Why will the Yakuza saga be renamed Like a Dragon?

At SEGA, they have the purpose of equating the Japanese name with the sect of the West.

Fans of the Yakuza saga should be more than happy with the latest news presented by you. SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio recently. The most notable announcement of them all was the main installment number eight, which had the curiosities that it no longer bears the Yakuza name, but is called Like a Dragon 8.

As a result of this, many Western fans wondered Why did SEGA abandon the Yakuza label? It’s a drama that is gaining more and more popularity outside of Japan, but it didn’t take long for us to find out the reasons behind this decision.

They want to merge the Japanese name with the WestAnd a representative of SEGA of America confirmed to Digital Trends that it “will be known as Like a Dragon in the future. To align more closely with the Japanese name“. It should be noted that in Japan the franchise has been called Ryu Ga Gotoku since 2005, which translates as “like a dragon”, that is, “like a dragon”.

In other remarks to IGN, studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama gave another reason for switching to the new name. “People would wonder what would happen if we didn’t use Yakuza, but the response to the name Like a Dragon (along with the Yakuza: Like a Dragon game) was pretty good. Gave us the confidence to eliminate the Yakuza and continue with “Like a Dragon”.

In addition to the announcement of this eighth installment of the saga, it’s worth remembering that the studio has left us more announcements for other titles. First, we have an action game returning in the form of a remake, Like a Dragon: Ishin!, but another project has also been confirmed in the form of a spin-off called Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.