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Since announcing plans to bring Yakuza 2 stateside last September, Sega has been noticeably quiet concerning the sequel, which was first released in Japan in 2006 and will be making its European debut later this year. However, while Sega may be mum, online retailers Gamestop and Gamefly have given us reason to keep our imaginary ties to the Japanese mafia intact, with both listing Yakuza 2 for release this September.

As Siliconera points out, Gamestop's listing of the game at the criminally affordable price of $29.99 gives weight to suspicions that Yakuza 2 will not be getting the original's celebrity treatment, though if this means that the game could include the original Japanese voice overs, so much the better.

JoystiqGamestop, Gamefly posts hint at Yakuza 2's North American debut originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It seems like it was just yesterday we were jealously watching the Yakuza 3 trailer, wishing that we could at least get our hands on the second game in the series. Now, it seems our prayers have been heard by benevolent overlord Sega, which announced last night that Yakuza 2 is among three Japanese developed games coming stateside in 2008. Needless to say, we're excited to get our hands on it, if only to try to make sense of the game's chronological relocation to feudal Japan in the three-quel. Either way, the press release promises "punching hundreds if not thousands of people really, really hard", so a good time will be had by all.

Also included int the announcement were two DS games, Dinosaur King and Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer. Dinosaur King asks players to collect 100 dinosaurs, each with special moves, and battle them against each other. ("Not Pikachu, please don't sue!"). The other title, Mystery Dungeon is part of a massively popular franchise in Japan that hasn't made much of a splash in the U.S. ... save for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. Is anyone else seeing a theme emerge?

JoystiqYakuza 2, Dinosaur King, Mystery Dungeon coming to U.S. from Sega originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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