As a person who has seen a lot of Yakuza videos and some memes along with playing Yakuza 0 I can confirm that this is 100% accurate and true with all the games in the franchise
Yakuza 6 is the perfect example of why games should have demos. Long story short, I was never into it because I assumed it was just GTA in Japan. Well I tried out the Y6 demo and just fell in love with both the incredibly well written main plot and the absolutely insane substories lol. I own the entire series now and it's all because they let me try it out for an hour or two free.
Nah, man. Doing things you enjoy isn't a waste of time, and money isn't everything. People and relationships are. If a person actually cares that you are making money, that makes them a pimp, and you should stay very far away from them even if they wear cool clothes.
Every day is a terrible day when you realize dunkey hasn’t made a dunkview on the videogame Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Instead he makes his 13th cooking with Don Cheadle video, why cook with Don Cheadle if you could spend that valuable time making a review on the videogame Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze? Actually, Yakuza is pretty cool. I’ll let this one slide, Jason
I mean, considering what Majima survives in this video, I wonder if that's because of Kiryu's personal code or simply that he CAN'T, no matter how hard he tries.
Dunkey’s taste for outro music is one of the things that make his videos so special. I never could have imagined that the theme song to the Don Quijote convenient store chain would be such a perfect fit, it literally spells out dun-dun-dun-key
Awesome, very right, i want to say Majima is his greatest Living ally, while Shintiro Kazuma is his greatest spiritual ally. But i think after 3 Shintiro kinda fades away. Granted some people in 2 were enemies of him and went after Kiryu as some bonus revenge.
Kind of why the last entries leaving out Ichiban's game are weaker, 6 has even less karaoke, no pocket racing and almost no Majima till a couple of minutes at the end
i plat'd 4 of the Yakuza games and have like 2,000 hours played. Pocket circuit is amazing. compare it to shit like 4's cochin cup or Kenzan's turtle racing and you realize just how GOOD it is
I love how some people decided to indulge themselves into this whole ass franchise after so many years of the original game's release. I myself played Yakuza 0 a few weeks ago and rn steadily making my way through every god damn game. Hope you're enjoying your playthrough Dunkey!
8:03 That laugh Dunkey made seeing a picture of a younger Kiryu and younger Fighter sounded so genuine. Like he fell in love with the series already seeing that.
0:17 I like how in Kiwami 1 Kiryu gets instantly knocked out with the baton, while in Kiwami 2 where they literally break a bottle on his head he doesnt feel a thing
@@Maruwyn That's actually real tho, your bones compact and strength the more you damage them witohut completely breaking. The problem is you have a soft brain inside there.
i love how dunkey has to break characters several times to let us know they really are friends and its not just dunkey making shit up to be funny cause the comedy is so similar to what dunkey would randomly come up with off the top of his head.
I only realized recently how much I love and appreciate Dunky's individuality on this platform, I can watch a full funny video, or a nice blend of critical analysis and jokes. Thank you Dunko
Before playaing this game, I actually thought the Majima pole dancing and that girl running away like she's in fast forward were all mods. Now my eyes have been opened to this game's greatness
The video cut right to a Domino's ad at 5:19 and then came right back to the close-up of Kiryu on the phone. I was half-expecting Dunkey make a joke about ordering some pizza first; it all felt like one big bit. Edit: I finished writing my comment and went back to watching, and of course he did pretty much exactly that. 1020 yen/10
Top comments didn’t mention how perfect that outro song is. It’s the theme song of Don Quijote, the beloved Japanese discount store found in Japan and Hawaii. As you walk through the store’s massive halls of floor-to-ceiling goods or getting boba and hachiko taiyaki, you’ll hear this song again and again.
It is man, I've played it everyday just because I love fighting my best friend Goro Majima. Soundtrack is phenomenal, story is great, combats engaging, and there's so much to do. Best series I've ever had the pleasure to play.
Shenmue was bad in itself but it was also a template for other dev to make better and now there a bunch of games that got inspired by it. It literally revolutionized the gaming industry even if it was a terrible game.
Easily one of my favorite games of all time and probably my favorite game series of all time. It's so melodramatic and cheesy but even the little bits of Nishiki in Dunkey's video made me tear up a bit remembering. Latest one had you fighting a giant renegade Roomba that was vacuuming up an elderly lady too, so highly recommend.
@@cullenpinney2997 Kinda feel sorry for you, turn based combat did divided fanbase, im really thankfull that im just one of those who didnt mind, hope that atleast you found story interesting
@@pennyprince Th best one depends on the person. For me it was 0 and 4. If you're talking about big cities then try playing till Yakuza 5 since it has like 5 cities and 5 protag.
0:35 New York Style Hamburger, as the poster clearly depicts, involves the meat patty being ABOVE the toppings. This is a reference to how everyone in New York eats like a psychopath.
That was actually kind of a sweet speech at 5:41 about racing. Don't give up on what makes you happy because you feel like you have to fit in with the "adults".
This is the perfect way to start my Week! When Dunkey talks Coconut Cream pies, Soupa Mario Bruddahs 2, and Yakuza then all my dreams will come true! I sing for you Dunk, Truly I sing for you.... Great Outro song choice btw 🥃
The Yakuza series is a masterpiece. Yes, it re-uses A LOT, but over the years they have added and added to it, and you can really feel that when it comes to something like yakuza 5.
Kiwami 2 Majima Saga where Majima and Ryuji make mentions of each other as respectable badasses is flat out the best development from making the most enormous lad in the series (not counting Gary) a pant stealer.
A lot of people forget how niche these games used to be. Hell, at the time of Yakuza 4 and 5 the likelihood of them even getting an english release was looking bleak. So the game budgets were smaller. It was, imo, one of the biggest shames in gaming and the fact that it's now so beloved is one hell of a redemption arch. I expect the next Yakuza to have a far larger scope and budget!
@@sausagesausage oh yeah. I remember yakuza 5 taking so so sooo long to come out. I’m glad it happend. But it was really 0 that pushed this game to the masses. And rightly so. I do feel since dragon engine the game has lost a bit of charm, but its still great.
9:53 Your outro song selection is ingenious. It is the theme song from Don Don Donki, which is a famous Japanese supermarket that always loops said theme song in the store. Picking this song to end your video is so fitting and hilarious
This game franchise will jump between complete seriousness and the most crazy stuff you'll experience in a game and I AM HERE FOR IT. Hearing the Don Quijote jingle at the end genuinely made me start dancing. I felt so betrayed when it was replaced in Like A Dragon.
I can actually relate to the Shinji part now. I was playing zero and I was supposed to meet Oda for drinks, but instead, I decided to play the business mini-game for a week before I even bothered to go.
Didn't try the Yakuza series till about 5 years ago, have played them all now and I love them even though they are very similar it's just so much goofy fun with a deadly serious story line.
The Yakuza series isn't even my style of game and I still love it so much. The stories are decent but all the minigames and sidequests are where it really shines
Everyone's been saying it but Dunkey and SBFP got me into this amazing series, and Dunkey's finally put out a new Yakuza video, and it's 10 minutes long! I remember Dunkey streamed yakuza 7 a while back but he never finished it, hope he did off-screen!
Yakuza series is something I never originally played, but recently I bought the full series on steam and it's been a surprise how much fun it is to explore this world. I love the goofy story lines and over the top mini games. I'll just be sitting going to every crane game in the world and trying to collect them all, but then I remember there's an actual game to play. It's something everyone should give a try in my opinion.
I love seeing Dunkey having fun with this game, I'm pretty sure he appreciate all the dumb but fun stuff this game has along all the minigames, I'm glad Yakuza is finally having the recognition it deserves
2:35 I was at work the other day and I've had this job for 4 years. My coworker has had it for 20 years. He asked what I make. $16.50 per hour. He's worked here 16 years longer and earns the same as I do. :(
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For those who havent played any of the Yakuza's, this is EXACTLY how the games are
The original games for PS2 had a very different atmosphere, still had some goofy moments though but overall they were much darker
As a person who has seen a lot of Yakuza videos and some memes along with playing Yakuza 0 I can confirm that this is 100% accurate and true with all the games in the franchise
@@mondocool5670 10 Years in the joint
Thanks
This game actually looks fun KEK
This has to be one of the best slot car racing games I've ever played, and the yakuza-themed beat 'em up minigame is surprisingly in-depth.
The Minigames are what makes the game great
@@paulwaltersheherfeministvl521 greg
Is this reupload?
one might even say it’s the first “NY Style” type game
This game is the only reason I ever tried to learn mahjong.
I love how this is literally just Dunkey playing the game, there's not even really any jokes, this is just Yakuza
"I called you 3 months ago" LMAO
This is kind of the reason I don’t like this video
@@zarkmo why do you not like it? it's got a little something for everyone
@@GNINNIWTON I fucking hated this video. 9.5/10
@@zarkmo Nitpicking and biased. Dunkey wins, Bye bye
Yakuza is the kind of game series that writes all of Dunkey’s absurdity into the actual game, so he doesn’t have to do any of it himself
I feel similarly, except its more like this franchise is easy for Dunk to be funny with
Paper mario
Oh, so like Kingdom Hearts
@@EteamProductions no that’s not even close to what he said. Kingdom hearts has shoddy writing this game is just absurd in a good way
Yakuza 6 is the perfect example of why games should have demos. Long story short, I was never into it because I assumed it was just GTA in Japan. Well I tried out the Y6 demo and just fell in love with both the incredibly well written main plot and the absolutely insane substories lol. I own the entire series now and it's all because they let me try it out for an hour or two free.
50% of this game is litearally dealing with majima's shenanigans and I love it, oh and dominating children in toy car racing
just like real life japan
@@dave2.077 cept the yen is healthier in this series
And those kids in slot car later go on to live happy healthy lives as adults because of it, this series is A+ heartwarming
Only 50 percent%?
Which is strange, because you only see him like twice in the original PS2 version.
Majima Everywhere was a perfect mixture of funny and terrifying
Once you get tiger drop, majima fears you
@@muh1457 the hunter becomes the hunted
Kind of a disappointment that Goromi isn't in the video
KIRYU CHAAAAN!
the reason kiryu doesn’t help majima out of the water when he gets shot is because it’d interfere with the majima everywhere system
Majima is super relatable, one job just isn’t enough to make ends meet these days
Same, I remember that time I had to hide in a giant traffic cone for hours just to make ends meet
@@JayInTheGreen I had to K.O. a mascot boy just to use his costume (and take his check). Sad times.
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At least he makes more than 1020 yen
@@Astaticembrace d,1⁶
The First ever "New York Style" Game. Truly revolutionary.
The crazy thing is that it most probably exists in Japan. All these shops and grocery stores are based on real life stores.
this game really makes you "feel" like new york,
(It's basically the same pizza you can get anywhere but floppy.)
I'm just waiting on a New York Style strand-type game.
The funny thing is it is kind of a new york style game but based on some other city in Tokyo instead of new york
The car racing game was brilliant. It was a metacommentary on how, you, the player, is going to waste half your life on the very game he lost his on.
FUCK, NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT
that's hilarious, i know you meant it as a joke, but this is so on-point x)
Keep on fighting, Fighter......
Well hot damn
I found this comment the exact moment it showed up
Nah, man. Doing things you enjoy isn't a waste of time, and money isn't everything. People and relationships are. If a person actually cares that you are making money, that makes them a pimp, and you should stay very far away from them even if they wear cool clothes.
Every day is a terrible day when you realize dunkey hasn’t made a dunkview on the videogame Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Instead he makes his 13th cooking with Don Cheadle video, why cook with Don Cheadle if you could spend that valuable time making a review on the videogame Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze? Actually, Yakuza is pretty cool. I’ll let this one slide, Jason
Jason
Donkey Kong: Frozen Ape*
But donkey Kong is in every video game though
Yeah I love Donkey Kong: Frozen Ape. I bought it for $50
@@egopestifermundi Frozen Ape indeed
The only series that can blend bat-shit insane mini games and substories with an extremely intense and intricate story
That’s always been the biggest setback for me on Yakuza.
Sobstories*
Then just don't do them easy fix
Metal Gear Solid
@@XmarcX92 how in the fuck is that a setback
And he did all of that without killing a single person, just amazing
Majima walked it off
Everyone in the Yakuza universe just has ketchup hidden in their clothing.
I mean, considering what Majima survives in this video, I wonder if that's because of Kiryu's personal code or simply that he CAN'T, no matter how hard he tries.
IIRC the "never killed anybody" thing is a mistranslation, the actual quote is that he never killed anyone undeserving/in cold blood
Yup, all those dudes he shot during the car chase? Fully recovered from the explosions.
Dunkey’s taste for outro music is one of the things that make his videos so special. I never could have imagined that the theme song to the Don Quijote convenient store chain would be such a perfect fit, it literally spells out dun-dun-dun-key
He used it for his other Yakuza videos as well
Don Quixote is in yakuza too its kinda cool
Oh, I thought it was a custom song or something! Haha
Maimi tanaka - miracle shopping
Can you figure out how to say the same thing, but without sounding aw tis tick? Hint: It involves deleting "literally", and nothing else.
It’s so great that Dunkey provides us a New York style video that’s so good it doesn’t have any dislikes. Dunkerton giving us another classic!
Only a New York style would do
EYYYY IM WALKING HERE
It currently has 75 dislikes, which means it has a 99.2% like/dislike ratio. I know it's a joke, but that's also pretty nuts. Lol.
Your comment has 0 dislikes
New York style Dunkey and he's New York style Spaghetti and Meatballs
What terrifies me is the fact that Majima REALLY IS his greatest ally
Awesome, very right, i want to say Majima is his greatest Living ally, while Shintiro Kazuma is his greatest spiritual ally. But i think after 3 Shintiro kinda fades away. Granted some people in 2 were enemies of him and went after Kiryu as some bonus revenge.
What terrifies me is that Dunkey didn’t even get an upgrade.
id argue maybe daigo is. but during kiwami 1, id say maybe majima
in this game, your biggest ally is your biggest enemy
We are witnessing a Dunkey classic right before our eyes
Stfu the video just came out
We need more Dunkey Yakuza vidsos
AIRPLANE!!!
The truth has been spoken
This is a certified hood classic
This is actually a very accurate look into the world of the yakuza games. And yes, kyriu and majima are basically each other's greatest allies
You spelled "boyfriend" wrong.
@@pjwaring they've been going steady for like 20 years, pretty sure those boys are common law married by now
Found out you can beat Majima so many times to the point he just chills out smoking a cig.
Everyone has to relax near a burning oil drum and smoke sometimes
He's thinking about how to troll kiryu-chan.
kiryu : beats the shit out of majima
majima : *same time tomorrow?*
They're great friends after all
I swear, majima definitely has a BDSM fetish 😭😭
Kiryu: "No.
Majima: "Nice, meet you there."
Majima and Kiryu in a nutshell
@@billcipher147 Majima: "Also I am going to stab you this time."
There is no excitement greater than checking your RUclips feed and seeing that there’s ten minutes of Dunkey playing Yakuza to watch.
i actually jumped when i saw the notif.
and it's so entertaining too
Dunkey perfectly captured what Yakuza is all about: pocket racing, karaoke, a lot of bullshit and Goro Majima.
Kind of why the last entries leaving out Ichiban's game are weaker, 6 has even less karaoke, no pocket racing and almost no Majima till a couple of minutes at the end
@@cmsps4274 Pocket racing was only in 0 and Kiwami.
And a good story
Not the best, but pretty good imo
yakuza was never about those things ok
@@cmsps4274 only 2 games have pocket racing
I’m glad dunkey gave the pocket racer side game a respectable amount of time in the video. That part rules
It really rules! Am I not correct fellow kids?
Yeah but no Goromi? ⚰
Side game?
i plat'd 4 of the Yakuza games and have like 2,000 hours played. Pocket circuit is amazing. compare it to shit like 4's cochin cup or Kenzan's turtle racing and you realize just how GOOD it is
Majima Everywhere is truly the greatest quest line of all time.
Majima everywhere at the end of time
I wish every game I played featured a Majima Everywhere System.
not once u have majima sss rank and he's still showing up
Sometimes hunting the different versions becomes annoying. But the fights are at least good.
What an amazing New York Style video Dunkey. You always out-do yourself.
... What on Earth is a New York Style Pepsi?
best comment
The fact you added the Don Quijote song at the end, made this entire video top tier cinema. My respect
you mean the dunkey hotep song
I love how some people decided to indulge themselves into this whole ass franchise after so many years of the original game's release. I myself played Yakuza 0 a few weeks ago and rn steadily making my way through every god damn game. Hope you're enjoying your playthrough Dunkey!
I started playing Yakuza 0 three years ago. I haven’t finished because I don’t want it to end. Also there’s a shit ton of stuff to do
Started yakuza 0 three weeks ago and now im on kiwami 2 lol
Started 0 just last night. This video is perfect timing
Is 0 the best one to start with?
@@chucklebutt4470 You should go Yakuza 0 - Kiwami - Kiwami 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
8:03 That laugh Dunkey made seeing a picture of a younger Kiryu and younger Fighter sounded so genuine. Like he fell in love with the series already seeing that.
0:17 I like how in Kiwami 1 Kiryu gets instantly knocked out with the baton, while in Kiwami 2 where they literally break a bottle on his head he doesnt feel a thing
He is adapting.
His head grew thicker from all the knock outs.
It was a skill issue in kiwami 1 sir
He upgraded the skill tree since then
@@Maruwyn That's actually real tho, your bones compact and strength the more you damage them witohut completely breaking. The problem is you have a soft brain inside there.
The don Quixote theme that you played at the end of the video is seriously the catchiest piece of music ever
I nearly died when Kiryu used the guy as a human shield and then also used him as a projectile weapon.
Can't believe Michael Winslow provided his New York style voice acting and the sound effects for this masterpiece of a game
Its' amazing how Dunkey kept the fact that he voiced the entire English Dub a secret all these years
The subtle "oh shit, he stopped fork-man" from the side character was legit awesome
Ya know it's a good day when dunkey uploads
YOU BUMBLER! YOU BUMBLER! YOU BUMBLER!
This game really makes you feel like a Japanese gangster in the early 2000s
Yes. What's funny about that, schnigga?
This is not set in the 80s?
I am lmfao'ing at this joke that I have never seen before
@@sinisterwombat3128 No. That was Yakuza 0
With all the exaggerated swagger of an adult Japanese man
i love how dunkey has to break characters several times to let us know they really are friends and its not just dunkey making shit up to be funny cause the comedy is so similar to what dunkey would randomly come up with off the top of his head.
I only realized recently how much I love and appreciate Dunky's individuality on this platform, I can watch a full funny video, or a nice blend of critical analysis and jokes. Thank you Dunko
Before playaing this game, I actually thought the Majima pole dancing and that girl running away like she's in fast forward were all mods. Now my eyes have been opened to this game's greatness
wait....... you really thought it's mods?
Majima being a random but convenient occupation every few minutes is genuinely a really funny gag.
I love the Yakuza series so much. Its one of only things that can make me laugh hysterically and also sob like a baby lol
Nishitani / Tachibana / Oda and Sagawa 😭
its amazing how dunkey can go from "Im fork man" to a hardened mob boss yelling in japanese.
That's just Yakuza though
That's how yakuza works
This confirms that dunkey is indeed new york style shimano
I'm proud of Dunkey for at least attempting spoiler warnings in the description, thank you donkey-senpai
i did'nt read the description before and i'm definitely mad at Dunkey
The video cut right to a Domino's ad at 5:19 and then came right back to the close-up of Kiryu on the phone. I was half-expecting Dunkey make a joke about ordering some pizza first; it all felt like one big bit.
Edit: I finished writing my comment and went back to watching, and of course he did pretty much exactly that. 1020 yen/10
Top comments didn’t mention how perfect that outro song is. It’s the theme song of Don Quijote, the beloved Japanese discount store found in Japan and Hawaii. As you walk through the store’s massive halls of floor-to-ceiling goods or getting boba and hachiko taiyaki, you’ll hear this song again and again.
The more you peel dunkey's comedy layer's the better it all gets.
And RUclips automatic subtitles show Donkey so it's perfect ahah
Don Quijote stores, and therefore the store's theme song, also appear in pretty much every main Yakuza game.
If you play yakuza games you would know that don quijote always appear and they always play this song too
So all the workers are completely insane?
I’ve never played yakuza, and I have no idea what it’s about outside of dunkey videos. But I’m pretty sure it’s the greatest game ever.
fun
shut ur effin mouth (NO OFFENSE)
it is.
next month a yakuza spin off game where you are a samurai that uses guns comes out
Its also gonna be the greatest game ever
It is man, I've played it everyday just because I love fighting my best friend Goro Majima. Soundtrack is phenomenal, story is great, combats engaging, and there's so much to do.
Best series I've ever had the pleasure to play.
@@garrickkthegreat5762 Yakuza Ishin has already been out for years on playstation in Japan only but is getting it's translated PC port.
This game makes you feel like you're playing an actual good version of Shenmue
Shenmue meets Streets of Rage!
"I'm looking for some sailors"
But you fight a hundred grizzled mariners then become a spear fisherman and kill a mythological creature
@@NibNibNib"I'm looking for a girl who happens to be the key to millions or billions of yen"
@@NibNibNib I love everything you just said
Shenmue was bad in itself but it was also a template for other dev to make better and now there a bunch of games that got inspired by it. It literally revolutionized the gaming industry even if it was a terrible game.
Easily one of my favorite games of all time and probably my favorite game series of all time. It's so melodramatic and cheesy but even the little bits of Nishiki in Dunkey's video made me tear up a bit remembering. Latest one had you fighting a giant renegade Roomba that was vacuuming up an elderly lady too, so highly recommend.
7?
@@AD-lh3jk 7 is stank ☹️👎
@@cullenpinney2997 7's great what are you on about
@@theindie-vidual2188 I do not enjoy turn based combat I find it painfully boring
@@cullenpinney2997 Kinda feel sorry for you, turn based combat did divided fanbase, im really thankfull that im just one of those who didnt mind, hope that atleast you found story interesting
I wouldn't mind to have a full playthrough of this, with Dunkey reading all the dialogue. He reads stuff good.
I’m so happy
Dunkey got me into the Yakuza series and he’s finally playing kiwami
Is Kiwami the best one? The city was so big and there was so much to do, I never got around to the other ones (I started with Kiwami)
@@pennyprince damn started with kiwami?
Dude you would not believe how ecstatic I was when I saw this vid on my feed. HES FINSLLY DOING YAKUZA AGAIN
@@pennyprince I think most people like yakuza 0
@@pennyprince Th best one depends on the person. For me it was 0 and 4. If you're talking about big cities then try playing till Yakuza 5 since it has like 5 cities and 5 protag.
I just got into this series. I've been close to 100 percenting 0, k1, and k2 and it's been a wonderful adventure. 3 is slower but still fun!
Hell yeah kyodai
3 on Legend is fucking hell, easily the worst on the series
i want the plat for y0 but i refuse to get a full straight in mahjong
I gave up on 100% on k2 because of the mahjong challenges. I had everything done except them and that’s what defeated me….
@@kacper5320 did you use the mahjong cheat items?
the nishiki bomb scene goes especially hard considering it was on a timer anyway and didn't need to be shot at all
0:35 New York Style Hamburger, as the poster clearly depicts, involves the meat patty being ABOVE the toppings. This is a reference to how everyone in New York eats like a psychopath.
That was actually kind of a sweet speech at 5:41 about racing. Don't give up on what makes you happy because you feel like you have to fit in with the "adults".
4:14 "There is truly nothing more horrific then realizing that, if you miss a corner turn, you have to play *hot wheels unleashed* even more now."
Can't wait to rewatch this five thousand times in the span of 10 years!
This is the perfect way to start my Week! When Dunkey talks Coconut Cream pies, Soupa Mario Bruddahs 2, and Yakuza then all my dreams will come true! I sing for you Dunk, Truly I sing for you.... Great Outro song choice btw 🥃
whats the outro song
@@Primimimimimimimi Theme of Don Quixote
9:03 I 100% believed Majima would have showed up and sacrificed himself to save the little girl and by extension, Kazuma.
"Nishiki remember when we were in the back street boys" - best quote of all time
I cried when Nishiki and Kiryu left one direction
The Yakuza series is a masterpiece. Yes, it re-uses A LOT, but over the years they have added and added to it, and you can really feel that when it comes to something like yakuza 5.
Kiwami 2 Majima Saga where Majima and Ryuji make mentions of each other as respectable badasses is flat out the best development from making the most enormous lad in the series (not counting Gary) a pant stealer.
A lot of people forget how niche these games used to be. Hell, at the time of Yakuza 4 and 5 the likelihood of them even getting an english release was looking bleak. So the game budgets were smaller.
It was, imo, one of the biggest shames in gaming and the fact that it's now so beloved is one hell of a redemption arch. I expect the next Yakuza to have a far larger scope and budget!
@@sausagesausage oh yeah. I remember yakuza 5 taking so so sooo long to come out. I’m glad it happend. But it was really 0 that pushed this game to the masses. And rightly so.
I do feel since dragon engine the game has lost a bit of charm, but its still great.
@@sausagesausage The Judgement games, Like A Dragon, and FOTNS as well as the remastered collection have all been excellent as well!
@@stargateheaven23 What happened with the Dragon Engine?
9:53 Your outro song selection is ingenious. It is the theme song from Don Don Donki, which is a famous Japanese supermarket that always loops said theme song in the store. Picking this song to end your video is so fitting and hilarious
Don’t you mean the “Don Quijote”?
Edit: Okay, after a quick Wikipedia search, it turns out it is also called the “Don Don Donki”.
It’s so fking hilarious I have no idea how he came across the song
@@weebleapplesmooooo Don Quijote also exists within the Yakuza games, and plays the theme when you're inside the store... just like real life.
I love the Dunkey everywhere system, such an ambitious mechanic
This game franchise will jump between complete seriousness and the most crazy stuff you'll experience in a game and I AM HERE FOR IT.
Hearing the Don Quijote jingle at the end genuinely made me start dancing.
I felt so betrayed when it was replaced in Like A Dragon.
toy car racing game with a dramatic plotline side quest
I can actually relate to the Shinji part now. I was playing zero and I was supposed to meet Oda for drinks, but instead, I decided to play the business mini-game for a week before I even bothered to go.
as a former Yakuza man myself, this game really makes you FEEL like a 2006 yakuza gangster
Thank you for the insight, Yakuza Man™
Are u guys expert in toy car racing too ??
The way he builds toy cars is just full of the exaggerated swagger of a 4th chairman
7:24 if this ended up with scene where kiryu slaps haruka I would’ve collapsed from laughing
This Yakuza guy is really good friends with everybody in Japan.
When Kiryu said "I'm not just Kiryu, I'm the Kiwami Kiryu" I literally kiwami'd my pants
“I don’t have anytime to worry about him.”
*Walks away incredibly slowly*
This is one of these games where you don’t have a clue whats going on 95% of the time but you enjoy every second of the wild ride
As a Yakuza stan, this video gave me the will to live for at least four more months.
But you must wait a couple years for Dunkey’s Kiwami 2 video…it’ll come
0:43 I absolutely love how true this is 💀 he's not even being sarcastic here.
The insanity of Yakuza
As ridiculous as Yakuza games are, they always manage to tug on my heart strings.
the slot announcer is truly tragic
Yakuza 0 made me cry manly tears
Watching Dunkey goofing around in a game he enjoys is one of the best things to watch on RUclips. 💖💖💖
6:50 " I called you three months ago "
I laughed so much i almost choked.
Didn't try the Yakuza series till about 5 years ago, have played them all now and I love them even though they are very similar it's just so much goofy fun with a deadly serious story line.
Dunkey is the one who got me into Yakuza with his 0 review a few years ago. I’ve now played all the mainline games. Thank you Dunk❤
Same!! Never would I have guessed that 1 video would change my life so drastically
That little “don’t cry nishiki 🥺” at 4:34 is sending me
I was so moved when Kiryu said “It’s Kiwami time!” before he performed karaoke.
Never played this classic game, but I can tell this voice acting is a landmark achievement for English dubbing.
unironically tho Majima was voiced by Mark hamill
@@ALIMALI-gb6gl Dunks favorite character, the freakin Joker?
@@Mr_Spaghetti yup, sadly in the og dub he doesnt do the joker voice that he shoulda done, he just does a regular old thug voice
This is honestly such a comfort game for me for as crazy as it is
When he stabbed Kimichi or whatever with the scimitar I really felt the friendship they shared since the second game where he breaks his neck.
The Mad Kimchi of Shimano, Patriarch of the Bulgogi Family.
Some times dunkey creates the art in his videos, sometimes he just curates it and lets the art speak for itself. What a masterpiece
DUNKEY X DON QUIXOTE WAS THE LEGENDARY COLLABORATION OF THIS WHOLE VIDEO LOOOOOOOOLLLLL
goddamnit I'm gonna have to play this masterpiece again. This series is gold
The Yakuza series isn't even my style of game and I still love it so much. The stories are decent but all the minigames and sidequests are where it really shines
I have this game, and now that I know Majima acts like this I'm playing it immediately
Im really glad you've made this review, your review of yakuza 0 is literaly what got me into this yakuza franchise.
Except his Yakuza 0 review sucks because it's better than the original Yak 1-3 and he gave it a 3/5
This feels like a return to 2012 dunkey, I love it
I've been playing through this series recently, currently on 5. They really are fantastic games, blending tones masterfully.
Everyone's been saying it but Dunkey and SBFP got me into this amazing series, and Dunkey's finally put out a new Yakuza video, and it's 10 minutes long! I remember Dunkey streamed yakuza 7 a while back but he never finished it, hope he did off-screen!
I just realized that the Majima death from 8:40 was from House of the dead 2. Another sega title. I believe it was the fishman boss with the spear.
Yakuza series is something I never originally played, but recently I bought the full series on steam and it's been a surprise how much fun it is to explore this world. I love the goofy story lines and over the top mini games. I'll just be sitting going to every crane game in the world and trying to collect them all, but then I remember there's an actual game to play. It's something everyone should give a try in my opinion.
Please do the entire series. This was just hilarious
He's done 0 & 3 before. 5 & 6 years ago respectively.
Woke up this mornin', got shot off a pier
I think that Majima actually wanted a ham and swiss
0:53 he actually came back after 10 years. Amazing continuity in these fighting games
Come back in 10 years.
After living in japan for a year and a half i have to applaud the yakuza games for being shockingly accurate
I love seeing Dunkey having fun with this game, I'm pretty sure he appreciate all the dumb but fun stuff this game has along all the minigames, I'm glad Yakuza is finally having the recognition it deserves
I love it how during all the games kiryu legit doesn’t age while everyone else does 😹
they are finally giving him like 2 gray hairs when he's canonically like 70 years old.
2:35 I was at work the other day and I've had this job for 4 years. My coworker has had it for 20 years. He asked what I make. $16.50 per hour. He's worked here 16 years longer and earns the same as I do.
:(