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Yakuza
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Yakuza (JP:龍が如く Ryuu ga Gotoku lit. "Like a Dragon") is a video game for the Sony PlayStation 2. The Japanese version was released in December 2005, with a worldwide release following in September 2006. A Japan-only HD remaster was released as a bundle with the game's sequel on the PlayStation 3 in 2012 and the Nintendo Wii U in 2013. An HD remake of the game, Yakuza Kiwami, was released in 2016 in Japan and August 2017 in the rest of the world. The game follows protagonist Kazuma Kiryu (voiced by Daryl Kurylo in the English dub), who serves 10 years in prison for killing his yakuza family patriarch, a killing actually committed by his kyoudai Akira "Nishiki" Nishikiyama in order to protect their childhood friend and mutual love interest Yumi Sawamura. When he comes out in December 2005, he finds that the world he left behind in Tokyo's Kamurocho red-light district has changed beyond recognition: Nishiki has become a tyrant bent on killing him, Yumi is nowhere to be found, and 10 billion yen has mysteriously disappeared from the coffers of their yakuza clan, the Tojo, sending them into a crisis.
Yakuza has the distinction of being the only title in the series whose western release features a full English-speaking voice cast, including the likes of Mark Hamill as Goro Majima and Dwight Schultz as Kage. Unlike Judgment however, there is no option to choose the original Japanese voice language. It is also the only game prior to Judgment to feature other European language text options than English (only available in the PAL region), and the only game in the series to have a UK English localization for the PAL version.
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The following weapons appear in the video game Yakuza:
Handguns
AMT Hardballer
The AMT Hardballer, a derivative of the Colt 1911 with a long slide for better power and accuracy, is the handgun of choice for Nishiki. Kiryu takes it after Nishiki used it to kill their family patriarch Sohei Dojima for kidnapping and trying to rape Yumi in the 1995 flashback at the beginning of the game.
Colt Combat Commander with Seecamp double action conversion/Colt Gold Cup National Match
A Colt Combat Commander with Seecamp double action conversion, a pistol based on the Colt 1911, is seen in the hands of Haruka Sawamura in the Bacchus bar. It also features the standard-shaped hammer, front sight, angled cocking serrations, and Pachmayr grips seen on versions of the Colt Gold Cup National Match, as well as having its .45-calibre barrel.
Glock 36
MIA agents (including their leader Kyohei Jingu) use Glock 36 sub-compact handguns with grip extensions on the magazines. This is a highly unusual firearm that has not made a known appearance in any other video game. However, it can be identified as a 36 rather than the far more common 26 (and its differently chambered variants) due to the lack of the frame bulge for the double-stack magazine. Instead, like the Glock 36, the whole of the frame sits flush with the slide.
Nambu Model 60
The Nambu Model 60 is used by police officers in the game. Like the Glock, the textures are symmetrical, and thus the cylinder release is also seen on the right side of the gun.
Submachine Guns
Heckler & Koch MP5A3
A Snake Flower triad member tries to assassinate Kiryu with a Heckler & Koch MP5A3, but Kiryu uses one of his triad comrades as a human shield. It appears to be fitted with an RIS forearm, and the cocking paddle is on the wrong side. For some reason, the sound of the gun is more like that of an assault rifle or machine gun rather than a 9mm SMG.