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Backer Shoutouts for November 2016. Ads are gone on Yakuza Fan?!

Dec 16, 2016 | | 0 Comments

We’re back with our Backer Shoutouts for November 2016! You may have also noticed that as of now we hit our $200/month goal on Patreon meaning our site is now ad free! Go ahead click an article and see that extra real estate… Feels roomy! Thank you so much to our incredibly generous backers that keep the site alive. I cannot believe how much this little community has grown over the past few months and interacting with each of you through twitter, facebook, or discord has been an amazing experience.

Special thank you to our biggest supporters:

Make sure to watch the video for the rest of our backer shoutouts as we try to beat the clock to Yakuza 6’s release. If you’re a backer at the $5 tier you can go and watch our monthly backer Q&A on Patreon RIGHT NOW

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Now that we’ve hit our first goal it’s time to get serious. We want to put together a complete and very complex timeline of every character and event in the Yakuza series. This will be a massive undertaking with video, images, character charts, the works! Of course we’ll keep doing everything we do here and the more we raise on our patreon the more we can focus on the site and channel. You guys are the ones supporting us and we’ve got no intention of stopping now. We’ve got 3 new games on the way in the west and the team at SEGA should be announcing their next game VERY soon!

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Ryu Ga Gotoku 6 Free DLC #2 Released with 2GB Patch

Ryu Ga Gotoku 6 Free DLC #2 Released with 2GB Patch

Dec 16, 2016 | | 0 Comments

Those playing Ryu Ga Gotoku 6 will be happy to know that the latest 2gigabyte update has added costume DLC for Kiryu to wear in Premium Adventure! Considering this is the outfit he wears during the baseball playspot it’s still unclear what the 2 gig patch was actually for but hey free DLC!

There’s still more free DLC packs coming in the next few weeks so stay tuned!

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Yakuza Fan Podcast – Episode 16: #nospoilers

Dec 16, 2016 | | 0 Comments

In this episode we go over:
– Yakuza 6 impressions
– Yakuza 0 news
– RGG KIWAMI wins Users’ Choice Award at the PlayStation Awards 2016
– Wandering the Onomichi with Google
– Yakuza 6 cancelled days before launch in Korea!
– Guess the sales data!

Special Thanks to these Patrons:
Peter Pietkiewicz
Jordan Gonzales (@Forte_Cannon)

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Yakuza 0 Vita App Not Making It West

Yakuza 0 Vita App Not Making It West

Dec 14, 2016 | | 0 Comments

Following yesterday’s news that the Yakuza Zero’s theme song Bubble wouldn’t be included when the game makes it to the west early next year John (PR Manager at SEGA/ATLUS) let us know the Playstation Vita app would also, unfortunately, not make the jump.

It’s a bit of a shame as the Vita app is free on the Japanese PSN and included a portable version of Nagoshi’s wonderful Monkey Ball for you to play on the go. It also allows players to sync between the game and the app to grind for money on the go, play all of the club sega arcade games, and even fight in the arena!

If you’d like to see some of the Vita App features please watch the video after the jump with Yokoyama-san.

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The Passage of Time

The Passage of Time

Dec 14, 2016 | | 4 Comments

I’ve always considered this site to be a place for fans to share their Yakuza love. We used to be able to quickly reblog things through tumblr but now that fan promotion is a little harder to do. Luckily we’ve got a fantastic community that are still just as passionate as ever about seeing this series succeed in the west. We’re all separated around the globe but interacting through twitter, facebook and discord I’d consider all of you friends.

Yakuza fan Jack (@CreamyElephant) has been a loyal reader, and backer, for a while now and asked if it would be ok to share his thoughts on something that he finds the Yakuza series does almost completely uniquely for a video game series.

Make sure you get in touch and let Jack know what you think or please leave a comment.

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