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Publisher SEGA and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have announced Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam, Microsoft Store). It will launch on February 28, 2025 worldwide.
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■ About the Game

A new legend begins as you step into the steel toe boots of Goro Majima, a man who has lost his memory and reinvents himself as a pirate on the open sea.

Embark on an over-the-top, modern-day pirate adventure with an ex-yakuza, now pirate captain and his crew as they engage in exhilarating combat on land and sea in the hunt for lost memories and a legendary treasure.

Pirate Yakuza Adventure Ahoy!

Goro Majima, a notorious ex-yakuza suddenly finds himself shipwrecked on a remote island in the Pacific. Unable to remember even his own name, he sets sail in search of clues to his lost memories, accompanied by a boy named Noah who saved his life. Before long, they’re caught up in a conflict between cutthroat criminals, modern-day pirates, and other scoundrels over a legendary treasure.

Get Your Ship Together

Assemble a one-of-a-kind crew while upgrading your ship as you explore the open sea and forge your legend in the cannon fire of foes, unexpected friendships, and immense riches made along the way.

When an enemy pirate ship catches you in their sights, an exhilarating real-time cannon battle breaks out. Quickly maneuver into position while avoiding fire, then deliver devastating damage to board the enemy ship and take down the captain in all-out crew vs. crew brawls. Conquer the seas, discover hidden islands and acquire loads of loot like a true yakuza pirate!

Kick Arrrss With Creative Combat

Dynamically switch between the “Mad Dog” and “Pirate” fighting styles to mix-up attacks and deliver explosive combos, juggles, and aerial takedowns that reward your creativity with over-the-top action.

With “Mad Dog” style, utilize speed, agility, and flair to deliver precise yet powerful blows that stun your enemies into submission.

Or make enemies walk the plank with the “Pirate” style that has you dual-wielding short swords and deploying tricky pirate tools to kick some serious booty.

■ Story

After losing his memory, Goro Majima, a once-feared legend in the yakuza world, sets sail in search of treasure.

Half a year ago teaming up with Kiryu for a massive battle in the Millenium Tower, Goro Majima washes up with the wreckage of a boat on the shore of a remote, sparsely populated island. With no memories—not even his own name—Majima joins forces with Noah, the young islander who saved his life, and embarks on a search for clues to his forgotten past. However, what waits for them is a powder-keg world where scoundrels vie for a legendary treasure.

■ Cast

Goro Majima (voiced by Hidenari Ugaki)

Patriarch of the Former Tojo Clan’s Majima Family.

An ex-yakuza with no memories who has washed ashore on a remote island.

Noah Rich (voiced by First Summer Uika)

Local boy on Rich Island.

A youth who dreams of the outside world, hoping to leave the confines of Rich Island.

Jason Rich (voiced by Kenji Matsuda)

Bar Owner on Rich Island and Noah’s father.

A former treasure hunter who, despite being a drunkard, is still a true sea dog.

Masaru Fujita (voiced by Ryuji Akiyama (Robert))

Bodyguard and ship cook.

A skilled chef for hire who’s sailed the seas on a long line of pirate ships.

Teruhiko Shigaki (voiced by Munetaka Aoki)

Patriarch of the former Tojo Clan’s Shigaki family.

An ex-yakuza with no memories who has washed ashore on a remote island.

Rodriguez (voiced by Ayumi Tanida)

Palekana disciple.

A burly warrior who guards Nele Island, Palekana’s holy site, with his massive sword.

Mortimer (voiced by Shunsuke Daitoh)

Head of the Mortimer Armada.

A handsome pirate with a charismatic persona who inspires fervor in the lowlifes around him.

Goro (voiced by ???)

Noah’s little friend.

An adorable little cat (?) that Noah found on Rich Island.

■ Battle

Push Combat to the Extreme with Two Battle Styles

In addition to his signature Mad Dog style, which is all about speed, Majima can also use his new Sea Dog style to wield a cutlass and other buccaneer gear. Pick the style that works for you to kick, pummel, and slash your way through the filthy bilge rats who stand in your way!

■ Adventure

Go wild and unleash chaos around the waters of Hawaii as Goro Majima!

Rich Island

A remote island that an amnesiac Goro Majima washes up on. Noah and his family are some of the island’s few inhabitants. Despite fishing being the mainstay of the local economy, pirates reminiscent of the Age of Discovery can be inexplicably seen sauntering around.

Madlantis

A secret island where multiple criminal organizations coexist. In a cave on the island hides a sprawling pleasure district built around a fleet of massive tankers. The Pirates’ Coliseum, a hub where pirates constantly engage in naval battles, is here.

Nele Island

A holy site of Palekana, a long-standing religious group based in Hawaii. The Haku, the most fervent believers of Palekana, inhabit the island. The island is notably larger than Rich Island and has a proper harbor.

Hawaii

One of the world’s most famous tourist destinations. You can learn a lot about Hawaii from the owner of a bar called Revolve in Honolulu City.

■ Early Purchase Bonus

Ichiban Pirate Crew Set
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• Crew Member: Ichiban Kasuga​
• Backup Crew: Nancy​

Ichiban Special Outfit Set
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• Kasuga Outfit (Infinite Wealth)​
• Kasuga Outfit (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)​

■ Game Editions

Standard Edition (physical / digital) – $59.99 / £54.99 / €59.99 / 6,930 yen
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• A copy of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii​

Deluxe Edition (digital) – $74.99 / £64.99 / €74.99 / 8,690 yen
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• A copy of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii​
• Downloadable content
  • Legendary Pirate Crew Pack – Have Kazuma Kiryu, Daigo Dojima, and other fan-favorite Like a Dragon characters become shipmates with the Goro Pirates!​
  • Legendary Outfit Pack – Give Majima more outfits to wear, including a T-shirt exclusively designed for this title and the iconic get-ups sported by yakuza legends such as Kazuma Kiryu and Taiga Saejima.​
  • Ship Customization Pack – Personalize the appearance of your pirate ship, the Goromaru! Choose from designs based on popular characters from the franchise, including Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga.​
  • Extra Karaoke and CD Pack – Add the Majima Construction Song to karaoke and gain the option to play karaoke staples while exploring.​

Complete Box (Japan / Asia) (physical) – 19,800 yen
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• A copy of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii​
• Goro Majima Pop-Up Pirate Jr.​
• Goro Majima Eyepatch​
• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii acrylic art board (A4 size)​
• Art book​
• Downloadable content
  • Legendary Pirate Crew Pack – Have Kazuma Kiryu, Daigo Dojima, and other fan-favorite Like a Dragon characters become shipmates with the Goro Pirates!​
  • Legendary Outfit Pack – Give Majima more outfits to wear, including a T-shirt exclusively designed for this title and the iconic get-ups sported by yakuza legends such as Kazuma Kiryu and Taiga Saejima.​
  • Ship Customization Pack – Personalize the appearance of your pirate ship, the Goromaru! Choose from designs based on popular characters from the franchise, including Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga.​
  • Extra Karaoke and CD Pack – Add the Majima Construction Song to karaoke and gain the option to play karaoke staples while exploring.​

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The Collector's Edition for XSX & PS5 includes:​

• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Standard Edition​
• 6" Tall Acrylic Standee​
• 3" x 4" Eye Patch​
• 12" x 18" Pirate Flag​
• Treasure Coin Pin (2" Diameter)​
• Included Digital Deluxe Content (Legendary Pirate Crew Pack, Legendary Outfit Pack, Ship Customization Pack, Extra Karaoke & CD Pack)​

VGP (Canadian video game retailer) has the CE listed at $129 USD. There's also a placeholder listing for the CE on Amazon.​

 

[Horatius]

hell yeah dude

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Majima!? OK, I guess I don't need a break from Yakuza after all

 

[DeepEnigma]

Holding out for the Like a Dragon Hardgay Yakuza

 

[NanaMiku]

I just want more Akiyama....

 

[SaturnSaturn]

Yokoyama is a hack, bring back Nagoshi, this just look like wacky trash shovelware, and i say this as someone that bought Yakuza Dead Souls day one. Yakuza 0 influx of "wacky" fans ruined the series. The series used to have a modicum of seriousness, now its just wacky. instead of seriousnes with a mix of wacky.

Nothing seems compelling storywise about this game, its also worse that its seemingly canon.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Day 1 as always, just please SEGA, release this in retail form.

 

[Skifi28]

So fucking random.

 

[Mownoc]

Not sure what to think. The premise is great but there's only like 5 seconds of gameplay here, everything else is cutscenes. I don't even know if there's ship sailing and combat or if it's brawling only. The combat also looks like smaller scale dynasty warriors which for me personally isn't a good thing. When this launches there'll also have been THREE Yakuza/Like a Dragon games released in the past 15 months lol.

I'm playing Yakuza 7 currently and I'm loving it.

 

[sudolicious]

Just give me a Yakuza with an all waifu cast already pllllllss

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Ubisoft is sweating

 

[SaturnSaturn]

Not sure what to think. The premise is great but there's only like 5 seconds of gameplay here, everything else is cutscenes. I don't even know if there's ship sailing and combat or if it's brawling only. The combat also looks like smaller scale dynasty warriors which for me personally isn't a good thing. When this launches there'll also have been THREE Yakuza/Like a Dragon games released in the past 15 months lol.

I'm playing Yakuza 7 currently and I'm loving it.

The inclusion of air jumping is so random and makes it look more like a musou game.

 

[Judge Magister]

Hahaha what?! So this series is a parody now??

 

[EDMIX]

Coming to PS4 SlimySnake .....

Ubisoft is sweating

That ACIV remake about to have all hands on deck lol

Hahaha what?! so this series is a parody now??

Its weird, cause that Zombie game they did makes more sense then this lol

 

[drganon]

I was hoping for another judgment game, but this looks fun too.

 

[Alexios]

Noice, hope it does for Majima craze what Like a Dragon Gaiden did for Kiryu seriousness. People (idiots who pretend to know better/more for the series) called that DLC and it's one of the best titles in the series, lol. Will be nice to be in Hawaii with an action battle system instead (ya, not the mod).

 

[Labadal]

He looks like a missing Village People member.

 

[EDMIX]

I was hoping for another judgment game, but this looks fun too.

True, but looking over at the chat on the screen a few times, it seems a lot of them want

Judgement 3
Yakuza 3 remake
Kenzan remake

That seems to be the majority of what I saw


I'm just speculating, but I do wonder if SEGA pays attention to any of that.

 

[poodaddy]

Just give me a Yakuza with an all waifu cast already pllllllss

Gross. Don't turn my beloved series into another typical weaboo dumpster fire. Thank goodness the director already said that the Series will keep its focus on middle aged men.

On topic: I'm always in for more Majima, so this is bought as fuck.

 

[StereoVsn]

I was hoping for proper Judgment entree or a new beat’m’up series.

This looks kind of meh, but need to see more.

 

[Aion002]

Yokoyama is a hack, bring back Nagoshi, this just look like wacky trash shovelware, and i say this as someone that bought Yakuza Dead Souls day one. Yakuza 0 influx of "wacky" fans ruined the series. The series used to have a modicum of seriousness, now its just wacky. instead of seriousnes with a mix of wacky.

Nothing seems compelling storywise about this game, its also worse that its seemingly canon.

They will just keep milking it as longs as people keeps buying it.

It's probably extremely cheap to make these games and they keep getting enough sales to make it worth it.


It's a win-win situation for them.

 

[zapper]

the ad exclusivity deal with xbox seems to be over...? (or maybe it's still valid for major announcements)
there are ps and steam logos this time.

anyway zero interest, for me sega is killing this series and the atlus stuff by pushing a new game every year. I was hoping for a new judgment

 

[SaturnSaturn]

Its also full price lmao 65-70 bucks on steam in my currency.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Looks dumb as hell

They’re really wasting no urges running this franchise into the fucking ground huh

 

[Judge Magister]

for me sega is killing this series and the atlus stuff by pushing a new game every year.

Exactly. The first game I played was Yakuza 3 for PS3, it was awesome. I played some more but I can't follow the pace.

 

[The Cockatrice]

60 euros for a spin off made in a year which has 90% of content rehashed? They really are doing their hardest to milk their hardcore fans huh? Im 100% out. Wiill get it at half or more.

 

[saintjules]

Is that Samoa Joe in the trailer?

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Nice! Finally a Majima stand alone game!

 

[KrisB]

Not what I was expecting at all. Would need to see more gameplay to win me over.

 

[SaturnSaturn]

60 euros for a spin off made in a year which has 90% of content rehashed? They really are doing their hardest to milk their hardcore fans huh? Im 100% out. Wiill get it at half or more.

I honestly dont think this is interesting to their hardcore fans at all. It just random pirate stupid stuff thats also SOMEHOW mainline, with no seemingly interesting crime story to tell. Felt like Yakuza back in the day was one of the few mature games with a good story. this is just appealing to a different crowd.

 

[Astray]

Is that Samoa Joe in the trailer?

Yep lol.

He's only there for a split second too, which is odd tbh.

 

[The Cockatrice]

this is just appealing to a different crowd.

Not sure what crowd. Yakuza doesnt have that big of a fanbase. Shame no Judgment, fucking shame.

 

[Kurotri]

Day 1. Finally, a proper Black Flag sequel.

 

[Metnut]

I’ll eventually play this but gonna need to see a lot more for day 1. Seems like this should be a $40 game like the Gaiden one.

But Majima is great, so I will have to check this out so long as it doesn’t review like complete shit. I’ve never played a RGG game I didn’t like, so it should be fine.

Hopefully there’s a pirate island sub game.

 

[Midn1ght]

Nice! Finally a Majima stand alone game!

Same, I was hoping for one but this... I don't know man.

I wish they would just follow up on Yakuza 0 and go from there with him, continue the story and his relationship with Makoto.
Haven't played all the Yakuza games so maybe they did but I just love his character and story in Yakuza 0

 

[Jack Videogames]

Hmm I'm not sure

What made yakuza great was the tonal splash from serious to wacky and back to serious. Having a deadpan protagonist helped lots.

I'm starting to lose interest in yakuza because it's gone full wacko mode, like a parody of itself. Loved IW but looking back it seems like the stakes were really low and the crime story wasn't all that engaging.

Still I hope they remake 3 sooner or later

 

[adamsapple]

 

[nowhat]

Yakuza 3 remake

...really, someone wants this? I think it's definitely the weakest of the series. Well, perhaps the original game, but it gets a pass for being the first.

 

[nowhat]

Haven't played all the Yakuza games so maybe they did but I just love his character and story in Yakuza 0

You'll want to play Kiwami 2 if you already haven't. There's an epilogue of sorts.

 

[SaturnSaturn]

...really, someone wants this? I think it's definitely the weakest of the series. Well, perhaps the original game, but it gets a pass for being the first.

3 is honestly my favorite with 6.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Another thought I had while watching this trailer is that Hawaii will be the new Kamurocho and I'm honestly sick of that location. For 3-4 games it was novel, like revisiting an old friend and finding out what's changed but man, every fucking game (though it developed into not being the "main" location) is overkill, hope they don't give Hawaii the same treatment (they will lol).

 

[nowhat]

3 is honestly my favorite with 6.

Different strokes and all that. But no matter. The series caters for all.

 

[adamsapple]

Yakuza 3 does not need a remake, folks. It already has a great 1080p/60 remaster available.

 

[Null Persp]

they are gonna recycle hawaii for the next 4-5 entries

 

[EDMIX]

Yakuza 3 does not need a remake, folks. It already has a great 1080p/60 remaster available.

........why do you push away those who love you?

 

[protonion]

Day one as usual.

Yakuza is one rare case of game series that make me feel grateful they exist.
All you have to do is press start at the title screen and you will have a blast for 50-100 hours.

 

[LordCBH]

Day 1 as always, just please SEGA, release this in retail form.

THIS. Sega went full retard with the Gaiden game’s release.

 

[adamsapple]

Samoa fuckin' Joe is in this.

 

[sudolicious]

Gross. Don't turn my beloved series into another typical weaboo dumpster fire.

But I am a weeb and that is what we do. I tried Yakuza once with the mod where you play some hostess girl, that was pretty neat, but Sega needs to go all the way.

 

[adamsapple]

Oh wow, apparently someone leaked this all the way back in May on 4chan, but no one believed it cause it sounded too absurd, lol.