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Yakuza 0 takes place from December 1988 to January 1989, during the bubble era of Japan, in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated. The two central protagonists of the game are Kazuma Kiryu (Takaya Kuroda), a junior Tojo Clan yakuza in Kamurochō who is forced out of the clan due to a murder accusation, and Goro Majima (Hidenari Ugaki), a disgraced former Tojo Clan ...
Yakuza 0, being a prequel, made it an easy jumping-in point for new fans as well as the expertise of recently merged Atlus USA, were factors in its success. This also led to the previous games getting remasters and remakes in the form of the two remakes Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 and remasters of Yakuza 3 , Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5 .
A physical release containing all three games was released alongside Yakuza 5 with a collectible PlayStation 3 styled case for Yakuza 5, which was initially a digital-only release in the West. [64] The Yakuza Remastered Collection was released for Xbox One and Windows on January 28, 2021.
2009—Fourth issue released for Yakuza 3 [30] [31] [32] 2010—Fifth issue released for Yakuza 4, [33] sixth issue released for Kurohyo [34] [35] 2012—Seventh issue released for Kurohyo 2 [36] 2015—Final issue released for Yakuza 0 [37] Notes: Preorder bonus coinciding with the release of each respective game [38]
Yakuza – retroactively called Yakuza 1 by fans – was the first game in the series to be released, and prior to the release of Yakuza 0, was the earliest point in the story’s timeline.
Yakuza Kiwami 2, a remake of Yakuza 2 in the same style as Yakuza Kiwami, was originally released for PlayStation 4 on December 7, 2017, in Japan, and worldwide on August 28, 2018. [42] The Windows version was released on May 9, 2019, and the Xbox One version was released on July 30, 2020.
Masayoshi Yokoyama (横山 昌義 Yokoyama Masayoshi, born June 30, 1976) is a Japanese game producer, director and writer for Sega, most specifically Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, a studio within Sega Development Div. 1, where he's been the head of the division and studio since 2021.
For the review of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, UK Anime Network believed Sega managed to close Kiryu's story in an appealing way despite his interactions with Haruto, an infant Kiryu looks after across the game. [64] Destructoid liked the handling of Kiryu, due to his more serious personality caused by Haruka's crisis. [65]