F*ck.
I kid you not: one of the first things I said to my co-workers in the Destructoid office this morning was "I'll be f*cking pissed if Yakuza 3 does not come out in the U.S."
And then VG247 tells us that a Sega rep says “Not that I know of” when asked if a western release is in the plans.
I adore the first two titles, and the third one (the first on the PS3) looks to be the pinnacle of the series. I mean, there's karaoke and billiards! Sure, they didn't sell that well -- I saw the first Yakuza in a reduction bin the other day and was saddened -- but they're very immersive, fun games if given the chance.
Japan gets Yakuza 3 on February 26. Import? I don' t know. Look, my Japanese isn't that great. I do better with spoken word than reading, so I may be okay for part of it, but the fact of the matter is that it will take me forever to play this game.
You know what? I'm not going to give up hope on a US release. It may take them 3 years, but that's fine. We don't need the voice acting, Sega. Subtitles are fine.
Don't pull a Shenmue on me.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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12:40 PM on 01.23.2009
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Goddammit SEGA, you have to realize that your best games these days are the ones that ARE NOT SONIC GAMES.
Market THESE games instead and people will stop laughing at you!
Well, I guess I'm not getting a PS3 then. *sign*
Fuck you Sega! Stop pushing Sonic the Shithog on us! He hasn't been cool or in a good 3D game period.
It had all sorts of weird problems with save system (both saving & loading) and eventually ended up just flat out not finding my save game. I guess that's what I get for trying to play an under-appreciated PS2 game on my over-priced, backwards compatible PS3...
But I digress -- bring me a subtitled Yakuza 3, Sega!
@unangbangkay- I totally agree.
I don't think people would mind that much if there was no English voice acting. I mean, the game is about the Japanese mafia, right? I wouldn't expect to see them speaking English in real life, so why would I now?
People would be HAPPIER if there was no English VA. The games are known in japan for being high-end productions with a bunch of AAA movie stars and voice cast. The US localization selected VAs from the bottom of the barrel, and as a result Yakuza 1 got a bunch of terrible reactions.
Yakuza 2 didn't even bother wasting money on English dubbing and went Criterion Collection, to everyone's benefit.
@Goatroyale
What model do you have? I'm using a launch edition 60gb, and it works perfectly except for its looking bad on an HDTV, something that would have happened with a standard PS2 anyway.
Why don't they make the frigging language packs a download, if they are so inclined.. Just release the game already.