Studio Yakuza | The Otaku's Study - Part 3

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  • Sega and Studio Yakuza have released the latest batch of screenshots in their upcoming Playstation 3 release of Yakuza 5 – also known as Ryu Ga Gotoku 5 in Japan. Unlike previous games, the storyline and gameplay has spread out from the normal location of Kamurocho and will instead take part in five different locations around Japan – Sapporo, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya. These latest screenshots focus on Osaka where series recurring and now playable character Haruka Sawamura, and returning playable character Shun Akiyama...

    The Characters of Osaka in Yakuza 5

    Posted on August 9, 2012 | No Comments
    Sega and Studio Yakuza have released the latest batch of screenshots in their upcoming Playstation 3 release of Yakuza 5 – also known as Ryu Ga Gotoku 5 in Japan. Unlike previous games, the storyline and gameplay has spread out from the normal location of Kamurocho and will instead take part in five different locations around Japan – Sapporo, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya. These latest screenshots focus on Osaka where series recurring and now playable character Haruka Sawamura, and returning playable character Shun Akiyama...

  • While the game will most probably feature J-Pop music, this is NOT to be the focus of the games theme song

    Yakuza 5 Opening Theme Song Announced

    Posted on August 8, 2012 | No Comments
    While the game will most probably feature J-Pop music, this is NOT to be the focus of the games theme song

  • Sega and Studio Yakuza have released the latest batch of screenshots in their upcoming Playstation 3 release of Yakuza 5 – also known as Ryu Ga Gotoku 5 in Japan. Unlike previous games, the storyline and gameplay has spread out from the normal location of Kamurocho and will instead take part in five different locations around Japan – Sapporo, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya. These latest screenshots focus on Fukuoka where series main character Kazuma Kiryu now resides, and Hokkaido where Yakuza 4 (and now...

    Yakuza 5 Screenshots – In Fukuoka and Hokkaido

    Posted on August 4, 2012 | No Comments
    Sega and Studio Yakuza have released the latest batch of screenshots in their upcoming Playstation 3 release of Yakuza 5 – also known as Ryu Ga Gotoku 5 in Japan. Unlike previous games, the storyline and gameplay has spread out from the normal location of Kamurocho and will instead take part in five different locations around Japan – Sapporo, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagoya. These latest screenshots focus on Fukuoka where series main character Kazuma Kiryu now resides, and Hokkaido where Yakuza 4 (and now...

  • While temporarily leaked onto the Sega Release Schedule website last week, in this weeks Famitsu it was confirmed that Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition will be released to the Japanese market on the Playstation 3 from the 1st November at a price of ¥5,290. The Yakuza line of games is heavily storyline-oriented and in Yakuza 3/4 lengthly recap videos were included in each release in order to keep newcomers to the series informed about the events of past games (Which especially over here in Australia...

    Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition Formally Announced – Screenshots / Trailer

    Posted on July 19, 2012 | No Comments
    While temporarily leaked onto the Sega Release Schedule website last week, in this weeks Famitsu it was confirmed that Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition will be released to the Japanese market on the Playstation 3 from the 1st November at a price of ¥5,290. The Yakuza line of games is heavily storyline-oriented and in Yakuza 3/4 lengthly recap videos were included in each release in order to keep newcomers to the series informed about the events of past games (Which especially over here in Australia...

  • One of the unique new additions to Yakuza 5 (Ryu Ga Gotoku 5) is that each of the games five playable characters will have their own “Another Drama”, taking them away from the characteristic gameplay mechanics and putting them in character-exclusive scenarios and mini-games. To date we have had series-main character Kazuma Kiryu choose a profession in Taxi driving / street racing, Haruka Sawamura in a quest to become a top idol and Taiga Saejima taking up mountain hunting. Series newcomer Tatsuo Shinada’s “Another Drama”...

    Yakuza 5 – Further Screenshots for Tatsuo Shinada’s Baseball-oriented Another Drama

    Posted on July 18, 2012 | No Comments
    One of the unique new additions to Yakuza 5 (Ryu Ga Gotoku 5) is that each of the games five playable characters will have their own “Another Drama”, taking them away from the characteristic gameplay mechanics and putting them in character-exclusive scenarios and mini-games. To date we have had series-main character Kazuma Kiryu choose a profession in Taxi driving / street racing, Haruka Sawamura in a quest to become a top idol and Taiga Saejima taking up mountain hunting. Series newcomer Tatsuo Shinada’s “Another Drama”...

  • Perhaps one slight issue with introducing new people to the Yakuza series, is that the original two Playstation 2 games in the series (Yakuza 1 and Yakuza 2) are pretty damn hard to find on game store shelves, and if you were to like me begin the game with Yakuza 3, the first on the Playstation 3 there is a lot of backstory you are expected to know. The game does provide you with lengthy recap videos in both Yakuza 3 and 4 to cater to newcomers,...

    We JUST May be Seeing a Yakuza 1 and 2 HD Edition In The Future

    Posted on July 14, 2012 | No Comments
    Perhaps one slight issue with introducing new people to the Yakuza series, is that the original two Playstation 2 games in the series (Yakuza 1 and Yakuza 2) are pretty damn hard to find on game store shelves, and if you were to like me begin the game with Yakuza 3, the first on the Playstation 3 there is a lot of backstory you are expected to know. The game does provide you with lengthy recap videos in both Yakuza 3 and 4 to cater to newcomers,...

  • A new feature in Studio Yakuza / Sega’s upcoming release of Yakuza 5 is that each of the games five playable characters will have their own unique sidestories under the title “Another Drama”.  These don’t just consist of storylines however and feature unique gameplay aspects such as Kazuma Kiryu taking up a career as a taxi driver and in the case of Haruka Sawamura…. her aspirations to become an idol! Haruka Sawamura has been a regular character in the series since the first game –...

    Yakuza 5 – Further Screenshots for Haruka Sawamura’s Another Drama

    Posted on July 14, 2012 | No Comments
    A new feature in Studio Yakuza / Sega’s upcoming release of Yakuza 5 is that each of the games five playable characters will have their own unique sidestories under the title “Another Drama”.  These don’t just consist of storylines however and feature unique gameplay aspects such as Kazuma Kiryu taking up a career as a taxi driver and in the case of Haruka Sawamura…. her aspirations to become an idol! Haruka Sawamura has been a regular character in the series since the first game –...

  • Sega Japan and Studio Yakuza have recently provided further incite into Kazuma Kiryu’s main “Another Drama” event. Through some plot point, he has moved away from both Okinawa and Kamurocho and become a taxi driver in Fukuoka. For the first time in the series, you will be given the ability to drive a taxi and take on missions where you transport passengers to their intended destination, with added difficulty through passengers giving you driving instructions. The screenshots also indicate that you will be left to...

    Yakuza 5 – The Taxi Service of Kazuma Kiryu

    Posted on July 6, 2012 | No Comments
    Sega Japan and Studio Yakuza have recently provided further incite into Kazuma Kiryu’s main “Another Drama” event. Through some plot point, he has moved away from both Okinawa and Kamurocho and become a taxi driver in Fukuoka. For the first time in the series, you will be given the ability to drive a taxi and take on missions where you transport passengers to their intended destination, with added difficulty through passengers giving you driving instructions. The screenshots also indicate that you will be left to...

  •  The Yakuza series have always offered a sizable amount of content to detract you from the main storyline, from karaoke to managing and attending host clubs. With Yakuza 5, Studio Yakuza and Sega intend on altering things a bit by giving each character character-specific gameplay events “Another Drama” which provides separate side stories and a means of playing the game that has not been offered before. With five characters in the game, four of these events have been announced so far – for Kazuma Kiryu,...

    Main Characters in Yakuza 5 to Have Individual Character-Specific “Another Drama” Events – Driving, Hunting, Baseball and The Quest to Become an Idol

    Posted on June 22, 2012 | No Comments
     The Yakuza series have always offered a sizable amount of content to detract you from the main storyline, from karaoke to managing and attending host clubs. With Yakuza 5, Studio Yakuza and Sega intend on altering things a bit by giving each character character-specific gameplay events “Another Drama” which provides separate side stories and a means of playing the game that has not been offered before. With five characters in the game, four of these events have been announced so far – for Kazuma Kiryu,...

  • Haruka was not the only character to receive HD Screenshots from Sega for their upcoming release of Yakuza 5 – with Shun Akiyama (A main character from Yakuza 4 / Yakuza Dead Souls) also receiving three HD screenshots which were initially previewed on the games official website.

    New HD Screenshots for Yakuza 5 Released: Shun Akiyama

    Posted on June 15, 2012 | No Comments
    Haruka was not the only character to receive HD Screenshots from Sega for their upcoming release of Yakuza 5 – with Shun Akiyama (A main character from Yakuza 4 / Yakuza Dead Souls) also receiving three HD screenshots which were initially previewed on the games official website.

  • After four numbered games and several spin-off titles being a secondary non-playable character who has grown up under the care of Kazuma Kiryu and witnessed the events of all previous games, Haruka Sawamura is set to become the games fifth main character and first female playable character in the upcoming release of Yakuza 5. While she has matured since Yakuza 4, from currently known information she will not take part in battles like the other main characters but will have her own unique hangouts and...

    New HD Screenshots for Yakuza 5 Released: Haruka Sawamura

    Posted on June 15, 2012 | No Comments
    After four numbered games and several spin-off titles being a secondary non-playable character who has grown up under the care of Kazuma Kiryu and witnessed the events of all previous games, Haruka Sawamura is set to become the games fifth main character and first female playable character in the upcoming release of Yakuza 5. While she has matured since Yakuza 4, from currently known information she will not take part in battles like the other main characters but will have her own unique hangouts and...

  • Following on from the screenshots released last week regarding series main character Kazuma Kiryu, Sega and Studio Yakuza have released new screenshots for the games second main character Taiga Saejima, who was also a playable character in  Yakuza 4. Out of all the characters, he seems to have had the biggest design change. A former junior leader of the Tojo Clan’s Sasai Family and the perpetrator of the “Yoshiharu Ueno Hit” of April 1985 – an incident in which 18 members of the Ueno Seiwa...

    New HD Screenshots for Yakuza 5 Released: Taiga Saejima

    Posted on June 14, 2012 | No Comments
    Following on from the screenshots released last week regarding series main character Kazuma Kiryu, Sega and Studio Yakuza have released new screenshots for the games second main character Taiga Saejima, who was also a playable character in  Yakuza 4. Out of all the characters, he seems to have had the biggest design change. A former junior leader of the Tojo Clan’s Sasai Family and the perpetrator of the “Yoshiharu Ueno Hit” of April 1985 – an incident in which 18 members of the Ueno Seiwa...

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