The dragon returns in The Yakuza Remastered Collection
Sega have announced that three classic Yakuza titles, Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5 are all coming to PlayStation 4, thanks to the Yakuza Remastered Collection. You can actually buy it today, as a digital item and you will get Yakuza 3 now, with the other two coming later.
Yakuza 4 releases on October 29, 2019, with Yakuza 5 following on February 11, 2020. These games will automatically unlock on these dates for all digital purchases of The Yakuza Remastered Collection.
The Yakuza Remastered Collection is far from a typical console generation port. In addition to graphical and performance upgrades (720p>1080p at 30>60fps), all three games have gone through a rigorous re-localization process. The English scripts for each game have been reviewed, revised, and even rewritten in some cases, and content previously cut from the Western releases of Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 have been re-added in The Yakuza Remastered Collection.
In Yakuza 3, this means the Mahjong, Shogi, Massage Parlor, and ever-popular Cabaret minigames, as well as a collection of Substories cut from the original release, are now available in the West for the first time!
Several quality-of-life changes have also been added for each release in the collection, including a Substory tracker on the map and the ability to toggle between English and Japanese written lyrics during Karaoke.
While they are digital only now, a limited edition release will happen on February 11, 2020 of all three games on disc, but that will be very limited.
