Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
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| Developer(s) | Syn Sophia[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Producer(s) | Toshihiro Nagoshi |
| Composer(s) | Wave Master |
| Series | Yakuza |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Distribution | Universal Media Disc |
Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō (クロヒョウ 龍が如く新章 lit. "Black Panther: Like a Dragon New Chapter"), codenamed "Project K", is a 2010 video game developed by syn Sophia (formerly the AKI Corporation)[1] and published by Sega exclusively for the PlayStation Portable.[2] The game was announced on April 21, 2010 by Japanese gaming magazine, Famitsu, and is a spin-off from Sega's Yakuza series.[3] A TV Drama adaptation of the game aired from October 5 - December 21, 2010, on TBS.
Plot
Kurohyou 1
Tatsuya was another aimless youth in the streets of Kamurocho, framed for a savage assault that left a young boy comatose. He dropped out of school on his second year and lived his life as a hoodlum with Tenma, his only friend he ever knew and Saeko, his sister who had raised him for nine years after their mother's death. Catching wind of a large sum of cash coming in from a loan shark, Tatsuya and several hoodlums raids the loan shark at night and Tatsuya personally defeats Naoki, not realizing he had murdered the man.
Shortly after the death of Toda, Tatsuya was soon found by a member of the Toda Group who offers him an ultimatum: Win ten consecutive fights in the Dragon Heat, or face certain arrest by law enforcement officers. With limited options and an opportunity to sate his thirst for violence, Tatsuya gladly obliges. Throughout his fights in the underground fighting ring, Tatsuya forms a strong bond with his trainer, Kudoh Saki, and combat physician, Amamiya Taizan, who give him a new meaning to life.
However, on his way to a fight, he is shocked to find Toda still alive. Through Kage the Florist, he discovers how he had a body double who was crippled to lure out Tatsuya and how he was responsible for the Champion District arson where certain storefronts were burned down by a mysterious arsonist. He was later found to be murdered when police discovered his body outside the city. Upon the final fight he learned about the truth. Amamiya Taizan or rather Nogi Tooru was Tatsuya's biological father and Saeko's foster father. When Saeko's parents were killed in the "Champion District Arson", Tooru and his wife adopted Saeko unbeknownst to Tatsuya. When his wife died in a separate fire, he disappeared to find out realizing that Matatoshi had found his family. It turns out that 15 years before, Naoki went into dire financial straits and needed money by committing insurance fraud and thus caused the fire at Champion Street. His plot was paid for by Tsutsui Masatoshi, a land developer who had intended to buy out several storefronts in Champion District who resisted his demands. Using his secretary Reiji Shinjoh to eliminate Isamu and Toda to cover their involvement in the Arson. Tatsuya eventually defeats 8 other fighters, defeats Hyuga Shou twice and faces his father in the final match and emerges victorious. He seeks the truth behind the incident so Tsutsui can be arrested for his involvement in the murders. However Shinjoh stops them at the final moment and Tatsuya fights and defeats Shinjoh but watches as his father sacrifices himself by taking a blow intended for Tatsuya. Tatsuya now free from the bonds of the Dragon Heat was able to find his own destiny as a fighter.
Post game credits reveal the final conspiracy member: Tsurumi Tadashi, who is secretly working with Nioka, a member of an Osaka clan, to take over Kamurocho, whom he had installed as the new head of the police department.
Drama Version: Unlike the game version, the death of Naoki Toda was from a fatal gunshot wound to the head, while the fights are similar. The murderer was Haruto, a young man in Tatsuya's gang who had lost his mother in one of Tatsuya's gang wars. In retaliation he had killed Tatsuya's sister, attempted on several occasions secretly to assassinate Tatsuya and framed him for Toda's death by dressing up like him. Tatsuya's final fight winds up nearly fatal for him as he sustains several gunshot wounds before Saki intervenes by shutting off the power, allowing Tatsuya to overwhelm Haruto. Haruto, upon defeat, realizing he is about to be arrested, commits suicide with the final bullet in the gun. Tatsuya has earned his freedom at last but it is bittersweet as he now travels with a very heavy heart and contemplates his place in this world.
Ashura Chapter
Two years after the events of the Toda conspiracy, Tatsuya had taken up a career as a boxer for the illustrious Tetsu Gym. With the pro debut around the corner that will set him for life in a predictable yet wealthy lifestyle, Tatsuya returns to Kamurocho for the first time in two years. His arrival is met by the Osaka hoodlum gang, the Ashura, who brutally attacks Shinji Tetsuji, a fighter in the Dragon Heat now run by the son Ryushou Kuki with two other fighters Tomotsu Saitou who has not won a single match in the Dragon Heat and Yuta Mikami, a boxer whose father was in debt to the one of Nioka clan's loan sharks and the leader of the new team Makoto Yashiro. After a brawl with Tomoki, former fighter of the Dragon Heat and Tatsuya's first contender, Tatsuya considered leaving town until the Ashura aggressively attempted to take over the Dragon Heat and cripple Shinji. Leaving behind his prospects of a pro debut, Tatsuya fights again in the Dragon heat, defeating Shinobu Okita.
Soon, it was revealed the Ashura had much bigger investments in Kamurocho and Soutenboori. Meteo Suzuki was responsible for selling illegally modified air guns that makes it as dangerous as a real pistol while Oba Shunsuke was the mastermind behind OS Production, an idol production agency that uses a Ponzi scam that extracts a large portion of money from prospective trainees, including a girl who Tomotsu had a crush on. Nioka loans an assassin to try and eliminate both Yuuta's father and the loan shark who he owe money to but his plot was foiled by Tatsuya but never found out who ordered their deaths. The death of Ichirou Tanaka, the assassin Tanaka had hired causes a series of law enforcement measures to be enforced in particular with the entertainment laws. The tension heats up when the Ashura kidnaps Saeko, forcing Makoto to deliver the ransom and later sacrifices himself to save Saeko from harm as the building where she is held hostage is destroyed by explosives. This gives Tsurumi the opportunity to mobilize his personal law enforcement team to take control of the city and by extent the entertainment businesses which Nioka had intended to seize for himself. Winning the final fight in Osaka against Akita, he reveals that the real power has been in the hands of Nogizaki Ryou, Makoto's childhood acquaintance who lived in the same orphanage as he did. Before he can reveal more about Ryou's plot, he was killed by a sniper who the Ashura pins Tatsuya for. Tatsuya and co escapes from harm and returns to a now closed Dragon Heat and an infuriated Ryusho who realized Nioka had it planned all along. Unwilling to give up, Tatsuya persuades Ryusho to make one last effort to save the fighting ring by revealing that Nioka had been left hung out to dry by Tsurume at the face of an angry mob who offers Ryusho his involvement in the plot. Using it as a bargain chip, Tatsuya was able to reach Tsurume and confront him for his corrupt acts. Before he have a chance to finish off Tsurume, Ryou arrives with the brother of Tsurume, Ryou reveals that he did all of this to expose Tsurume for the death of his lover Shizuka when Tsurume bribed a surgeon to sabotage Shizuka's lung transplant. Tatsuya fights Ryou to stop him for realizing his attempt to murder Tsurume and defeats Ryou. In one last move to kill Tatsuya, Ryou takes bullets meant for Tatsuya as he reveals that he had cameras set up already that reveals the corrupt nature of Tsurume. Tsurume commits suicide to avoid the fallout who Ryou kills himself knowing the bullets that struck him will kill him anyway. Tatsuya, putting the events of the Ashura conflict behind him, continues his journey.
Gameplay
- Tag Match - Two on two team battles. The key here is in cooperating with teammates to determine when to focus attacks on one opponent and when to help a teammate out of a pinch. Players can be humans or CPU-controlled.
- Dogeza Battle - A battle royal for 2 to 4 players. The first player to be defeated has to kneel down before the winning player, apparently suffering much embarrassment.
- Team Battle - Two players create a team consisting of five thugs. The first team to accumulate three victories wins the match.
Sequel
A sequel named Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku Ashura hen (クロヒョウ2 龍が如く 阿修羅編 lit. "Black Panther: Like a Dragon Ashura Chapter") was announced for PSP by Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi in Weekly Famitsu.[4] It was released in Japan on March 22, 2012.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "クロヒョウ 龍が如く新章". Retrieved 29 May 2011.
- ↑ Anoop Gantayat (May 12, 2010). "Project K Named and Dated". Andriasang. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ↑ Takeshi Hiraoka (April 21, 2010). "Yakuza expanding turf to PSP". Gamespot. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ↑ Anoop Gantayat (August 31, 2011). "Yakuza 5 in Development, Black Panther Sequel Due for PSP". Andriasang. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
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