Sega is asking Yakuza/Like a Dragon followers if they need celebrities akin to Keanu Reeves, Mark Hamill, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and extra in upcoming video games.
Reddit consumer JohnConquest shared an electronic mail they acquired from Sega asking their emotions about franchises akin to Loopy Taxi and Persona. When it got here to Yakuza/Like a Dragon, it additionally requested how movie star cameos have an effect on participant enjoyment and in the event that they’d be excited by a protracted listing of stars showing in future video games.
Alongside online game adjoining stars akin to Reeves, Hamill, Jack Black, Rami Malek, and David Hayter got here actors who’ve beforehand appeared within the franchise together with Matthew Mercer (who performed Goro Majima in Yakuza: Like a Dragon) and Danny Trejo (who lent his likeness and voice for Dwight Méndez in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth).
Additionally on the listing is Aidan Gallagher from The Umbrella Academy, Hiroyuki Sanada from Shōgun, footballer Lionel Messi, WWE wrestler Xavier Woods, Hank Azaria from The Simpsons, gymnast Simone Biles, Dr. Dre, The Batman actor Robert Pattinson, Woman Gaga, baseball participant Shohei Ohtani, Snoop Dogg, Ice Dice, Quick and Livid star Vin Diesel, basketball participant LeBron James, actor Seth Rogan, Equipment Harington from Recreation of Thrones, Eminem, Ozzy Osbourne, and Billie Eilish.
Sega and Yakuza/Like a Dragon developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio due to this fact look like testing the waters far and huge to seek out what followers could also be excited by. Responding within the Reddit feedback, some be aware they do not care about cameos and like when RGG Studio parodies real-life folks, just like the Yakuza 0 character Stephen Spining, who directed Indian Denims and A.T.
Others commented on explicit inclusions which can be enjoyable. “Ozzy Osbourne looks like the kind of man who’d make the right substory villain,” yungspinach123 stated. “Jack Black in Like a Dragon could be wild, however one way or the other not the craziest factor within the sequence,” added Meb2x.
These cameos doubtless would not seem within the subsequent Yakuza/Like a Dragon recreation, which is because of be debuted in September 2024 and is due to this fact maybe a tad too far alongside in improvement to incorporate a last-minute movie star, however could possibly be seen in video games additional down the road if there’s sufficient curiosity.
It is equally potential nothing comes of this survey, after all, because it’s pretty normal observe for corporations to gauge fan curiosity in sure concepts with out planning motion based mostly on the outcomes.
Nothing is thought in regards to the subsequent recreation from RGG Studio, or even when it is a mainline Yakuza/Like a Dragon recreation. It could possibly be from spin-off sequence akin to Like a Dragon Gaiden or Judgement or one thing utterly separate. Sega did register a trademark for one thing known as Yakuza Wars earlier in August, nonetheless, which precipitated followers to theorize if this could possibly be the following recreation and what it will be about.
In our 9/10 overview of the final recreation, IGN stated: “Sprawling, enthralling, and filled with dynamic brawling, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t simply one of the best turn-based Like a Dragon recreation, it’s one of many best video games in all the sequence.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
