Forget Zelda, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Lets You Play an Ocarina to Summon a Killer Jellyfish

Primarily utilizing cutlasses to take down enemies, the Sea Canine fashion additionally lets Majima use sidearms to activate triple finishers. Three sidearms can be found all through the sport, together with the Cutlass Boomerang, Pistol, and Chain Hook.

Issues get significantly wild with the Darkish Devices, nonetheless. Majima will construct up a Insanity Gauge whereas combating (separate to Warmth Actions) that can be utilized to activate this new means, with gamers ready to select between taking part in a violin, saxaphone, guitar, and the aforementioned ocarina.

“Blowing into Majima’s cursed ocarina beckons a terrifying jellyfish to emerge from the briny deep,” reads the outline, which formally dubs the jellyfish the Darkish God of the Deep. “This creature will heal Majima and his allies, in addition to shock and immobilize close by enemies.”

The violin summons big sharks which deal heavy injury, the guitar summons a “ferocious” ape that inflicts large injury with restricted vary, and the saxaphone summons an “avian ally” that blows enemies away.

Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a spin-off sequel to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the eighth mainline entry in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon collection (or ninth together with Yakuza 0). It follows Majima as he wakes up with amnesia and turns into a pirate, exploring the likes of Hawaii alongside the way in which.

A trailer launched on the October Xbox Companion Showcase revealed a correct first have a look at ship fight akin to Murderer’s Creed 4: Black Flag and the return of the beloved character Taiga Saejima, maybe teasing extra ties to the principle collection than beforehand thought.

It can even be a first rate bit longer than earlier Yakuza spin-off Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Title, with its story taking round 15 to 18 hours to full. Followers may also costume up Majima as longtime collection protagonist Kiryu Kazuma, however provided that they join e-mail notifications.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.