In the thread called "Please welcome SEGA Producer Yas to the Yakuza forums! " of SEGA Forum, Yas confirmed that shogi will be in Yakuza4 to be released in Q1 2011. Shogi is cut in Yakuza3 at the moment though it's in Yakuza and Yakuza2. Several ten-thousand Yakuza4 users will encounter shogi as a mini-game in it after its release.
#1 (posted by RubyEclipse)
Hey everyone!
Today we have a special announcement that I think many of you guys will be stoked to hear. Our Senior Producer at SEGA of America for Yakuza 4, Yas, has officially joined the forums and will be around to discuss the game, talk about localization efforts, and more as we build up towards our big launch this spring.
There may be some questions Yas can't answer yet, but now we have a direct representative straight from our production team who can jump into discussions, correct wrong info, and maybe even answer some of those hardball questions you guys have. (Just be polite!)
A little history: Yas used to work at SEGA years ago and recently rejoined us to work on projects like Yakuza 4, among others. While he wasn't around for Y3, he's doing his best to make sure Y4's production as good as possible. He's fluent in Japanese and does the best actual yakuza impression I've ever heard - in San Francisco, anyway.
Let's give him a warm Yakuza-style welcome to the SEGA Boards!#13 (Posted by Yas@Senior Producer, SEGA of America)
Hostess (kyaba-tsuku), shogi, mahjong and massage mini-games are in.
Comments