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Authentic Fictionalized Japan It seems SEGA wanted to give those selected for this event a taste of authenticity, literally. The event took place at a Japanese-style restaurant located in Los Angeles known as Budonoki.

It bills itself as “your neighborhood Izakaya,” and feels like it was ripped straight out of Japan (at least in this Westerner’s mind). The bar was stocked with authentic Japanese liquor and beer, and plenty of food continued to pour out of the kitchen as the event went on.

Why This Matters

While we played on Xbox Developer Kits, the experience should remain largely the same regardless of the platform you play on. An outdoor section of the restaurant around the back had one peculiar artifact in a restaurant which was dripping with Yakuza-style decorations: a lone sewing machine was perched on a table, almost as an afterthought. As it turns out, it would be the first thing we wrapped up up doing in Yakuza 3 Kiwami.

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Key Takeaways

• Our demo session began with the street-tested ex-yakuza Kazuma Kiryu battling enemies of a different kind: household chores.
• You see, when we catch up with Kiryu, he is tending to the needs of an orphanage he is now running in Okinawa.
• There are perhaps a dozen children under its tutelage, each of which has a relationship meter like you’d expect in a typical graphic novel game.
• Yet here it is, in a Yakuza game.

The Bottom Line

Yet here it is, in a Yakuza game. Kiryu’s goal is to increase his “Daddy Rank,” and he even asks the children to call him “Uncle Kaz” or even Dad.

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