On the other side of the two newest RGG releases, we offer up our impressions on Gaiden and Infinite Wealth before diving right back into a double header of Yakuza 4.
Playing: Chapters 14 & 15 (or Part 4 Chapters 2 & 3) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST, New Serena, Yakuza 4 OST, Whiskey & Rhapsody, Yakuza 4 OST, Smile Venomously, Yakuza 4 OST, MachineGun Kiss, Yakuza 4 OST
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So if we arrest the criminals, then we can bribe_ _them to do more crimes, so that we control the crimes. So then we arrest them again, and whoever can arrest all these criminals that we arrested before and then bribed to do more crimes will not only show Tokyo PD's worth to the public and garner us more support, but will also gain massive prestige within the organization that we've rigged to arrest the criminals and then bribe them to do the crimes so we can arrest them again. I'm a genius.
Playing: Chapter 13 (or Part 4 Chapter 1) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST Machine Gun Kiss (Kiryu), Yakuza 4 OST
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!! SPOILER WARNING FOR YAKUZA 6 AND YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON !! SKIP TO 51:39 TO AVOID
We're back to talk for way too long about all the BIG NEWS from the most recent RGG Summit/Direct or whatever they're calling it now, followed by a really good chapter that reveals an exciting new piece of the puzzle.
Playing: Chapter 12 (or Part 3 Chapter 4) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST
Midnight Dancer, by Toshiki Masuda
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This chapter is extremely short for some reason, so we spend most of this episode talking about other video games and also Nair's sideplot. Tanimura goes to the basement from the meme maybe?, plays it by the book for once, and gets into some legal hot water for IP crimes.
Playing: Chapter 11 (or Part 3 Chapter 3) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST Midnight Dancer, by Toshiki Masuda
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Things are starting to come together in this plot, but also something really goofy is beginning to peek its head out. Jordan is so busy thinking about that mixer he went to that he somehow makes up a second Kamurocho information broker who gives out intel in bouquets of flowers.
Playing: Chapter 10 (or Part 3 Chapter 2) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST Midnight Dancer, by Toshiki Masuda
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New protagonist time! It's time for everyone's favorite (?????) cop, Masayoshi Tanimura, a fairly compelling character who's marred by some pretty subpar combat gameplay. We discuss Mr. Try-and-Hit-Me's bad luck, Kazama's grindset, and yakuza wormhole technology.
Playing: Chapter 9 (or Part 3 Chapter 1) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST Infinite Handcuffs, Yakuza 4 OST Midnight Dancer, by Toshiki Masuda
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It's the climax of Saejima's story and we get to meet Majima this week, so you better believe we got Audrey in the booth to talk about Old Man Yaoi. This episode took so long because we had to take such a circuitous route to get it to you, on account of all the cops roaming the streets of course.
Playing: Chapter 8 (or Part 2 Chapter 4) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST Receive and Bite You, Yakuza 4 OST Kokyou ni Nishiki wo Kazarubeshi, Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! OST
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Have you ever killed someone, listener? No? Well neither have I! But I'm pretty sure it'd be really easy to do, especially if you've already killed 18 guys. It wouldn't weigh on my soul every day and every night, because I'm built different.
Playing: Chapter 7 (or Part 2 Chapter 3) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST Kokyou ni Nishiki wo Kazarubeshi, Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! OST
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We're back to talk for a surprisingly long time about a very short chapter, which is mostly pretty good with one horrendously bad thing in it. Now since I'm surely supposed to lose this fight against Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima, it's time for me to put the controller down and take a big sip of coffee...
Playing: Chapter 6 (or Part 2 Chapter 2) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST Smile Venomously, Yakuza 4 OST Kokyou ni Nishiki wo Kazarubeshi, Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! OST
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Remember how two months ago we said the next episode would be about Akiyama's side content? No you don't! Anyways it's finally time for us to talk about the biggest largest man in all of Japan, Taiga Saejima, and figure out just what he's gonna do with all those guns he's holding.
Playing: Chapter 5 (or Part 2 Chapter 1) of Yakuza 4
Music (in order of appearance): GET TO THE TOP! - Remix OF THE END, Yakuza: Dead Souls OST Massive Fire, Yakuza 4 OST Material Delights, Yakuza 4 OST Kokyou ni Nishiki wo Kazarubeshi, Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! OST
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