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Yakuza 5 Developer Interview #2: Japanese Culture, Hostess Clubs, and Street Brawling

Aug 7th 2015

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TITLE: Yakuza 5

PLATFORM: PlayStation®3

RELEASE DATE: 2015

GENRE: Open World RPG

PLAYERS: 1

ESRB: M

PRICE: TBD

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: yakuza.Sega.com

Yakuza 5 Developer Interview #2: Japanese Culture, Hostess Clubs, and Street Brawling

Back in April, Toshihiro Nagoshi and Producer Masayoshi Yokoyama.

In the second of three interview videos, Gio goes deeper into the details of Yakuza 5 with the two developers. Mr. Nagoshi and Mr. Yokoyama discuss more of the themes in the game, the inspiration behind character designs, hostess clubs and more!

Interview part 2: YouTube

Missed the first part of the interview? Watch it here.

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