I sent an email to sega asking for any news for Y5 and while I didn’t get any they sent me an amusing haiku, here’s their response: 

Eugene, May 20 08:53 (PDT):

Hello Loyal Fan,

I cannot comment.
Stay tuned to the Sega site.
Good information.

An original haiku by the Sega staff

Regards,
Eugene
Sega of America
Customer Support

Maybe we should stay tuned, I’m feeling hopeful!

Hopefully Sega will show us something at E3 this year. With Sony’s press conference it would be a great place to say “We’re not forgetting about the PS3 just yet. Boom Yakuza 5!”

We’ll have to wait and see.

Official trailer for Ryu Ga Gotoku 1&2 HD for WiiU. 

Love the map functionality and the ability to swap between screen and gamepad at the click of a button.

Here’s the WiiU version box art:

Had a few people send this one to me. First 4 Figures just released an AMAZING Ryo Hazuki figure and now they’re getting votes on who the next should be.

Kazuma Kiryu is in the running but falling behind! The Dragon of Dojima deserves better than this!

Sign up over on their forum and vote in this thread here.

o-mailey:

ドットな主人公たち

Used Tools : http://www.icongenerators.net/chibidot.html

enjoy!

Well that’s just adorable!

majimagoro:

Making this set was the next logical step! :D Love how it turned out! It’s one of my favorites (of the self-made ones). ^_^

… and yay for drag’n’drop working again! ^O^

Awesome job! Love the Kurohyou art style so much.

Here’s the entire Nintendo Direct. The lead story is Ryu Ga Gotoku HD WiiU. Seeing Nagoshi and Iwata on stage is awesome!

Best part of today’s Nintendo Direct with Nagoshi.

Ryu Ga Gotoku 1&2 HD announced for WIIU via Nintendo Direct!

Releasing in Japan on 8/8/2013.

majimagoro:

(A *HUGE* thank you to @gj_neko26, who not only found the lyrics, but wrote them down for us in Romaji as well!!! ^_^

UPDATE: Another BIG thank you to @maakun2896, who converted the lyrics into hepburn romanization, corrected an error and also formatted them so they’d match the lyrics on the actual DVD!)

誰かがすでに刻んだ　足跡に興味はねぇ
dareka ga sude ni kizanda ashiato ni kyoumi wa nee
クズが群がる　腐った勲章
kuzu ga muragaru kusatta kunshou

卑しいネオンが美しいこの街で
iyashii neon ga utsukushii kono machi de
エゴを蹴散らす戦いはご褒美
ego wo kechirasu tatakai wa go-houbi

何を探してる？　何を怯えてる？
nani wo sagashiteru? nani wo obieteru?
すべて悦べ　OH
subete yorokobe OH

笑え　奮い起て
warae furuitate
この時間（とき）を神が祝ってる
kono toki wo kami ga iwatteru
叫べ　全身で
sakebe zenshin de
答えなど　教えてくれるな
kotae nado oshietekureru na
さあ　始めるぜ
saa hajimeru ze
怒りと痛みが誇りさ
ikari to itami ga hokori sa
地獄があるなら　見てやる
jigoku ga aru nara miteyaru

居心地で選んだ　場所なんて捨てちまえ
igokochi de eranda basho nante sutechimae
楽しいだけの　祭りは終わる
tanoshii dake no matsuri wa owaru

行き先もなく　終わりさえ解らない
ikisaki mo naku owari sae wakaranai
血が悦ぶような　舞台を勝ち取れ
chi ga yorokobu you na butai wo kachitore

目を凝らせ　目を覚ませ　今
me wo korase me wo samase ima
生き様を見せろ
ikizama wo misero

これが現実だ
kore ga genjitsu da
ゼロからすべては始まる
zero kara subete wa hajimaru
行け　全力で
yuke zenryoku de
半端な人生を賭けるな
hanpa na jinsei wo kakeru na
さあ　立ち上がれ
saa tachiagare
恐れや絶望に嘆くな
osore ya zetsubou ni nageku na
脈打つ世界が待ってる
myaku utsu sekai ga matteru

燃え尽きるなら　その先にあるもの
moetsukiru nara sono saki ni aru mono
見せてくれ
misetekure
誰も行けない　魂が震える場所まで
daremo yukenai tamashi ga furueru basho made
辿り着くぜ
tadoritsuku ze

何を探してる？　何を怯えてる？
nani wo sagashiteru? nani wo obieteru?
すべて悦べ　OH
subete yorokobe OH

笑え　奮い起て
warae furuitate
この時間（とき）を神が祝ってる
kono toki wo kami ga iwatteru
叫べ　全身で
sakebe zenshin de
答えなど　教えてくれるな
kotae nado oshietekureru na

さあ　始めるぜ
saa hajimeru ze
怒りと痛みが誇りさ
ikari to itami ga hokori sa
地獄があるなら　見てやる
jigoku ga aru nara miteyaru

脈打つ世界が待ってる
myaku utsu sekai ga matteru

Thanks to an amazingly coordinated effort here’s the Romaji lyrics to Maji ROCK!

I know it’s a little late but any time is an excuse for more Majima.

This may be my favorite Majima birthday artwork.

By 都賀里

Why don’t we have Yakuza 5 yet?

majimagoro:

Great birthday artwork for Majima by @gj_neko26! :)

Only thing it’s missing is Majima Gorohachi. Another fantastic piece!

One last video for Majima’s birthday. It gets a little crazy.

Fantastic Majima rendition of the Attack on Titan anime intro!

If it was possible to make Majima MORE bad ass this is it!

(Major spoilers for Yakuza 5. But you may not get them first glance.)

If you’re seeing this in your Tumblr dash and it’s not loading you will need to view it here.

Remember that one time Majima released a single?

Available with preorders of the Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Asura-hen PSP game this is Majima ROCK!