will not feature the traditional protagonist and total bad-ass, Kazuma Kiryu; instead, we get a new, younger guy named Tatsuya Ukyo. The magazine also tells us the setting will be Kamurocho, which will be an easily recognizable name for fans of the series. We'll miss Kazuma because he's so freaking awesome, but he was already getting old in Yakuza 3...and only Hideo Kojima can make a hero go gray and still keep him as kick-ass as ever. I mean, that requires special skill.
Besides, PSP owners could use a game like this. It should be both lengthy and a blast to play - provided Sega can implement the combat controls correctly on the PSP - so portable players ought to be enthusiastic.
4/21/2010 10:58:58 AM Ben Dutka
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maybe you outta get ur most trusted members of this site 2 help review games IF they want to?
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 5:30:50 PM
Nice idea though, and thanks for the mention.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010 @ 3:05:24 AM
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all i ask is..........
1 please for the love of god release it worldwide, none of this 12 months later BS!
2 get rid of all the freaking text, if i wanted to read a book i would read a book.
but thats never going to happen, ive already got 3 harry potter sized books to read for tafe i think thats enough for a few weeks.
god, who would of known programming could be so painful?
3 get rid of the fu**ing babysitting, i already have to look after my cuzs kids every friday and tuesday night i think thats bad enough!
4 place a fu**ing marker on the map so i know where to go.
simple, no?
neir can do it, every other game ive played can do it, so why yakuza?
honestly its so freaking frustrating!
in neir you go home to find your daughters not there so instead of having me running around in circles like a headless chicken neir placed a big fat red x where i should look for her.
simple,no?
why the ^%$# couldent yakuza do that!?
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 11:23:31 AM