SEGA is all in on Yakuza – Yakuza Kiwami 2 to release August 18, 2018
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The paint isn’t even dry on Yakuza 6 (which doesn’t release until April 17, despite the recent wave of excited reviews), and SEGA is already announcing another Yakuza release for 2018. Yakuza Kiwami 2, a remake/remaster of Yakuza 2, will release on August 18, 2018.
The remake uses the Dragon Engine, the same engine used to bring Yakuza 6 to life. Believe me, this engine is capable of some incredible things, rendering both facial close-ups and scenic vistas in stunning beauty and detail. This also means that this remake will have the same smooth transitions in and out of battle (and buildings!) that Yakuza 6 utilizes, eliminating a lot of time consuming load screens.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 will also have a bundle of new minigames, including Golf and Bingo and the usual gamut of Arcade cabinets (now with weird mech-fighter Virtua-On!).
Special attention has been paid to keeping the translation as close as possible to the intent of the original Japanese, so you can once again look forward to beloved hero Kiryu muttering “Soka” every other sentence, and seeing it translated 5000 different ways.
Yakuza’s popularity is on a major upswing in the US, so SEGA is probably wise to continue cranking these things out. As long at the quality is there (which it is), what’s the harm in releasing several Yakuza titles a year?
Yakuza Kiwami 2 will be a PS4 exclusive, and will be available for $49.99. Pre-orders and first run copies will be shipped in a pretty dope looking SteelBook, so that’s a bonus.
