Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin cast announced (Aka loads of screenshots)

[Aki-at]

Kazuma Kiryu as Sakamoto Ryoma


Akira Nishikiyama (From Ryu Ga Gotoku) as Okada Izo


Goro Majima as Okita Sōji


Taiga Saejima as Nagakura Shinpachi


Ryuji Goda (From Ryu Ga Gotoku 2, Of the End) as Saigo Kichinosuke


Yoshitaka Mine (From Ryu Ga Gotoku 3) as Hijikata Toshizo


Masato Aizawa (From Ryu Ga Gotoku 5) as Harada Sanosuke


Shun Akiyama as Niibori Matsusuke


Shigeki Baba (From Ryu Ga Gotoku 5) as Todo Heisuke


Makoto Date as Nakaoka Shintarou


Shintaro Kazama (From Ryu Ga Gotoku, Ryu Ga Gotoku 2) as Yoshida Toyo


Yahata (From Ryu Ga Gotoku 5) as Tani Sanjuurou


Yuu Morinaga (From Ryu Ga Gotoku 5) as Matsubara Chuji


Goh Hamazaki (From Ryu Ga Gotoku 3, Ryu Ga Gotoku 4) as Itou Kashitarou


Osamu Kashiwagi (Ryu Ga Gotoku, Ryu Ga Gotoku 2, Ryu Ga Gotoku 3) as Inoue Genzaburo


Japanaese actor Katsunori Takahashi (Series debut) as Hanpeita Takechi


Ogita Kan (From Ryu Ga Gotoku 5) as Suzuki Mikisaburo


Hiroshi Kugihara (From Ryu Ga Gotoku 5) as Yamazaki Susumu


Hiroshi Hayashi (From Ryu Ga Gotoku, Ryu Ga Gotoku 2, Of the End) as Takeda Kanryusai


Japanese actor Eiichiro Funakoshi (Series debut) as Kondo Isami

Other cast members include Kage the Florist as “mysterious informant” , Masaru Watase as Sasaki Tadasaburo, Daigo Dojima as Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

Not sure if it's the fullcast, as we surprisingly have not got Haruka confirmed to be in the title, but at this point we more or less have the majority of the cast.

[Pao]

Nishiki looks badass, he is now giving some Lan Di vibes!
I wish this series forever stay Samurai. *Grabs Flame Shield*

[Aki-at]

Nishiki looks badass, he is now giving some Lan Di vibes!
I wish this series forever stay Samurai. *Grabs Flame Shield*

I have nothing against spinoffs like this, infact it would be amazing if they did this every two years.

Mainline Yakuza, spinoff Yakuza, mainline Yakuza etc I'm still waiting for Space Samurai Gunman Kiryu!11!!!!111!!!

[Trippled]

I want Yakuza in Akihabara.

Full on Arcade simulator lol

[cube_b3]

Nishiki really does look badass now he previously looked a lot more friendlier.


Anyway I honestly couldn't care less about this game and quite frankly wouldn't mind, if it stays in Japan. Yakuza 5 on the other hand would be welcomed.

[Sega Uranus]

Cast look marvelous. My biggest issue with Kenzan was with how few characters had new roles like in here, so I am very happy with this.

Also, there is a rumor going around that this - Not Yakuza 5 - Will see a worldwide release.

Take it with a grain of salt of course, but it does kinda make sense. Yakuza 5 is absolutely tremendous in scale, that includes licensing deals with everything from people to wines. This game has much less of that and is one of SEGA's only upcoming games for the upcoming consoles.

They would have to re-title it though, as the yakuza did not exist in the late 1800s. Or not, just release 'em anyways!

[Pao]

I think "Like a Dragon" is a kickass name and way better than Yakuza. And like Sanus said, there is nothing about the yakuza in Ishin, so it'd make no sense to call it Yakuza.

[Aki-at]

Haruka Sawamura confirmed, building your own squad confirmed (!) new minigames confirmed, new characters confirmed, game of the year confirmed.

http://yakuzafan.com/post/61594060360/leaked-photos-of-upcoming-famitsu-show-off-in-game

[ROJM]

Point is the incentive of buying a PS4 is gone now because this game is also coming out on the PS3. It might be a good move because KENZEN didn't make anything over 200K. It's also  a flashback to the old Sega system days when Sega released a major title on all of their systems but were variants of the same game ,like CASTLE OF ILLUSION or SONIC or LOST WORLD for example. I wonder if any of the ISHIN games will have slightly different play mechanics or a variation in the game depending on the platform.