Success of Ghost of Tsushima May Help Yakuza Kenzan & Ishin come West Says Yakuza Producer - The Tojo Dojo
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Firstly a huge thank you to Romain Mahut for his interview with Daisuke Sato for GameBlog which you can read in full here. Romain is a French journalist and went out of his way to translate his interview into English as well so be sure to thank him. We highly suggest you check it out as it includes a lot of cool chat about Yakuza VR and RGG Studio’s cult game Binary Domain.
It feels like with each tease that the possibility of Yakuza Kenzan and Ishin the reality of these games finally coming West gets a little bit closer. Ever since the release of Ghost of Tsushima fans have been using it as proof that a game set in Japan’s past can succeed here in the West, it seems Sato agrees with this sentiment:
Gameblog: Ghost of Tsushima has shown that Western players are interested in games taking place in Medieval Japan. Do you regret not releasing Kenzan and Ishin in the West? Has your stance regarding those games changed since Ghost of Tsushima’s release?
Sato: Even long before Ghost of Tsushima, I did want to release “samurai” games like Kenzan and Ishin in the West. Unfortunately, after Yakuza 0, we were very busy with remastering the numbering Yakuza titles for the PS4, so we missed the opportunity to work on some of these other games. However, if anything, Ghost of Tsushima has helped Western gamers become more interested in samurai, so I should think of it as now is a more opportune time to release these titles.