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 of 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 depart flowers at portraits of the deceased online game characters.
A play on the most recent recreation, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify, the occasion can be referred to as Like a Dragon: The Males Who Perished. It is going to value ¥700 (round $5) to enter and can 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 foremost protagonists Kiryu Kazuma and Ichiban Kasuga swear towards 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 highest flooring of a secret underground fort.
We can’t say precisely whose graves could be visited within the exhibition to keep away from spoiling the video games, however followers may also purchase merchandise of their favourites. Dioramas, bookmarks, “loss of life portrait charms”, face towels, gravestones, incense sticks, postcard books, stickers, tear-shaped can badges, tote luggage, T-shirts, and extra are all on provide.
The Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise is rising once more in January 2024 with the discharge of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which regardless of being the twentieth recreation general, is principally Yakuza 8. The sequence had a reputation change following 2020’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Yakuza 7), with the subtitle changing into the sequence foremost title going ahead.
Infinite Wealth takes gamers past Japan for the primary time with a Hawaii map 3 times the scale 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 sport, IGN mentioned: “[Our] time with Infinite Wealth was about as transient as Ichiban’s board shorts, nevertheless it left [us] to ponder the infinite prospects for enjoyable that may be hidden round its sizeable Hawaiian island expanse.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.