Yakuza 5 Revealed in Famitsu Ad
Author: Arthur Ricky // Category: Popular Games, Upcoming Games
Sega advertised the next hi-def version of the Yakuza series in the first few pages of this week’s edition of Japan’s leading game magazine, Famitsu.
The advertisement depicts a destroyed and ruined entrance to Kamura-Cho, stand-in for real life Tokyo red light district Kabuki-Cho, and setting for at least five of the series’ previous six games (including the upcoming PSP Yakuza: Black Panther, which will be released in Japan on September 22.) A caption that reads “The End” sprawls across the ad’s two pages. Wrecked cars are strewn amongst fallen signs for massage parlors, gambling establishments and Korean barbecue restaurants. The ad seems to imply that Yakuza 5 will take place in the aftermath of some disaster that leaves Tokyo in shambles (we’re guessing an earthquake, but the ad doesn’t reveal the source of the destruction.)
The ad gives no gameplay, platform or release date information, but it’s likely that more will be revealed at Tokyo Game Show next month, and that the game will be a PlayStation exclusive like the previous titles in the series. The Yakuza series has traditionally used Japan’s yearly trade show as a coming out party of sorts. Yakuza 3 and 4 received widespread acclaim at their TGS showings in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
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