Yakuza 3 pretty much confirmed for a Western release

[Dreddz]

Link.

Turns out Sega ain't that bad after all. Now this isn't 100% confirmation but I have a feeling that its true. Plus Yakuza 4 is being unveiled at TGS from what I hear. All round good news for us Yakuza fans.

[DK]

I played the demo for this at my friends place in the summer on his PS3, it was pretty god damn awesome and hilarious. I really hope all the features remain in it that are in the japanese version, if they cut out some of the more sketchy content it will be proper annoying. Although I have no prior experience with the series so I don't know if they alter it for western releases, but I hope not. If it comes out uncut I'd love to get it.

[Wolf Kanno]

I really need to start playing this series.

[Bolivar]

This is fantastic news.

Apparently it could come to the West as a "PSN Imports", downloadable with minimal localization for menus and subtitles. I would actually love to play a game like that.

Here's to a great TGS for PS3 owners.

[JKTrix]

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East Meets West – Yakuza 3 Coming In 2010 – PlayStation.Blog.Europe

March 2010, god damn. So many games.

Yakuza 3 is coming – will you fight like a pussy-cat or more Like a Dragon?

I see what they did there.

[Dreddz]

So thats Yakuza 3, God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII and potentially GT5 all within the same month. Christ......

[Nifleheim7]

This will be the game i'll be playing in March.Everything else can wait!

[Bolivar]

On the articles they're saying it's going to be a text localization, with voices staying Japanese. I already said it but it sounds like a good way to play a game like this.

I really can't wait but DAMN there's way too many games coming out in the first 3 months of 2010.

[JKTrix]

Demo is on European PSN right now, will likely be on the American one later. Can finally delete my old Japanese demo.

Playing~

[Dreddz]

I'm going to steer clear of the demo just so I can enjoy the full game even more. I literally can't wait to get my hands on Yakuza 3. Might have to spend the money I was going to spend on FFXIII and spend it on Yakuza 3 instead. Thats how much I want this game.

Funny how Yakuza 4 is being released in Japan just a week after Yakuza 3's western release. I know I say this every time a Yakuza game is released but it is really important that people actually buy Yakuza 3. I get the feeling this is Sega's last effort at releasing a Yakuza game outside of Japan.

[JKTrix]

Might have to spend the money I was going to spend on FFXIII and spend it on Yakuza 3 instead.

There have been two people I know who have said that and have never played a Yakuza game before. The demo is kind of bad if you're not familiar with how the game works, but I was able to show them some of the cooler things you can do.