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Why is Yakuza now called Like a Dragon?: Sega responds | Digital Trends Spanish

The name of Yakuza no longer exists, as Sega plans to officially rebrand the crime drama series under the “Like a Dragon” franchise name in the future, a move made apparent with the reveal of three new games ahead of the Tokyo Game Show. of this year. In statements to Digital Trends in Englisha Sega of America representative confirmed the reason for the name change.

“I can confirm that the series will be known as ‘Like a Dragon’ in the future to more closely align with the Japanese name,” a Sega of America representative told Digital Trends.

In Japan, Sega has called the series Ryū ga Gotoku since its inception in 2005, and that phrase is even developer RGG Studio’s namesake. “Ryū ga Gotoku” translates to “like a dragon” in English, but Sega decided to call the series Yakuza when it brought the first game to the West in 2006. Now that the series is more popular than ever and has largely moved from counting stories directly focused on the Yakuza, it makes sense that Sega would give the series a similar title across all regions. Sega localization producer Scott Strichart noted on Twitter that Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2020 foreshadowed the change by naming a chapter “Chapter 12: The End of the Yakuza.” Strichart is not involved with the localization of future Like a Dragon titles.

I don’t know how we could have been any clearer pic.twitter.com/tc4WuU89OA

— Scott Strichart (@TriggerRedd) September 14, 2022

Three Like a Dragon games are in the works for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Like a Dragon: Ishin it will be the first of them to be released, as it will be released on February 23, 2023. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name continues at the end of next year, while Like a Dragon 8 continues the main series in 2024.

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