What IS Yakuza in 2025?

Hey there! Sorry about the kinda bait-y title and thumbnail, but honestly it does pretty much sum up how I feel about the current State of Things. Really just felt like I had to get all this talk outta my system, so it might be a little scatterbrained lol.

Like I say in the vid, I haven't really done something like this before sooo I hope its serviceable. I used a super cheap mic (that may have been a scam), the worst editing software of all time on a dying laptop, and no mouse, which was definitely a bad idea but tbh I think it turned out alright all things considered.

Yakuza 1 and 2 PS2 footage sourced from ‪@goggleboxfairy‬
Pirate Yakuza QTEs and Yakuza 6 final chapter footage sourced from ‪@devilleon7‬ one million "thank you"s to both these dudes!

OTAQUEST interview w/ Nagoshi    • EXILE SEKAI Interviews Yakuza Series Creat...  

Nagoshi Studios interview https://nagoshistudio.com/posts/2226
https://www.ign.com/articles/nagoshi-...
0:00 Intro
6:11 Yakuza 6 glazing and the RGG Summit
12:52 Ishin! Kiwami
15:04 Gaiden
23:58 Infinite Wealth
35:59 Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
53:43 The Future (and a little bit of the past)
1:08:46 Outro

ZOMG i lurv yakuza oh so much but the games are LOW KEY not good anymore. Also big shoutout to masato aizawa the best character.