History VideoGame / Yakuza2

* PantheraAwesome: Kiryu fights two tigers as a DualBoss after they are unleashed by the villainous Sengoku while Kiryu is trying to rescue Haruka from the man, with their fearsomeness being reflected in how their BossSubtitle and the objective text refers to them as "Fierce Tigers", and in the title of the battle's theme music in the remake being "Demon Tigers". The fight ends with Kiryu [[MegatonPunch knocking the last one head over paws]] with a [[{{Pun}} Tiger Drop]].

* AnAesop: In an unexpected way. In the substory "Be My Baby", a yakuza boss invites Kiryu to a private club to lay back, forget everything and unwind. Kiryu then stumbles across a room where the boss and his underlings are wearing nothing but diapers, role playing as ''babies'' while young women tend to the adult-sized infants. Kiryu refuses to join in, which the boss doesn't take kindly to, and Kiryu ends up fighting all of the half-naked yakuza on the spot.
--> '''Kiryu:''' Just because you like something, it doesn't mean other folks do, too. I've done enough babysitting.
** A "Racism is Bad" message is also very subtly portrayed here (perhaps so as not to be {{Anvilicious}} as Kazuki becomes subject to a lot of suspicion in regards to the Millennium Tower bombing due to the revelation that he's ethnically Korean. [[spoiler: He's actually a victim of the Korean mafia.]]

''Yakuza 2'' (龍が如く2, ''Ryū ga Gotoku 2'', lit. ''Like a Dragon 2'') is the second game in Sega's ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series, released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 in December 7, 2006 in Japan and September 9, 2008 in North America and September 19 in Europe.

The last title in the series for the [=PS2=], the series would make the jump to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 with the feudal spin-off ''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!'' which puts Kazuma Kiryu in the role of the legendary UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi. In 2012, the game was given an UpdatedRerelease in the form of an HD CompilationRerelease which includes its predecessor, titled ''Ryū ga Gotoku 1&2 HD Edition'' for the UseFulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/WiiU, but was [[NoExportForYou only released in Japan]].

In December 2017, ''Ryu Ga Gotoku Kiwami 2'', a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] built on the Dragon Engine from ''VideoGame/Yakuza6'', was released in Japan exclusively for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4. Along with enhanced visuals and a new engine, the game features new actors and expands upon the story, allowing Goro Majima to be playable once more in his own scenario taking place shortly after the events of the first game. A western release of the game was released on August 28, 2018, and a PC port was released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on May 9, 2019.

* CompilationRerelease: [[NoExportForYou In Japan]], the game was given an HD re-release along with its predecessor as ''Ryu Ga Gotoku 1&2 HD Edition'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/WiiU.