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Template:Game Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! (龍が如く見参!, lit. "Like a Dragon Arrives!") is a spin-off from the Yakuza series released for PlayStation 3 in Japan on March 6, 2008. This game is set in historical Kyoto, Japan during the Edo period in 1605. The story follows the parts of Miyamoto Musashi's life. It is the first Yakuza-series spin-off game, as well as the series's first PlayStation 3 title.

Development

File:Kiryu Yakuza 2 02.png

Kazuma Kiryu's appearance in the first two Yakuza titles

Miyamoto Musahi — Kiryu Kazumanosuke's appearance, which is markedly different.

Due to the PlayStation 3's greater capabilities and new filesystem, SEGA decided to have, technology-wise, a completely clean break from the first two Yakuza games for Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!. A new game engine was developed for Kenzan! and future games, and all of Kenzan!'s assets were created from the ground up, with nothing being taken from its PS2-based predecessors. This is the first and so far only time this has happened for a home-platform Yakuza game: even the upcoming Yakuza: Like a Dragon has 3D assets from as far back as Yakuza 3.

Another series first for Kenzan! was SEGA's use of 3D-scanning technology for characters' faces, being based on scans of their respective voice actors' faces.^[1] This drastically changed the appearance of some main characters, whose likenesses in Kenzan! were then applied to their modern-day equivalents in Yakuza 3 and subsequent titles.
For example Kenzan! protagonist Kiryu Kazumanosuke's face was based on a 3D scan of his voice actor Takaya Kuroda's face. The raw scan was then cleaned up and modified to appear more like how the developers saw Kiryu, rather than simply a direct copy of Kuroda's face. This facial appearance then formed the basis for modern-day counterpart Kazuma Kiryu's face in every subsequent game that he has appeared in.

Release

Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! was released in Japan on March 6th, 2008 for the PlayStation 3. Although nothing has officially been announced as of late 2019, Yakuza series producer Daisuke Sato hinted at the possibility of a Kiwami-style remake of Kenzan! being created and released worldwide during an event in Taipei, Taiwan in June.^[2] In an interview at Gamecom in Cologne, Germany in August 2019 however, Sato backtracked slightly on the idea of a western release, questioning whether Western gamers would know enough about Samurai history to enjoy Kenzan! and its sequel Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!.^[3]

Plot

After being defeated by the Tokugawa clan at the historical Battle of Sekigahara, which took place on October 20, 1600. Miyamoto Musashi retired from his great swordsman life to become a modest bodyguard in Gion, Kyoto. Five years after the battle, a young girl named Haruka comes to Gion seeking a local hitman known as Kiryu Kazumanosuke, which is Miyamoto's new identity. After finding Kiryu, Haruka asks him to assassinate Miyamoto Musashi, unaware of who he is. Kiryu asks Haruka to give him one ryō to go on with the assassination. She does not, in which Kiryu refuses going on with the request. Desperate for money, Haruka becomes a servant in a brothel.

Story

Chapters

There are a total of 13 chapters in this game:

Prologue: The Dragon of Gion
Chapter 1: Miyamoto Musashi
Chapter 2: The Trap of Sekigahara
Chapter 3: The Oath
Chapter 4: A New Life
Chapter 5: The One Ryo Request
Chapter 6: The Yoshioka Dojo
Chapter 7: Inferno
Chapter 8: The Houzoin
Chapter 9: The Duel
Chapter 10: The Old Fox
Chapter 11: The Truth
Final Chapter: Ganryu Island

Gallery

Official Art

Screenshots

References

↑ Reported by 福田柵太郎 Photo by 佐伯司 (December 4th, 2007). "セガ、PS3「龍が如く見参!」完成披露会を開催発売日が2008年3月6日に決定" (in Japanese). Game Watch. Retrieved September 29th, 2019
↑ https://www.siliconera.com/2019/06/24/yakuza-producer-says-that-yakuza-kenzan-could-get-a-kiwami-version/
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC-j2whWVyA

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[1] Reported by 福田柵太郎 Photo by 佐伯司 (December 4th, 2007). "セガ、PS3「龍が如く見参!」完成披露会を開催発売日が2008年3月6日に決定" (in Japanese). Game Watch. Retrieved September 29th, 2019

[2] ttps://www.siliconera.com/2019/06/24/yakuza-producer-says-that-yakuza-kenzan-could-get-a-kiwami-version/

[3] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC-j2whWVyA

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-'''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!''' (龍が如く 見参!, lit. "Like a Dragon Arrives!") is a spin-off from the ''[[Yakuza]]'' series released for ''PlayStation 3'' in Japan on March 6, 2008. This game is set in historical Kyoto, Japan during the Edo period in 1605. The story follows the parts of [[Kiryu Kazumanosuke|Miyamoto Musashi]]'s life.
+'''''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!''''' (龍が如く 見参!, lit. "Like a Dragon Arrives!") is a spin-off from the ''[[Yakuza]]'' series released for ''PlayStation 3'' in Japan on March 6, 2008. This game is set in historical [[Kyoto]], Japan during the Edo period in 1605. The story follows the parts of [[Kiryu Kazumanosuke|Miyamoto Musashi]]'s life. It is the first ''[[Yakuza (series)|Yakuza]]''-series spin-off game, as well as the series's first PlayStation 3 title.
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+==Development==
+[[File:Kiryu Yakuza 2 02.png|thumb|Kazuma Kiryu's appearance in the first two ''Yakuza'' titles]]
+[[file:Miyamoto Musahi.png|thumb|Kiryu Kazumanosuke's appearance, which is markedly different.]]
+Due to the PlayStation 3's greater capabilities and new filesystem, SEGA decided to have, technology-wise, a completely clean break from the first two ''[[Yakuza (series)|Yakuza]]'' games for ''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!''. A new game engine was developed for ''Kenzan!'' and future games, and all of ''Kenzan!'s'' assets were created from the ground up, with nothing being taken from its PS2-based predecessors. This is the first and so far only time this has happened for a home-platform ''Yakuza'' game: even the upcoming ''[[Yakuza: Like a Dragon]]'' has [[Koichi Adachi#Trivia|3D assets from as far back as ''Yakuza 3'']].
+Another series first for ''Kenzan!'' was SEGA's use of 3D-scanning technology for characters' faces, being based on scans of their respective voice actors' faces.<ref>Reported by 福田柵太郎 Photo by 佐伯司 (December 4th, 2007). "[http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20071204/ryu.htm セガ、PS3「龍が如く 見参!」完成披露会を開催発売日が2008年3月6日に決定]" (in Japanese). Game Watch. Retrieved September 29th, 2019</ref> This drastically changed the appearance of some main characters, whose likenesses in ''Kenzan!'' were then applied to their modern-day equivalents in ''[[Yakuza 3]]'' and subsequent titles.<br />
+For example ''Kenzan!'' protagonist [[Kiryu Kazumanosuke]]'s face was based on a 3D scan of his voice actor [[Wikipedia:Takaya Kuroda|Takaya Kuroda's]] face. The raw scan was then cleaned up and modified to appear more like how the developers saw Kiryu, rather than simply a direct copy of Kuroda's face. This facial appearance then formed the basis for modern-day counterpart [[Kazuma Kiryu]]'s face in every subsequent game that he has appeared in.
+==Release==
+''Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!'' was released in Japan on March 6th, 2008 for the PlayStation 3. Although nothing has officially been announced as of late 2019, ''Yakuza'' series producer Daisuke Sato hinted at the possibility of a ''Kiwami''-style remake of ''Kenzan!'' being created and released worldwide during an event in Taipei, Taiwan in June.<ref>https://www.siliconera.com/2019/06/24/yakuza-producer-says-that-yakuza-kenzan-could-get-a-kiwami-version/</ref> In an interview at Gamecom in Cologne, Germany in August 2019 however, Sato backtracked slightly on the idea of a western release, questioning whether Western gamers would know enough about Samurai history to enjoy ''Kenzan!'' and its sequel ''[[Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!]]''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC-j2whWVyA</ref>
 == Plot ==
-After being defeated by the Tokugawa clan at the historical Battle of Sekigahara, which took place on October 20, 1600. Miyamoto Musashi retired from his great swordsman life to become a modest bodyguard in Gion, Kyoto. Five years after the battle, a young girl named Haruka comes to Gion seeking a local hitman known as Kiryu Kazumanosuke, which is Miyamoto's new identity. After finding Kiryu, Haruka asks him to assassinate Miyamoto Musashi, unaware of who he is. Kiryu asks Haruka to give him one ryō to go on with the assassination. She does not, in which Kiryu refuses going on with the request. Desperate for money, Haruka becomes as servant in a brothel.
+After being defeated by the Tokugawa clan at the historical Battle of Sekigahara, which took place on October 20, 1600. Miyamoto Musashi retired from his great swordsman life to become a modest bodyguard in Gion, Kyoto. Five years after the battle, a young girl named Haruka comes to Gion seeking a local hitman known as Kiryu Kazumanosuke, which is Miyamoto's new identity. After finding Kiryu, Haruka asks him to assassinate Miyamoto Musashi, unaware of who he is. Kiryu asks Haruka to give him one ryō to go on with the assassination. She does not, in which Kiryu refuses going on with the request. Desperate for money, Haruka becomes a servant in a brothel.
+== Story ==
+=== Chapters ===
+There are a total of '''13''' chapters in this game:
+* [[Prologue: The Dragon of Gion]]
+* [[Chapter 1: Miyamoto Musashi]]
+* [[Chapter 2: The Trap of Sekigahara]]
+* [[Chapter 3: The Oath]]
+* [[Chapter 4: A New Life]]
+* [[Chapter 5: The One Ryo Request]]
+* [[Chapter 6: The Yoshioka Dojo]]
+* [[Chapter 7: Inferno]]
+* [[Chapter 8: The Houzoin]]
+* [[Chapter 9: The Duel]]
+* [[Chapter 10: The Old Fox]]
+* [[Chapter 11: The Truth]]
+* [[Final Chapter: Ganryu Island]]
-== Characters ==
-This is the first game in the series where a few of the main characters' faces are modeled in 3D after their voice actors. Cyberware's 3D scanner was used to analyze each actor's head and face in order to collect data on it's shape and appearance. The files were imported to the Softimage XSI 3D graphics application.
-* Takaya Kuroda as '''Kiryu Kazumanosuke / Miyamoto Musashi'''
-* Shota Matsuda as '''Kojiro Sasaki'''
-* Masaya Kato as '''Yoshioka Seijuro'''
-* Takashi Tsukamoto as '''Toji Gion'''
-* Hiroki Matsukata as '''Mysterious Monk'''
-* Naoto Takenaka as '''Nagayoshi Marume'''
-* Aya Hisakawa as '''Tayu Yoshino'''
-* Rie Kugiyama as '''Haruka'''
-* Yinlink of Joytoy as '''Libido Waterfall'''
 == Gallery ==
+===Official Art===
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+8396201682_c3778892b0_e.jpg
-ryu noodles.jpg|Promotional instant noodles
+wallpaper16_kenzan_8387617978_o.jpg
+yakuza-kenzan-4e2678c3b6560.jpg
 kenzan_wpcalendar01l.jpg|2008 Calendar
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+kenzan_wpcl12dec.jpg
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+kenzan_wpcl10oct.jpg
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+kenzan_wpcl09sep.jpg
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+kenzan_wpcl03mar.jpg
+kenzan_wpcl02feb.jpg
+kenzan_wpcl01jan.jpg
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+ryu noodles.jpg|Promotional [[List of product placements#Acecook|Acecook]] instant noodles
-kenzan_wpcl08aug.jpg
-kenzan_wpcl09sep.jpg
-kenzan_wpcl10oct.jpg
-kenzan_wpcl11nov.jpg
-kenzan_wpcl12dec.jpg
-yakuza-kenzan-4e2678c3b6560.jpg
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+===Screenshots===
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+</gallery>
+==References==
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