The Yakuza (or Like a Dragon) franchise is thought for being a tad wacky, however writer Sega is bringing the weirdness to the actual world by principally internet hosting a funeral for all the sequence’ useless characters in Tokyo.
As reported by Famitsu and translated by Siliconera, Sega is teaming up with division retailer chain Parco to host an exhibition the place gamers can go to faux gravestones and go away flowers at portraits of the deceased online game characters.
A play on the newest recreation, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Title, the occasion shall be known as Like a Dragon: The Males Who Perished. It can price ¥700 (round $5) to enter and will run from December 30 to January 15 in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Subsequent exhibitions will happen in Nagoya from January 20 to February 4 and Sapporo from February 16 to 25.
『龍が如く』シリーズ“散っていった男たちの追悼”をテーマにした展覧会
未プレイの方はネタバレ注意！ 池袋パルコにて12月30日より開催。葬儀場ゾーンでは好きなキャラクターの遺影に献花できる。位牌アクリルスタンドなどのグッズも販売。#龍が如く
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— ファミ通.com (@famitsu) December 13, 2023
Beginning in 2005, the Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise spans seven mainline video games however 19 entries in whole together with spin-offs and remakes. And whereas its fundamental protagonists Kiryu Kazuma and Ichiban Kasuga swear in opposition to homicide, there are nonetheless loads of dramatic deaths. One character was blown up atop a skyscraper alongside ¥10 billion, for instance, whereas one other was thrown from the prime ground of a secret underground fortress.
We cannot say precisely whose graves may be visited in the exhibition to keep away from spoiling the video games, however followers may also purchase merchandise of their favourites. Dioramas, bookmarks, “demise portrait charms”, face towels, gravestones, incense sticks, postcard books, stickers, tear-shaped can badges, tote luggage, T-shirts, and extra are all on supply.
The Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise is rising once more in January 2024 with the launch of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which regardless of being the twentieth recreation total, is principally Yakuza 8. The sequence had a title change following 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Yakuza 7), with the subtitle turning into the sequence fundamental title going ahead.
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Infinite Wealth takes gamers past Japan for the first time with a Hawaii map 3 times the dimension of the earlier recreation’s. Developer Ryu Ga Gotaku Studio has in any other case promised a “monster class” online game.
In our preview of the recreation, IGN stated: “[Our] time with Infinite Wealth was about as temporary as Ichiban’s board shorts, however it left [us] to ponder the infinite potentialities for enjoyable that is likely to be hidden round its sizeable Hawaiian island expanse.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.