Yazuka meets Black Flag in Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

As if the Like a Dragon sequence couldn’t get any extra absurd and complicated, Sega has introduced Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Sure, it’s precisely what it appears like – and it comes out very quickly. Collection wildcard Majima headlines the equally wild journey as a fairly dashing pirate when he wakes up on an island following his bout of amnesia after the occasions of Infinite Wealth.

Whereas the RPG sequence can typically really feel like a fever dream, bouncing from one absurd second to the subsequent, and someway juggling extra critical moments in between, this may simply take the cake. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii isn’t a historic spinoff like Ishin!, however as a substitute a full mainline title following the one and solely Goro Majima. As for why he’s a pirate, effectively, I’m unsure Majima actually is aware of both.

From the surprisingly prolonged reveal trailer, we see Majima get up on the attractive Rick Island. Shortly after being nurtured again to well being – nonetheless with out his recollections – Majima makes the logical determination to turn into a pirate captain to defend the island and seek out treasure.

Focusing primarily on the absurd narrative, this trailer doesn’t showcase an excessive amount of of the moment-to-moment gameplay. Nevertheless, a extra in-depth showcase was additionally unveiled on the RGG Summit occasion. This teases the areas of Hawaii, Wealthy Island, and Madlantis, in addition to the flashy and fast-paced Mad Canine and Sea Canine fashion fight stances, and the number of minigames on provide. It’s additionally wanting seemingly that we’ll get to sail our personal ship on the excessive seas, primarily based on a number of sequences of ship boarding and crusing. In spite of everything, we’re a pirate captain now.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii launches on Friday, February 28, 2025, on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. It will mark simply over a yr for the reason that final entry, Infinite Wealth, in January 2024, with developer RGG Studio someway knocking out high-quality releases at a document tempo.

You should definitely take a look at our Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth evaluate to seek out out extra about Pirate Yakuza’s predecessor. If the crime recreation lives as much as the superb premise, then it might even turn into top-of-the-line PC video games on the market, although solely time will inform.

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