It is a pirate’s life for me, and it is a pirate’s life for Goro Majima, recurring eyepatched anti-hero of the used-to-be-called-Yakuza sequence. He is the star of the just-announced Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii, a sport I can solely applaud for the brazen straightforwardness of its title. No matter Sega have been ingesting after they signed off on Metaphor: ReFantazio, they weren’t ingesting after they signed off on this. They have been undoubtedly ingesting one thing, although. This is the reveal trailer.
Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii begins with Goro washing up on the seaside of a wierd island, very similar to Hyperlink in Hyperlink’s Awakening, besides that Goro has a full again tattoo and swanky leather-based trousers, and there’s a small tiger sporting a neckerchief. [SCENE MISSING] Now Goro is sporting a tricorn hat and steering a galleon. There’s point out of Madlantis. [SCENE MISSING] Now there are ninjas in bullet-proof vests, and Goro is throwing cutlasses like boomerangs.
I feel that is nonetheless set in roughly the current day? The fight appears to be like to be real-time. The important thing factor, the essential factor is that Goro is having a variety of enjoyable, bless him.
The Steam web page helps clear the mists slightly. Look, it is bought a full-blown gosh-dang ship-sailing ingredient! “Assemble a one-of-a-kind crew whereas upgrading your ship as you discover the open sea and forge your legend within the cannon hearth of foes, surprising friendships, and immense riches made alongside the way in which,” explains the blurb. You possibly can count on real-time cannon battles, boarding actions and hidden treasure islands.
As for the fight, there is a alternative of no less than two combating kinds. “With ‘Mad Canine’ fashion, make the most of velocity, agility, and aptitude to ship exact but highly effective blows that stun your enemies into submission,” the blurb goes on. “Or make enemies stroll the plank with the ‘Sea Canine’ fashion that has you dual-wielding quick swords and deploying difficult pirate instruments to kick some critical booty.” Three bits of pirate slang in a single sentence, not dangerous. I can do higher although: sink me, this can be a haul value hornswaggling a dungbie for, or my identify’s not Davey Jones’s Locker.
Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii is out on twenty eighth February 2025. I feel I appreciated Goro higher when he was an impossibly suave nightclub supervisor, however I welcome this new nautical section in his profession. In the event you’re new to the sprawling LAD sequence, you would possibly wish to seek the advice of Ed Thorn’s piece on the precise order during which to play them.