New Yakuza 3 shots show Don Quijote shop

Eight new images have emerged from Japan showing off more of Sega’s action-adeventure game, Ryū ga Gotoku 3 aka, Yakuza 3.

You can see the protagonist mooching about in what is the Don Quijote shop apparently. It all looks incredibly detailed and colourful.

There are also a few posters for your perusal.

Yakuza 3 is due for a release in Japan sometime this year however Europe and the US are still TBC.

Check them out.

14 comments

Blerk
16/01/09, 11:49 am

It looks smashing. I loves Yakuza. Shame Sega don’t seem to know what they’re doing with the franchise outside of Japan.

Psychotext
16/01/09, 12:08 pm

Yeah, I’m looking forward to this one (hopefully it’ll get released anyway). The vids I’ve seen are excellent.

No_PUDding
16/01/09, 12:56 pm

It looks pretty high budget, like they can’t afford not bringing it out over here.

Especially on one platform.

And there is only one reason Y2 came over so late.

Psychotext
16/01/09, 1:08 pm

Why was that?

ruckus
16/01/09, 1:09 pm

I hope it doesn’t turn out to be another case of a very detailed environment wrapped up in a very non-interactive world. Games have got the vehicle interaction done. They just need to extend it to mundane things like chairs.

Blerk
16/01/09, 1:14 pm

The reason why Y2 was so late was because the original sold like crap and they weren’t actually going to bother with the sequel. Then the PS3 didn’t take off like they expected and there weren’t many PS2 games about and the fans were asking for it, so they relented and released it. And it sold like crap.

You can certainly see why they might hesitate at releasing another sequel on a machine with a much, much smaller user base.

No_PUDding
16/01/09, 1:33 pm

I think the point is, it’s a much more active user-base, and the reason they brought over Y2, was to pave the way for Y3 over here.

But… As Blerk said, sales of Y2 hardly will have persuaded them. But I am sure that’s why it was decided.

Blerk
16/01/09, 1:36 pm

I do agree that the Western Yakuza 2 release was a test – they obviously saw the ‘cult’ buzz that the original generated after its initial release and decided to take a gamble on the sequel being more popular based on word of mouth.

Unfortunately I think we failed again. Dismally.

No_PUDding
16/01/09, 1:40 pm

Yeah.

You can all blame me aswell.

#10

Blerk
16/01/09, 1:59 pm

Well, you can’t blame me.