Starting March 15th you'll once again be able to fill the shoes of Kazuma Kiryu as he bashes in faces all over the Orient during the day, and then party hard with the ladies at night. The game features 4 new protagonists and, due to player demand, the developers have left in all the Hostess Club content found in the original Japanese release.

I don't know about you, but I possibly see myself spending more time playing Yakuza: Dating Sim then the aforementioned bashing component. Of course, what better way to cap off a night of rolling around with SO CUTE ^..^ Asian girls than bashing someone in the mouth with a parking meter.

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    Zocano
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I already have it preordered and am blissfully awaiting its arrival!

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    Zengaku
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Good to hear a firm release date on yakuza 4. Playing yakuza 3 recently and loving it

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    Windalfr
    13 years, 10 months ago

    inb4 an Ultimatefoolish person

    Meh, not extremely excited but I do love the series regardless and if I have enough, this may be a 1st day purchase.

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    GaiusBaltar
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I hate, hate, HATED, Yakuza 3. Granted it was my first Yakuza game, the controls and the world structure was genesis era archaic. I really liked the cutscenes and the over arching story so its a shame.

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    DaFool
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I spent probably half of my time in Yakuza 2 managing the hostess clubs and going on individual dates. I can't wait for this one to release so I can do it all over again.

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    Phoenix
    13 years, 10 months ago

    The hostess bars get boring after you bang your first girl, I never cared much for them being cut. As for the rest of the game, bring it on!

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    Lioneguy
    13 years, 10 months ago

    As someone who's never played a Yakuza game, I'm excited to be able to finally play one, although I will try and play Yakuza 3 before it comes out.

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    Heavens_Blue
    13 years, 10 months ago

    Woot! Yaguchi Mari is in Yakuza 4 as a masseuse. Totally buyin' this game just for that. :)

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    ricoswuave38
    13 years, 10 months ago

    i'll hopefully be getting this day 1, but does anyone know if i should play 3 before playing this one? thanks in advance

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    Arxidus
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I'm willing to give it a go. Besides, the dude in the screen shot looks like he's enjoying himself.

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    Testsubject909
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I wonder if David will have any squee moments with Yakuza 4's hostess club portions.

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    CrossOutlaw
    13 years, 10 months ago

    "night of rolling around with SO CUTE ^..^ Asian girls"

    lol joseph, never let your girlfriend find out about that...but yeah I'm excited for this game. Just having some new playable characters with different fighting styles is gonna be refreshing, not that there was anything wrong with Kazuma Kiryu and his fucking pimp ass suit.

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    Comradebearjew
    13 years, 10 months ago

    I hope its as good as it looks.

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    McMullersAMM
    13 years, 10 months ago

    One of the few games I will be able to pick up this year(assuming UK release is similier to US. Looking forward to playing my first Yakuza and for some reason I am interested in Yakuza of the Dead as well.