History VideoGame / Yakuza3

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The War God Amulet is this relative to the War God Talisman. The Taliman requires beating the game and S-Ranking all of Ultimate Battle Mode to unlock, when the amulet just needs you to perform every Heat Action once. The Amulet lets you use Heat Actions without needing Heat Mod in the meter, but you won't get the benefits of having infinite Heat Mode like the Talisman would give. Still, getting to span Heat Actions whenever is more than enough of a boon to help with any fight, even th BonusBoss Jo Amon.

''Yakuza 3'' is the fourth entry in the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series, following the [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] spin-off ''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!'', and the second game in the series to appear on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3. It was released in February 2009 in Japan, and the following year in the west. A remastered port for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 was released in August 2018 in Japan and August 2019 in the west as part of the ''Yakuza Remastered'' collection, with a PC port (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) of the remaster set to release on January 28, 2021.

''Yakuza 3'' is the fourth entry in the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series, following the [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] spin-off ''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!'', and the second game in the series to appear on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3. It was released in February 2009 in Japan, and the following year in the west. A remastered port for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 was released in August 2018 in Japan and August 2019 in the west as part of the ''Yakuza Remastered'' collection.

** Actually probably subverted. Kiryu needing Mine to translate Andre later implies that Kiryu was only able to understand because of Andre's gestures like pointing up while mentioning Daigo to tell him that he's on the rooftop and then adjusting his gloves to indicate that he's not letting Kiryu up there without a fight. Andre does directly respond to Kiryu's Japanese questions implying that at least he can understand what the other's saying.

* BilingualDialogue: As this takes place in Japan, everyone speaks in Japanese. When Kiryu encounters [[spoiler: Andre Richardson, leader of Black Monday, Andre speaks in English as he is an American.]] They are still able to understand each other nonetheless.

* ShoutOut: Rikiya has a tattoo of a pit viper on his back, and he refers to himself as "The [[VideoGame/FightingVipers Fighting Viper]]."

** The Ryuko Family: The blue oni of this family are Shigeru Nakahara who is a mellow, [[BenevolentBoss respectful leader]] and his daughter Saki is [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[TheVoiceless mute]]. Rikiya Shimabukuro is a HotBlooded red oni who occasionally plays with the orphans at Sunshine Orphanage. The purple oni member is Mikio Aragaki.

* WatchingTroyBurn: [[spoiler: Haruka, Mitsuo, Rikiya and the orphans watch as Sunshine Orphanage gets demolished by the BigBad and the Tamashiro family, as mentioned in WhamEpisode.]]

* OddlySmallOrganization: The Ryudo Family seems to only be made up of three members, Nakahara the boss and his two Lieutenants Rikiya and Mikio, whom we never see leading any foot solders even when they would have been really useful.

* MythologyGag: The "Ghosts from the Past" substory features Hirata of Peace Finance, AKA the guy Kiryu debt-collected from in the [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 first game]]'s tutorial. In said substory's remastered script, Hirata's son, about to kill him, angrily shouts "You didn't pay your debts, and now this is what you get!", a paraphrase of Kiryu's original cheesy oneliner from the PS2 version's English dub: "When you don't pay your debts, I'm what you get."

Although not as well-received as ''VideoGame/Yakuza2'', the game was also a bit notorious for the localized versions having omitted content compared to its original Japanese release. However, these features would return in the next game, ''VideoGame/Yakuza4''.

A remastered version of the game was released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan in August 2018 and a year later in Western territories. Unlike the [[VideoGame/Yakuza1 previous]] [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 two]] games, [[http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/393885-yakuza-3-4-and-5-will-not-be-kiwami-style-remakes-says-series-creator it was not a Kiwami remake]], instead opting for a straight remaster. Along with a boost in performance, the Remastered version includes much of the original game's cut content and adds a few new touches such as a substory finder and English karaoke lyrics, although some things have been removed in all versions.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Essence of Pole Dancing. Learned by [[ItMakesSenseInContext watching a drunk perform a pole dance on a lamppost]], it does good damage, is an incredibly flashy looking hurricane, and... well, was learned by watching a drunk perform a pole dance on a lamppost. However, it uses up your HEAT gauge and far more importantly, instantly removes your drunken status. Also, it's very easy to accidentally do when you're trying to perform another HEAT action.

** Shintaro Kazama/Fuma, Kiryu's father figure who was killed in the first game, suddenly returns as an antagonist and drives most of the game's conflict. [[spoiler: Averted. It's his younger brother that no one knew about]].

** DuelBoss: Goro Majima and Joji [[spoiler: Kazama/Fuma]].
** FinalBoss: [[spoiler: Yoshitaka Mine]]
** RecurringBoss: Tetsuo Tamashiro, Goro Majima [[spoiler: and Andre Richardson]]
** SequentialBoss: [[spoiler: Andre Richardson and Yoshitaka Mine]]

* CentralTheme: Losing something important to the characters involved, wherever it's family, friends or their homes, everyone's got something to lose in this story.

* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: The severed head of Tsuyoshi Kanda]] is never seen on camera when [[spoiler:Mine]] brings it to Kiryu and company. Only character profiles outright state that he was decapitated.

* IdenticalStranger: Much of the plot's conflict revolves around a man who bears a striking resemblance to the late Kazama/Fuma, who was [[BackFromTheDead believed to be dead]]. [[spoiler: Who knew he had a younger brother?]]

* KidsAreCruel: You would think that some of the orphans at Morning Glory Orphanage are a bit of this, but the definitive ones go to the kids that invite Riona to the movies and discriminate against her for her burnt scars. It was so horrible of them that Mitsuo tried to fight them off.

* KingpinInHisGym: Mine is shown kickboxing with a sandbag in a cutscene because the game wants you to know that he's no pushover. [[spoiler: Which you end up learning later on when he downs Kanda in one hit and then by yourself when its shown that he is the FinalBoss]].

* MassOhCrap: In the game's prologue chapter, Kiryu is repeatedly hounded by some mooks claiming to be part of the Kazama/Fuma clan. When their boss appears, he recognizes Kiryu as [[spoiler: the Fourth Chairman of the Tojo Clan]], much to the horror of his underlings.

** In-Universe example with the Hamazaki family. They are one of the most powerful families in the Tojo clan but they only have ten members when a family with that much territory should have several hundred.[[note]] they state that Hamazaki has backing/an alliance with the Chinese Snake Flower Triad which is how he managed to get where he is with so few men. Once Lau Ka Long dies, that alliance is broken and Hamazaki is on their shitlist.[[/note]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Yoshitaka Mine is talked out of his actions by Kiryu, and after Daigo awakens in time to save him and Kiryu from Richardson, Mine takes the chance to throw himself and Richardson to their deaths but not before wishing Kiryu well and apologizing for his actions.]]

* RhythmGame: ''Yakuza 3'' was the first in the series to include karaoke, where buttons are pressed with the timing of the music, and this mechanic would quickly become a staple of future installments.

* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: Zig-zagged. [[spoiler: It's the reason why Daigo was shot; Joji was reaching for something in his coat, which Daigo mistook for a gun and reached for his, which ended up getting ''him'' shot by the other agent in the room]].
* SpoilerOpening: In the opening video, [[spoiler: Mine is shown to be NotSoStoic, which would be a surprise considering his seemingly low-importance for most of the game.]] The scene comes from the final chapter in the game, no less.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Although heavily accented, the English spoken by Joji and Mine is very legible and grammatically correct, along with Richardson being voiced by an actual American (Charles Glover.)

* TherapyIsForTheWeak: [[spoiler: Yoshitaka Mine, [[RunningGag again]]]].

* VictoryFakeout: Happens in the second fight against [[spoiler: the CIA agent]]. Shortly after he goes down, he'll attack Kiryu from behind, and he's much stronger than before.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 11. [[spoiler:Morning Glory Orphanage is bulldozed by Mine and the Tamashiro family, Mikio is almost killed via a sledgehammer to the skull, Nakahara is captured and thrown into a bullring, Saki finds her voice at last, the Tamashiro family and its bulls get a collective ass-whooping, and Rikiya [[HeroicSacrifice heroically takes a bullet]] meant for Kiryu and dies.]] The last one is particularly shocking, as [[spoiler:Rikiya]] is the only ally in the entire game [[spoiler:who dies]].

** Played straight with the side mission involving [[spoiler: Rikiya finding his childhood friend working in a pole-dancing club. He promises to take her out of this lifestyle for good, but he's killed later on. The girl is never brought up in the main storyline, and how she feels about her White Knight being dead is left unknown]].

** After Haruka delivers an ArmorPiercingSlap to [[spoiler: Mine]], he returns the favor.

* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Yoshitaka Mine, [[RuleOfThree again]]. He can't bear to see the usually strong Daigo on the verge of death, not knowing if he'll live or die, so he'd rather put him quickly out of his misery than see him suffer.]]
* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler: Right after Tamashiro ends up shooting Rikiya, he's shot in the head from a distance from Joji. Joji realizes he didn't make it in time, and poor Rikiya dies shortly afterward]].

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Mine and Richardson courtesy of Mine suplexing the both of them off of a 30 storey hospital]].

''Yakuza 3'' is the fourth entry in the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series, following the [[NoExportForYpu Japan-exclusive]] spin-off ''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!'', and the second game in the series to appear on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3. It was released in February 2009 in Japan, and the following year in the west. A remastered port for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 was released in August 2018 in Japan and August 2019 in the west as part of the ''Yakuza Remastered'' collection.