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Yakuza 0
File:Ryugagotoku0.jpg
Cover for the PS4 Japanese edition
Developer(s)Sega
Publisher(s)Sega
Producer(s)Toshihiro Nagoshi
Writer(s)Masayoshi Yokoyama
SeriesYakuza
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
ReleasePlayStation 3
  • JP: 12 March 2015
PlayStation 4
  • JP: 12 March 2015
  • WW: 24 January 2017[1]
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Yakuza 0 (Japanese: 龍が如く0 誓いの場所, Hepburn: Ryū ga Gotoku Zero: Chikai no Basho, lit. "Like a Dragon 0: The Place of Oath") is an upcoming open world, action-adventure video game and is also a prequel to the Yakuza series of video games, developed and published by Sega. The game takes place in December 1988 in Kamurocho, a fictionalized recreation of Tokyo's Kabukicho and Shinjuku Golden Gai areas and Sotenbori, a fictionalized recreation of Osaka's Dotonbori. It was released in Japan for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in March 2015,[2][3] with the Taiwanese version released on May 14, 2015. A North American and European release is scheduled for the PlayStation 4 in January 2017.

A free accompanying game application for PlayStation Vita, titled Ryū ga Gotoku 0: Free to Play Application for PlayStation Vita (龍が如く0 基本無料アプリ for PlayStation Vita), was released on February 26, 2015.[3]

Gameplay

Yakuza 0 is an open world, action-adventure video game. The game takes place in December 1988 in Kamurocho and Sotenbori, a fictionalized recreation of Tokyo's Kabukicho Shinjuku Golden Gai areas and Osaka's Dotonbori areas.

Plot

In December, 1988, two unlikely figures from the Yakuza world, Kazuma Kiryu of the Kantō region and Goro Majima of the Kansai Region, have suddenly found themselves getting involved in the terrible events of so-called "the Vacant Lot" dispute, which is the centrepiece of power struggle for all the dark organizations across Japan. In order to find out the truth behind such power struggle, as well as maintain their own innocence and safety, they set out to investigate all the events surrounding "the Vacant Lot" incident.

Development

The game was first announced in a special Yakuza event on August 24, 2014 together with a trailer.[4] A Chinese-language localisation of the game was announced in 2014 and eventually released in Asia in May 2015.

On December 5, 2015, at PlayStation Experience 2015 in San Francisco, Sony Computer Entertainment's Gio Corsi announced that Yakuza 0 will be coming to the Americas for the PlayStation 4. While a trailer for the game was released that ends with the statement that it will be releasing in North America and Europe, later that day Sega posted a tweet, on Twitter, saying "We know the Yakuza series is loved by all its fans in Europe but unfortunately at this time we're not able to confirm a Yakuza 0 EU release". Since then that same trailer is now on YouTube with that same statement at the end but with the word Europe removed

In July 2016, it was announced that the game would release in North America and Europe for the PlayStation 4 in January 2017.[5]

Reception

Yakuza 0 debuted at number 1 on the Japan software chart in its first week of release. The PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation 4 version sold 146,000 units and 90,000 sales respectively.[6] PlayStation LifeStyle's review of the PS4 version was a 9/10, calling it the best in the series and "the result of 10 years spent not just perfecting a formula, but adding to it."[7] The game received a 36/40 from Famitsu on both platforms.[8]

Sales

As of June 2015, the game has sold over 500,000 copies within Japan and Chinese-speaking regions of Asia.[9] Sega president Haruki Satomi stated that the Chinese version of the game sold more than originally expected.[10]

References

  1. ^ Romano, Sal (27 July 2016). "Yakuza 0 launches January 24 in the west". Gematsu. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ^ http://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/zero/news.html
  3. ^ a b "『龍が如く0 誓いの場所』ゲーム内容の一部を基本無料でプレイできるアプリが、PS Vita向けに配信決定". ファミ通.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ^ "『龍が如く0 誓いの場所』が発表された"龍が如く特別番組"レポ！ 激戦を制したセクシー女優の目に涙が!?". 電撃Online. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Yakuza 0 Launches January 24, 2017, Exclusively on PS4". PlayStation.Blog. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ^ Sal Romano (18 March 2015). "Media Create Sales: 3/9/15 – 3/15/15". Gematsu. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Review". PlayStationLifeStyle. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  8. ^ Sal Romano (3 March 2015). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1370". Gematsu. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. ^ http://gematsu.com/2015/06/yakuza-0-sales-top-500000
  10. ^ "Sega president on current console market, potential Tokyo Game Show announcement". Gematsu. 7 July 2015.
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