Want Yakuza 3? Tell Sega

Playing through Yakuza 2 now...

"Sudden death or youth in Asia?" by Gary Buster Holmes so far is best line in the game :lol
 
viewtiful_dru said:
I already told them by buying the first two.
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This.

In a side note, whenever people ask for a sequel to a sega a game (Jet set radio, shenmue, Valkyria, panzer dragoon, and so on), I somehow wish Sega ask them to show the receipt of having bought any of those games at least on the same year they were released (no ebay, no emus, no clearance...). if not their opinion must mean zero.

so you better scan those receipt and attach them on your mails.
 
That'll do Tailzo, that'll do...


Anyway, like others have said, this is a shot in the dark if SEGA needs to dub the entire game to comply with the ass-hattery of SCEA policies. SCEA; you sux. You're not SCEE, but through affiliation and your own sux you are the penultimate sux0r.

edit: I bought both at release by the way, so SEGA been getting my money. I'm about to boot Yakuza 2 rite nao and shake my fist at SEGA's general direction.
 
SEGA was already looking into translating Yakuza 3...

but there's one significant problem...

somehow the text that needs to be translated/exchanged is too "chained up" in the source code, there's no easy way to "just translate it in an easy way" like its the case with many other japanese games that are developed with a western release in mind. (final fantasy etc)

just my 2 cents out from the shadows of sega...
 
Totobeni said:
again , without SCEA drop their policy of mandatory English soundtrack for NA versions, this is useless .

better send emails to SCEA .



blame SCEA and their forced English shitty rule , not SEGA , see Way of the Samurai 3 , Battle Fantasia why these are only on 360 in NA ? this is not SEGA fault .
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I live in Europe, so I don't think SCEA can decide wether it releases here or not.

chocomarker1 said:
SEGA was already looking into translating Yakuza 3...

but there's one significant problem...

somehow the text that needs to be translated/exchanged is too "chained up" in the source code, there's no easy way to "just translate it in an easy way" like its the case with many other japanese games that are developed with a western release in mind. (final fantasy etc)

just my 2 cents out from the shadows of sega...
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You're working at Sega?
 
RyuKanSan said:
why is that we have to email/etc to get a game here? i mean shouldn't it just make sense to localize it
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I don't know when you look at sales numbers of Yakuza 2. I can't remember the numbers, but I do remember not being impressed. I still think partly of the problem was that the game was released so late.
 
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...and sent.
 
ShockingAlberto said:
Sega will take it as confirmation that they should go ahead with a samurai-themed Sonic game.
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Actually, that'd be a neat idea for the 3rd Storybook game with Motion+. But that's for another thread. But after Black Knight, I'm not that confident Sega can do a sword-based Sonic game justice (or any console Sonic game for that matter). :/

As for this, I'm sure Atlus will bring it over, unless it's true that the game's technically difficult to bring over.
 
Hero of Legend said:
Actually, that'd be a neat idea for the 3rd Storybook game with Motion+. But that's for another thread. But after Black Knight, I'm not that confident Sega can do a sword-based Sonic game justice (or any console Sonic game for that matter). :/

As for this, I'm sure Atlus will bring it over, unless it's true that the game's technically difficult to bring over.
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This should of been apparent ages ago.
 
How's the story compared to the other games? I liked the first game's, but Yakuza 2 let me down.
Although, the whole section from meeting the Korean Shogi player to where Kazuma gets stabbed was really awesome. That guy's allegory about the chess champion was really hardboiled and "I want us to be even so kill me? Life isn't that simple!" was my favorite line in the game. The section where Ryuuji sends his sister down in the elevator was good as well, but the rest of the endgame sucked so bad storywise that it didn't really help.
 
Hero of Legend said:
As for this, I'm sure Atlus will bring it over, unless it's true that the game's technically difficult to bring over.
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Really? If anyone's going to keep Atlus (or NISA, or any of the other localization companies) from bringing over a major Japanese title, it's Sega. Sakura Taisen anyone? It's arguably a much larger franchise for Sega than Yakuza, but it's taken the installment that's set in America at least four years to come over, and the other ones still might not ever get localized.
 
Yeah man, why is the English version for Yakuza games taking so long?
Why's Sega "tormenting" the western Yakuza Fans?



Also I would really like to have Leonidas Leonardi!
 
androvsky said:
Really? If anyone's going to keep Atlus (or NISA, or any of the other localization companies) from bringing over a major Japanese title, it's Sega. Sakura Taisen anyone? It's arguably a much larger franchise for Sega than Yakuza, but it's taken the installment that's set in America at least four years to come over, and the other ones still might not ever get localized.
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Yeah, but NISA is bringing over Sakura Taisen.
 
If they'll be allowed to offer it in subtitles I would prefer that...as that will significantly lower the cost needed to produce a localization
 
VegaShinra said:
Yeah, but NISA is bringing over Sakura Taisen.
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Yes, in that NISA is bringing over Sakura Taisen 5 (I did mention this in my post, btw). The first three games were huge commercial and critical successes; by many measurements it was one of Sega's most important series in Japan for about a decade. The third game came out 8 years ago. On the Dreamcast. We still might not ever see it in English.

The first Sakura Taisen game was released 13 years ago on the Saturn, and multiple sources have said that many localization companies were hounding Sega ever since then to get a chance to bring it over here. Yes, NISA managed to find a crack in Sega's armor and snagged the fifth game and it gives me a tiny bit of hope, but it's nowhere near a given that certain big-budget Sega series will get picked up for localization.

Hopefully the management change at Sega of America will clear some of this idiocy up, but it's not something I'd count on.
 
After all these e-mails I've sent, I haven't even got oen reply, except for an auto reply by the finnish, that I think is saying something about being on vacation.
 
toneroni said:
Should i finish Yakuza 1 or skip to Yakuza 2? How long are they? It's definitely dated but the upscaling from the ps3 seems to help a little...
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finish it. playingit in order will make the second game more enjoyable because of the returning characters.
 
The one thing that really struck me with Yakuza 2 is how well Sega handled the lip synching. I'd be perfectly happy with a subbed Yakuza 3. I'd prefer it, acutally.
 
Tailzo said:
After all these e-mails I've sent, I haven't even got oen reply, except for an auto reply by the finnish, that I think is saying something about being on vacation.
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Still no reply from any of them. I'm actually surprised, I sent out a lot of e-mail to different Sega offices. Atleast they coudl've sent a "no comment" answer.
 
After playing some of Yakuza one recently (after listening to the praise on an old 1up Yours Podcast) I can safely say that I would not care if it was subbed because the english voiceovers in Yakuza are pretty awful. Bring out Yakuza 3 and also the offshoot and I will gladly buy it, it would make me play through Yakuza 1 and 2 more quickly than I am right now.
 
The problem is, the amount of people asking probably totals up to maybe a couple hundred and that's exactly how many copies it would sell.
 
There are almost twice as many members of GAF as there were sales of Yakuza 2. NeoGAF the Video Game would have more market cache than Yakuza does in NA.
 
I remember hearing on ListenUp that developers / publishers take more notice from snail mail letters than they do email. So get out your paper and send a letter.
 
Why is a (non) release in NA and EU even in discussion?

They released both of the prequels in both regions, got good press and I don't think they sold so poorly that the costs for the translations (Just give me subtitles and I'm good) weren't covered. And isn't it the second best selling title for the PS3 in Japan?

Stupid Sega...
 
sonicmj1 said:
Need I remind you of what happened to the publisher who localized Phantom Dust?
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Majesco? They released some good smaller games, then decided "HEY, WE'RE LIKE EA NOW, LETS DUMP ALL OUR MONEY INTO ADVENT RISING...AND YOU CAN WIN A MILLION DOLLARS BY PLAYING IT" and well, you know the rest.


but this is sega, a company that releases bomb after bomb with great efficiency, yet still manages to put out more and more.
 
Hi @ all

I'm new here so don't kill me for this. There is a petition going on for Yakuza 3, I'd have linked it sooner here, but I had to wait a little bit to get registered...

http://www.**************.com/yakuza/petition.html

I know it will most likely not be of any use, but for those who want to tell Sega anyway, just sign it.

@ Jay Sosa

When I read how well Yakuza 3 did sell in Japan and how good the ratings were, just d'oh! How long do they want to wait, maybe until the graphics are outdated and PS4 already on the horizon?
 
I did tell SEGA, but they didn't seem to care : (

SCEA should just change their policy regarding foreign language games. Some things are better left untouched, RGG VO's is one of those things.
How many games are being held back from release over in the West by that retarded policy anyway? It can't be RGG only.
 
Damn, I want Yakuza 3 so bad. Its the only piece of olde SEGA left. Loved the first two. Kazuma is a badass no doubt.
 
Sidewinder said:
When I read how well Yakuza 3 did sell in Japan and how good the ratings were, just d'oh! How long do they want to wait, maybe until the graphics are outdated and PS4 already on the horizon?
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It's quite mind-boggling when you think about it..They released Yakuza 2 in europe after the PS 2 was rather dead(and already had tons of games to choose from) and now when PS3 gamers all over the world are craving for new, excellent titles they're not releasing their most successful game (by a mile) in NA and Europe?
 
Jay Sosa said:
It's quite mind-boggling when you think about it..They released Yakuza 2 in europe after the PS 2 was rather dead(and already had tons of games to choose from) and now when PS3 gamers all over the world are craving for new, excellent titles they're not releasing their most successful game (by a mile) in NA and Europe?
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Their most successful game is 'Mario and Sonic at the Olympics' and they are bringing the sequel out to every imaginable territory. With Nintendo, of course.

If they want dosh, they can make another Sonic game.
 
Every time I see this topic get bumped, I always think its because we've finally gotten some kind of comment from SEGA on the localization.

Why must you gaffers keep playing with my heart :,(
 
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