Yeah next episode is definitely the final episode unless you try to do all mini games or something Nico. I wonder what's next? If Bernie is getting better and you don't need to take a break, what would the next series be? Jumping straight into Yakuza 4? If not, I'd recommend you check out this game called "Raging Loop". It's a mystery VN game in the vein of Ace Attorney or Danganronpa.
@@MugdhaMahdiShams well Lost Judgement get released this September and i think he will play that after rest on Yakuza series, i really want him to play Yakuza 4 too..... can't wait for Nico to get to know Akiyama, one of my favorite character in all Yakuza series
Minamida: "Your ability to 'gain experience' and 'level up' never fails to amaze, Kiryu-San." Kiryu: "I know right? I used to do this by eating money, but this is way more efficient on cost." Minamida: "... You what?"
Nico: Haha, I have the ultimate weapon of the game! It’s over for you Amon! Amon: Instantly breaks all weapons Nico: 👁👄👁 Understandable, have a nice day
Amon: “Then what if I told you I’ll murder every last loved one you hold dear on the condition you leave me alive?” Kiryu: “Even Majima?!” Amon: “Uh…y-yes” Kiryu: “Why’d you stutter?” Amon: *starts to sweat profusely* “Uh no-nothing. It’s nothing.”
Funny how every Yakuza installment so far culminates in Kiryu battling an army to rescue the waifu of the game. Y0: Makoto YK1: Yumi YK2: Kaoru Y3: Daigo
Kiryu: How did you figure out all of that information about my loved ones? Amon: You fool, you told me everything back in that cabaret club a few days ago Kiryu: ... Dammit...
Kiryu: I should go check on Date. I have heard from him since Mama rejected him *Kiryu finds Date at the karaoke bar* Date: Dame da nae. Dame yo dame na no yo. Anta ga. Suki de sukisugite Kiryu: Oh God, he's gone full Baka Mitai.
Sadly while the murder at cafe alps is a really cool substory, it's also impossible to lose, you're always taken back to the selection screen whenever you choose wrong rather than the detective closing the interrogation.
*One Last Tip for the Lp:* This is to remind you in case but when you are at the final boss, look at his aura throughout the whole fight. You will find something very interesting if you do manage to notice it that I think you would really like. *Interesting Fact:* If you are wondering why the ultimate essence is different from 0 and kiwami 1/2, it is because it is the ultimate essence in future games. What you are seeing here is previous versions for ultimate essence until Kiryu gets his signature one. It should also be noted that Jo Amon from 0 to 3 is becoming more psychotic with each beating Kiryu gives him in each game. I thought it was interesting by this bit as it raises questions on what state Jo Amon would be in like even further down the yakuza series.
Kiryu: He can live by his barbaric code, I won't let him make me into a murderer! Also Kiryu moments later: WE LIVE IN A BOB UTSUMOSOCIETY *goes out of his way to find some thugs to shoot up*
You've actually done something I was never strong enough to do... date all the girlfriends and suffered through the weird minigames and actually defeated Amon. He's probably the easiest amon in the series but it's still commendable. Also Murder at Cafe Alps is such a good substory. Definitely one of the best.
I've beaten Yakuza 3 twice. The first time on PS3, I did everything and got the Amon fight. I remember it being really easy compared to others. On the remaster, I told myself I was not going through that hell all over again... Best decision of my life.
Ah yes, Murder at Cafe Alps, aka the prototype of Judgment 9 years prior lol. Honestly, I kinda wish most of the side cases in Judgment were like this substory, a lot of them didn’t feel like mysteries at all. Hopefully that gets fixed in Lost Judgement tho! Also, leave it to Nico to do every single heat action in the game lol. I honestly didn’t expect you to do that, but I’m glad you felt it was worth doing!
Hi RUclips comment veteran. I see you often in the discord now, but I feel a need to offer condolences here in a yt comment. Hope you're doing ok. This community, and likely many others, are here for you.
@@FlameOfUdun96 I should note that I'm not good at this. The news that just broke out about Berserk is no doubt heavy on many. You, who's username is associated with it, must have been hit hard I assume. I of course don't know you that much outside of maybe of few discord conversations. But, just in case, you have people here in case you need them. Also, I'm typing these with a tightened throat. Likely because of topic sensitivity.
@@mrhappy6677 oh right of course! Yeah I’m good, thanks for caring tho. It caught me by surprise. I wish the best for his family and I’ll never stop loving his work Also my username is a LotR reference but it’s fine lol
That’s the point though, you’re a P.I, most of what they do is mundane stuff. Even with the main case it’s mostly Yagami getting involved because it’s personal, not because someone asked him to. Granted I never finished Judgement so maybe I’m wrong about that part.
What you saw with Akechi's case is a representation of how flimsy the law can be towards an accused person in Japan, with some of them being unfairly sent to prison: Judges and prosecutors often don't need a "what", "where", "when" or "who"... all they need is a "why". There's been many cases where detectives and cops will keep the accused for literal days locked in a room for interrogation, with physical violence included, all in order to break them enough to sign a "confession" aka a "motive" (written by a 3rd party, obviously). Some inmates confessed they don't remember even having looked at the paper, let alone knowing what was written on it because of how broken they were at the time. And people wonder why Japan's prosecution rate is at 99,4%... Remember Joker's interrogation in P5? That wasn't that far removed from reality.
Why is everybody talking about Rikiya being dead? Silly people, he just went to the place where everyone who apparently "died" or just doesn't exist in Yakuza anymore *America* Heck I saw Reina start up Newest Serena there, with Nishiki being there as a regular guest while Shinji have become his best bud. Trust me this all is canon
Now that we have reached this episode I can talk about something I have wanted to say since Judgement. As you have probably guessed, Minamida uses the VR system and works with the game company to create the VR game Yagami plays years later in Judgement. To my knowledge, it is never said outright but I haven't played the game myself. The connection comes from the Amon fight. When you accept the fight you seemly get transported to one of the arenas from the VR game. Since the Amon clan have both the machine and the log data, the arena was likely part of the original program that Minamida had created. Both the game developers and the Amon clan copied it for convenience. Considering that the Amon clan were the people to design the VR system, they likely improved upon it over the years to the point where he could get people to believe they were in it without putting any equipment on.
Amon: I will always return to challenge you! Nothing will stop me! Kiryu: Oh yeah? Solve this case then. Amon: What? That's nothing! *Amon presents wrong evidence, gets his hp bar deducted* Amon: What!? No, that's not fair! Phoenix: First time?
@@pn2294 Sort of. I follow his History of Power Rangers and AT4W Plot Summary videos. On occasion, I watch one of his comic reviews, but I’m not subscribed.
Funny enough Nico, the usual song that you're used to with Amon "Fiercest Warrior" first appeared in Yakuza Ishin (a game that was only released in Japan). Its first appearance in the West was in Yakuza 0, you're first time fighting him. Ever since that song has been in almost every future installment (except Judgment).
It was in Judgment Im pretty sure. Edit: Your're right in that it isnt called "Fiercest Warrior" in Judgment but it is still the same theme just remixed.
So the track you hear during Amon's fight is obviously not "Fiercest warrior", because at that point in time it didn't exist. Fiercest warrior was first heard in the second samurai spin-off Ishin, and from then, a new version of the track would be used in every new game. But before Ishin, Amon, for the most part, would use a boss track from the same game you'd fight him in. In Yakuza 1 it was Shimano's and his family's track "Scarlet scar", in 2 is was Shindo's boss track "The Grudge". This game though actually has its own unique track for him called "Hear this in the game", yes actual track name.
Funny enough, the only Amon fight since Ishin that doesn’t have Fiercest Warrior is Judgement. I say it’s funny enough because the Amon that’s the boss fight in Judgement is also in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which is Shin, but Fiercest Warrior against Shin is only in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. I could be wrong, and the Judgement song against Shin is a remix of Fiercest Warrior and didn’t catch it, but I find it weird that the music that basically became the Amon theme isn’t used in a game just because it’s a game that doesn’t involve Kiryu, yet the Fist of the North Star game has Amon and *three* past versions of Fiercest Warrior!
While Fiercest Warrior is still the best Amon theme, you still gotta laugh at the fact that somebody at Sega decided to call the secret boss theme "Hear this in the game" because they knew people would be asking this question.
@@indyliu3801 I thought you were joking, until I looked it up. Someone came up with the name, someone green lit it, someone put it into the game, and someone likely put it in the credits, and none of them asked “what kind of name is this?”.
@@JJ_R I think Shin Amon's Judgment theme is a bit of a remix, in that it uses a very similar style, chord progression and some notes, but it's definitely not the same song as Fiercest Warrior (compared to say, Ishin, 0, Kiwami, 6, Kiwami 2).
Oh cool a new Nico video *reads the title* Oh no Nico What have you done *nukes goes off in the background* You caused a war between sonic fans and jojo fans You fool, you’ve doomed us all!
That Date sidequest is way too real. Hits way too close to home with how people fail to realize how hurtful their words can be when someone makes themselves vulnerable to them.
I like to imagine that if the next Yakuza game has Baka Mitai, the photo they show would have both Kiryu and Rikiya bro hugging. Around the end of the song, Kiryu sheds a single tear and lands on the photo.
Kiryu: So........your the ultimate lifeform? ???: That's right Kiryu, you may not know my name since Nico has not watched Jojo's bizarre adventure yet but the penguins know of me, I've come to challenge you because.........the Bagel is running out of idea's for you Tiger Dropping everyone. Bagel: I'm trying damnit, you try to come up with a good plot for all these episodes! Kiryu: There is really no interesting plot to this so lets get to the "punchline". ???: .........Did you really just make a dad jo- Kiryu: TIGER DROP!!! *Kiryu Tiger Drops the ultimate lifeform* That's it, I am running out of idea's for this.
Nico this is just some advise but I siggest letting a mod check for spoilers in Lost Judgement and also not to order the DLC yet because DLC tend to contain some references which might spoil you and last time did with the Haruka figure.
Now that you have War God Talisman, you can spam Komaki Firearm Fltp against enemies, who won't lose their gun, Essence of Terror against group of enemies and Essence of Smoking/Essence of Rolling for everything else.
34:08 About that, Nico. In some countries, when you are sentenced to be in jail for life, it's only up to a certain amount of years, no matter what you have done to deserve it. An example is here in Denmark, your sentence can at most be 16 years. Though I will say, after a quick google search, it does seem you can literally be held in prison for life for murder in Japan, but we also know that Kiryu has been in prison under the crime of murder, though he didn't do it himself. And he was in there for years, then let out again. So how exactly they decide on the punishment for a murder case, I don't know, but it's not unlikely for this guy to be let out. Though if it was the case, it's a surprise he was only given 9 years, based on what Date said. Could be that he escaped prison then.
Glad to hear Bernie is getting better! Do a vlog with her sometime, or play with facecam so she can have another appearance! We send our love to both of you!
Fun Fact: Yuko's name is also after a Sengoku Period figures. Her maiden name, Saitou references Saitou Dosan, whose daughter, Nouhime, married Oda Nobunaga. Even though here Yuko is married to Kinoshita.
In future games, if you need colosseum points, just concentrate on the Breakout matches. They can go super fast. Run straight to the right or left wall, punch it twice to break the wall, then grab the enemy who will be right near you by then. Drag them backward to the edge and do a simple throw to hurl them out. In future games, this raises your arena rank, and the higher your rank the more points you earn per match. You can do a whole Breakout match in about a minute like this and is the fastest points per minute method.
As you can see amon is slowly moving down to insanity. We got the first one in kiwami with mad dog and dragon styles. K2 we have a ton of weapons. And 3 he is manipulating others to just kill kiryu. Can't wait to see how far amon will go down in 4 5 and 6.
Anyone else find it strange that they put an ex-yakuza and orphanage owner to solve a murder case that's 6 years old and do a better job than the police did back then? Move over, Yagami, Detective Kiryu is on the case.
I’ll be honest I haven’t fought Yakuza 3’s Amon, that’s bs that he breaks your weapons in 1 hit. He does the same in Yakuza 4 unless you cheese it by having guns.
You know I'm kinda Mad Nico gets the golden pistol just by doing all the substories. That weapon gets unlocked in Y4 ONLY if you do the goddam minigames. and I am not joking when I am saying it took me 3 days straight just to beat Billiards there. That Item is the best weapon in the game. also nico the katana basically has infinite durabilitiy and you shouldn't ever repair it. all you have to do is just throw the weapon away and bob will give you a new one, same with any other item. No that is not a joke.
I gotta say, the Date substory I really enjoyed! It's just, I really like his character and like Nico said, he's kinda taken a backseat this game so it was nice to see him get his own side-story, and it was entertaining both with his actual dialouge with Kiryu and Nico's little tidbits and it ended in a way I actually liked a lot
How did that guy get out of jail? Kiriyu went to jail for 10 years for murdering 1 guy. This guy killed a cop in front of other officers, took a hostage, and had all his other violent crimes on top of it all. Isn't that a life sentence if not more than one?
So, I just got my 2nd covid vaccine today and it knocked me out when I got home. I just woke up (5:30am) and I saw your video in my subscriptions Nico. I swear when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was Xigbar! Anyway, glad things are going okay with you. Stay awesome, Nico.
One thing I just realized. No in main plot substory. Last time that happened was 0. 0 didn't have any. It's interesting considering judgement had some. A more recent game.
Honestly, after seeing you struggle against Amon in the past Yakuza games, I was bracing for the worst. Glad to see that it wasn't as bad as I'd thought. You even got a worthy reward. Now Kiryu can go on a killing spree. XD
1:00 Yeah, I agree the way Rikiya went out was a little lame lol. Honestly, the way some characters have died in the past 3 Yakuza games have felt just so forced to me. Especially the ones in Kiwami 1 like Kazana which honestly, it’s hard to feel anything considering how forced of a death it was to me. Won’t say if it gets better or not in future games to avoid spoiling anything but when looking at Yakuza 1 - 3 specifically, a lot of deaths in the story always felt a little cliche in my opinion. So much so that it just really takes you out of it
"However, there is one thing our clan considers a worse evil than death... and that's for the defeated to live on in his weakness. Or her. His or her weakness. "Their" works too" Hey at least the Amon clan is politically correct if nothing else
*Duel of the Fates plays in the background as Jo Amon turns on his lightsabers* Kiryu: Really, Amon? Are you a weeb too? Amon: I am your worst nightmare! Kiryu: Yeah, whatever. May the force be with me.
@@slobertooth1358 Oh, I’m really sorry. I wasn’t joking. I’m seeing a lot of comments talking about Kars, but I don’t know who that is. I’m guessing he’s a Jojo character?
@@JJ_R Ah I see, my apologies. But yes he is from Jojo and if you don't mind spoilers To dumb it down, towards the end of part 2 he becomes the ultimate life form
@@slobertooth1358 Oh, now I remember! While I didn’t see the actual series, I did see Viva’s animation of that series. He’s the guy that was shot into space!
Wakazo is a term that old men like Date refer to young men. Quite the fitting Phoenix Wright standard of name. But Koi-Koi isn't busted. I swear I saw these Amon moves in Yakuza 4 with double guns.
I am *finally* caught up, thank the dragons above. ...Right at the ending stage of course, but, eh. Better than totally missing it! First, best wishes to Bernie in continued recovery! Second, condolences for the events of the last episode. It never gets easier to watch, even when you know it's coming. On a lighter note, lemme tell you the biggest hurdle to getting the Platinum trophy for this game: MINIGAMES. As opposed to any for beating each coliseum opponent, or crafting every item you can (props to you, btw, since it's not required for Plat I just said fuck it and beat every tourney, amazing determination o your part) there *is* a trophy for fully completing every minigame! Every crane prize, beating level 50 of Boxcelios, getting way too many chips and tags in the gambling dens, every fish variety, a high score every batting course, much more, and of course.... POOL. Pool is the bane of my existence. But you bet Kiryu's chiseled ass I beat all four game types on all four difficulties with the broken physics. And then did it AGAIN for Yakuza 5 last week (The requirements changed so it's not nearly as bad, but it's still painful. Each mode, second-hardest difficulty, plus all 8 levels of puzzle pool.) But, that Golden Gun. An infinite ammo pistol which plows through mooks like an industrial meat grinder set to two-bit thug. Which you can take into the Legend mode playthrough that will most likely be the last trophy you need for the Plat, if you're do that nonsense. Rarely have I felt something more satisfying. Anyway, I will be eagerly tuning into the final part of this series, eagerly looking forward to the playthrough of Yakuza 4, and I hope you enjoyed hearing the laments of a completionist in love with these games. Remember always, be the best Daddy you can in honor of the Dragon of Dojima! I'm gonna go get some sleep, it's like 5:30 AM.
Wow, the minigames are the only thing that's not completed. I would say to go for it since this could very well be your first ever Yakuza platinum. For me, the weapon modding and coliseum were way more tedious than the minigames (even if some of them are broken in the remaster)
Amon: Hahahaha! I have become the ultimate warrior! I can now block every one of your attacks!
Kiryu: ........That's it?
Hi Nico-chan
Kiryu: yeah you and every other boss in the game.
Yeah next episode is definitely the final episode unless you try to do all mini games or something Nico.
I wonder what's next? If Bernie is getting better and you don't need to take a break, what would the next series be? Jumping straight into Yakuza 4?
If not, I'd recommend you check out this game called "Raging Loop". It's a mystery VN game in the vein of Ace Attorney or Danganronpa.
@@MugdhaMahdiShams Well, he is definitely not going into 4 anytime soon
@@MugdhaMahdiShams well Lost Judgement get released this September and i think he will play that after rest on Yakuza series, i really want him to play Yakuza 4 too..... can't wait for Nico to get to know Akiyama, one of my favorite character in all Yakuza series
"Just go for it! The worst she can say is 'no'."
Date: So that was a fucking lie
Apparently the worst she can say is actually "gtfo my bar and don't come back"
"I can't imagine going to prison for a crime I didn't commit for 6 years."
Kiryu: Only 6?
Minamida: "Your ability to 'gain experience' and 'level up' never fails to amaze, Kiryu-San."
Kiryu: "I know right? I used to do this by eating money, but this is way more efficient on cost."
Minamida: "... You what?"
The entire Yakuza series is just a reaaaaaally long and reaaaaaally drawn out Amon Everywhere System
And Yakuza 0 is just a Kuze is everywhere system
@@slobertooth1358 guest starring the Amon family.
And Judgement is the random encounter.
Now I’m just thinking of Amon everywhere mod......... and that thought scares me
Nico: Haha, I have the ultimate weapon of the game! It’s over for you Amon!
Amon: Instantly breaks all weapons
Nico: 👁👄👁 Understandable, have a nice day
Cringe xD
Amon: “Then what if I told you I’ll murder every last loved one you hold dear on the condition you leave me alive?”
Kiryu: “Even Majima?!”
Amon: “Uh…y-yes”
Kiryu: “Why’d you stutter?”
Amon: *starts to sweat profusely* “Uh no-nothing. It’s nothing.”
Funny how every Yakuza installment so far culminates in Kiryu battling an army to rescue the waifu of the game.
Y0: Makoto
YK1: Yumi
YK2: Kaoru
Y3: Daigo
Tachibana in Y0 counts??
Kiryu: How did you figure out all of that information about my loved ones?
Amon: You fool, you told me everything back in that cabaret club a few days ago
Kiryu: ... Dammit...
Kiryu: I should go check on Date. I have heard from him since Mama rejected him
*Kiryu finds Date at the karaoke bar*
Date: Dame da nae. Dame yo dame na no yo. Anta ga. Suki de sukisugite
Kiryu: Oh God, he's gone full Baka Mitai.
“I’ll never let you make me into a murderer”
(Obtains Golden Gun with infinite Ammo and Durability)
They're all rubber bullets. *wink wink
Nico: "Sometimes it feels like the game just makes you love these characters just so it can kill them immediately"
Danganronpa: First time?
Sadly while the murder at cafe alps is a really cool substory, it's also impossible to lose, you're always taken back to the selection screen whenever you choose wrong rather than the detective closing the interrogation.
"He shouldn't have hesitated" unlike me, Date, who is hesitating but in like a more cool and monologuey way
Wow, devs/writers clearly figured out who players would stereotypically profile as the killer and gave that one persecution complex :D
*One Last Tip for the Lp:* This is to remind you in case but when you are at the final boss, look at his aura throughout the whole fight. You will find something very interesting if you do manage to notice it that I think you would really like.
*Interesting Fact:* If you are wondering why the ultimate essence is different from 0 and kiwami 1/2, it is because it is the ultimate essence in future games. What you are seeing here is previous versions for ultimate essence until Kiryu gets his signature one.
It should also be noted that Jo Amon from 0 to 3 is becoming more psychotic with each beating Kiryu gives him in each game. I thought it was interesting by this bit as it raises questions on what state Jo Amon would be in like even further down the yakuza series.
Kiryu: He can live by his barbaric code, I won't let him make me into a murderer!
Also Kiryu moments later: WE LIVE IN A BOB UTSUMOSOCIETY *goes out of his way to find some thugs to shoot up*
You've actually done something I was never strong enough to do... date all the girlfriends and suffered through the weird minigames and actually defeated Amon. He's probably the easiest amon in the series but it's still commendable.
Also Murder at Cafe Alps is such a good substory. Definitely one of the best.
I've beaten Yakuza 3 twice. The first time on PS3, I did everything and got the Amon fight. I remember it being really easy compared to others. On the remaster, I told myself I was not going through that hell all over again... Best decision of my life.
@@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE Pretty much all Amons aside from 3 have some decent challenge or two except maybe the one from Kiwami 2.
Hey, just a heads up to the replies. Remember replies also should not contain spoilers for later games. So no talk of how future Amons work. Thanks!
@@Travus yeah thank you for coming in and cleaning. I figured I got carried away a bit and that prompted people to spoil. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Ah yes, Murder at Cafe Alps, aka the prototype of Judgment 9 years prior lol. Honestly, I kinda wish most of the side cases in Judgment were like this substory, a lot of them didn’t feel like mysteries at all. Hopefully that gets fixed in Lost Judgement tho!
Also, leave it to Nico to do every single heat action in the game lol. I honestly didn’t expect you to do that, but I’m glad you felt it was worth doing!
Hi RUclips comment veteran. I see you often in the discord now, but I feel a need to offer condolences here in a yt comment. Hope you're doing ok. This community, and likely many others, are here for you.
@@mrhappy6677 Thanks, I’m doing fine. May I ask what the condolences are for?
@@FlameOfUdun96 I should note that I'm not good at this. The news that just broke out about Berserk is no doubt heavy on many. You, who's username is associated with it, must have been hit hard I assume. I of course don't know you that much outside of maybe of few discord conversations. But, just in case, you have people here in case you need them.
Also, I'm typing these with a tightened throat. Likely because of topic sensitivity.
@@mrhappy6677 oh right of course! Yeah I’m good, thanks for caring tho. It caught me by surprise. I wish the best for his family and I’ll never stop loving his work
Also my username is a LotR reference but it’s fine lol
That’s the point though, you’re a P.I, most of what they do is mundane stuff. Even with the main case it’s mostly Yagami getting involved because it’s personal, not because someone asked him to. Granted I never finished Judgement so maybe I’m wrong about that part.
What you saw with Akechi's case is a representation of how flimsy the law can be towards an accused person in Japan, with some of them being unfairly sent to prison: Judges and prosecutors often don't need a "what", "where", "when" or "who"... all they need is a "why".
There's been many cases where detectives and cops will keep the accused for literal days locked in a room for interrogation, with physical violence included, all in order to break them enough to sign a "confession" aka a "motive" (written by a 3rd party, obviously). Some inmates confessed they don't remember even having looked at the paper, let alone knowing what was written on it because of how broken they were at the time. And people wonder why Japan's prosecution rate is at 99,4%...
Remember Joker's interrogation in P5? That wasn't that far removed from reality.
Why is everybody talking about Rikiya being dead? Silly people, he just went to the place where everyone who apparently "died" or just doesn't exist in Yakuza anymore
*America*
Heck I saw Reina start up Newest Serena there, with Nishiki being there as a regular guest while Shinji have become his best bud. Trust me this all is canon
And Kazama is here as a bouncer
Laughs in kashiwagi
Amon has acquired the Ultimate technique to become the Ultimate Life Form; Chaos Control!
That faker!
@@Yami-no-Raiden Kirby: Hiiii Poyo
Now that we have reached this episode I can talk about something I have wanted to say since Judgement.
As you have probably guessed, Minamida uses the VR system and works with the game company to create the VR game Yagami plays years later in Judgement. To my knowledge, it is never said outright but I haven't played the game myself. The connection comes from the Amon fight.
When you accept the fight you seemly get transported to one of the arenas from the VR game. Since the Amon clan have both the machine and the log data, the arena was likely part of the original program that Minamida had created. Both the game developers and the Amon clan copied it for convenience. Considering that the Amon clan were the people to design the VR system, they likely improved upon it over the years to the point where he could get people to believe they were in it without putting any equipment on.
Amon: I will always return to challenge you! Nothing will stop me!
Kiryu: Oh yeah? Solve this case then.
Amon: What? That's nothing!
*Amon presents wrong evidence, gets his hp bar deducted*
Amon: What!? No, that's not fair!
Phoenix: First time?
All this time Amon was secretly training with Mr.Shakedown in space.
That's the last we see of Jo Amon. Yep, we've defeated him for good this time!
“And we’ll neeeever see him again.”
@@JJ_R Linkara fan?
@@pn2294 Sort of. I follow his History of Power Rangers and AT4W Plot Summary videos. On occasion, I watch one of his comic reviews, but I’m not subscribed.
Funny enough Nico, the usual song that you're used to with Amon "Fiercest Warrior" first appeared in Yakuza Ishin (a game that was only released in Japan). Its first appearance in the West was in Yakuza 0, you're first time fighting him. Ever since that song has been in almost every future installment (except Judgment).
It was in Judgment Im pretty sure. Edit: Your're right in that it isnt called "Fiercest Warrior" in Judgment but it is still the same theme just remixed.
So the track you hear during Amon's fight is obviously not "Fiercest warrior", because at that point in time it didn't exist.
Fiercest warrior was first heard in the second samurai spin-off Ishin, and from then, a new version of the track would be used in every new game.
But before Ishin, Amon, for the most part, would use a boss track from the same game you'd fight him in. In Yakuza 1 it was Shimano's and his family's track "Scarlet scar", in 2 is was Shindo's boss track "The Grudge". This game though actually has its own unique track for him called "Hear this in the game", yes actual track name.
Funny enough, the only Amon fight since Ishin that doesn’t have Fiercest Warrior is Judgement. I say it’s funny enough because the Amon that’s the boss fight in Judgement is also in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which is Shin, but Fiercest Warrior against Shin is only in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
I could be wrong, and the Judgement song against Shin is a remix of Fiercest Warrior and didn’t catch it, but I find it weird that the music that basically became the Amon theme isn’t used in a game just because it’s a game that doesn’t involve Kiryu, yet the Fist of the North Star game has Amon and *three* past versions of Fiercest Warrior!
While Fiercest Warrior is still the best Amon theme, you still gotta laugh at the fact that somebody at Sega decided to call the secret boss theme "Hear this in the game" because they knew people would be asking this question.
@@indyliu3801 I thought you were joking, until I looked it up. Someone came up with the name, someone green lit it, someone put it into the game, and someone likely put it in the credits, and none of them asked “what kind of name is this?”.
@@JJ_R I think Shin Amon's Judgment theme is a bit of a remix, in that it uses a very similar style, chord progression and some notes, but it's definitely not the same song as Fiercest Warrior (compared to say, Ishin, 0, Kiwami, 6, Kiwami 2).
The feeling when you’re fighting Amon in the same exact place where Rikiya was killed last chapter :’ D
So Nico finally earned a War God accessory. I was wondering if he ever would in any Yakuza game.
Congrats on finding the series most O.P. Accessory.
I don't think I ever got it in 0 or K1 myself.
I believe he already got it in kiwami 2. The bouncer missions gave it to him
Kiryu is now god
Oh cool a new Nico video
*reads the title*
Oh no
Nico
What have you done
*nukes goes off in the background*
You caused a war between sonic fans and jojo fans
You fool, you’ve doomed us all!
The prophecy has come to pass!
My time has come.
1:53:15 Nico preparing to go on a genocide with his new toy on the streets
Random NPC: Want a girl on top of you? *wink wink*
ahhh Kamurocho XD
BTW, you prob don't know this, but Amon's battle theme in this game is literally called "Hear This In the Game"
God, I love Japan
I love that Nico always edit the Amon fight with glowing menacing aura for all of his thumbnail XD.
That Date sidequest is way too real. Hits way too close to home with how people fail to realize how hurtful their words can be when someone makes themselves vulnerable to them.
Oh boy, I guess it's time for him to find out "usefulness" of weapons against Amon...
I like to imagine that if the next Yakuza game has Baka Mitai, the photo they show would have both Kiryu and Rikiya bro hugging. Around the end of the song, Kiryu sheds a single tear and lands on the photo.
sadly no bakamitai in the next game ... but the one after that have triple bakamitai
@@laurietremblay1934 That's a shame
@@laurietremblay1934 no spoiling. Go to spoiler jail *bonk
@@MugdhaMahdiShams
your right im sorry
Wait a minute, that isn’t Perfect Cell, Shadow the Hedgehog, or Kars.
or Gill from Street Fighter
Or Mr Shakedown Egashira from the Yakuza series.
Kiryu: So........your the ultimate lifeform?
???: That's right Kiryu, you may not know my name since Nico has not watched Jojo's bizarre adventure yet but the penguins know of me, I've come to challenge you because.........the Bagel is running out of idea's for you Tiger Dropping everyone.
Bagel: I'm trying damnit, you try to come up with a good plot for all these episodes!
Kiryu: There is really no interesting plot to this so lets get to the "punchline".
???: .........Did you really just make a dad jo-
Kiryu: TIGER DROP!!!
*Kiryu Tiger Drops the ultimate lifeform*
That's it, I am running out of idea's for this.
15:37
Nico being possessed by the actual War God for a split-second
Nico this is just some advise but I siggest letting a mod check for spoilers in Lost Judgement and also not to order the DLC yet because DLC tend to contain some references which might spoil you and last time did with the Haruka figure.
I saw the subtitle slipped a bit. It seems that Mama's real name is Mariko. Neat!
In the original western release on the ps3 they only called her Mariko instead of Mama
Nico forgot the true ultimate weapon for the Amon fight, the most powerful, unbreakable weapon in the game.
The cigarette.
0:37 that's my sis fan art right there! boy do i have good news for her!
14:03 Because that heat action wasn't made till years later, did you forget that those games were prequels/remakes for a second?
Now that you have War God Talisman, you can spam Komaki Firearm Fltp against enemies, who won't lose their gun, Essence of Terror against group of enemies and Essence of Smoking/Essence of Rolling for everything else.
That's kinda cheap. Hope he only uses it if he gets stuck.
Killed by an ashtray. Another reason why smoking kills.
Phoenix Wright in a Yakuza game?! This is making me real curious about a possible Project X Zone playthrough.
Isn´t that Judgement? Sorry for the bad joke
Nico: The game makes you love the characters and then kill them!
Danganronpa: First Time?
13:38 what have you done to this man kiryu? His face looks a lot like the face of the Joker now.
Kiryu do the Ultimate b*tch slap on his face so hard, now he literally live in a society.
34:08 About that, Nico. In some countries, when you are sentenced to be in jail for life, it's only up to a certain amount of years, no matter what you have done to deserve it. An example is here in Denmark, your sentence can at most be 16 years. Though I will say, after a quick google search, it does seem you can literally be held in prison for life for murder in Japan, but we also know that Kiryu has been in prison under the crime of murder, though he didn't do it himself. And he was in there for years, then let out again. So how exactly they decide on the punishment for a murder case, I don't know, but it's not unlikely for this guy to be let out. Though if it was the case, it's a surprise he was only given 9 years, based on what Date said. Could be that he escaped prison then.
Glad to hear Bernie is getting better! Do a vlog with her sometime, or play with facecam so she can have another appearance! We send our love to both of you!
I'm glad Bernie's feeling better! Congrats on getting the rare achievement.
Fun Fact: Yuko's name is also after a Sengoku Period figures. Her maiden name, Saitou references Saitou Dosan, whose daughter, Nouhime, married Oda Nobunaga. Even though here Yuko is married to Kinoshita.
In future games, if you need colosseum points, just concentrate on the Breakout matches. They can go super fast. Run straight to the right or left wall, punch it twice to break the wall, then grab the enemy who will be right near you by then. Drag them backward to the edge and do a simple throw to hurl them out.
In future games, this raises your arena rank, and the higher your rank the more points you earn per match. You can do a whole Breakout match in about a minute like this and is the fastest points per minute method.
Jo Amon: you may have the Komaki Tiger Drop, but I possess the Essence Of Bullshit!
Kiryu: Your bullshit won't help you here!
Thank you for another Yakuza video! I’m so happy to hear that Bernie is doing better and congratulations on beating Amon again! 🥰😎🥳❤️
As you can see amon is slowly moving down to insanity. We got the first one in kiwami with mad dog and dragon styles. K2 we have a ton of weapons. And 3 he is manipulating others to just kill kiryu. Can't wait to see how far amon will go down in 4 5 and 6.
WHOO, this was a great episode! I'm so glad you're in such a good mood by the end of it. Video games are meant to be enjoyed!
1:38:40 amon really said "your life isnt valid but your pronouns are"
Dang this is a hefty episode!
In long episodes we trust?
Nicob: yakuza 3 completionist
honestly surprised you didnt do the mini games considering you did
well, literally everything else
Yeah he might as well go for 100% at this point since he’s so close already.
Nico: "Don't worry, I'm _not_ going to use the golden gun on the final boss."
Me: "Aw..........but I love cheese 🥺😢"
Guns don’t work on bosses anyways. Guns do such little damage to bosses, even the golden gun.
@@masteroflight7296 Ah...
The perfect thing to watch while lying in bed recovering from my vaccine
Get well soon! I'm getting my first shot on Friday, so I'll be right alongside you
Take it easy! I’m getting my second dose on Monday.
The second one was the worst the first one is okay depends if it was moderna or fizer
Just make sure you eat and drink a lot of water. I got my first shot last week and it wasn’t too bad.
1:40:21 an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
Once you get to 4 the combat definitely gets much better
Thank the fuckin' lord, Bernie is doing better!
Anyone else find it strange that they put an ex-yakuza and orphanage owner to solve a murder case that's 6 years old and do a better job than the police did back then? Move over, Yagami, Detective Kiryu is on the case.
Hope Bernie gets better soon ! Stay safe Nico !
I’ll be honest I haven’t fought Yakuza 3’s Amon, that’s bs that he breaks your weapons in 1 hit. He does the same in Yakuza 4 unless you cheese it by having guns.
Yuya: Kiryu where are you looking at right now?
Kiryu: mmmmmm
Yuya: Kiryu?
Kiryu: TENDER CLEAVAGE!
Yuya: what?
Kiryu: Nothing >.>
I seen this video pop up and...um i need to clean my pants.
We're getting into the end game....also I am shocked that you got so many of those completion stuff done!
You know I'm kinda Mad Nico gets the golden pistol just by doing all the substories. That weapon gets unlocked in Y4 ONLY if you do the goddam minigames. and I am not joking when I am saying it took me 3 days straight just to beat Billiards there. That Item is the best weapon in the game.
also nico the katana basically has infinite durabilitiy and you shouldn't ever repair it. all you have to do is just throw the weapon away and bob will give you a new one, same with any other item. No that is not a joke.
Yeah, I feel that this Amon is not on par with the other Amon in the series. The other ones are way cooler. This Amon is just BLOCK, BLOCK, BLOCK.
Man, that Cafe Alps murder substory was amazing. Also, I'm happy to hear that Bernie is doing better. :)
1:45:29 the unstoppable force meets the immovable object
I gotta say, the Date substory I really enjoyed! It's just, I really like his character and like Nico said, he's kinda taken a backseat this game so it was nice to see him get his own side-story, and it was entertaining both with his actual dialouge with Kiryu and Nico's little tidbits and it ended in a way I actually liked a lot
How did that guy get out of jail? Kiriyu went to jail for 10 years for murdering 1 guy. This guy killed a cop in front of other officers, took a hostage, and had all his other violent crimes on top of it all. Isn't that a life sentence if not more than one?
So, I just got my 2nd covid vaccine today and it knocked me out when I got home. I just woke up (5:30am) and I saw your video in my subscriptions Nico.
I swear when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was Xigbar! Anyway, glad things are going okay with you. Stay awesome, Nico.
One thing I just realized. No in main plot substory. Last time that happened was 0. 0 didn't have any. It's interesting considering judgement had some. A more recent game.
The golden pistol was a completion point reward in 0. As well as a shotgun.
Honestly, after seeing you struggle against Amon in the past Yakuza games, I was bracing for the worst. Glad to see that it wasn't as bad as I'd thought. You even got a worthy reward. Now Kiryu can go on a killing spree. XD
The amon of this game is actually one of the easier ones. It's in 4 where things can get BS unless you know exactly what to do.
Amon returns for his beating also glad to hear Bernie is doing better
45:09
It was our conversation about pancakes, right?
1:00 Yeah, I agree the way Rikiya went out was a little lame lol. Honestly, the way some characters have died in the past 3 Yakuza games have felt just so forced to me. Especially the ones in Kiwami 1 like Kazana which honestly, it’s hard to feel anything considering how forced of a death it was to me.
Won’t say if it gets better or not in future games to avoid spoiling anything but when looking at Yakuza 1 - 3 specifically, a lot of deaths in the story always felt a little cliche in my opinion. So much so that it just really takes you out of it
Honestly with 1 through 3 specifically, it makes me more annoyed than sad.
"However, there is one thing our clan considers a worse evil than death... and that's for the defeated to live on in his weakness. Or her. His or her weakness. "Their" works too"
Hey at least the Amon clan is politically correct if nothing else
*Duel of the Fates plays in the background as Jo Amon turns on his lightsabers*
Kiryu: Really, Amon? Are you a weeb too?
Amon: I am your worst nightmare!
Kiryu: Yeah, whatever. May the force be with me.
Thank you Nico
I didn't realize Amon became Kars.
I don’t know who this “Kars” is, but Amon has become Shadow the Hedgehog.
@@JJ_R Didn't Kars come before shadow?
@@slobertooth1358 Oh, I’m really sorry. I wasn’t joking. I’m seeing a lot of comments talking about Kars, but I don’t know who that is. I’m guessing he’s a Jojo character?
@@JJ_R Ah I see, my apologies. But yes he is from Jojo and if you don't mind spoilers
To dumb it down, towards the end of part 2 he becomes the ultimate life form
@@slobertooth1358 Oh, now I remember! While I didn’t see the actual series, I did see Viva’s animation of that series. He’s the guy that was shot into space!
Was the purple dragon shirt Shinji's shirt in kiwami?
Good vid nico!
Wakazo is a term that old men like Date refer to young men.
Quite the fitting Phoenix Wright standard of name.
But Koi-Koi isn't busted.
I swear I saw these Amon moves in Yakuza 4 with double guns.
Nico, you are a national treasure.
Damn, that rejection hurt to watch. Almost as much as watching someone reject Haru in Persona 5.
Yep... There are some *sick* people out there.
I am *finally* caught up, thank the dragons above. ...Right at the ending stage of course, but, eh. Better than totally missing it!
First, best wishes to Bernie in continued recovery!
Second, condolences for the events of the last episode. It never gets easier to watch, even when you know it's coming.
On a lighter note, lemme tell you the biggest hurdle to getting the Platinum trophy for this game: MINIGAMES. As opposed to any for beating each coliseum opponent, or crafting every item you can (props to you, btw, since it's not required for Plat I just said fuck it and beat every tourney, amazing determination o your part) there *is* a trophy for fully completing every minigame! Every crane prize, beating level 50 of Boxcelios, getting way too many chips and tags in the gambling dens, every fish variety, a high score every batting course, much more, and of course....
POOL. Pool is the bane of my existence. But you bet Kiryu's chiseled ass I beat all four game types on all four difficulties with the broken physics. And then did it AGAIN for Yakuza 5 last week (The requirements changed so it's not nearly as bad, but it's still painful. Each mode, second-hardest difficulty, plus all 8 levels of puzzle pool.)
But, that Golden Gun. An infinite ammo pistol which plows through mooks like an industrial meat grinder set to two-bit thug. Which you can take into the Legend mode playthrough that will most likely be the last trophy you need for the Plat, if you're do that nonsense. Rarely have I felt something more satisfying.
Anyway, I will be eagerly tuning into the final part of this series, eagerly looking forward to the playthrough of Yakuza 4, and I hope you enjoyed hearing the laments of a completionist in love with these games. Remember always, be the best Daddy you can in honor of the Dragon of Dojima! I'm gonna go get some sleep, it's like 5:30 AM.
Amon: Come on, Kill me Already
Kiryu: I don’t do things like that
Also Kiryu: *Grabs a Golden Pistol and shoots people like a madman*
1:53:40
Wait isnt the Dragon Shirt just straight up Shinji's shirt?
Wow, the minigames are the only thing that's not completed. I would say to go for it since this could very well be your first ever Yakuza platinum. For me, the weapon modding and coliseum were way more tedious than the minigames (even if some of them are broken in the remaster)