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Yakuza 4
Yakuza 4 (龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの, "Ryū ga Gotoku 4: Densetsu o Tsugumono"?, lit. "Like a Dragon 4: Successor of the Legend"), is a video game developed and published by Sega exclusively for the PlayStation. The game was announced on July 24, 2009.A promotion video was presented at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show and a preview presenting the main story was released on January 13, 2010.
The game is the sequel to Yakuza 3 and was released on March 18, 2010 in Japan. A playable demo was released to the Japanese PlayStation Store on March 5, 2010. The game has been confirmed for a North American release on March 15, 2011 and European in Q1 2011 release by Sega.
The game received an Award for Excellence from the Japan Game Awards 2010. It also received a score of 38/40 from Famitsu.
As with the original game, most of the action takes place in Kamurocho (a.k.a. Kamuro City), a fictionalized yet realistic recreation of Shinjuku's red-light district, Kabukichō.
Three new locations have been added since Yakuza 3 - a rooftop area, which stretches across a large area of the town; the back streets of Kamurocho, known as "Rojiura" (路地裏); and a third area called the underground (or "chika" (地下)), which includes the city's sewers, parking lot and shopping arcades. The underground area is also known as "Kamuchika" (カムチカ), short for "Kamuro Chika" or "Kamuro Underground".
Characters
Main article: Characters of the Yakuza series
There are three new main protagonists alongside Kazuma Kiryu, the main character since the original Yakuza game. These are Masayoshi Tanimura (Hiroki Narimiya), Shun Akiyama (Kōichi Yamadera) and Taiga Saejima (Rikiya Koyama). These four men all become connected during the game's plot.
Other new characters include a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department detective called Junji Sugiuchi (Kenichi Endou), a Tojo Clan yakuza called Hiroaki Arai (Ikki Sawamura), a high-ranking police officer called Seishirō Munakata (Kinya Kitaoji) and a woman called Lili (Maju Ozawa).
Returning characters are Haruka Sawamura, Goro Majima, Daigo Dojima and Goh Hamazaki.
Gameplay
Adventure Mode
Main article: Minigames of the Yakuza series
The available mini-games are pachinko, fishing, onsen bath, table tennis, hanafuda and karaoke (now including duets with certain NPCs). "Haruka's Wish" also appears in the game, in which the player must perform actions to raise Haruka's trust level.
Each main character also has his own "side-game" or goal that must be completed to earn 100% completion, most of which are related to a trophy.
Akiyama may create a "Friendship" (馴染み, Najimi?) with certain NPC characters by buying them items, or certain shop owners by being a regular customer. These characters will then help out at the start of battles that start nearby, by throwing an item to use as a weapon. Befriending the man at Asia enables the player to pick the kind of girl they want to see dance.
Akiyama's other mission, "Create a No. 1 Hostess!" (No.1キャバ嬢をつくろう！, No.1 Kyabajō o Tsukurō!), is to scout girls for the cabaret club he owns - Elise, opposite the Millennium Tower - and, through dressing them up and training them, turn them into the No. 1 girl at the club. There are three girls to train, and after they become number one the player can choose a final outfit before them, after which they appear as a regular cabaret girl at Elise. A similar challenge was in the Japanese version of Yakuza 3, but was cut from the subsequent overseas releases.
Saejima's mission, "Create a Fighter!" (格闘家をつくろう！, Kakutōka o Tsukurō!?) is to train fighters to compete in, and win, tournaments, within 50 rounds of training. Training involves building up training move-sets, with different actions having different effects. This game can be found at the dojo next to the Children's Park.
Tanimura's mission, "Resolving Police Radio Disputes" (警察無線トラブル解決バトル, Keisatsu Musen Toraburu Kaiketsu Batoru), is to keep the peace on the streets of Kamurocho; occasionally a report will come through on his radio telling him where to find the incident. The player must then defeat the perpetrator. Each unique case must be completed to "clear" the task.
In Kiryu's mission, "Team Encounter Battle" (チームエンカウントバトル?), various gangs from around town will attack Kiryu, who will have to fight members of the team in order to get to their leader. There are seven teams to defeat.
Battle Mode
Each new character has his own style of fighting and special moves.The game engine features an enhanced Chase Battle and it is now possible to use items as weapons during the chase sequence. The player no longer needs to hold down the R2 button to sprint as the character will now automatically run at full speed.
Audio
Cast
The games's main characters have their face modeled in 3D, through Cyberware's head & face color 3D scanner (model PS), after their seiyu actors who are Japanese celebrities.
The theme song, played during the introductory video upon starting the game, is called Butterfly City and is sung by Japanese hip hop music artist Zeebra featuring Ryo the Skywalker and Mummy D. (Rhymester) with music by DJ Hasebe (a.k.a. Old Nick) The music video was posted on Ariola Japan's official Youtube channel which revealed that R&B singer Double had contributed vocals to the song. The CD was released by Ariola Japan (SME) on March 17, 2010 as a regular edition (BVCL-89) and a first press limited edition including a bonus video DVD (BVCL-87) and an alternate cover featuring Kiryu. Zeebra first contributed to the series with Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!'s opening theme Bushido.
Marketing
Tie-ins
Three new tie-ins were made with real life shops; these are Watami's izakaya (和民), on Nakamichi Street, and Cuez Bar and Milestone, which are located in the underground.
Adverts for various other companies (such as Nico Nico Douga) can be found within the game, especially on the walls in the underground. Promotional flyers can be found in certain places, such as the underground of bowling alley, some of which offer discounts on in-game products. There is now also advertising on both sets of coin lockers. A staff member at Volcano, the pachislot building, will ask for a password that can only be obtained from 777town's website. There are also various topics of conversation that can be learned from listening in on Kamurocho residents' conversations. These can be used on the hostesses, and some of them feature promotion for companies such as 777town.
Trial version
A free trial version became available for download on the Japanese PlayStation Store on March 5, 2010 .This demo featured Story Mode, which came with an updated version of Yakuza 3s shooting minigame called Boxcelios 2. The Trial Version's size was 1.78GB, but it has since been removed.
External links
Media links
Trailers:
The game is the sequel to Yakuza 3 and was released on March 18, 2010 in Japan. A playable demo was released to the Japanese PlayStation Store on March 5, 2010. The game has been confirmed for a North American release on March 15, 2011 and European in Q1 2011 release by Sega.
The game received an Award for Excellence from the Japan Game Awards 2010. It also received a score of 38/40 from Famitsu.
As with the original game, most of the action takes place in Kamurocho (a.k.a. Kamuro City), a fictionalized yet realistic recreation of Shinjuku's red-light district, Kabukichō.
Three new locations have been added since Yakuza 3 - a rooftop area, which stretches across a large area of the town; the back streets of Kamurocho, known as "Rojiura" (路地裏); and a third area called the underground (or "chika" (地下)), which includes the city's sewers, parking lot and shopping arcades. The underground area is also known as "Kamuchika" (カムチカ), short for "Kamuro Chika" or "Kamuro Underground".
Characters
Main article: Characters of the Yakuza series
There are three new main protagonists alongside Kazuma Kiryu, the main character since the original Yakuza game. These are Masayoshi Tanimura (Hiroki Narimiya), Shun Akiyama (Kōichi Yamadera) and Taiga Saejima (Rikiya Koyama). These four men all become connected during the game's plot.
Other new characters include a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department detective called Junji Sugiuchi (Kenichi Endou), a Tojo Clan yakuza called Hiroaki Arai (Ikki Sawamura), a high-ranking police officer called Seishirō Munakata (Kinya Kitaoji) and a woman called Lili (Maju Ozawa).
Returning characters are Haruka Sawamura, Goro Majima, Daigo Dojima and Goh Hamazaki.
Gameplay
Adventure Mode
Main article: Minigames of the Yakuza series
The available mini-games are pachinko, fishing, onsen bath, table tennis, hanafuda and karaoke (now including duets with certain NPCs). "Haruka's Wish" also appears in the game, in which the player must perform actions to raise Haruka's trust level.
Each main character also has his own "side-game" or goal that must be completed to earn 100% completion, most of which are related to a trophy.
Akiyama may create a "Friendship" (馴染み, Najimi?) with certain NPC characters by buying them items, or certain shop owners by being a regular customer. These characters will then help out at the start of battles that start nearby, by throwing an item to use as a weapon. Befriending the man at Asia enables the player to pick the kind of girl they want to see dance.
Akiyama's other mission, "Create a No. 1 Hostess!" (No.1キャバ嬢をつくろう！, No.1 Kyabajō o Tsukurō!), is to scout girls for the cabaret club he owns - Elise, opposite the Millennium Tower - and, through dressing them up and training them, turn them into the No. 1 girl at the club. There are three girls to train, and after they become number one the player can choose a final outfit before them, after which they appear as a regular cabaret girl at Elise. A similar challenge was in the Japanese version of Yakuza 3, but was cut from the subsequent overseas releases.
Saejima's mission, "Create a Fighter!" (格闘家をつくろう！, Kakutōka o Tsukurō!?) is to train fighters to compete in, and win, tournaments, within 50 rounds of training. Training involves building up training move-sets, with different actions having different effects. This game can be found at the dojo next to the Children's Park.
Tanimura's mission, "Resolving Police Radio Disputes" (警察無線トラブル解決バトル, Keisatsu Musen Toraburu Kaiketsu Batoru), is to keep the peace on the streets of Kamurocho; occasionally a report will come through on his radio telling him where to find the incident. The player must then defeat the perpetrator. Each unique case must be completed to "clear" the task.
In Kiryu's mission, "Team Encounter Battle" (チームエンカウントバトル?), various gangs from around town will attack Kiryu, who will have to fight members of the team in order to get to their leader. There are seven teams to defeat.
Battle Mode
Each new character has his own style of fighting and special moves.The game engine features an enhanced Chase Battle and it is now possible to use items as weapons during the chase sequence. The player no longer needs to hold down the R2 button to sprint as the character will now automatically run at full speed.
Audio
Cast
The games's main characters have their face modeled in 3D, through Cyberware's head & face color 3D scanner (model PS), after their seiyu actors who are Japanese celebrities.
- Takaya Kuroda as Kazuma Kiryu (桐生 一馬)
- Kōichi Yamadera as Shun Akiyama (秋山 駿)
- Hiroki Narimiya as Masayoshi Tanimura (谷村 正義)
- Rikiya Koyama as Taiga Saejima (冴島 大河)
- Maju Ozawa as Lili (リリ)
- Kenta Kiritani as Takeshi Kido (城戸 武)
- Satoshi Tokushige as Daigo Dojima (堂島 大吾)
- George Takahashi as Goh Hamazaki (浜崎 豪)
- Kenichi Endou as Junji Sugiuchi (杉内 順次)
- Ikki Sawamura as Hiroaki Arai (新井 弘明)
- Kinya Kitaoji as Seishiro Munakata (宗像 征四郎)
- Hidenari Ugaki as Goro Majima (真島 吾朗)
- Rie Kugimiya as Haruka Sawamura (澤村 遥)
The theme song, played during the introductory video upon starting the game, is called Butterfly City and is sung by Japanese hip hop music artist Zeebra featuring Ryo the Skywalker and Mummy D. (Rhymester) with music by DJ Hasebe (a.k.a. Old Nick) The music video was posted on Ariola Japan's official Youtube channel which revealed that R&B singer Double had contributed vocals to the song. The CD was released by Ariola Japan (SME) on March 17, 2010 as a regular edition (BVCL-89) and a first press limited edition including a bonus video DVD (BVCL-87) and an alternate cover featuring Kiryu. Zeebra first contributed to the series with Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!'s opening theme Bushido.
Marketing
Tie-ins
Three new tie-ins were made with real life shops; these are Watami's izakaya (和民), on Nakamichi Street, and Cuez Bar and Milestone, which are located in the underground.
Adverts for various other companies (such as Nico Nico Douga) can be found within the game, especially on the walls in the underground. Promotional flyers can be found in certain places, such as the underground of bowling alley, some of which offer discounts on in-game products. There is now also advertising on both sets of coin lockers. A staff member at Volcano, the pachislot building, will ask for a password that can only be obtained from 777town's website. There are also various topics of conversation that can be learned from listening in on Kamurocho residents' conversations. These can be used on the hostesses, and some of them feature promotion for companies such as 777town.
Trial version
A free trial version became available for download on the Japanese PlayStation Store on March 5, 2010 .This demo featured Story Mode, which came with an updated version of Yakuza 3s shooting minigame called Boxcelios 2. The Trial Version's size was 1.78GB, but it has since been removed.
External links
Media links
- Gameplay Digest Trailer/ゲームプレイダイジェスト編 (3rd trailer)
- TGS 2009 w/English subtitles (1st trailer)
- Yakuza 4 Story Trailer [English]
Trailers:
Last edited by dark999; Jan 19, 2011 at 12:09 PM.
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