Sega and RGG finally showed a trailer for Yakuza 8, officially called Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth, and revealed quite a bit – of Ichiban, that is. The trailer from the Xbox Games Showcase shows very little of the actual game, but it shows pretty much every part of Like A Dragon hero Ichiban, save for one small detail.
The Xbox trailer starts with Ichiban waking up alone and unclothed on a crowded beach. In true Ichiban fashion, he doesn’t realize what’s actually going on until he’s terrified a tourist woman, earned the approval of a surfer dude, and finally caused an older woman to take pity on him and let him know he’s in the buff.
It’s a fun, silly trailer, but the interesting thing is where Ichiban is, which is pretty plainly not Yokohama. The beach seems multicultural, perhaps someplace in the United States – Hawaii comes to mind – which would make it the first time RGG’s long-running action series has ventured outside Japan.
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth will release sometime in 2024 for Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PC. Kiryu will show up as well, though how it ties in with Yakuza Gaiden, which launches later in 2023, remains to be seen.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF