Yakuza Kiwami Announced for Nintendo Switch
- Thread starter John Elden Ring
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The one whose creators and actors never played or watched any content from the videogames ever, because they want to make it their own and not be limited by the source material?
Yeah, that's going to work out great.
That's a very standard practice.
Also the people who might complain about the show not having much to do with the game already have the game.
This port is for newcomers with a potential emphasis on the Japanese market/Asia?(it's on the Switch after all)
Also, I might off a bit on this, but I think that Japan is a bit less annoyed by the practice of adaptations not following the source material? The amount of books/mangas/novels/insert any media that get some wild ass adaptations that goes place is so standard in Japan, they must not mind much or else they'd stop producing those. I've been seeing crazy wack clips from a variety of them since like the early 2000s at this point.
This is just the start. I won't be surprised if the next new Yakuza game (depending on when it releases) is Day 1 on Switch 2. This series is probably going to have a big glow-up in Japan thanks to that, and likely internationally as well.
Crisis Core Reunion launched on Switch Day 1 and it didn’t have the big glow-up you thought.
That game didn't do so hot anywhere so seems like it was more of a game problem?
Also IIRC Switch performance for it was rather bad, would've further lessened demand for that version of the game. Market was different at that time, too.
Future Yakuza releases being Day 1 on Switch 2 will likely see much better performance by comparison.
Smh @ anyone who skipped Kino Core Reunion. Super impressive remaster that turned a PSP game into something that looks modern while keeping everything mostly the same (but with slightly better combat). Zack has never looked hotter