Yakuza Zero and Kiwami owners on PC can avail free upgrade to the deluxe version of the game, Sega has confirmed. Here's how you can claim it. Yakuza
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Don’t get me wrong; at the end of the day, this is still Yakuza Kiwami, and that means you can have a lot of fun with. I loved revisiting it, for instance. The great writing, characters, music, everything is here. But the Switch just isn’t the best place to enjoy this kind of game. From the unstable framerate to the short battery life, this immersive narrative brawler needs to be enjoyed on a big screen, with great visuals and framerate. Which you can do, if you play it on a PS4, PS5, or Xbox. As it stands, this Switch port is only recommended to die-hard fans of the franchise wanting to experience the game in a novel way. If this is your first rodeo with Yakuza, then play Kiwami elsewhere."
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama comments on Yakuza Kiwami Nintendo Switch sales and is very pleased.
One of my favorite series, ever. The Amazon Prime show is absolutely atrocious.
Fan of the Series, Action or RPG and I might get the Switch LRG Collection version.
Amazon's Like A Dragon: Yakuza is good in my opinion and can't wait to get the next episodes. Yes it's different, but if I wanted something so pure of the original take, I'd just play Kiwami or the original game on PS2.
I’ve not played it on the switch myself but I’d heard it was an awful port. Which is a shame because I thought it would be a nice fit on the console.
Couldn't get into the Yakuza series, even though it was a Shenmue clone. Surprised SEGA hasn't released a Shenmue trilogy, more so on the Switch. But all those Shenmue clones, it took years to finish off Shenmue with a 3rd game. Shenmue never even made it to the PS2, after SEGA ditched the Dreamcast. But out of the Yakuza series, I wanted to play Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan, which was never released in Europe. Rumours of a remake, which is pointless when you can knock it our as part of a collection or whatever consoles.
Andrew writes: "I’ve ended a lot of reviews of Switch ports over the years saying some variation of this may not be the best version of the game, but it’s worth your time if the Switch is your preferred platform. That’s not the case for Yakuza Kiwami. This version simply isn’t worth your time and it doesn’t matter whether you have another way to play the game or not. It isn’t just inferior; it feels terrible to play."
That's respectable.
I got in on the series via PC when 0 was offered through Humble Monthly. Fell in love with it and, eventually, that lead to my buying the recent collection on PS4.
It's what I always say; respect PC players, and they tend to support you.
I really hope that with the way MS (and hopefully Sony) are doing backwards compatibility for the next gen (and presumably beyond) that we start to see this happen with consoles as well. Giving ONLY PC players this benefit seems a sort of small slap in the face to console owners. Who are known to be their biggest supporters in the sales dept.
Great game
Nothing new, they offered the upgrade free back in 2018, also.