History VideoGame / KurohyoRyuGaGotokuShinsho

* ContinuityNod
** Yusuke, an acquiantance Tatsuya punched and shooed away in the beginning cinematic shows up later in a substory stalking a girl he has a crush at the Gelateria. Tatsuya, who has since then went under CharacterDevelopment, decides to help him.

* BettingMiniGame: Tatsuya can partake in some underaged gambling at a secret casino, where you can play standard games like Blackjack, Poker and Baccarat, but also some games you wouldn't find in a proper casino like Speed and Freecell solitaire. You can redeem chips for plates that sell for a lot of cash at the pawn shop, equipment or an unlockable killer move scroll you can learn at Tsukuhara's dojo.

** Mars Fighters, a comedy duo from the mainline games, show up here as a substory. [[CasanovaWannabe Shiraishi]] fails one of their quizzes, so he has you to help him out.

* CriticalExistanceFailure: {{Subverted}}. For the most part if you manage be damaged enough to have low health a body part of yours must have also been severely damaged by the enemies’ attacks, whether it be the head, torso or the limbs. If any of these parts are damaged it negatively affects you in battle. Take for example an injured torso causes you to lose stamina faster and injured arms causes your guard to break easier.

** A recurring character from substories, Shiraishi, is a CasanovaWannabe and complete loser when it comes to girls and you have to help him out playing minigames to inspire him to impress ladies. Later on in the final Kamurocho gang mission it turns out [[BewareTheSillyOnes he's the leader of KINGDOM]], a gang that beat up your friend Akagi and a powerful fighter himself. He was actually framed by his right hand man for Akagi's injury.

** After saving an afro wearing man named Todo from thugs in the hotel district, he puts you in a combat tournament of 29 fighters called the Kamurocho Strongest Ranking. You can beat these fighters for money and rare items, the strongest is Nobu, a level 30 fighter with the Extreme Man style.

* A literal example with the "Lone Wolf Group", a biker gang of chinese orphans, every one of them use either the Kung Fu and Bajiquan styles, complete with FunnyBruceLeeNoises.

** Mars Fighters, a comedy duo from the mainline games, show up here as a substory. [[WannabeCasanova Shiraishi]] fails one of their quizzes, so he has you to help him out.

** Hayato Makabe. An AxCrazy LaughingMad Yakuza muscle with a violent fighting style. His nickname is Mad Dog. Sounds familiar.
** The Florist of Sai mentions the Coliseum from VideoGame/Yakuza1, it’s more of a pet project to him compared to the passion and history behind Dragon Heat.

** [[VideoGame/Yakuza4 Hana]] appears as part of a branch of substories, dining in restaurants all over Kamurocho. A man who wants a loan from her job, ''Sky Finance'', attacks her, causing Tatsuya to step in to set him straight but not [[ActionGirl without her help]].

In September 2010, an aimless delinquent skilled in street fighting named Tatsuya Ukyo kills Tojo member Naoki Toda in a botched robbery. On an ultimatum from Toda's boss Ryutaro Kuki, Tatsuya is forced to enter the Dragon Heat fight club while trying to clear his name. He is tasked to win 10 Dragon Heat matches in a row, lose once and he will be handed over to the police.

A television adaptation of the game was made from October 5 to December 21, 2010 on Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem. The sequel VideoGame/Kurohyo2RyuGaGotokuAshuraHen (English translation: Black Panther 2: Like A Dragon Ashura Chapter), was released 2 years later.

** At the very beginning of the second chapter after defeating Tomoki, Taizan teaches you the Boxing fighting style in a flash. [[spoiler: Serves as a little foreshadowing to who he really is and what he is really capable of.]]

* {{Superboss}}: Finish all the substories and you can find the a man named Gaia in the champion’s district. He has more health than the final boss and is one of the few fighters to have the Extreme Man fighting style.

* BurgerFool: In Chapter 3 you unlock the option to work jobs for cash. Can’t make much from stealing from gang members off the streets. One of these jobs is at Smiley Burger and the minigame has you bag up customers’ orders.

** At the very beginning of the second chapter after defeating Tomoki, Taizan teaches you the Boxing fighting style in a flash. [[Spoiler: Serves as a little foreshadowing to who he really is and what he is really capable of.]]

** Tatsuya can unlock the Pro-Wrestling and Lucha Libre fighting styles which add more power to grab moves (flashy too) and comes with an increases health bar. The grapple attacks of Hard and Soft/Extreme Flexibility and Extreme Fortitude/Tenacity are also very showy.

** At the very beginning of the second chapter after defeating Tomoki, Taizan teaches you the Boxing fighting style.
** Later on in the game you fight the former middleweight Boxing champion “Iron” Shima Tetsuji as the 9th Dragon Heat opponent.

* StanceSystem: Outside of battle you can change your fighting style, each and every fighting style has something new to offer whether it’s in their movesets or their stats. You can unlock these styles through story events, substories, or Maxing out certain combination of the fighting styles you have to learn new ones.

The gameplay is vastly different than that of mainline Yakuza games. Combat in ‘’Kurohyō’’ is more focused on 1-on-1 fighting modeled after its’ developer ''Syn Sophia'' other title [[VideoGame/DefJamSeries Def Jam: Fight for NY]] while at the same time borrowing many elements from the mainline games such as heat actions, overworld enemy encounters, and picking up weapons scattered around the area. Additionally attacks, sprinting and dodging take up stamina which would result in being left vulnerable if empty, a limb health mechanic which would result in different effects on the player depending on which limb is damaged (head, torso, arms and legs), and the option to change your fighting style by unlocking them throughout the game.

** The Weapon Maniac and the Extreme Rousing/Awakening fighting style encourages the use of weapons by increasing the damage done with them. Their heat actions are very brutal as well, the former’s red heat has you stomp an opponents head into the ground multiple times, the latter’s blue heat has you [[ManBitesMan take large chomps out an unlucky sap’s shoulder]], the red heat has has you strike the [[EyeScream eyes]] then the [[GroinAttack groin]] in quick succession. OUCH.

* MotionComic: The game’s cutscenes employ voice-acted motion comic animation similar to another PSP game ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker''.

* BoxingBattler: At the very beginning of the second chapter after defeating Tomoki, Taizan teaches you the Boxing fighting style. Later on in the game you fight the former middleweight Boxing champion “Iron” Shima Tetsuji as the 9th Dragon Heat opponent.
* CombatPragmatist: The Weapon Maniac and the Extreme Rousing/Awakening fighting style encourages the use of weapons by increasing the damage done with them. Their heat actions are very brutal as well the former’s red heat has you stomp an opponents head into the ground multiple times. The latter’s blue heat has you [[ManBitesMan take large chomps out an unlucky sap’s shoulder]], the red heat has has you strike the [[EyeScream eyes]] then the [[GroinAttack groin]]. OUCH.
* ExtremityExtremist: The Extreme Hard Arm and the Extreme God Leg fighting styles specialize in punches and kicks respectively, the kicks of Hard Arm is replaced with a heavier punch combo and vice versa with the punches of God Leg. Also [[BoxingBattler Tetsuji Shima]]

* BoxingBattler: At the very beginning of the second chapter after defeating Tomoki, Taizan teaches you the Boxing fighting style. Later on in the game you fight the former middleweight Boxing champion “Iron” Shima Tetsuji as the 9th Dragon Fight opponent.

* ExtremityExtremist: The Extreme Hard Arm and the Extreme God Leg fighting styles specialize in punches and kicks respectively, kicking with the Hard Arm or punching with the God Leg styles will result in a single telegraphed weak attack. The same is with kicking with the Boxing style.

!!''Kurohyō: Ryu Ga Gotoky Shinsho!'' provides examples of the following tropes:

The gameplay is vastly different than that of mainline Yakuza games. Combat in ‘’Kurohyō’’ is more focused on 1-on-1 fighting modeled after its’ developer ''Syn Sophia'' other title [[VideoGame/DefJamSeries Def Jam: Fight for NY]] while at the same time borrowing many elements from the mainline games such as heat actions, overworld enemy encounters, and picking up weapons scattered around the area. Additionally attacks, sprinting and dodging take up stamina which would result in being left vulnerable if empty, and a limb health mechanic which would result in different effects on the player depending on which limb is damaged (head, torso, arms and legs).

Kurōhyo was [[NoExportforYou never released for the west]] but you can find a full translation of the story by fansite [=KHHsubs=] on [[https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzgv-tqL9lOS2rWAVT8O1-hXK9OZXhYk3 Youtube.]] and a partially completed FanTranslation that of the game can be found [[https://cdromance.com/psp/kurohyou-ryu-ga-gotoku-shinshou/ here.]]

Free-roaming exploration in Kurohyō is similar to [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 Yakuza]] and VideoGame/Yakuza2, using transitions between fixed camera angles to explore Kamurocho. The player can also enjoy side activities like restaurants, hostess clubs, karaoke, or casino games, as well as do part-time jobs for cash.

''Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō'' (translates to "Black Panther: Like A Dragon New Chapter"; is a SpinOff of the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series released exclusively for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable in September 22, 2010.

Free-roaming exploration in Kurohyō is similar to [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 Yakuza]] and VideoGame/Yakuza2, using transitions between fixed camera angles to explore Kamurocho. The player can enjoy side activities like hostess clubs, karaoke, or casino games, as well as do part-time jobs for cash.

Free-roaming exploration in Kurohyō is similar to VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} and VideoGame/Yakuza2, using transitions between fixed camera angles to explore Kamurocho. The player can enjoy side activities like hostess clubs, karaoke, or casino games, as well as do part-time jobs for cash.

Free-roaming exploration in Kurohyō is similar to VideoGame/Yakuza and VideoGame/Yakuza2, using transitions between fixed camera angles to explore Kamurocho. The player can enjoy side activities like hostess clubs, karaoke, or casino games, as well as do part-time jobs for cash.

The gameplay is vastly different than that of mainline Yakuza games. Combat in ‘’Kurohyō’’ is more focused on 1-on-1 fighting modeled after it’s developer ''Syn Sophia'' Video Game / Def Jam Series

The gameplay is vastly different than that of mainline Yakuza games. Combat in ‘’Kurohyō’’ is more focused on 1-on-1 fighting modeled after ‘’Syn Sophia’s’’ other