Yakuza

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Yakuza North American box art Release Date: PlayStation 2 December 2005 (JP) September 2006 (WW) PlayStation 3 November 2012 (JP) Wii U August 2013 (JP) Developer: SEGA Publisher: SEGA Series: Yakuza Platforms: PS2 PS3 Wii U Genre: JRPG, Brawler

Yakuza (JP:龍が如く Ryuu ga Gotoku lit. "Like a Dragon") is a video game for the Sony PlayStation 2. The Japanese version was released in December 2005, with a worldwide release following in September 2006. A Japan-only HD remaster was released as a bundle with the game's sequel on the PlayStation 3 in 2012 and the Nintendo Wii U in 2013. An HD remake of the game, Yakuza Kiwami, was released in 2016 in Japan and August 2017 in the rest of the world. The game follows protagonist Kazuma Kiryu (voiced by Daryl Kurylo in the English dub), who serves 10 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. When he comes out in December 2005, he finds that the world he left behind in Tokyo's Kamurocho red-light district has changed beyond recognition: his former Kyoudai Akira "Nishiki" Nishikiyama has become a tyrant bent on killing him, their childhood friend Yumi Sawamura is nowhere to be found, and 10 billion yen has mysteriously disappeared from the coffers of their yakuza clan, the Tojo, sending them into a crisis.
Yakuza has the distinction of being the only title in the series whose western release features a full English-speaking voice cast, including the likes of Mark Hamill as Goro Majima and Dwight Schultz as Kage. Unlike Judgment however, there is no option to choose the original Japanese voice language. It is also the only game prior to Judgment to feature other European language text options than English (only available in the PAL region), and the only game in the series to have a UK English localization for the PAL version.

WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!

The following weapons appear in the video game Yakuza:

Handguns

AMT Hardballer

The AMT Hardballer, a derivative of the Colt 1911 with a long slide for better power and accuracy, is the handgun of choice for Nishiki. Kiryu takes it after Nishiki used it to kill their family patriarch Sohei Dojima for kidnapping and trying to rape Yumi in the 1995 flashback at the beginning of the game.

AMT Hardballer longslide - .45 ACP

Kiryu with the Hardballer. Note the long slide.

Nishiki decided to play Hard Ball with his boss after he tried to "hurt" (as in, rape) Yumi. The fact that Nishiki's hand is bleeding through the trigger shows that it is the same shape as the Hardballer's. It should be noted that this was cropped from a very high-resolution screenshot, and the finger bleeding through would have been very hard to spot playing this game on a PS2 at 480i resolution. The model does however appear to be too small in scale.

Glock 36

MIA agents (including their leader Kyohei Jingu) use Glock 36 sub-compact handguns with grip extensions on the magazines. This is a highly unusual firearm that has not made a known appearance in any other video game. However, it can be identified as a 36 rather than the far more common 26 variants due to the lack of the frame bulge for the double-stack magazine. Instead, like the Glock 36, the whole of the frame sits flush with the slide.

Glock 36 - .45 ACP

Front view of the Glock. Note how the slide is flush with the frame.

Right-side view of the Glock. The features from the left slide; the extractor, lack of magazine release, and "Made in Austria" markings on the frame, are also present on the right.

Since the right side of the Glock model already has a chamber, they decided to just cut out the bit where the chamber is supposed to be. Note that I checked original PS2 footage of the game to check that it's not just an emulator glitch. It's not.

Jingu fires the Glock. The animation here is "interesting." However, let's not forget that this game originally came out in 2005. Try finding a more detailed gun model than this in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or, god forbid, Driver 3...

Nambu Model 60

The Nambu Model 60 is used by police officers in the game.

Nambu Model 60 snub-nose - .38 special

Officers come to arrest Kiryu, Nambu Model 60s drawn.

Officers once again come to arrest Kiryu 10 years later in the ruins of Ares. The 5-shot cylinder of the Model 60 can be seen here.

Submachine Guns

Heckler & Koch MP5A3

A Snake Flower triad member tries to assassinate Kiryu with a Heckler & Koch MP5A3, but Kiryu uses one of his triad comrades as a human shield. It appears to be fitted with an RIS foregrip.

MP5A3 - 9x19mm

The triad unloads on his mate...

...before reloading for another try. The fact that his hand is bleeding through the grip is definitely not an emulator glitch seeing as this is an FMV.