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Yakuza Ishin localization is "under consideration" by SEGA
- Thread starter Son of Sparda
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I think it would do well if they brought it over, at least better than Dead Souls trying to catch on the zombie craze.
Do they not know that Sekiro sold 3.8m copies in a few months ?
Srsly SEGA thats more than any game you have put out in the past decade or so. Pretty sure the "setting" isn't the problem. They shoulda done the risk way back when the PS4 lineup was quite weak. But now after so many succesful Samurai games ? theres no excuse.
Srsly SEGA thats more than any game you have put out in the past decade or so. Pretty sure the "setting" isn't the problem. They shoulda done the risk way back when the PS4 lineup was quite weak. But now after so many succesful Samurai games ? theres no excuse.
Yeah sure, do not consider it when the system launches and you got this amazing fresh new game on a system people are hungry for games and the offer feels like straving for a year and a half to two years, but consider it at the very end of the gen...
There was a survey. It was before Sekiro...
someone may have answered that they weren't sure the non Modern yakuza setting was best and didn't want to jeopardize the chance of them bringing over the others.
Sacrif....choices were made, and maybe I'm sorry. But we did get Yk3, 4, and 5.
someone may have answered that they weren't sure the non Modern yakuza setting was best and didn't want to jeopardize the chance of them bringing over the others.
Sacrif....choices were made, and maybe I'm sorry. But we did get Yk3, 4, and 5.
Sure, let's just ignore every Dynasty Warriors/Samurai Warriors release ever here, or Way of the Samurai 1-4, or the Onimusha series, or f'n Sekiro, or Ghost of Tsushima.
Who the hell would by that in the west..🙄
if i remember correctly it was already evoked in june by Sato, it was about a prospective Kiwami treatment for it, with english and chinese localization wishes clearly known.
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To me, the deciding factors have to be the popularity of samurai games lately, RGG style games localizations performing well and, of course, stardew valley success.
yeah, I'm pretty sure they've given this same excuse before and it always seems rather silly to me. feudal japan holds plenty of appeal outside of japan
Kenzan and Ishin may share a similiar setting but different eras. In Ishin Kiryu plays the role of Sakamoto Ryoma and in Kenzan he plays the role of Miyamoto Musashi. They are unrelated in plot so releasing them seperatly would be no problem, Kenzan could use the most work considering its age.
there have been like 4 huge succesful samurai games in the last few years either announced or released. sega PLEASE
Where do these Japanese developers get that westerners don't like Japanese settings, especially samurai shit??? Did Sekiro not just come out and sell millions? Plus its got fucking Yakuza in the name, the fanbase is there, and apparently there are enough of us that they keep releasing them in the west, AND on Steam, a western centered platform.
The rest of the PS3 games coming over will work nicely on People's potato PCs and Laptops which are going to be announced of course. The fact they put kiwami 2 out on PC before 6 means they are commited to the correct time-line release of games on there. The series being brought over completly was a fever dream 5 years ago but it's charm and a new audience that can appreciate the nonsense has finally brought us this far.
Every time i play an Yakuza game i take the time to answer the survey they send and i beg for Kenzan and Ishin. WHY U NOT LISTENING TO ME SEGA?!!!!!! Just do it already :P
They also tought Yakuza 0 might not be interesting to western audience, and its the game more praised from the series.
They made these serie focused in male japanese audience, and they think no one else will like them. Yes we dooooooooooooo.
They also tought Yakuza 0 might not be interesting to western audience, and its the game more praised from the series.
They made these serie focused in male japanese audience, and they think no one else will like them. Yes we dooooooooooooo.
One possible reason for Kenzan not coming over were themes about child prostitution in that era which was maybe too controversial a plot point for PS3 era Sega at the time. Ishin really had no good reason other then western people wouldn't quite get the historical characters as a normal japanese person who just knows these guys from history class.
I will put down money for Ishin and Kenzan Kiwami SEGA, Japanese settings do very well commercially.
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Why does Ishin need remastering? Its the same engine as 0 and Kiwami, just localise it and call it a day. I mean, there are some refinements that I'd be welcome to seeing, but that's all basically stuff to cut the epic grind for the plat trophy down, the game itself plays darn good as is, no real changes needed there.
Kenzan is the one I want remastered, not remade personally. Old engine in 60FPS and 1080p. Add in a completion list and trophies and your done. Sure it wouldn't look as nice as a remake, but I don't personally feel the game is in drastic need of it, I'd rather the main force of the studio be put into new games (in the series). The only old game I see needing a proper remake is Dead Souls as the controls/shooting in that game is jank to a level that really needs to be addressed.
I am not against a straight localization, whatever will encourage them to bring it over, I'll edit it out. As far as a Kenzan localization goes, I think it would only happen if it gets the Kiwami treatment and I am basing my wishes off of Sato's comments.
Yeah, I'm aware of those comments, and honestly a remake seems far more likely. I'm being greedy and just saying what I'd personally prefer, even though there's probably more appeal over here with a prettier remake vs a remaster of a decade old game!
I would love Ishin, it's a shame we didn't get it at the ps4 launch, it may have done better then though I suppose now there's the 0 boost in fans.
oh man please do Sega, that'd be great
I imported Kenzan but never got around to Ishin so this would make my day
heck if they just ported Kenzan (& localized it) like they've done with Yakuza 3 I'd be really happy
I imported Kenzan but never got around to Ishin so this would make my day
heck if they just ported Kenzan (& localized it) like they've done with Yakuza 3 I'd be really happy
How has sega (and most of Japan) not realized by now that the weeb levels in the west are high. Send us the games fam
i guess the margin for all the yakuza games released so far met their expectations, thus sega's willingness to release them to the west.
i mean the games are already there, don't think it will take a lot of money or effort for a remaster and translation to the west.
i mean the games are already there, don't think it will take a lot of money or effort for a remaster and translation to the west.