The Japanese video game industry have come together to help their country, after a major disaster has left them shaken.
31.12.2023 - 00:12 / pushsquare.com
Not content with aping Animal Crossing in its off-the-wall island building minigame, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will also add a Pokémon-inspired experience to its ever-expanding list of things to do. Sujimon, as its known, will see you collecting eclectic characters from all around Hawaii, and training them to create the ultimate team. Your goal is to dethrone the existing champions of the Sujimon battle world: the Discreet Four and the Sujimon Master.
Confirmation comes courtesy of a press release, as translated by Gematsu. “As you progress through the Sujimon battle storyline, a new job, Sujimancer, will be unlocked,” the announcement explains. “Once you become a Sujimancer, you’ll be able to equip your Sujimon and summon them into actual combat. The stronger your Sujimon are, the more powerful your Sujimancer skills will be.”
Sujimon can be acquired after battle or via an in-game gacha system, although no real-world currency will be involved here. Battles are three-on-three affairs, with each Sujimon having a unique affinity. You’ll need to mix and match these to build the ultimate team. As your Sujimon get stronger, they may even evolve – is any of this sounding familiar yet? One unique feature is that you can take your Sujimon back to the aforementioned Dondoko Island, where they can train and help you make money.
So yeah, remember when SEGA said this is the biggest Yakuza game ever? It really wasn’t messing about!
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Itchiban Ketchum from Palette Town. Can't wait to evolve my Street Thug to Family Patriarch.
Sounds good! Hope we get the full Yakuza trophy campaign that requires us to 100% everything. It’ll be an epic platinum.
Sounds good to me! Platinum probably gonna take 600 years but that's fine.
The more I hear about this game the more I wanna actually buy it. Gotta jump into 7 at some point tho
@NathanKang This sounds like it’s improving on 7 in various meaningful ways, but I still had so much fun with 7. Definitely give it a go!
This series is just so wacky! Ah I can't wait to play it next month!
So… Ichiman captures and imprisons people then forces them to fight for his own glory? Sold!
Man, with seemingly this much content, I'll probably wait a year or so to get my backlog near clear again before I jump in.
Gotta catch ’em all! Sujimon!
The Japanese video game industry have come together to help their country, after a major disaster has left them shaken.
Traditionally, the beginning of a new year is a “dry period” for gaming because most developers are working on their next big titles and need some extra time to get everything right. But for 2024, that’s not the case at all. Numerous titles from major developers and publishers are coming out over the next month or so. And some of them are only a few weeks away! Don’t believe us? Well, in just two weeks is the release of Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth! The game has plenty of hype going into it and will likely prove to be one of the most unique gaming experiences you’ve ever had!
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s PC version will feature support for Nvidia’s DLSS 3 at launch, Nvidia announced as part of its recent CES 2024 presentation (where it also confirmed DLSS 3 support for Dragon’s Dogma 2 andHorizon Forbidden West). Nvidia says it will be showcasing just what sort of improvements you can expect from the game with DLSS 3 enabled “soon”.
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Square Enix has confirmed that it will donate 50 million yen (approximately $346,000 or £273,000) to the Japanese Red Cross Society in order to support those affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake in Japan that occurred on January 1, 2024.
If Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is going to be your entry point into the Like a Dragon series (formerly known as Yakuza), first of all, welcome. You’ll probably have a good time. However, I implore you to consider playing its predecessor, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, before moving on to the newer release. While you could certainly still enjoy Infinite Wealth without playing Like a Dragon, it lays the groundwork to get the most out of the latest entry in one of gaming’s most entertaining franchises, introducing you to delightful characters and a bizarre world where you’ll be asked to save people stranded without toilet paper in public restrooms and fight a tiger with your bare hands. And it’s also on Game Pass, which never hurts.
The Pokémon Company has donated ¥50 million (£272K / $346K) to the Japanese Red Cross to aid the rescue and support efforts for those affected by 1st January's devastating earthquake.
The Pokémon Company has announced it will donate 50 million JPY (around $345,750) to support those affected by the recent devastating earthquake in Japan.
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers to share their own personal PS5 and PS4 picks for 2023. Today, it's the turn of assistant editor Robert Ramsey.
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers to share their own personal PS5 and PS4 picks for 2023. Today, it's the turn of editor Sammy Barker.
The time has come to unveil the best PS5 and PS4 games of 2023… according to readers of Push Square! As is tradition, we presented the community with a shortlist of 50 PlayStation titles near the end of last year. Readers were asked to vote for up to five of their favourites.
Is there a better way to start the year than playing a new Yakuza / Like a Dragon game? It was Yakuza 0 that fronted the first few months of a memorable 2017 for Japanese gaming fans, and now Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is primed and ready to begin another hot streak for the country's developers seven years later. The likes of Persona 3 Reload and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will follow in the weeks that proceed it, but the joint adventure of Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu is what you'll want to play first. 2024 opens with the SEGA series in its prime.