Yakuza series producer took to his official Twitter to personally shoot down a rumor about Yakuza: Like an Ashura circulating the internet.
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Yesterday a major rumor cropped up concerning a possible next chapter in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon spinoff title. The only source was a screenshot of the Yakuza series producer Masa Yokoyama seemingly tweeting out that there would be another game in the same vein titled Yakuza: Like an Ashura. This version allegedly would be starring a young Watase:
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Rumor: Next Yakuza game possibly leaked by series producer:
Ashura Ga Gotoku (Like an Ashura)
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Possibly starring young Watase.
Info is only 2nd hand so I cannot confirm if legit. Take with a massive grain of salt. #yakuza#ryugagotoku#rumors (thx reddit user Deadexe) pic.twitter.com/RSKJnwV3h4
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— Yakuza Fan (@YakFan) November 20, 2020
However, the next day Yokoyama released a status update on his own official account completely denying any such game:
海外経由で捏造されるまでになって嬉しさも多少ありますが、、、
阿修羅が如く？とやらは100%ないです。作りかけてすらいません。
それにそのネーミングやらないでしょう。シロヒョウとか般若が如くとかと同じ感じすよね（笑）
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北斗はコンセプトが別として、龍スピンオフ系でそれはないかと。
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— 横山昌義 (@yokoyama_masa) November 21, 2020
Yokoyama expresses tongue-in-cheek that while he’s happy to be forged oversees, he didn’t even make the Yakuza: Like a Dragon spinoff (it was directed by Ryosuke Horii and produced by both Hiroyuki Sakamoto and Daisuke Sato) so he wouldn’t even be able to confirmed anything. And more humorously he also points out that he would never name it “Ashura” in the first place.
To the credit of the one who posted the initial screenshot, they did disclaim the rumor with “take it with a grain of salt” and was forthcoming once the original tweet was deleted. But this situation is why vetting sources is so important, especially when said sources forge screenshots of developers making statements they never did.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon released on November 10th and as usual dropped a launch trailer that depicted the trademark shenanigans of the franchise in full glory. We get to see our homeless pal Nanba calling the city’s pigeons to attack his enemies. There’s a crab summons. At one point there’s a group of dudes in diapers and Ichiban is probably drinking breastmilk. There’s even some shots of the squad doing their best KISS impression. It’s incredible.