At long last, the Yakuza series has stepped out of its underground mire and into the mainstream, which means that it's a perfect time for you to polish off Yakuza 0 and pick up every entry in the series. And here's the ideal opportunity: one quick-thinking retailer has ordered retail reprints of the entire series thus far, meaning that Amazon is currently selling sealed copies of Yakuza, Yakuza 2, Yakuza 3, and Yakuza 4. Oh boy!
As you'd expect, the games are quite expensive: the two PlayStation 2 entries will set you back $49.99, while the PlayStation 3 instalments can be yours for $39.95. Unfortunately there are no retail copies of Yakuza 5 in the West as it launched as a digital exclusive on the PlayStation Store back in the days when SEGA was so done with the series that Sony had to pay for the localisation.
It's probably worth mentioning that you'll be able to experience the story of the first game as part of remake Yakuza Kiwami this summer, but if you're loving the series so far, it may be worth digging out your PlayStation 2 and seeing where things got started. SEGA actually poured a ton of money into the first title expecting it to take off like Grand Theft Auto; the fact that fans had to fight for the other entries perhaps shows how well that little experiment went.
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[source amazon.com, via twitter.com]
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Pretty cool for those that don't have them yet.
We should get rare game reprints more often, it's stupid that a PS4 game like gravity rush is rare already.
$49.95 is better then $90 - $100.
Nah! Rather wait for the remasters!
Wow, I might dig out my PS2 and get Yauza 1 and 2.
I rather wait for a remake like yakuza 0 and kiwami.
@wiiware They will most probably have it...but Yakuza 0 is not a remake
I enjoy getting into a new franchise, so I'd definitely do so in a heartbeat if I had the cash to splash. I'd also need a new PS2 since my current one is shot.
That's cool but wouldn't it be better if they added Yakuza 1 and 2 for the PS4 as a PS2 classic?
That's quite expensive - here in the UK places like Cex sell 3, 4 and dead souls for less than £10 each and they all appear on psn as downloads for about £7 ever now and again. I would imagine is Kiwami and 6 does well (and they should based on what zero has done), then they may give 2 the remaster as well.
I would love 2, 3, 4, dead souls and 5 to be remastered but that's asking a lot haha! - even if they brought the 2 remaster for PS3 that was Japanese only (also came out on the Wii u!!!!) to PS3 in English then I would be happy.
I really want to play Kenzan but no chance. Meh.
The first game is awesome, can't wait for the remake. I could tell from playing it Sega put a lot of effort into the game, but I'll be honest, if they expected it to take off like GTA, well, they sure as hell didn't do any advertising to help that happen because I wouldn't even have known about it if I wasn't reading PSM and EGM at the time. There was no advertising at all from what I remember.
@SoulsBourne128 as cool as it would be if they added a ton of other PS2 games to the store as PS2 classics. Sigh.
@AFCC You're right, I remember yakuza 0 is a remake of yakuza 1, not a new game haha..
Really want to play kenzan and ishin so much. Hope they do come across one day.
I'm hoping 2 gets the Kiwami treatment as that's probably my favorite from a narrative perspective. It's a great series and I'd love to see everyone give them a chance as I'd love to see a 7th entry in the series. I'd be fascinated to see who they planned on making the new MC, though it would be quite sad not playing as Kiryu. Though I'd certainly be expecting to at least bump into him at some point.
Sorry but discussion of emulation, modding, hacking etc. is not allowed here. -Tasuki-
Meh. Don't own a PS3, and a remake of Yakuza 1 is releasing State-side.
Psh I have them all.
The weird thing is you'd be surprised at just how many sealed copies of PS2 games still exist. I managed to find sealed copies of Okami, Silent Hill Origins, and Haunting Ground. Glad they're out there for Yakuza too!
they should bring a HD collection of them all to the PS4 already lol
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