She was raised in Sunflower orphanage, the very same orphanage where Kiryu, Nishki and Yumi were raised. She is in search for her mother, Mizuki, whom we find out is Yumi's sister. In his search to find out the truth after the attempted assassination of Kazama san, our father like mentor, during Chairman Sera's funeral, Kiryu encounter a young girl, Haruka. I was breezing through the early chapters as I tried to make sense of what was happening.
The plot is intriguing and the game features a strong start. There are moves being made by the Shimano family, esp., when 10 billion yen goes missing and the chairman of the Tojo Clan, Sera is assassinated. Yumi is not to be found and Nishkiyama is the patriarch of his own family, but seems to be notorious for some reason. Thrust into a world 10 years later, we do find that the dynamics have changed. From being in the shoes of the sane, stoic Majima in Yakuza Zero, this crazy avatar seems alien at first, but you can see his pure character as you find him determined to have a fair fight with Kiryu. However, believing that he did do it, we find that Majima is helpful enough to bring us back to form.Įvery encounter with him proves eventful and does not seem like a chore and I actively found myself seeking a fight with him. The game uses this as an opportunity to reduce Kiryu's health and heat bar drastically, though I can never imagine a universe, where Kiryu would slack and not maintain his body. Majimaīeing in jail for 10 years has made us rusty. Taking the blame for the murder, Kiryu is incarcerated for 10 years and when he gets out of jail, he finds that everything has changed. We are reacquainted with Nishkiyama and Reina, whom we have seen in Yakuza Zero, in the Serena bar and Kiryu's love, Yumi However, Kiryu's life is thrown into the fritz when he finds his brother, Nishkiyama, has killed the Dojima family boss, witnessed by Yumi. We are introduced to Kiryu, who has now garnered a reputation and is soon to start his own family in the yakuza. I was excited to start playing the game and discover the events that would happen in 1995 and further in 2005 and the subsequent changes in the yakuza. Pre-order Yakuza Kiwami now as the game hits stores August 29.At the end of Yakuza Zero, the events of Yakuza Kiwami were hinted at. Strichart warns that it won't be easy however as Majima will bring with him all of his fighting styles from Yakuza 0, making him one tough sensei to train under. Apparently he's taken it upon himself to train Kiryu, specifically, fighting Majima is the only way to level up Kiryu's strongest fighting style, the Dragon of Dojima. There are benefits to fighting Majima whenever he appears. Try swinging by the area with a knife, gun, or maybe a frozen tuna on your person. "I won't even begin to spoil all the incredible, sometimes hilarious, encounters with Majima, but early on in the game, you'll be notified that "Officer" Majima is working the beat by the Millennium Tower, and he's on the lookout for anyone carrying any suspicious weapons. In a new post on the PlayStation blogs, Sega localization producer Scott Strichart explained that in addition to the game going on pre-order, Kiwami will be bringing the Majima Everywhere mechanic to just seriously mess up your Yakuza playthrough in the best way possible.īasically, Yakuza Kiwami has decided to add Majima Goro as a random fight encounter that can be triggered at any time throughout your playthrough of Kiwami. We've covered this new feature before but now we have even more details on this gonzo mechanic Yakuza Kiwami Sega is adding what they call a "Majima Everywhere" system that turns everyone's favorite yakuza psycho into an It Follows type nemesis. Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email Kiwami is delivering an enhanced remake of the original Yakuza game but don't expect graphics to be the only thing different about the upcoming Yakuza title.