Segaannouncedon September 27, the last day of TGS 2020, that theYakuzaseries will receive an Hollywood movie adaptation. The announcement was made by Toshihiro Nagoshi, during the SegaNama TGS 2020 special stream. This is what the “latest information on theYakuzaseries” turned out to be.
Varietypreviously revealedearlier this week that aYakuzamovie was coming.
Toshihiro Nagoshi said detailed information on the movie will be coming at a later date. However, Nagoshi stressed out “Since we’re doing it, we might as well make it great. We wouldn’t make it without ensuring we’ll be satisfied with the result”. This means that we should avoid a fiasco like the original design of Sonic in theSonic The HedgehogHollywood movie.
SegaNama are monthly streams with MCAyana Tsubakiand Sega Chief Creative Officer Toshihiro Nagoshi. He most notably always answers questions from fans sent in beforehand during an “Ask Nagoshi anything” segment. This is how for example he ended uprecently praisingGhost of Tsushima.
Because of a misunderstanding on Ayana Tsubaki’s part, it was initially believed, right before Sega started its first day at TGS 2020, that a newYakuzagame would be announced on SegaNama. However, on Sega’s first day, Ayana Tsubaki announced it wouldn’t be the case.
YakuzaSeries Producer Masayoshi Yokoyama also confirmed no new game was to be announced now, though he stated there aremultiple projects in motion for the 15th anniversaryof the series. It looks like the Hollywood movie is one of them.
As for the games of theYakuzaseries, the newest iteration is already available in Japan on PS4 since January, and is coming west asYakuza: Like a Dragonon PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X on November 10. A PS5 edition will also be arriving in the future, though no release date was shared for it for now.Masayoshi Yokoyama insinuated the next main game might keep the JRPG mechanics.
