You may have heard the unfortunate news that some Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 content is to be dropped for the forthcoming Yakuza 3.
Here's Kotaku's Stephen Totilo on the subject.
And here's a recap of the pertinent details:
"Regarding Yakuza 3, we had a tight schedule to abide by for localizing and releasing Yakuza 3 in the west. Due to the limited time we were given we had to leave certain bits of the game out..." - SEGA
"Yakuza 3 was released a year ago in Japan this week, which makes Sega's comments about time pressures confusing." - Stephen Totilo
Totilo appears to believe, then, that localisation consists of taking a disc image and sending it through Google Translate.
How do Kotaku writers manage to dress themselves every morning?
As for the story itself, as someone who was rather fond of the previous two games I find it a real shame, but there remains the possibility (however unlikely) that some or all of the missing content could be translated and included as DLC should the game sell well. Or that its sequel could be afforded a localisation budget sufficient for the whole game. So buy it you goddamn philistines.
On an unrelated note, I recently felt compelled to start another, more frivolous blog. Have a gander. Or don't, it's up to you really.
Coming up next time: a review-ish thing of Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen.
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