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Yakuza sequel confirmed News

PlayStation 2 News by Matt Martin

1 September, 2006

Sega has confirmed a sequel to Ryu ga Gotoku, known as Yakuza in the West, by launching a big ol' website.

With the first game due for release in Europe on September 15th , the sequel is preparing to intimidate Japanese retailers this December.

The 18-rated crime sim could prove there's life in the old PS2 dog yet, and if sales are decent enough in Europe, there's no reason why the sequel shouldn't make it to our shores next year.

Meanwhile, a full-length movie based on the game is currently in the works, directed by sick puppy Takashi Miike - who's best known for the likes of Ichi The Killer, although resident Japanophile Rob (whom Tom claims nearly got him killed in a yakuza-run bar in Tokyo last year) points out that Miike has also made everything from period drama (Sabu) to horror flicks (One Missed Call), so there's no telling what he'll turn out this time.

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CitizenGeek
01/09/06 @ 16:24
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FIRST! Maybe Sega should release the first Yakuza over here first....
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01/09/06 @ 17:36
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Miike makes so many films in so many genres it's impossible to pigeonhole him as a "sick puppy".

Yakuza 2 should be PS3 exclusive. Just kidding.
space ace
01/09/06 @ 17:46
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miike has done so many such films... and always interesting!
Hughes.
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Well, Oodishon is pretty sick, just gruesome for the sake of it. A man with a very broad canon though, to be sure.
thefilthandthefury
02/09/06 @ 06:58
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My personal favourite Takashi Miike film would be Ichi the Killer. Yes it's violent, yes it's gory, but it's so amazingly over-the-top you never quite take it seriously and I mean that in a good way.
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02/09/06 @ 15:40
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Indeed, I have seen about 25 of his 60 something films and I just love him. He's one of the few directors active today who really is quite unique, there's absolutley nothing that you can tie him to. And, considering the fact that he has worked in so many different genres, he is not worthy to be labeld as a "sick puppy".

Just watch The Bird People In China if you think ultraviolence is his only forte. Or the beautiful childhood re-experience of the circle of life and his masterful symbolic work in Dead Or Alive 2. Or the purly wonderfully charming musical The Happiness of The Katakuris.

The fact that he is directing the movie has made me interested, especially since his latest pure Yakuza movie 'Agitator' was really good, and emotionally powerful. This could definitely become something quite great.
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02/09/06 @ 15:41
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And to think Sega is associated with Yakuzas was a fary tale. :)
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The best Miike movie is Happiness of the Katakuris. It's the best zombie musical I've ever seen.
thefilthandthefury
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It's the only zombie musical I've ever seen :D
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my favorite remains dead or alive 2: birds, while audition imo is the best horror film - period.
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Wow! SEGA looks longterm. Must be dreaming!
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05/09/06 @ 08:38
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"Deeper, deeper..."

Makes my teeth itch just thinking about it.

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