Thunder84
Gerudo
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Going through the trailer, these are the changes in character appearances. Obviously not final.
Not a whole lot lost. Yakuza 5 got purged, and rightfully so, but losing Hamazaki and Baba is unfortunate. Surprised we kept Morinaga though. Don't particularly care for Mabuchi and Koshimizu's likenesses being used, although I've long speculated that Koshimizu would pop up in Like a Dragon 8, so that could be the reason for that. And, while I'm happy they're here, Zhao and Han stick out like a sore thumb compared to everyone else, their modern designs clash really badly.
The biggest absences are undoubtedly Sagawa, Tachibana, and Lee from 0, Nagumo, Hirose, Yuta, and Someya from 6, and of course Nanba and Masumi Arakawa from Like a Dragon. Can't have them all, but I would've much rather had a few of these picks over Mabuchi and Koshimizu if we had the choice. Hopefully some of them show up as new characters in side content.
Old | New |
Hanpeita Takechi (Ishin) | Keiji Shibusawa (Yakuza 0) |
Isami Kondo (Ishin) | Koichi Adachi (Yakuza: Like a Dragon) |
Hiroshi Hayashi (Yakuza Kiwami) | Hiroki Awano (Yakuza 0) |
Goh Hamazaki (Yakuza 3) | Daisaku Kuze (Yakuza 0) |
Minoru Aoyama (Yakuza 5) | Masato Arakawa (Yakuza: Like a Dragon) |
Shigeki Baba (Yakuza 5) | Tianyou Zhao (Yakuza: Like a Dragon) |
Hiroshi Kugihara (Yakuza 5) | Joon-gi Han (Yakuza 6) |
Kan Ogita (Yakuza 5) | Kanji Koshimizu (Yakuza 6) |
Yahata (Yakuza 5) | Akira Mabuchi (Yakuza: Like a Dragon) |
Not a whole lot lost. Yakuza 5 got purged, and rightfully so, but losing Hamazaki and Baba is unfortunate. Surprised we kept Morinaga though. Don't particularly care for Mabuchi and Koshimizu's likenesses being used, although I've long speculated that Koshimizu would pop up in Like a Dragon 8, so that could be the reason for that. And, while I'm happy they're here, Zhao and Han stick out like a sore thumb compared to everyone else, their modern designs clash really badly.
The biggest absences are undoubtedly Sagawa, Tachibana, and Lee from 0, Nagumo, Hirose, Yuta, and Someya from 6, and of course Nanba and Masumi Arakawa from Like a Dragon. Can't have them all, but I would've much rather had a few of these picks over Mabuchi and Koshimizu if we had the choice. Hopefully some of them show up as new characters in side content.