Yakuza 1&2 HD Crop Up on SEGA Release Schedule

Yakuza 5

Written Friday, July 13, 2012 By Richard Walker

With Yakuza 5 on the horizon, SEGA could be planning remakes of PlayStation 2 classics, Yakuza 1&2 in shiny HD-O-vision. That's if a SEGA release schedule is any sort of indication, as it seemingly outs both games, possibly as a two-game collection.

The listing appeared briefly on the SEGA schedule before being taken down, with a December release date in Japan that would put it in the same month that Yakuza 5 is due to release. It would certainly make sense to release Yakuza 1&2 HD during this period.

Yakuza 1&2 HD was listed for ¥5229 with a December 1st, 2012 launch date, but nothing's been confirmed or announced yet. It does seems pretty legitimate though. Stay tuned.

[Via Andriasang]

User Comments

Forum Posts: 2	Comment #1 by Cinderkin Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 11:52:36 AM	(1)
	I played Yakuza 4 as the first in the series for me, and loved it. Beat it and enjoyed every minute. I can't wait for 5 now. This is nice to see as even with the reminisce option to watch the story of the first 3 I would love to get to play them all.

Forum Posts: 1	Comment #2 by SweGabe Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 11:52:49 AM	(3)
	Its a goooood time to be a Yakuza fan!

Forum Posts: 933	Comment #3 by nintendo64X Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 11:55:12 AM	(0)
	I know when released here it had an english dub...will we have the option to have both? Not for me for others, I only knew the characters since the third game, in japanese of course ;)

Forum Posts: 1047	Comment #4 by luffybuggy Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 12:00:10 PM	(0)
	Nice hopefully we can get some confirmation soon! These games were great back on PS2. The story is excellent and the games are really fun.

Forum Posts: 86	Comment #5 by MitsurugiReiji Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 12:04:33 PM	(0)
	Pretty sure it is coming, I`m glad that both games will be pretty cheap too!

Forum Posts: 284	Comment #6 by brandaman69 Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 12:32:00 PM	(0)
	I thought 3 was a 10 4 was a 9 and dead souls was a 7.5 can't wait for these two games if they are released in HD , Yakuza 5 which will be awesome, and hopefully one day kenzan which if it comes to NA I will camp outside the store.

Forum Posts: 23	Comment #7 by misterbreaker Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 12:48:03 PM	(0)
	I loved these but I hated the english voices in yakuza 1. Mark Hamill and Eliza dushku were horrible. HOPefully they'll do a decent HD Upscale. Can't wait.

Forum Posts: 620	Comment #8 by kakihara301 Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 01:06:54 PM	(0)
	@7 What about Michael Madsen as Shimano? lol. The CONSTANT "What the f@ck? You fu@ker!" of Yakuza 1 was comical at best, frustrating at worst. Fantastic news, though!

Forum Posts: 7433	Comment #9 by blazenarutoshippuden Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 02:26:41 PM	(-3)
	I thought 1 and 2 had trophies? So this is a HD collection?

Forum Posts: 112	Comment #10 by The Captain097 Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 02:44:51 PM	(1)
	@9 1 and 2 were on the PS2, so no trophies and yes, this is an HD collection but the list actually said "HD Edition"

Forum Posts: 1089	Comment #11 by I_Shoot_Stuff Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 02:55:26 PM	(0)
	It is as if SEGA was reading my mind when I wished for some sort of HD version of the first two games. I've only played the last 2 and Dead Souls. I hope we get a US release.

Forum Posts: 886	Comment #12 by Dropeti Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 03:18:15 PM	(0)
	Awesome, the first one I played in the series was yakuza 3 and I loved it as I did 4 and DS. Looking forward for these.

Forum Posts: 292	Comment #13 by Totavier Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 03:29:05 PM	(0)
	Great!, one of my friend always told me in try to play the Yakuza series but i didn't try because i never played the 1 & 2 But with this HD edition, now i'll do it!

Forum Posts: 2321	Comment #14 by jqtaxpayer Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 04:03:08 PM	(0)
	Awesome! Now if they'd only release Kenzan! in English -- I went ahead and imported it anyway, but it's pretty difficult to tell what you're doing when you don't speak Japanese.

Forum Posts: 301	Comment #15 by ZombieBP Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 08:21:47 PM	(0)
	I was so excited when I first heard about this. I second the mention of releasing Kenzan, I would buy the HD releases and a localized kenzan in a heartbeat.

Forum Posts: 29	Comment #16 by freelancerx3 Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 08:35:25 PM	(0)
	O: omg finally I get to replay these 2 again!And I don't care if they leave the english voices in the original Yakuza.It was one of the best ps2 games in my opinion.

Forum Posts: 11	Comment #18 by TheUnlockable1 Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 09:30:18 PM	(0)
	Yakuza 4 was the first game I played. I didn't really need to play the first 3 cause of the reminisce videos. But this collection is great to get rid of the original titles and have them for PS3 instead.

Forum Posts: 284	Comment #19 by brandaman69 Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 10:55:33 PM	(0)
	@18 if you haven't played 3 I would really recommend picking it up , it is to this day my favorite game and the reminiscence videos did no justice to how awesome it was .

Forum Posts: 46	Comment #20 by FearlessSasuke Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 11:31:24 PM	(0)
	I would gladly buy that hd collection.

Forum Posts: 884	Comment #21 by poetic_justice_ Saturday, July 14, 2012 @ 12:26:13 AM	(0)
	If they release this as an HD edition, you can bet your sweet patooty there will be trophies. Then there will be a Yakuza Club on PS3trophies.org. All 6 of the games will be in it. But make sure you save time for Sleeping Dogs!

Forum Posts: 1796	Comment #22 by Frost Monarch Saturday, July 14, 2012 @ 02:15:41 AM	(0)
	Huh.. old PS3T logo?

Forum Posts: 2312	Comment #23 by Crowquilt Saturday, July 14, 2012 @ 03:59:49 AM	(0)
	Sold! I wanted to get 1 and 2 for my ps2 anyways :D

Forum Posts: 486	Comment #24 by X-The_Used-X Saturday, July 14, 2012 @ 08:28:14 AM	(0)
	I would love to go back a play as young Kazuma, love Yakuza

Forum Posts: 1217	Comment #26 by kraven_15 Sunday, July 15, 2012 @ 05:29:25 PM	(0)
	I've got 3 and 4 and haven't played them yet... Should I wait til these come out and play them chronologically? Do they follow the same story and characters? Or are they like gta where it's all different? Sorry for the dumb question :)

Forum Posts: 85	Comment #28 by Sadist4life Sunday, July 15, 2012 @ 11:19:23 PM	(0)
	This is really awesome news for a Yakuza series fan like me! The thought of Yakuza 1 being remade is...undescribable. Furthermore, Yakuza 1 has (in my opinion) the best soundtrack ever

Forum Posts: 9	Comment #29 by vincentdante Monday, July 16, 2012 @ 12:09:57 AM	(0)
	@26 They like to reference the older games in the series but ultimatley they are seperate stories. You can happily play this series from any game and be fine. Plus they do have a "story so far" feature to fill you in on the background.

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #30 by Zagettrix Monday, July 16, 2012 @ 01:05:45 AM	(0)
	I hope they put in the Japanese voices for the original Yakuza cause it would be awesome to play it again a little more seriously.

Forum Posts: 14	Comment #31 by Diagonis83 Monday, July 16, 2012 @ 08:40:05 PM	(0)
	I have Yakuza 3, 4 & Dead Souls. These will be a great addition and finish off my collection once I get Yakuza 5. Love these games they're awesome

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Developer:
Yakuza Studio

Publisher:
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Collection:	2
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