Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is reviving traditional Sega arcade recreation The Ocean Hunter in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, marking its first launch on console.
As reported by Automaton, RGG Studio revealed on X/Twitter the wealth of minigames coming to the incoming Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii together with The Ocean Hunter as an arcade recreation.
The Yakuza / Like a Dragon collection is thought for its myriad minigames and inclusion of full traditional titles by visiting precise Sega arcades within the fictional takes on Japan and Hawaii. Yakuza 0 had Out Run and Space Harrier, Yakuza Kiwami 2 had Virtua Fighter 2, Yakuza 6 had Fantasy Zone, and so forth.
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Bringing over The Ocean Hunter, a 1998 on-rails shooter about killing big sea beasties like nice white sharks, was a “very troublesome activity that required the cooperation of many individuals,” nevertheless, in line with an X/Twitter put up from RGG Studio technical director Yutaka Ito.
As talked about, The Ocean Hunter has by no means been ported to console, so RGG Studio needed to do every thing from the bottom up. This included visiting precise arcades to grasp precisely the way it labored, for the reason that recreation does not exist in another, extra accessible, capability.
Ito stated the event crew had been speaking about bringing The Ocean Hunter over for a 12 months forward of really starting work, as a result of it is lack of license-related problems made it a great alternative and it additionally very a lot matches the theme of Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
The recreation, which arrives February 21, is a spin-off sequel to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the eighth mainline entry within the Yakuza / Like a Dragon collection (or ninth together with Yakuza 0). It follows Majima as he wakes up with amnesia and turns into a pirate, exploring the likes of Hawaii alongside the way in which.
A trailer launched on the October Xbox Partner Showcase revealed a correct first have a look at ship fight akin to Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and the return of the beloved character Taiga Saejima, maybe teasing extra ties to the primary collection than beforehand thought.
It may also be a good bit longer than earlier Yakuza spin-off Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, with its story taking round 15 to 18 hours to finish. Fans also can gown up Majima as longtime collection protagonist Kiryu Kazuma, however provided that they join e mail notifications.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
