Last updated on December 8th, 2022 at 02:39 pm
Yakuza: Dead Souls could be a game about aliens, not zombies
Portal Siliconera passes, the creator and director of the series Yakuza Toshihiro Nagosi (Toshihiro Nagoshi) within the 150-hour broadcast dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the franchise, shared a funny story of the development of Yakuza: Dead Souls.
Recall that Yakuza: Dead Souls is an offshoot of the main Yakuza, in which characters familiar from numbered issues fight with the undead.
As it turns out, zombies weren’t always a part of Yakuza: Dead Souls. According to Nagoshi, initially, the developers wanted to confront the Yakuza heroes with the alien invaders.
One of the reasons for choosing such an entourage was Nagoshi’s desire to put into the mouth of the protagonist Kazuma Kiryu a phrase like: “How dare you to come to a foreign planet in dirty shoes. “
As a result, the team did not have enough motivation for integration into Yakuza: Dead Souls and the developers opted for zombies. However, in the course of the discussion, the studio staff had time to laugh.
Yakuza: Dead Souls is a PlayStation 3 exclusive. It was released in Japan (under the name Yakuza: Of the End) in June 2011 and reached the European region in March 2012.
Yakuza: Dead Souls still got out of the Land of the Rising Sun, but the historical offshoots of Yakuza Kenzan and Yakuza Ishin are still inaccessible to Western players. However, the situation may still change.
