The Yakuza franchise is a hefty one with a lot of entries and a few spin-offs to boot. Although the spin-offs are a bit all over the place in how you can play them, the main series is a lot easier to…
Back in October of 2019, I got a chance to play Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD. It was my first real experience with Super Monkey Ball, and I absolutely loved it. Now, almost two years later, I am excited to discuss…
The Super Monkey Ball franchise is something that I came to love rather late in its lifespan. The Yakuza games introduced me to the characters and then later I played one that was released on Switch. Now Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania…
Price may just be the biggest obstacle when I decide on purchasing a video game. Over the past five years, the number of new games I’ve personally spent $60 on is 2. Barring Nintendo, the vast majority of video games will gradually…
Over the last 5-6 years, the Yakuza series has become a standout franchise with spin-offs, sequels, prequels, and remasters all throughout this past generation of gaming. I have no secret of my love for my loveable hero with a brick for a face, his adopted daughter, and…
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, the Yakuza series is a magical little bundle of madness and joy in every single way. Partly a spectacle fighter, part crime thriller, part visual novel, part anime, and completely mental. It is mad to…
Explaining the Yakuza games can be a difficult task, they are complete madness. I’ll often use the idea that it is just Grand Theft Auto, but Japanese. However, that’s so far away from a perfect example. It is more like Grand Theft Auto:…
Yesterday we covered that Yakuza 3, 4, and 5 had been revealed for PS4, with a complete upgrade to the previous generation’s graphics and frame rate. However, it seems that the PS4 is not the only platform the Yakuza games are for…
Yesterday, capping off the middle of the road E3 conference that was Opening Night Live, I said, “Japan is weird.” I said that for obvious reasons: first, I’d just watched a gameplay trailer where a man urinated mushroom. Second, it is a…
I make it no secret, most of the time, that I am a huge fan of the Yakuza franchise. I also make it no secret that those games look way different at first glance than they actually are. Judgment is no exception…