With the release of Yakuza 7 in the East the dev team are now out in press mode to promote the game and we’re now getting an insight into why they made the decisions they did for the game. During a press interview in Taiwan the developers spoke about how happy they were to make a different kind of Yakuza game but also the challenge’s that came with it. After 7 games with Kiryu being one of the main characters they was happy to have someone they could start over with since Kiryu’s personality is already defined at this point.

The most interesting part of the interview came when they discussed the series moving into the JRPG genre and away from it’s brawler roots. The team said at this moment there is no plan for Yakuza 8’s genre and they’re waiting to see how people react to the change before deciding if it’s something they will continue with into the next game in the series. They noted how the series has experimented with other genre’s before as Yakuza 5 had rhythm game segments during the Haruka sections and how they want to try even more new things in the future.

It seems the main thing that will determine the direction of the series is the reception it get’s from the fans now that they can play it. They acknowledged that they was aware of certain fans in Japan who were unhappy with the move to a JRPG but are hoping they will understand and enjoy the game once they play it as it’s the story they believe is the driving force.

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