History VideoGame / Yakuza3

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** BonusBoss: Jo Amon, [[spoiler: Goh Hamazaki (faced only in post-game challenges) and Kazuto Arase (at the end of the HLA quest chain)]]

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The War God Amulet is this relative to the War God Talisman. The Talisman requires beating the game and S-Ranking all of [[BrutalBonusLevel 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 in the meter, but you won't get the benefits of having infinite Heat Mode like the Talisman would give. Still, getting to spam Heat Actions whenever is more than enough of a boon to help with any fight, even the BonusBoss Jo Amon.

* OddlySmallOrganization: The Ryudo Family seems to only be made up of three members: Nakahara, the boss, and his two lieutenants Rikiya and Mikio. Despite Rikiya claiming to have men patrolling the streets at one point, we never see them personally leading any foot solders, even when they would've been really useful.

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

* 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)

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

* TimeSkip: The game takes place in March of 2009 and begins with two characters getting shot which trigger the plot. The game then goes back to the ending of ''VideoGame/Yakuza2'' in January 2007 where Kiryu and Kaoru Sayama go their separate ways, he and Haruka return to Kamurocho to say goodbye to their friends, and Kiryu convinces Majima to return to the Tojo Clan. Six months later in Okinawa during the summer of '07, the orphans are introduced and Kiryu faces an eviction notice from the Ryuko family, who he later ends up befriending. The game then returns to the present time of March '09.

''Yakuza 3'' (龍が如く3, ''Ryū ga Gotoku 3'', lit. ''Like a Dragon 3'') is the fourth entry in the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' 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 (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) and Xbox One ports of the remaster releasing on January 28, 2021.

''Yakuza 3'' (龍が如く3, ''Ryū ga Gotoku 3'', lit. ''Like a Dragon 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 (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) and Xbox One ports of the remaster releasing on January 28, 2021.

* BigDamnVillains:
** [[spoiler: The apparent BigBad of the third game saves Rikiya from a beheading. He does the same thing later, but he's a [[YouAreTooLate little too late]] that time.]]
** [[spoiler: In the finale, Mine takes himself and Andre Richardson out with a suplex off the roof of the 30-story Touto hospital.]]

* 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]].

* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: One of the Reapers, Tokoyami, the [[NonIndicativeName Masked Assassin]], is this because when you fight him, he's really a KnifeNut salaryman. Turns out to be a JustifiedTrope since wearing a mask in Kamurocho makes even a killer stick out like a sore thumb.

** RecurringBoss: Tetsuo Tamashiro, Goro Majima [[spoiler: and Andre Richardson]].

* TheCameo: Akimoto and Mizuki return yet again, and it's up to Kiryu and Haruka to help them and their messed up relationship. How messed up? Mizuki reveals she can't be together with Akimoto because [[spoiler: they're actually [[LongLostRelative brother and sister, separated at birth]], which shocks Akimoto until he realizes if they're family, they'll spend the rest of their lives together anyway]]. Turns out it was a lie and Akimoto plans to throw himself off a roof again, and Mizuki almost joins in. The two substories involving both characters were removed in the original [=PS3=] English localization but were restored in the remaster.

''Yakuza 3'' (龍が如く3, ''Ryū ga Gotoku 3'', lit. ''Like a Dragon 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 (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) and Xbox One ports of the remaster releasing 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, with a PC (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) and Xbox One ports of the remaster releasing on January 28, 2021.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: One of the most criticized aspects of the third game is that the beginning (and one point in the middle) is spent taking care of Morning Glory Orphanage's children and their minimal problems, as opposed to the dealings and conflicts of the Japanese mafia, which is the main hook of the series.

* 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 though
** Actually probably subverted. [[spoiler: Kiryu needing Mine to translate later implies that Kiryu was only able to understand because of 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.]]

* InfoDump: Hoo boy, you might want to go make a sandwich before going to meet Defense Minister Tamiya. That conversation lasts about 35 minutes, and there is no real interaction from the player aside from "pick the next question".

* 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]].
* ShoutOut:

! Spoilers for the first two ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' entries will be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

* TheyLookJustLikeEverybodyElse: One of the Reapers, Tokoyami, the [[NonIndicativeName Masked Assassin]], is this because when you fight him, he's really a KnifeNut salaryman. Turns out to be a JustifiedTrope since wearing a mask in Kamurocho makes even a killer stick out like a sore thumb.

** 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 Morning Glory Orphanage. The purple oni member is Mikio Aragaki.

** 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]].

* BoomHeadshot: How [[spoiler: Joji Kazama/Fuma kills Lau Ka Long to save Kiryu and Rikiya, as well as Tetsuo Tamashiro later on]].

** DuelBoss: Goro Majima and [[spoiler:Joji Kazama/Fuma]].

* 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?]]

* 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.

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

* 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).

''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 (via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) and Xbox One ports of the remaster set to release on January 28, 2021.