The Yakuza series is fully aboard the remake train at this point, as the next game reimagines another pivotal entry in the series. Yakuza Kiwami 3, like the past two Kiwami games, is a full-blown remake of the original PS3 game, but this time Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is leaning even harder into the idea of this being a “reimagining.” This isn’t just a straight remake, but a complete rebuild of Yakuza 3 — one that gives the series’ most scintillating villain a chance to shine even more.
Yakuza 3 was first released on the PS3 in 2009, and as I’ve noted before, it suffered from the series’ transition period to a new console. So there’s already a good reason to have a remake, but it seems like RGG has an entirely different ethos for Kiwami 3.
