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Yakuza Ishin localization is "under consideration" by SEGA
- Thread starter Son of Sparda
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Not as good as 0, but nothing is. On par with the good PS3-era mainline Yakuza games. Gear plays a much, much bigger part in Ishin than any of the other games in the series.
Among the top entries. It has a huge amount of fan service for people who've experienced the whole series too. Since characters from all the entries (up to Y5) show up and the game plays with your expectations of how they'll act and so on. The plot is really well constructed, it has some of the best dungeons in the series and a wonderful combat system.
Yakuza Ishin, Y2, Y6, Y0 & Y3 are top tier for me.
PLEASE GIVE IT TO US ALREADY, I've come THIS close to buying an import copy several times over the past two years or so - would LOVE to have this officially brought over. And they're not sure if there's appeal for it? Are they living under a rock & didn't see how Sekiro has been one of the most loved & talked about games this year!?
Well the problem is that the game doesn' try to explain what the Tokugawa era, Meiji era, and the Shinsengumi are, along with historical figures like Saito Haijime, because it's all considered common knowledge. It'd be like expecting an American game to go on a long exposition about who George Washington was. With that said, a quick read on wiki, or watching samurai anime, is more than adequate enough to get you through the story.
well, that's unfortunate, because it's actually a much, much cooler game...
Well, I have no idea. I've never played neither. I wonder who's fault it is, EH SEGA? >_>
Please! I've been hoping this would happen ever since they started catching up with the newer releases.
The translation guide I used to play this basically explained the minutiae of the characters/history/plot as I was playing so maybe they'll do something similar.
Yeah, that's what I'd expect they'd do: just put some historical info in the menu, kind of like a codex.
I get that the average western audience has a limited amount of knowledge about Japanese history, but it's an incredibly desired setting and what better way to to bring interest to Japanese history.
I agree, I'm just trying to framework it from their perspective. I don't think SEGA realizes that it's a non-issue in the grand scheme of things.
this...jesus christ
after Kenzan! i just feared the worst & imported a copy on the cheap years back, still waiting on fan translation efforts....but goddamn, this would make my year right here
Cmon Sega, don't drop the ball on Kenzan.
Just localize both, slap it a 40$ tag and watch the money come in. People who are going to buy Ishin will also buy it if it's bundled with Kenzan.
You can't leave Kenzan sittng alone on the PS3 system, while literally every oher game moved on...
Just localize both, slap it a 40$ tag and watch the money come in. People who are going to buy Ishin will also buy it if it's bundled with Kenzan.
You can't leave Kenzan sittng alone on the PS3 system, while literally every oher game moved on...
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tales of Samurai and feudal Japan being popular outside of Japan? What an outrageous idea. I can completely understand why that was holding Sega back. There is literally 0 evidence for them out there that would suggest the West having some sort of fascination with pre industrial Japan. None whatsoever.
I'm going to link my post of historic Japan set action games in a hope that Sega realizes that there's fans of games set back then. Also that games with historical figures people might not know didn't hurt the Assassins Creed series-
Playing devil's advocate:
To those that have already played the Japanese version, is there some piece of content in the game that most people don't know about that could potentially leave a terrible taste in the mouths of the Western audience? Spoiler tag if you need to.
To those that have already played the Japanese version, is there some piece of content in the game that most people don't know about that could potentially leave a terrible taste in the mouths of the Western audience? Spoiler tag if you need to.
I'm just going to think of his portrayal from Rurouni Kenshin XD
I don't think it'd pull the kind of sales numbers that a numbered Yakuza game would, but I'd love to see this make its way over and they'd have my day one sale -- just like every other RGG studio game that has come our way.
