He can also be found hiding in a comically oversized traffic cone along one of the city’s main roads. On one occasion Majima will accost Kiryu as a police officer, challenging him to a fight should he find any weapons in the player’s inventory. Some of these are quite obvious, with Majima walking down the street looking for Kiryu, while some of the others are surprisingly interesting and humorous. Adequately titled the Majima Everywhere sub-story, Kiryu must fight the eccentric gangster everytime he bumps into him. After finding out Kiryu had lost his skill of fighting after spending ten years in prison, Majima takes it upon himself to continuously challenge Kiryu to a fight. Close friend and rival of Kiyru, Majima is the head of his own family within the Yakuza and is prevalent throughout the entire series.
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My first real experience of the side-stories was found in Yakuza Kiwami and it involved the series mainstay Majima-san. Leading man Kazuma Kiyru looking handsome as usual Labelled as sub-stories in-game, each one is individually written and offers a different view of the city through the people that we commonly ignore in many other video games. As the series’ main protagonist Kiryu goes about his business in the city, he runs in to a number of individuals in need of help.
What makes Kamurocho so interesting is the people that live within it. In an industry that continuously pushes for larger landscapes and more complex game spaces, prioritising exploration over engagement it’s refreshing that Sega has spent the best part of 13 years doubling down on two of Yakuza’s best features – its environment and the inhabitants within it.Įach iteration in the series takes place in Kamurocho, a fictional Tokyo district based on the real-life district of Kabukichō. Since then I have played Kiwami and Yakuza 6 on release and each time I have found myself utterly charmed by the captivating universe surrounding the main narrative. The Yakuza series is one I only discovered last year after reviewing the excellent prequel title 0 which released in 2015.
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