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 めんそーれー! Welcome to Game Kiwi’s juiciest LP yet, Yakuza 3! Yakuza 3? That would be correct. Like it says on the tin, they called the third Yakuza game Yakuza 3. We played the first game in 2015 (holy poo poo) (LP Archive Link). We also played Yakuza 2 throughout last year (LP Archive Link). AP hadn’t really come into contact with Yakuza before meeting me, and he’s still liking it so we’re gonna keep going as long as that’s the case. It’s also worth noting that there was another game between 2 and 3 called Kenzan what never came west. Since it’s not in English we’re going to be skipping it (though I may stream a bit at some point). If you want to see that game, I played a little bit during Extra Life 2015. Egomaniac also did a fully translated LP of it that’s very good (http://lparchive.org/Ryuu-ga-Gotoku-Kenzan/) Who are you? Game Kiwi is an internet in-joke turned into a real thing. Once again I’ve got AP joining me at the wheel. AP lives in Wales, and I live in California. This is our 4rd LP together! It’s getting to be a lot of them! When will you release? We plan on releasing videos on our usual Mondays and Fridays. There will also be bonus videos. Once I introduce minigames and side stuff to AP I plan to stream (and archive on YT, naturally) me playing more of those unless it’s something AP personally wants to see more of. Streams will likely come on Fridays when I'm not recording actual eps. This should let us both keep the LP focused as well as being able to show more of the side content than before. I also plan on streaming NG+ on higher difficulty to show off what’s going on there. This Yakuza LP is going to be our biggest yet! Anything else? Yakuza is still great! After that last LP I’m really realizing how much better these games got with each iteration. We’re both looking forward to sharing our island journey with y’all! So, buckle on your aloha shirts, and let’s go!  Spoiler Rules: Please don’t. This is a very story-centric game, and AP is getting it for the first time (as may be other posters). Please don’t ruin it for them. If you really really want to talk spoilers, there’s the Yakuza General Thread for that, or you can PM me for spoilery tips or things you want me to try and check out. If you absolutely have a burning need to talk spoilers, then blackbar tag them and any responses to spoiler comments, otherwise AP can’t read the thread. Please don’t make AP sad he’s a very sensitive boy.Episode List: (Series Playlist)                                  [url="youtube.com/watch?v=48dFOLs7-6s"  [/url]Recap Episodes:   Submitted Art mikeycp fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Jul 17, 2017 |
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Misc Info.Captain Walker posted:Yakuza 1 Recap Summary mikeycp fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Feb 6, 2017 |
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Jan 23, 2017 21:15
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Jan 23, 2017 21:15
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pop on your hawaiian shirt ladies and gents, the more garish the better
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Jan 23, 2017 22:00
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Excellent! I was on the translation team for this game, responsible for about 40K words of dialogue (chiefly in sidequests) and other fun stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing it again.
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Jan 23, 2017 22:26
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Oh nice! I don't suppose you would have any insights on why those names were changed in the first 3 games, would you? Either way, any tidbits you can offer about stuff would be neat! I plan to hit all the sidequests this time, so you'll hopefully see most all of your work.
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Jan 23, 2017 22:54
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According to Sega the content was cut because, they didn't think that stuff would resonate with western audiences. Anyway from what I can remember of the traditional end game plot dump, the overall story of Yakuza 3 is actually kind of stupid.
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Jan 24, 2017 04:27
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I didn't have that much inside info on this project, and any decisions like that would have been made before the localization process, but yeah, that sounds like the kind of reasoning a Japanese game company would have for cutting/changing content.
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Jan 24, 2017 15:29
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Well, it was worth an ask!
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Jan 24, 2017 20:42
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And thus the first week of eps comes to a close. And it's time for our first boss fight!
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Jan 27, 2017 21:05
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You fight Majima in every game, including Yakuza 2- except Zero and Dead Souls, where you can play as Majima. And if you keep going through the series, you'll learn how he lost the eye.
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Jan 28, 2017 00:27
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I know. I was wondering how often he's the first boss because I couldn't recall.
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Jan 28, 2017 01:09
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I think 3 is the first time he's the first boss. He's usually somewhere in the middle or towards the end.
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Jan 28, 2017 15:25
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He's the first boss in Kenzan, but yeah. I felt like that was the case. I just couldn't remember how the first two games started that well.
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Jan 29, 2017 00:08
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ThePsychoGamer posted:According to Sega the content was cut because, they didn't think that stuff would resonate with western audiences. It strikes me more like the kind of thing some marketing person at Sega decided was the 'reason' Yakuza/Ryo ga Gotoku doesn't sell in the west. "Oh, it's the hostess clubs and mahjong minigames!"
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Jan 29, 2017 03:48
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Kaoru can't be in the Yakuza too much because she isn't a BIG STRONG MAN with BIG STRONG FEELINGS. I don't mean that in a sexist way, Yakuza just loves big men with big feelings for each other way too much to do anything else.
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Jan 29, 2017 08:35
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Gaz-L posted:It strikes me more like the kind of thing some marketing person at Sega decided was the 'reason' Yakuza/Ryo ga Gotoku doesn't sell in the west. "Oh, it's the hostess clubs and mahjong minigames!" The really weird part is the weird end stubs of the hostess quests that they did leave in. I'll show them all, but it makes it seem like during the Yakuza 3 timeframe Kazuma was just really into banging randos from the local McD, which is pretty out of character. Kibayasu posted:Kaoru can't be in the Yakuza too much because she isn't a BIG STRONG MAN with BIG STRONG FEELINGS. Also because she wasn't needed as a plot device-in-distress anymore so they didn't know how to fit her into any actual role.
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Jan 29, 2017 10:26
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mikeycp posted:Oh nice! I don't suppose you would have any insights on why those names were changed in the first 3 games, would you? I know that Shintaro Kazama's name was changed because they were afraid people would be confused with people talking about Kazama and Kazuma, which is fair, it's easy to get mixed up, especially during the plot dumps and exposition when there's a thousand names flying around. And Nishikiyama's name was shortened because a) it was a mouthful and b) probably to make it easier to match the mouthflaps.
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Jan 29, 2017 15:42
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Oh ok. Those reasons make sense. Now to learn the reasoning behind why Hanaya got changed to Kaze.
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Jan 30, 2017 01:03
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Hirayuki posted:Excellent! I was on the translation team for this game, responsible for about 40K words of dialogue (chiefly in sidequests) and other fun stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing it again.
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Jan 30, 2017 01:07
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It was also my first. This may change as the LP continues, but I currently feel like this game gets way more flak than it deserves.
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Jan 30, 2017 01:11
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It deffo has a start that isn't to everyones tastes, but dammit, I loving love it. If helping children and wearing hawaiian shirts ain't your thing then you ain't no frienda mine compadré, is what I'm saying. Tbh though, I have never played the Japanese gambling and the hostess stuff is some almost always either cringy or just kinda dull; I certainly haven't enjoyed it in the later games.
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Jan 30, 2017 01:18
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The Japanese gambling stuff is p good imo. Way better than casinos at the very least. I could take or leave the hostess bits too. I can see it being more of a thing if you're in the target audience and know the porn stars they're all modeled after I guess? I dunno. I've always seen it as inoffensive and just kinda there. Also helping orphans owns and I'm still loving it so far. mikeycp fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Jan 30, 2017 |
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Jan 30, 2017 02:16
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The gambling in the games is you, saving, then betting everything on the banker in Baccarat 3 times and savscumming until you have endless money. One of the Japanese gambling games literally just being "even or odd" is also really funny to me tbh I wish Orphan Helping Simulator was a more common genre in videogames, too.
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Jan 30, 2017 02:41
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Koi-koi is great and I'm 100% planning on streaming me just playing a bunch of it.
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Jan 30, 2017 02:53
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I've always been interested in this series but never managed to finish an LP of one. I have a cursory understanding of stuff like who Nishiki is and whatnot. While I'd like to go back to 1 and 2s at some point, can any resident Yakuza expert give a quick rundown of the plot and events of those games? Thanks internet buddies.
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Jan 30, 2017 16:06
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Good to see you used my thread title. This was the first Yakuza game that I actually played after Jamesman's LP of 1 got me into the series way back in 2009. One of my great regrets is that will never experience the madness that was 2 unspoiled. Maybe they'll remake it like 1. ManSedan posted:I've always been interested in this series but never managed to finish an LP of one. I have a cursory understanding of stuff like who Nishiki is and whatnot. While I'd like to go back to 1 and 2s at some point, can any resident Yakuza expert give a quick rundown of the plot and events of those games? Thanks internet buddies. 3 and 4 actually come with great recap videos of the previous numbered games, and for this game it's kinda necessary viewing since events and characters from 1 and 2 play major roles. Hopefully mikeycp will upload those videos at some point. Otherwise I'll write up a quick plot dump in the near future.
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Jan 30, 2017 17:07
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It's Monday! New Ep Time!Captain Walker posted:3 and 4 actually come with great recap videos of the previous numbered games, and for this game it's kinda necessary viewing since events and characters from 1 and 2 play major roles. Hopefully mikeycp will upload those videos at some point. Otherwise I'll write up a quick plot dump in the near future. Currently I don't have plans to do those, but it's not out of the question! In the mean time go ahead and write up that plot dump and I'll put it one of the OP posts! e: Yakuza 2 is also on the LP Archive now, it looks like! http://lparchive.org/Yakuza-2/ I'll put a link to it up in the OP as well. mikeycp fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Jan 30, 2017 |
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Jan 30, 2017 22:45
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Captain Walker posted:3 and 4 actually come with great recap videos of the previous numbered games, and for this game it's kinda necessary viewing since events and characters from 1 and 2 play major roles. Hopefully mikeycp will upload those videos at some point. Otherwise I'll write up a quick plot dump in the near future. The recap videos are at least likely uploaded somewhere as well, but don't let me discourage anything because I remember seeing them before and still not really catching everything.
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Feb 3, 2017 09:45
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They're definitely up on youtube once already, if not twice.
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Feb 3, 2017 10:45
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New Ep Time!
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Feb 3, 2017 19:45
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Sonatine is Beat Takeshi, isn't it? Has the fireworks fight on the beach? I remember seeing it years ago, but only remember that, the paper sumo scene (and the beach sumo scene) and the Russian roulette bit.
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Feb 4, 2017 00:27
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Yakuza is so goddamn good, keep it up. I'm enjoying these.
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Feb 4, 2017 01:51
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Kaboom Dragoon posted:Sonatine is Beat Takeshi, isn't it? Has the fireworks fight on the beach? I remember seeing it years ago, but only remember that, the paper sumo scene (and the beach sumo scene) and the Russian roulette bit. Yes and Yes. Sonatine is dope af and if anybody reading this hasn't seen it go fix that right the heck now! Joe Hisaishi even did the score! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSLlX4czsZA HOTLANTA MAN posted:Yakuza is so goddamn good, keep it up. I'm enjoying these. Glad to hear it! I hope to have some bonus viddies for y'all next week to go along with the regularly scheduled eps!
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Feb 4, 2017 07:36
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I have a weekend surprise for y'all! AP and I recorded the Yakuza 1 and 2 recap videos! Enjoy! (Also I'm planning on 1 more bonus video in the next couple weeks, and maybe a stream this Friday.) mikeycp fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Feb 5, 2017 |
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Feb 5, 2017 04:47
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mikeycp posted:I have a weekend surprise for y'all! AP and I recorded the Yakuza 1 and 2 recap videos! Enjoy! Thanks so much for these. I need to get caught up with the Yakuza series, and while I've been aware of it, I haven't really looked into it deeply before.
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Feb 5, 2017 20:15
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No problem! If we'd known people would've wanted then we would've done them at the start!
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Feb 5, 2017 20:17
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Yay, you're back! When you do the bonus streams, will you post those in the thread too? I am not very good at catching streams when they happen...
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Feb 6, 2017 07:30
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Streams usually end up landing on the YT channel not too long after they happen, but I am sure Mikey will post any bonus streams in here as a part of the LP anyway, so you shouldn't miss out on anything.
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Happy new week! It's time for a new ep!Thesaya posted:Yay, you're back! Yeah I will, and archives will go in the playlist too. My tentative plan is to do bonus streams on weeks AP and I aren't recording proper episodes, so every other Friday starting somewhere between 12-2 PM PST. This Friday will likely have a stream for at least a little while. I'll post in here before streams start, and put the archives in here as soon as they're ready.
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