A new update is available now for Yakuza Kiwami on the Nintendo Switch, and although it's not a particularly beefy one, it will no doubt prove welcome for players of the newly-released port.
In short, it offers up "some performance improvements". Yeah, that's it! We're not sure exactly what kind of improvements have been included, but general feedback from players so far is that the frame rate seems a lot more stable across the board. To be honest, the game already runs remarkably well for the Nintendo Switch, so for it to have been improved even further is very appreciated, indeed.
The folowing post from @RyuNewsGotoku should give a nice flavour of what to expect from the update:
Yakuza Kiwami is the first in Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's franchise to make its way to the Switch, but the first two entries did show up on the Wii U in HD form back in 2013 in Japan. Kiwami is a very welcome Switch port, and we're hopeful that it's just the first in many for Nintendo's hybrid console.
That said, it's certainly not without its frustrations. In our review, we highlighted some difficulty spikes and issues with the overall pacing, but if you're looking to get acquainted with the Yakuza / Like A Dragon series, this is certainly a good place to start.
Have you booted up Yakuza Kiwami since this latest update? Do you notice any improvement to the performance? Share your thoughts with a comment down below.
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Happy to hear that when I finally play Kiwami it should be even better than luckily it already was on Switch!
I have almost all the games on Xbox, but I'm really tempted to get Kiwami on Switch in a future sale.
Gave the patch a quick try and at least from my feeling, it feels a lot smoother in the city/overworld. A lot (if not all) of the jitter/slowdown seems to be gone. Great performance update
Hard to patch peak!
Can't wait finally try this game, just wish there was a physical as well.
This will likely be next on the cards once I finish Zelda…
Just tried the update, the game runs sooooo much better! Really glad they didn't ignore it and leave it at 1.00 version.
@AStupidID There is but it's only available from Limited Run Games (so far). Should be a few copies popping up on eBay before long.
Hopefully they start streamlining for more Yakuza games that should have zero issues on Switch with some optimization.
Yakuza 0 100% should be next for starters.
Aw, but I already beat it. Maybe they'll bring Kiwami 2 or 0 with the improved performance
@AStupidID Well Limited Run done a Switch pre-order for this a couple weeks back. its now closed. it , i ordered it, its arriving March 2025. cost me £70 with that and the Limited Run Yakuza 0 for another console...
You post a Majima thumbnail, I comment.
Simple as that ^^
I'll have to get this game physical sometime. This is too much of a pipe-dream port to miss out on, even though I have a PS4 copy already.
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