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Yakuza PSP Game Getting Kissing
The upcoming Yakuza spin-off for the PSP, Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther, doesn’t just have bar hostesses. It has bar hostesses that smooch the screen. Pucker up, buttercup. In a mode called “Cabaret Heat”, players can get all kissy face with hostesses that like them by pressing corresponding buttons that appear on screen under the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 3, 2010 -
Yakuza 4 Is Shooting Up The Place
Busting up a noodle house never looked so fun. Despite having been out in Japan for a while now, Yakuza 4 won’t be out in the West until 2011. If you’ve never seen a Yakuza game before, know that this is exactly the kind of explosive action you can expect when you sit down to…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2010 -
These Ladies Will Be In The New Yakuza Game
Sega is making yet another Yakuza game. Not to be confused with the upcoming PSP spin-off, this new Yakuza title is headed towards the piece. Know what that means? More Yakuza hostesses! Sega has auditioned a slew of girls and selected a handful of hopefuls. From that lot, the in-game hostesses have been selected. At…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 -
What Kind Of PSP Decorations Represent Yakuza’s Bar Girls?
A Japanese nail saloon has decorated a handful of PSPs covers in the image of in-game hostesses. Thrilling! Here is curvy Yuu Tejima. The design done in her image is called “colorful leopard print”. This is Aya Hoshi. The design is called “Black Love”, because the PSP-3000 is covered with black rhinestone-type thingies and has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 31, 2010 -
Who Is The Japanese Game Industry’s Biggest Drinker?
I bet it’s been tearing you up inside to find out who the Japanese game industry’s biggest drinker is, so here’s a hint: think brown. Yes, according to Goichi Suda, the man behind games like Killer 7 and No More Heroes, the biggest booze hound of the Japanese scene is not Dead or Alive creator…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2010 -
But Does The Yakuza Spin-Off Manga Look Any Better?
“Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther”, the upcoming Yakuza spin-off for the PSP, is getting a television program. That’s not all. Starting on September 18, a manga version from Yukai Asada will appear in Shukan Young Magazine. The manga will be based off the game, but feature an original story.
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2010 -
New Yakuza Game Being Made Into TV Show
This fall, a spin-off installment of the popular “Yakuza” crime franchise will hit the PSP. That’s not all, though. The game is also getting turned into a Japanese television show. Dubbed “Ryu Ga Gotoku Shinshou Kurohyou” or “Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther”, the game follows the adventures of young ruffian Tatsuya and his crazy hair.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2010 -
Is This The End For Yakuza?
Sega’s Yakuza series began in 2005 when the first game was released in Japan on the PlayStation 2. A sequel followed the following year, and to date there have been five games. That includes one spin-off. Another spin-off is slated for the PSP later this year. An ad depicting the destroyed Kamurocho, the in-game version…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010 -
Which Of These Girls Do You Want In Yakuza?
Sega is working on another new Yakuza game. Know what that means? Time to audition more hostesses. As it did with past games in the franchise, Sega holds open auditions for young women hoping to appear in the game. Sega then selects finalists who are voted on. It’s a popularity contest, and the winners appear…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 22, 2010 -
A Familiar Face Returns To New Yakuza Game
There are two new Yakuza games, both forthcoming. One is for the PSP and out this December. It doesn’t star series protagonist, but some young kid with bad hair Late last month, Sega revealed that it was working on another new Yakuza game, proving that the series with its annual launches is quickly becoming the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 21, 2010 -
Keep Your Yakuza-Style Tattoos To Yourself
Kazuma Kiryu, the hero of Sega’s Yakuza series, has a back full of yakuza-style ink. But it’s not only Japanese gangsters who tattoo themselves. Sometimes it’s voice actors. “Irezumi” (literally, “insert ink”) is the traditional Japanese form of tattooing by hand. Tattoos, traditional or Western, are still not mainstream in most of Japan. Among younger…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 13, 2010 -
A Patent Alligator PSP Case Fit For A Yakuza
Now that Sega’s Japanese gangster series is kicking its way to the PSP with Yakuza: Black Panther, Sega is obligated to make a custom case…. in faux patent alligator! It’s part of the Yakuza: Black Panther limited edition package. [Andriasang]
By Michael McWhertor Published July 6, 2010 -
There Is Another New Yakuza Game (Endless!)
Ack! That’s Goro Majima, a character in Sega’s Yakuza game. He will be the protagonist of Sega’s new Yakuza title. But isn’t the Tokyo-based game company already working on a new Yakuza game? Yes, yes it is. But that game, Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther is for the PSP. Like previous entries in the series,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 30, 2010 -
Curvy Onechanbara Actress Comes to New Yakuza Game
Remember the feature film version of D3’s bikini-wearing cowgirl hack-and-slash game Onechanbara? No, not the first one. The sequel, Onechanbara The Movie VORTEx. The ample star of the second Onechanbara film, Yuu Tejima, will be bring her assets to the upcoming Yakuza PSP game, Yakuza: New Chapter Black Panther See? Model Anne Nakamura will also…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2010 -
Yakuza Gets A Plastic Model Car
And it’s covered in stickers. Because Japanese gangsters just love stickers? In Japan, cars covered in anime and video game stickers are called “itasha” (literally “painmobile”). Itasha, like this Ferrari, are favored by hardcore otaku. Sega’s crime franchise Yakuza (known as Ryu Ga Gotoku in Japan) takes players into the underworld of Japanese organized crime.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2010 -
Hostesses? Ha! Hosts!
In Japan, hostesses are dolled up girls that work in bars, pour men’s drinks and light their cigarettes. Hosts? Hosts are dolled up dolls that…work in bars, pour women’s drinks and light their cigarettes. Host bars are popular with all sorts of regular women (business women, housewives, college students, etc), but as documentary The Great…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 16, 2010 -
Dressing The Part For This New Yakuza Trailer
Certainly, not all game designers dress like their characters. There is one, however. His name is Toshihiro Nagoshi. He is brown. Nagoshi, an accomplished game designer in his own right with a nose for good games, is famous (infamous?) for his love of tanning salons and tracksuits. Nagoshi has been known to don a black…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 13, 2010 -
PSP Yakuza Game Is Called…
Yakuza. Shocking, we know. Actually, it is called “Ryu Ga Gotoku”, but that’s what all the Yakuza games are called in Japan. So, yeah, it’s still “Yakuza” for English speakers. The game has had a working title of “Project K”, but that has since been scrapped in favor of “Ryu Ga Gotoku Shinshou Kurohyou” or…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 12, 2010 -
Next Yakuza Game Is PSP Bound
Project K is the newest entry in SEGA’s Japanese crime franchise known as Yakuza. Unlike previous titles, it will not be a home console game. It is also getting a new protagonist. According to the latest issue of Japanese game magazine Famitsu, the tentatively titled Project K does not star series regular Kazuma Kiryu, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 21, 2010