Sega recently broadcasted a five-minute video of Yakuza Zero, an occasion notable for being the first footage of the game in motion and also for being broadcast live. The focus of the video is the showcasing of the look and feel of Kamurocho and Soutenbori. The video follows Kiryu and Majima as they stroll through the towns their campaigns take place in. It starts with a walk through Kamurocho and spends the last minute and a half or so showing off Soutenbori. There is no action or fighting. Personally, the long canal in Soutenbori has more of an impact than what I saw in Kamurocho, though I found it nice to see Club Sega again.

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Minigames and side content always seem to be an important part of the Yakuza series experience. Yakuza Zero will likely uphold that tradition with the new games planned that this Siliconera article teases.

To start, the presence of Sega arcade classics have been a unique selling point in marketing the game. The Sega classics that will be playable include Space Harrier, Outrun, Hang-On and Fantasy Zone, and will be available to either Kazuma Kiryu or Goro Majima. In addition, the games will also have the option of being played through the Playstation Vita. You can find these games at the classic game center locations in Yakuza Zero. The game center will also feature staples such as the crane game.
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A writer for Kotaku East translated the 15-minute Yakuza Zero trailer that came out during this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The translated version of the trailer is watchable only in a player embedded on Kotaku’s website, so be sure to check out the video at this link. This translated video should allow for more insight for English speakers into the drama of Yakuza Zero. While the article itself is a couple of days old, personally I would like to pass it on for those who are not aware of this translation’s existence. We do not advertise any of our sourced sites.

The author of the linked Kotaku post would like to offer this note on his translations for those viewing the video. This text is a copy-paste from the Kotaku article itself:

Note: With no script or Japanese subtitles, I had to work from audio alone, and some of the actors have heavy accents. While I did my best to be as accurate as I could, some of the translations may not be 100% accurate.