In 1997 the TV show Happy Days helped coin the term “Jump the shark,” when Fonzie literally jet skied over a shark. It feels like that term no longer holds any meaning for the Yakuza series, as Pirate Yakuza doesn’t just jump the shark, it turns it into sashimi.
I knew a Yakuza game where you play an amnesiac Goro Majima would be one heck of a time, but I was sold the moment I realized I could stop piloting my ship in the middle of a huge naval battle, grapple hook up to the crow’s nest, and simply blow ships apart with a rocket launcher.
