Using a long -term or popular video game series, you are no longer able to experience new players that can no longer experience old items that are submerged in old hardware. That's why Ryu Ga Gotoku rewritten the first two Yakuza games with Kiwami 1 & 2, each checked the gameplay and graphic engines, strengthened the battle, and added deeper to characters and narratives.
The new content has added a completely new Saga for a character who caught the eye of the expanded location and more subtle mini games, Majima and Kiwami 2 for Kiwami. Because of this improvement, the Kiwami game is a decisive way to experience this chapter of Yakuza's history. And now, with the announcement of the Yakuza Kiwami 3, Sega is once again jumping over the remake train.
The 7 -year waiting time of Kiwami 3 was worth it
Yakuza Kiwami first started in 2017 and first started with Kiwami 2 in 2018. Naturally, fans speculated that they could see more remakes for this fashion, and they speculated that they did not deliver the news after a year.
Since the only game that was treated with Kiwami was the only two PlayStation 2 titles, it was meaningful to need modernization the most. In addition, we received a remastered version of Yakuza 3 in 2019, and we confirmed that this box brought to the world of modern games. But that's all changing.
We waited seven years for Yakuza Kiwami 3. And after practicing last week, I can say that it is worth waiting.
Like the previous Kiwami title, KIWAMI 3 is completely rebuilt to develop the “all aspects” of the game. In the small section I played, Story Beats is familiar, but takes a completely new lease with the enhanced character model and the environment, and look at the story by completely changing the shape of a particular character like Ricky Ya. The time can be seen that all these changes will go well with their fans.
Kiryu has now been checked with the dragon of Dojima and the RyuKyu combat style. I will take a double take if you first change it to RYUKyu and kiryu pulls out the sword and shield. Meeting him with a knuckle dunster aroused the same bizarre feeling.
I say a knife and shield, but in fact, Kiryu uses some Japanese weapons, such as Tonfa and Nunchaku, and the shield is actually Tinbe Rochin and Knuckle Duster is Tekko.
There are some noteworthy inclusions inherited from the recent dragon title. Street surfers have a much more stupid design to accommodate the initial period of 2009, but they can customize Kiryu's costumes, and you can recognize many options from his name and his name. You can collect bugs and other items using search mode during your trip, and there is a new friend system, which allows you to connect with others with a flipphone called Red Thread of Destiny.
The method of connecting the phone in a way that Kiryu and NPC opposite to each other was immediately reversed on the day of sending things through Bluetooth.
There is also a new feature that allows you to customize the new karaoke song and flip phone and display it as part of the store advertisement. I only saw a simple section during the demonstration, but KIWAMI 3 will integrate new mini games such as cooking, fishing, bowling and many optional realities.
Most of the new content is inspired by the recent contents such as the recent dragon title, or repaid a seven -year waiting time. If I received Kiwami 3 in 2019, I was sure that it would be okay, but it would not have been the subject of the same level of visual and mechanical evolution. This feels like a modern Yakuza game that can be seen in the past.
It returns to the Golden era of the Tokjo clan
One of the most excited things about Yakuza Kiwami 3 is that we return to Tojo Clan before the Yakuza Clan is phased out by the new anti -crime law. I like to explore changing water in the underworld under the Japanese underground, but reflecting the real world would be a good time to return around the street from the rough shirt.
We also see some of our favorite characters in Prime. Since then, it is recommended to collect the band again for a long -standing character or a character that took the rear seats. We are saving Kiryu's Glory Day. This feels like the remedy needed after the heavy atmosphere of Kiru's destiny in infinite wealth.
After the RGG introduced the turn -based battle with Yakuza 7: Dragon, the battle divided the fans, but I was always a firm supporter to raise the real -time action of the previous game. So I am pleased to go back to the fast button mashing method in Kiwami 3 and mix the new RYUKYU style and things.
Faster and faster on your feet and fasters always felt like a key part of the series. You want to hit a bully on the street, break your bike on your head, and you want to ruin your controller on the ground with a hammer. I like turn -based battles, but I feel bad than the button mesh beat down.
It can be a dangerous movement to make the original and loved materials messy, but the company must always applaud the remake. You can easily remake the game from the beginning, make it better and run, but you don't add new elements before you call a day. It checks the modern availability box with little danger of changing things by changing things like a turmoil, mousse, mousse, and character's face. (The more I think about it, the more I am sure that Ricky's new look will not like it for older fans.)
The first two -kiwami game proved that the expansion of the data was a victorious movement, but the classic PlayStation 2 title was quite bare compared to what came later. The more we get into the series, the more messed up, and there may be more risks, but I think it is worth gambling. I don't want to play Yakuza 3. If I do that, I was just able to play the remaster. I want to experience Yakuza 3 again in a completely new way. And that's what Kiwami 3 is provided.
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February 11, 2026
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Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

