Yakuza 3 may have been announced for the West a few days ago but Sega seem to be a fan of the saying “Out with the old, in with the new”. The fourth game in the Yakuza (Or Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 as it is known in Japan) series has been given a Japanese release date before the third game has even been released in the West.

Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 will be released in Japan on the 18^th of March 2010. It is priced at 7,980 Yen which is roughly $90 (US).

You may think that Sega are bad for announced sequels before the previous games have been released but Level 5 are far worse. The entire Professor Layton series before any was released in Europe and the sequel to White Knight Chronicles is being worked on, even though the game hasn’t seen the light outside of Japan yet.

"Tacos el Tio " proximamente en su juego favorito.

SEGA a revelado que su proximo juego de Yakuza contara con publicidad dinamica,esto se dara gracias a la empresa Double Fusion Japan quien tambien se encarga de la publicidad que aparece en diferentes juegos de Konami, Eidos y Ubisoft, por ejemplo los de Pro Evolution Soccer de Konami. Los jugadores observaran en carteles y locales dicha publicidad cambiando conforme sea necesario.

Bien sabemos que el poner publicidad dinamica hara del juego mas “realista”, pero de igual forma ayudara a disminir su precio, ya que recivira ingresos por parte de las compañias que quieran anunciarce, siendo Yakuza uan franquicia por mas “super aclamada” en japon.

De igual forma facilitaria su traslado y convercion a otros paises. Recuerde que se espera su llegada en primavera del 2010 en  japon.

"Mejor que la telenovela de las 6"

While the West still waits for Yakuza 3, Sega’s famous brawler series is already up to a fourth instalment in Japan. Here’s the debut trailer for the game.

Release date: TBA 2010
Official site: www.ryu-ga-gotoku.com

Finally!!! After months of waiting and thoughts of westerners never getting a localization of the PS3 hit Yakuza 3 “IS” coming to the US! Story broke from an interview done by 1Up.com with a Sega employee letting slip that the developer company has made plans to release the game to US and UK.

“Just a few days ago Sega rep Aaron Webber commentedthat the possibility of Yakuza 3 coming to the U.S. still exists and that it’s a subject discussed quite often at Sega. Today we can do one better: we’ve learned that the PS3 exclusive is indeed coming west. According to sources close to the project, Yakuza 3 is currently being localized for release in the U.S. and European markets.”

So even though I have the Japanese versions of the first and second game, my lady love bought and finished the third installment. According to her it’s really good! It may still be awhile before I get to play it (she in Japan now) but when I do you can bet the review will be posted before the western release. If you havent played this game and love fighting/brawler game you should check this franchise out. I named it one of my best PS2 games ever so you know it deserves a look see.

From/De: CoFesta 2009

Japan’s Top Game Creators, Toshihiro Nagoshi of Sega Corp. and Akihiro Hino of Level-5 Inc. Hold Talk Show at TOKYO GAME SHOW 2009

From 14:10 to 15:10 on September 27, Event Stage of TOKYO GAME SHOW 2009

TOKYO –(Business Wire)– Jul 30, 2009 The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) is proud to announce that two renowned game creators will participate in a creator’s talk show, to be held as part of the TOKYO GAME SHOW 2009 (TGS) and Japan Game Awards 2009 (JGA), hosted by the CESA as an outsourced event of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. TGS and JGA are held in conjunction with , JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS FESTIVAL 2009 (CoFesta), which is the largest computer contents festival and is being held for the third time in 2009. This year Japan’s top game creators Toshihiro Nagoshi of Sega Corp. (Creator of the “Ryu Ga Gotoku” series), and Akihiro Hino of Level-5 Inc. (Creator of “Professor Layton” series ) are the main speakers in the talk show.

The talk show is designed to provide opportunities for visitors to gain further insight on the great entertainment value of games, which are representative of Japan’s most famous contents, and on the experience of being a game creator through active discussions with participants in the show. We have also included other events to make this year’s show even more entertaining.

• Creator’s Talk Show Overview

About JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS FESTIVAL

CoFesta is the world’s largest comprehensive contents festival displaying various Japanese contents including games, animation, comic books, characters, broadcast, music and movies, which are renowned throughout the world. This festival is held in conjunction with members of the fashion, design and other industries. Its goals are to show the world the wide range of contents produced in Japan, to promote the potential for expansion through collaboration with each other and with new media technologies, and to maintain its position as the largest festival of its type in the world.

http://www.cofesta.jp/2009/en/index.html

About TOKYO GAME SHOW

TOKYO GAME SHOW, showcasing the latest information and developments in the game industry, is the focus of world attention. The Show will be held for four days from Thursday to Sunday, September 24 to 27. TOKYO GAME SHOW 2008 featured an impressive number of exhibitor booths and visitors, and the Show continues to grow as the world’s largest computer entertainment show.

http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2009/en/

About Japan Game Awards

Japan Game Awards is celebrating its 13th year in 2009. Award category divisions of Japan Game Awards 2009 are as follows: the “Games of the Year Division” for products released in Japan during the previous year; the “Future Division” for unreleased games exhibited at TOKYO GAME SHOW 2009; the “Amateur Division” for works by amateur individuals, corporations, or other entities; and the “Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award” introduced in 2008 to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of the industry. The winners selected by Japan Game Awards Selection Committee will be announced and the awards will be presented during the four days of TOKYO GAME SHOW 2009.

http://awards.cesa.or.jp/en/index.html

Péssima notícia para os donos de PS3 que  não falam japonês. A Sega anunciou que o bom Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3) não verá a luz do dia no ocidente. O jogo saiu no Japão a e a distribuidora revelou ao jornal Examiner que NÃO lançará o jogo no ocidente já que as vendas do segundo episódio foram insignificantes. Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan – spin off ambientado no Japão feudal – também nunca verá a luz do dia neste lado do Atlantico.

Yakuza 2 vendeu apenas 40 mil unidades nos Estados Unidos. Não dá para culpar a Sega, mas não deixa de ser um golpe forte para aqueles que tinham esperança da ótima série continuar dando as caras no ocidente.

Um novo anime ou mangá? Talvez seja um xingamento em alguma língua asiática? Não é nada disso… é o quarto terceiro episódio da série Yakuza.

Para quem não sabe, Yakuza é produzida por uma softhouse da SEGA e o jogo lembra muito outro título da SEGA o Shenmue.

Yakuza é nome ocidental de Ryu ga Gotoku, mudando somente o idioma. O primeiro e o segundo título da saga foi para o PS2. Também teve um jogo “spin-off” da série chamado Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! para PS3 (sem nome no ocidente pois ainda não foi lançando por essas bandas e por causa disso não sabemos exatamente se Ryu ga Gotoku 3 no ocidente irá se chamar Yakuza 3 ou 4) que NÃO é uma sequência do Yakuza 2 e sim uma história que se passa em Kyoto durante o período Edo ou período Sengoku em 1605. Ou seja TEMOS SAMURAIS E KATANAS NO JOGO OMG!11!!11 Sem falar que o protagonista, Kazumanosuke, terá o codinome de Musashi Miyamoto, o mais famoso Samurai da história japonesa!:

Bom o que se sabe é que a SEGA ainda não revelou se irá lançar ou não o título por essas bandas, vale lembrar que Yakuza 2 demorou pouco mais de 9 meses para ter sua versão ocidental –pelo menos fizeram um bom trabalho deixando as vozes originais em japonês-.

Agora vamos para Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3 ou 4?!?!?!). Como é de se esperar, em Ryu ga Gotoku 3 você terá vários mini games como boliche, pôquer, bilhar, puteiro e etc. Sem se esquecer é claro da pancadaria e customização do personagem. Lançado no dia 26 de fevereiro de 2009 no Japão –e como sempre sem previsão para a versão ocidental- espera-se que faça muito barulho como seus antecessores. Quem tiver acesso a PSN japonesa vai poder jogar a demo do jogo. Aí vai um trailer promocional e 10 minutos de gameplay:

Ah sim, a Sony está lançando no Japão uma edição especial do Playstation 3 com o tema do jogo. O pacote vêm com um Playstation 3 branco com um desenho de dragão semelhante aos que os membros da Yakuza costumam ter, HD de 80GB e também vêm com uma cópia do jogo Yakuza 3, tudo isso pelo preço de ¥45.980 que equivale a uns US$ 490:

As mentioned earlier the Yakuza 3 (or Ryu ga Gotoku 3, if you will) demo hit the Japanese PlayStation Store this evening. Although there’s an understandable lack of English, I was able to gleem a little bit of information about the graphics and battle system from my play through.

First of all, while I expect this means absolutely nothing to fans of the series, Yakuza 3 isn’t breaking any grounds with its graphics engine. While probably not the case, my first impression is that the environment and character models have little to no added geometry from the prior game in the series, which was a PS2 exclusive. The textures are definitely higher-resolution and the game looks nice enough, but it’s not quite what you would expect to see from such a high-profile game, certainly below the sophistication of GTA IV, a loosely similar game, at least in its environment’s scope and story’s reliance on cutscenes.

The demo is focused on presenting several fights, a couple of cut-scenes, and allows you to enter one of the social clubs to try your hand at impressing a lady. It seems that the demo is an excerpt from early in the game, but is not the very beginning of the game as one would experience in the retail copy. It’s hard to tell without having any understanding of the story that’s being told, but the beginning of the demo is abrupt, dumping you right into the same Osaka neighborhood featured in Yakuza 2.

The cut-scenes are all in-engine and use high-res character textures, but the geometry of the faces and hair is very reminiscent of the programming tricks used in many PS2 games. The cinematography continues the tradition of the well-done cut-scenes from the previous games, no complaints here.

The fighting engine is carried over essentially untouched from prior games in the series, though there appears to be at least two minor additions. First, the HEAT system now has two stages, blue and pink. I’m not quite sure what additional capabilities you have while in the second, pink stage, but I assume it involves more powerful attacks. Second, the boss fights use a new “Quick Time Event” system for finishing moves that adds an additional element of timing to the usual QTE format that was present in the previous games.

While there’s no current plans for a English release of Yakuza 3, it’s a safe bet that if we are ever so lucky, at the very least, we’ll be getting more of the same great gameplay, and hopefully a decent story to boot. If you’re interested in checking Yakuza 3 out for yourself and don’t have a Japanese PlayStation Network account, you can check out this video for English instructions on setting one up for yourself.

O empolgante Yakuza 3 (Ryu Ga Gotoku 3) começou bem sua trajetória de reviews. A Famitsu deu ao jogo um excelente 38/40 (9, 9, 10, 10) citando que o game tem ótima história e dura cerca de 30 horas.

Infelizmente a Sega já anunciou que não tem qualquer plano de um lançamento no ocidente para este ano.

Yakuza 3 é exclusivo do Playstation 3.

Por Claudio Prandoni

No Japão realmente há de tudo relacionado a games para vender – e o mais impressionante, tudo vende mesmo. Depois das comidas temáticas de Street Fighter IV, a SEGA anunciou o macarrão oriental que fica pronto num instantinho temático do iminente Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 (que se sair por aqui será Yakuza 3), jogo exclusivo de PlayStation 3.

Não é a primeira vez que isso acontece, a meninada marota amiga do Geraldão já tinha lançado macarrão para celebrar o lançamento de Ryu Ga Gotoku KENZAN!, episódio paralelo da franquia ambientando no Japão medievalmente feudal e cheio de samurais – que relaxavam em cachoeiras com sonhos futuros de meninas com roupas de couro. Ah, as maluquices de Toshihiro Nagoshi, o japonês dourado…

Só que não era lamen, mas sim udon, que é um macarrão mais firme e consistente feito de farinha mais grossa.

Suwa Taro (Coal Orugu) spotted in Miike Takashi’s Ryu ga Gotoku: Gekijo-ban, based on the Shenmue-powered SEGA franchise for the PlayStation 2.

Also some guy named Shioya Shun was in it. Some of you might know him.

Actually, if you’ve watched any Japanese films of TV shows made in the last 20 years or so, I guarantee someone from whatever you’ve watched will have been in this film, not least of all the mightly Aikawa Sho and Endo Kenichi.

The film also features one of the strangest possible Tokyo Drifter homages ever, and speaking of director Suzuki Seijun, should I ever find the words for it, remind me to talk to you about the Odagiri Jo/Zhang Ziyi ‘musical’ Operetta Tanuki Goten.

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«©NCSX» Take away the natty Yakuza suits, extinguish the neon lights of Kamurocho, and dock a few centuries to arrive in 17th century Kyoto where another installment of Ryu Ga Gotoku opens up. Kiryuu Kazuma reprises his role by retro-rocketing back to Edo era Japan where he works as a hired gun who tackles assignments for any client willing to pay. Kiryuu is hiding a secret identity however. He’s really the legendary Miyamoto Musashi who’s now living under an assumed name. One day, an orphaned girl visits Kiryuu and hires him to avenge the death of her parents with one simple request, “Please kill Miyamoto Musashi.”

Sega fleshes out the world of old Kyoto with locales and structures to exacting detail for an engaging gaming experience. Players may visit soba shops in Gion District, trek to Kiyomizu Temple in eastern Kyoto, or visit the magnificent expanse that is Nijô Castle. Similar to previous games in the series, Kiryuu gets to do a lot of fighting in 3D bouts tinged with heat.

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     Ryu ga Gotoku est un film de Takashi Miike adapté d’un jeu vidéo pour la Playstation2. Ca calme hein ? Déjà, lorsque l’on dit “film de Miike” on s’attend à quelque chose  de ”particulier”. Mais lorsqu’il s’agit en plus de l’adaptation d’un jeu vidéo, genre plutôt risqué, on peut s’attendre au pire.

     Avant de parler du film, il faut parler du jeu. Pour faire simple, vous y incarnez un yakuza, Kiryu Kazuma. Attention, Kiryu n’a rien d’un “chimpira” (doux mot qui désigne les yakuza tout en bas de la hiérarchie. On peut le traduire par “p’tite bite”).  C’est un dur, un “tough guy” qui a déjà largement fait ses preuves et en qui ses supérieurs ont entièrement confiance. Après, qui dit yakuza dit lutte de clans. A l’intérieur d’une même famille ou entre plusieurs familles. Et très vite, Kiryu va se retrouver embringuer dans une histoire fleuve dans laquelle il devra castagner et faire triompher une certaine justice (car Kiryu est un yakuza modèle, avec un réel code d’honneur). Voilà pour l’histoire, mais ce n’est pas le plus important. Ce qui est réellement sidérant dans ce jeu, ce sont les décors et la déambulation du personnages dans ceux-ci. Les graphistes du jeu se sont inspirés du quartier de Kabukichô, célèbre quartier de Tokyo réputé pour son activité nocturne intense : bar, restaurants, pachinko, salles d’arcade, prostitution, un coin pittoresque quoi ! Et cela devient immédiatement fascinant de voir le personnage courir à travers ces rues aux éclairages criards. D’autant que cela s’accompagne d’une liberté d’actions très ludique : on peut s’arrêter, parler à des passants et ceux-ci peuvent vous confier leurs problèmes, entrer dans des magasins, prendre un pots, acheter des takoyaki, feuilleter dans des convinis des revues de charme, jouer au baseball, se faire masser, voir des spectacles de strip-tease, draguer des hôtesses, jouer au pachinslot, discuter avec des clochards dans un parc et bien sûr botter le cul des chimpira qui vous agressent sans savoir que vous êtes le grand Kiryu Kazuma. Quelques screenshots peuvent bien vous faire comprendre le réel plaisir (et je m’arrêterai car je sens qu’il faudrait un article entier pour en parler) que l’on peut avoir en y jouant :

     C’est donc un jeu “déambulatoire”, une sorte d’expérience ludique visuelle et sonore (un  grand soin a été apporté aux différents bruitages urbains, on s’y croirait). On se promène dans des rues, on va constamment d’un point à un autre du quartier et on progresse au fur et à mesure dans l’histoire. Qu’est-ce qui a poussé Miike à adapter ce jeu ? Simplement ceci : “C’est un miracle que ce jeu soit développé. J’ai l’impression d’assister à ma propre existence. La vie est unique. On naît par hasard, et l’on doit aller de l’avant avec énergie. Il y a un dragon qui sommeille en moi lorsque je suis dépressif. Ce film va réveiller mon dragon”. ‘tain, c’est beau. On le sait, le film de yakuza est l’une des spécialités du réalisateur. Mais au-delà de cet aspect, ce qui a pu fasciner Miike, c’est ce personnage, englouti dans une faune urbaine très complexe, mais qui, de par sa volonté, fonce et réussit à la dominer.

     Après avoir réalisé un court-métrage de 44 minutes qui se termine là où commence le jeu, Miike a donc récidivé en tournant ce Ryu ga gotoku. Pour ce faire, Miike a purgé, beaucoup purgé. Car adapté le jeu tel quel aurait été indigeste et donné lieu à un film d’au moins quatre heures. L’intrigue du jeu est en effet très complexe et la galerie de personnages (que ce soit les yakuzas des différents clans ou les “quidams à problème” rencontrés dans la rue) gigantesque. L’histoire est donc resserrée sur les relations conflictuelles de Kiryu avec un autre yakuza haut en couleur, le formidable Goro Majima, et sur la protection du héros d’une petite fille rencontrée dans la rue, Haruka. A cela s’ajoutent une importante somme d’argent volé et des adolescents qui s’essayent au braquage de banque. Et c’est à peu près tout. Avec Like a Dragon, nous sommes plus dans l’esquisse que dans l’adaptation fidèle. Et pourtant, fidèle, ce film l’est à sa manière. Ne serait-ce que par la reproduction à l’écran de l’identité grouillante et électrique de Kabukichô et par le côté “électron libre” de Kiryu. Le premier plan dans lequel le héros est d’ailleurs à cet égard symbolique : la caméra ne nous montre pas le personnage dans son ensemble mais seulement son pied gauche. La chaussure nous fait tout d’abord comprendre à quelle intéressante catégorie socio-professionnelle son propriétaire appartient. Puis ce pied semblé hésiter, avant de se mettre à opter pour une direction et à courir, rejoignant un arrière-plan coloré, rendu un peu mystérieux par un chouette bokeh (voir note).

     La version live du jeu épure donc l’original tout en gardant son aspect électrique. On peut regretter peut-être l’aspect sage de cette adaptation. La violence mise à part (tout de même très supportable pour un film de Miike), l’approche adulte du jeu (je pense notamment à ce qui touchait au sexe dans le jeu) a été mise de côté. Mais il ne faut pas croire que Miike a vendu son âme et qu’il a réalisé un film aseptisé. Ryu ga gotoku est réellement une adaptation réussie et personnelle d’un jeu vidéo, qui s’autorise parfois le second degré. Sans gâcher la surprise, un clin d’oeil amusant est fait au jeu à la fin du film, alors que Kiryu, bien mal en point, est le point d’être vaincu par une bande de malfrats. Finalement, Ryu ga Gotoku est peut-être le yakuza eiga de Miike le moins sombre, presque le plus “familial” (toute proportion gardée bien entendu).

Note : un bokeh est un terme de photographie qui désigne un arrière-plan rendu flou afin de détacher un élément de son environnement.

Ryu ga gotoku est disponible en DVD japonais, sans sous-titres.

A Sega liberou 12 novas imagens de Yakuza 3, jogo exclusivo do Playstation 3. As imagens são ótimas e mostram uma modelagem bem impressionante nos personagens. Já os cenários não atingem o mesmo nível, ainda assim o jogo parece muito bom.

Para ver as imagens em tamanho GRANDE clique na imagem aqui e na nova tela, clique novamente na imagem com o botão direito e vá em Exibir Imagem (isso pode variar dependendo do seu navegador, como o Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera ou outros).

龍が如く3 in production for PLAYSTATION 3.

SEGA’s Ryu Ga Gotoko 3 is in production for the PS3 (Yakuza in the west) Guess Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenza was a short distraction from the actual main story. Ryu 3 will continue the story where Ryu Ga Gotoku left off.

A trailer will be coming soon most probably at TGS as detaieled on the main website [Ryu ga Gotoku portal]

Toshihiro Nagoshi blog has updated info about the game being leaked in the latest Famitsu weekly  Mag, An interview with the creator can be seen here as well Famitsu TV. He asks fans to patiently wait for the next installment of the game.

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Toshihiro Nagoshi blog

http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/090/90945/

http://ameblo.jp/nag0617/entry-10112630740.html

http://www.ps3hyper.com/news/sega-unveils-ryu-ga-gotoku-3/

Mediante la revista Weekly Famitsu, SEGA ha anunciado el desarrollo de un nuevo título de la serie Yakuza, tan sólo 4 meses más tarde del lanzamiento de Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan! en territorio nipón. De este modo, la tercera entrega continuaría la historia donde la dejará Yakuza 2. Y digo dejará, porque la segunda parte aún no ha llegado a nuestras tierras, aunque por fortuna lo hará el próximo septiembre en la veterana PS2.

Según Toshihiro Nagoshi, productor de la serie Yakuza, la anterior entrega (Kenzan!) quedará como un spin-off, puesto que fué un experimento en el que quería ver cómo quedaría la saga al tener lugar en el Kyoto de 1605. Debido a las moderadas ventas que tuvo este juego en japón, Nagoshi afirma que se siente plenamente confiado para desarrollar una nueva entrega.

Aún no se sabe nada sobre cuando será lanzado este nuevo título en Japón,  pero de momento nos contentaríamos con saber si Yakuza Kenzan! será lanzado en territorio europeo. A ver si con un poco de suerte SEGA destapa nueva información del título en el próximo E3, dentro de 10  días.

Fuente: PS3Hyper

«©NCSX» Kiryu Kazuma isn’t a messianic comic book hero nor is he a super-powered wunderkind out to save the world. He’s just muscle. A battle-hardened Yakuza street enforcer who’s tactics are brutal. NCS wouldn’t go so far as to ascribe the title of “anti-hero” to Kiryu since he has redeeming qualities and a heart of gold when the occasion calls. Maybe we’ll coin the term “semi-hero.”

Kiryu’s broad shoulders have carried three commercially successful games for the House of Sega but toys have been lacking. That changes this summer when Sega Toys releases the Ryu Ga Gotoku 2 Kiryu Kazuma Lighting Figure which features a shirtless gangster who stands on a lit pedestal. The lighting is for dramatic effect. Three weapons are included with the figure for a menacing effect. Preorders ship in late July 2008.