The Like A Dragon series has been going for quite a while, and with eight mainline titles so far (and lord knows how many spinoffs), it doesn't sound like the train is coming to a stop any time soon. We have Yakuza 3 Kiwami + Dark Ties coming this year, which should tide us over to the next mainline entry, but it seems as though we shouldn't just assume that there will always be a next game.
In a recent interview with Famitsu (translated by Automaton), Ryu ga Gotoku Studio head and Like A Dragon executive producer Masayoshi Yokoyama talked a little bit about the future of the Like a Dragon series as a whole. In the interview, he reveals that he doesn't actually think as far ahead as we all think he does, despite us being eight mainline titles deep into the series at this point.
"Even now that it’s a series, I still create each installment thinking that it could be the final chapter," says Yokoyama. "As an example, I haven’t thought about what happens to Ichiban Kasuga in the future yet."
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