Yakuza series makes Nintendo Switch debut in October

Sega’s Yakuza series will make its debut on Nintendo Switch with Yakuza Kiwami on Oct. 24, Nintendo announced during Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct showcase. The game itself is a high-definition remake of the first Yakuza game, first published for PlayStation 2 in 2006.

Perhaps not coincidentally, Amazon Prime Video’s live-action adaptation, Like a Dragon: Yakuza, premieres Oct. 25.

Yakuza Kiwami appears to be a straightforward port to Switch; the trailer Nintendo showed on Tuesday presented all the familiar elements of Yakuza, from intense, combo-inflected melee combat to the numerous distractions and minigames available as antihero Kazuma Kiryu swaggers through Tokyo’s Kamurocho entertainment district.

Despite a series history spanning more than 20 titles, just two others have appeared on any kind of Nintendo platform and only in Japan: the original Yakuza, and Yakuza 2.

The newest game in the series, since retitled to match its branding in Japan, is Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which launched Jan. 26 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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