Random: Upcoming 'Like A Dragon' Title Is Basically Animal Crossing Now

Aside from the grind and annoying encounter rate. Like a Dragon was the most fun I had with a RPG in a long time. The story is top tier dramedy.

@Vexx234 It is but damn is it long, I still need to finish it.

And this is the series that won't come to Switch because of "Nintendo consoles' family friendly image clashing with our franchise's gritty underground one". 😄

This was inevitable. Studio has been putting more and more effort into their side stuff.

I just finished Ishin which had a very harvest moon like side story.

@jolteon23
It is not. Playstation, Xbox, and PC only.

A shame SEGA never ported the Yakuza series to Switch, I would definitely want to check out the games if they did.

From everything I heard about this series, this isn’t even out of place is it lol.

Currently playing through Yakuza 0 at the moment, so it will be a while before I get through them all, they are really good and would be a great fit for the switch.
A lot of the side missions are very bite sized (and often totally bananas) and even the main story has decent pauses between events which would fit pick up and put down portable system.

@KryptoniteKrunch not really Sega their fault

https://www.ign.com/articles/yakuza-rgg-studio-sega-nintendo-switch

"And when it comes to the Switch, it’s kind of a system for a younger audience…it's how we picture it in Japan anyway"

And because "in japan we think this and that" the west is out of luck.

I like japanese games and japan a lot, but honestly sometimes the decisions of some devs there focus too much on "what japan thinks".

And while I understand that for the most part, sometimes it is annoying, especially if you really like certain genres or franchises.

@Rayquaza2510 Japan has always had priority over the west. It's their home audience after all.

This looks so fun. I sometimes wish I could hit Flick with a bat.

@nhSnork Quite possibly the dumbest comment in a long time. Switch has DOOM, White Dead, Hotline Miami, Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma, the Sinking City, Hellblade, and the list goes on and on.

Yakuza games absence on Switch has bugger all to do with how "mature" or "gritty" the games are, and more to do with the developers ignorant and dismissive attitude towards the platform.

@Folkloner Dumbest in a long time? Guess you've never been on the internet long enough then.

Take a deep breath. Pause for some reflection. With that out of the way, Im pretty sure the commenter knows that, and is merely having a laugh.

@Folkloner Switch has Agony, nuff said.😆 But hey, if the creators of a franchise heavily rooted in Japanese culture want to skip out on a console estimatedly owned by a rough FIFTH of Japan's population (and if their arguments are enough for the otherwise fairly Switch-oriented Sega to comply)... it's their call. Leaving money on the table doesn't seem to be much of an issue here anyway, seeing as last gen saw their only Nintendo venture to date porting the original first Yakuza to Wii U instead of the evidently more successful 3DS.

@Snatcher I'm two games deep into the series, and I can already tell you that this is pretty much on par with what those games had to offer. Pocket circuit racing in particular surprised me with how fleshed out it was.

This looks better than animal crossing

LMAO They just casually put Animal Crossing: New Horizons into the new Yakuza as a side mode.

Love it. I really need to catch up with this series.

Definitely not coming to the Switch, but the next console may not be out of the question.
And didn't the guy that said Yakuza wasn't a fit for Nintendo consoles that one time leave Sega a while ago?

Maybe they’re basing “fit” off the pie sales of Yakuza 1 & 2 HD on Wii U. Reportedly, it Store fewer than 2,000 copies at launch.

Switch and Wii U couldn’t be more night and day though. But those numbers would scare me too

if i see an article about a game on nintendo life, i expect that the game in question is at least speculated as a release on a nintendo console.

im not saying im right your wrong, its just the way i feel. there are like 4 other sites in this network that cover non Nintendo games.

@Folkloner
I would guess it is just to much Work for them to port it.
They probably have the Statistics of how much their Games sell in on System and Region.
I guess in Japan there is not enough Audience on the Switch and outside of Japan it is to much into the Nieche.

@-wc- 99% of all news here is Nintendo. The occasional 1% is fine.

Awesome. Wonder if there'll be also a cute dog secretary or a raccoon selling you stuff. Yes, yes!

I never played yakuza but what the heck

@Quiet2down

the 99% is the reason that the 1% just shouldnt be there. 50/50 is a ratio i could get behind but i dont like clicking on an article and trying to find what in the world it has to do with anything, and finding out it simply doesnt.

does push square randomly post about nintendo games? i dont know, because i dont have a playstation. i stick to the nintendo site. im betting they dont.

youre right though in the sense that its not the end of the world 👍✌️

Never played Like A Dragon but after Yakuza 1 it kinda doesnt feel right thst this series went full comedy. Yakuza 1 had a pretty serious story after all.

The mascot on the left is from The Killers music video while the guy on the right is from a very disturbing video called "dont hug me Im scared"

@Princess_Lilly the series has still serious, the side stuff is just comedy related.

@Princess_Lilly Yakuza: Like a Dragon was my first time into the franchise, and I say it's humor helps offset the serious nature. That's why I labeled it a dramady.

Personally, I'm glad the story didn't take itself too seriously. It would have to forego any sense of fun in favor of overdramatics. One of the reasons why I don't get into AAA games as much is because of that.

It's always a tragic hero story, or the where the stakes are raised so absurdly high. Take for example Horizon Zero Dawn. I loved the concept, but hated the story. Everything was just so serious. Not a single moment of happiness to be found in the world.

Yakuza did something rarely a game did for me in a long time. It made me feel. I was laughing at the humor, tearing up at the sad moments; and the main protagonist is such a down to earth guy, that for once I was cheering along side and wanting to see how things unfold.

Like a Dragon is akin to a stage play imo. All the things it needs to put on a great show, it succeeded. Not only that, even heart can be found in it's humor.

Let's talk about Ichiban, the main focus. This is what so many AAA games lack. A protagonist with layers. He's more than just a one note character. Not a brooding overly dramatic archetype either.

He's charismatic, fun, silly, serious, and his entire goal in the game isn't some typical word ending prevention. His story is so over the top, and ridiculous, yet at the same time relatable.

I don't wanna give away spoilers for those who haven't played it, but Like a Dragon did one thing great for me. It made happy to be apart of it's journey.

Yakuza is one of my all time favorite series'. The change to turn based RPG completely killed it for me. Bringing back combat and making an animal crossing style game is like the developers issuing me an apology and making exactly what I want

So the game isn't coming to switch, nor does it have anything to do with Nintendo? I guess anything that reminds a writer of nintendo means its Nintendo news.

@EaglyBird
I guess, it just feels out of place.

That could go for a lot of articles here though.

I can't be the only one who'd play Ichiban no natsuyasumi

@Jamessmooth Infinite Wealth still has turn based combat.

@Wolfleaf give it a try on a tablet or a phone with xcloud, if you have one with a good size. All you need is a controller and internet, I think at least Yakuza Like a Dragon is available on xcloud.

@blindsquarel They probably figure most of us have more than the one system, sometimes all three, and want them clicks, lol.