Yakuza 2, originally released in Japan as Like a Dragon 2 , is the sequel to the video game Yakuza by Sega. The title was released on December 7, 2006, for the PlayStation 2 video game console in Japan and in September 2008 in North America and Europe. Its sequel Yakuza 3 was released in Japan on February 26, 2009 and in North America on March 9, 2010. As with the first episode, half of the game takes place in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, most noticeably a recreation of Shinjuku's red-light district Kabukichō renamed Kamurocho. The other half takes place in Osaka, with the fictitious... Sōtenbori and Shinseicho areas modeled after Osaka's respectively Dōtonbori and Shinsekai districts. Although these areas were recreated as fictionalized versions, much real life landmarks remain such as Dōtonbori's Sammy Ebisu Plaza and Shinsekai's Tsutenkaku Tower and Billiken . The intro of the game starts in the early 1980s, a detective is chasing after somebody and witnesses a murder of a Korean mob boss who says in Korean "Even if you kill me, our organization will live on".
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| Release date: | 2006 |
| Genre: | Action-adventure game |
| Publisher: | Sega |
| Designer: | Toshihiro Nagoshi, Hase Seishu |