Fun fact: The Yakuza series is serious, totally a serious drama, no sudden distractions like delivering pizza for a foreigner and fighting a monkey in a construction vehicle.
Even more fun fact (Y6 spoilers): . .Kiryu faked his death and decided to take his side hustle (voice acting) as well as his love of karaoke more seriously. He acts under the code name Takaya Kuroda (visually based on a minor side character from yakuza 5 victory road sub story) to avoid revealing himself and opening investigations into japan’s political leaders. It’s the perfect cover
The best part about these mini games is that you can play them almost any point in the story. Meaning you can go from contemplating killing a blind woman one moment and sing Karaoke the next
The yakuza/LAD games are so hard to explain, cus the main story can break your heart but the side content is literally the most insane stuff, from running a cabaret club to beat a group of "evil" cabaret clubs to fighting a monkey in construction equipment
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I'd argue it's the contrary- it's *because* the characters take even the smallest stuff seriously that makes it funny. They put in 100% of themselves in everything, regardless of whether that's protecting their loved ones from hitmen, running a side business, or playing video games. It's at once heartwarming and hilarious to see Kiryu Kazuma, a man who looks like he was chiseled from raw beef, falling to his knees in despair because he lost a slot car race to a bunch of kids.
I think were it gets kinda hard to understand the story is when you mix in judgement with you play a detective in the same area at the same time and meet kiryu.
All of this is historically accurate. Majima is cheering on the third song; he knows several of the ladies singing as some used to work for him so he is very protective of them. Kiryu is cheering on the fifth song, he becomes a regular at the bar if you're trying for all the game's achievements. On the hardest difficulty the dancing is *brutal*. You're allowed to screw up once. The Kiryu Ghost has a Kiryu face. Not even death can change the eyebrows of Justice™.
Two things: The building in the "Bakamitai" video was the orphanage that Kiryu grew up in with his best friend and blood brother, who is also the long-haired guy singing with him in "Judgment." And, awesome!! I'm so happy you did the karaoke videos! Almost the entire series has crazy karaoke videos like these.
Yeah, the picture changes according to the singer, if I remember correctly. Also the long haired guy in Judgement, Nishiki, is ultimately the final boss of Yakuza 1 and its remake, Yakuza Kiwami.
Answers to some questions you might have: Alongside the fighting and story you can do karaoke and disco. You can even go bowling, play darts, play with claw machines, do circuit racing with miniature cars and even more. The photo in the "Bakamitai" one with Kiryu is a place known as "sunflower", the orphanage where Kiryu grew up. The reason why Majima and Kiryu insert themselves into the songs sung by the women here is because to listen to those songs in-game you have to go on dates with them, and provide backup vocals. You can listen to versions of the songs without them outside the game on sites like youtube, spotify, etc. The two people with Kiryu on the "judgement" music video is his sworn brother Nishiki (the one that performs with him and is also in the disco later) and the one in the suit on the right is Kashiwagi, a man they both look up to. Kiryu's voice actor Takaya Kuroda is a professional singer with his own band (Takaya Kuroda and Goodfellas. They're insanely good, would recommend checking them out). Kiryu is essentially "the yakuza guy" because he's the protagonist for many of the games, and not a single one of his karaoke songs have ever truly disappointed. I recommend listening to his yakuza kiwami, kiwami 2, 4 and 6 ones. The little things or "ghosts" as Bethany called it, are small characters designed off of the characters dancing. Kiryu's looks angry, Majima's has an eye patch, Nishiki's just looks goofy and some of the others have their own designs. Should you play the game? Yes.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames another thing that I probably should of mentioned; not every game has the same songs. You may see that 24 hour Cinderella song here but its not in any other game (unfortunately)
I'm not mistaken the image in Baka Mitai is of the orphanage that Kiryu and his sworn brother Nishiki (the guy also in a leather jacket in Judgement and the one in red during Kiryu's disco) grew up in. Baka Mitai is in most of the games performed by several characters, and the video stays largely the same but the photo on the bar changes with each game/character
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames The photo actually changes to something relevant to the specific title you're playing, though it's usually something less serious, like an old man you meet as a minor character or something like that, usually a touch silly. Nanba's version in Like A Dragon retains the same video, but is sung in English in the English dub
@@tekidtheblack5946 It might be funny, but I'm 90% sure the singers in question really just miss those things that much. The cast is hyper serious about the weirdest shit
The story of Yakuza games is always so amazing and serious that you just need a break in the karaoke bar to compose yourself. That is why there are so many funny side stories as well.
The best part about 24 hours Cinderella is the fact Majima know it perfectly, he is able to sing it out of nowhere without any mistakes as shown in the Karaoke he didn't even look the screen or the fact the rythm when he bash the head of someone on a wall is in perfect synch with the song
I love how their videos went from commentating on how brutal their fighting styles and moves are and then immediately to this. They went through the Yakuza 0 experience through reactions.
It’s actually pretty standard in Japan, when going to do karaoke as a group, for the people who are not singing to support the singer with things like tambourines, maracas, cowbells, and even cheer and provide backing vocals to the song.
Yakuza 0 is one of those games where you're compelled to see people's fresh reactions because it's the closest thing to playing it for the first time again.
Man Nothing feels better than a good japanese song My favs are Judgement and Disco Queen (the last song) it has a little 80's vibe it's soo awesome. Cheers to you guys
Majima's backup for Rouge of Love is even more hilarious (that's what Kiryu (white suit guy) was saying through the song, "everybody say rouge of love"), also bar hostess sings it the best, but has no cutscene :(. Also there's some other disco songs which are totally amazing as well (Friday Night, Queen of the Passion, I'm gonna make her mine, I wanna take you home). The latter is basically a dancing mini game, can be even played against a real person via LAN-connection iirc, shame not online. That or you can dance against Michael Jackson, sorry Miracle Johnson*. Ah, that's reminds me I was writing guide on Yakuza 0 disco but it got lost, very few people understand how to properly dance it... I KNOW LYRICS OF KOI NO DISCO QUEEN AND CAN FULLY SING IT. You should check "Get to the Top" song sometime... Man Yakuza games are the best. Main story is a criminal drama, side content is pure insanity in the best possible way. Playing Yakuza 0 was one of the very best decisions of my life, so much happiness.
Apparently, the voice actor for Kiryu (the serious guy in the white suit) is the lead singer of a band outside of his voice work, so it makes sense his character is a great singer. You guys should watch more of these karaoke videos from Yakuza, even if it's on your own time. Every game in the franchise has these minigames, and most (if not all) of the songs are nothing short of amazing.
When i first played that 24 hour Cinderella i was grinning and laughing too hard and had to watch it on TH-cam to experience it fully. I loved seeing their faces just light up at this actual criminal dancing on skates
I am so upset the original video has kiryu's background vocals for Rouge of Love, when Majima sings the backgrounds he goes totally off the rails and starts cackling like a hyena
Majima actually has that outfit and has memorized 24 hour Cinderella. He sings it as a distraction during a side story and in either Ykuza Kiwami or Yakuza Kiwami 2 he’ll attack Kiryu in said outfit.
Fun Fact: Baka Mitai is the one song that persists through most of the Yakuza games and each variation has the same music video but with a different photo for each protagonist to represent a sad memory from their past, and while Kiryu's cover is quite somber, the others are more optimistic in tone
That home in Bakamitai was the orphanage Kiryu (the man singing) grew up in. The song itself is a romance song about getting your heartbroken, and fits more with Majima's (the guy singing 24 Hour Cinderella) storyline in later games Kiryu's backup singer in Judgement, Nishiki, is his sworn brother
yakuza games are something else between fighting roombas, bears and tigers with your fists and on the other side legit drama with kidnapped children, dead parents and betrayal these game's don't balance on the edge of serious and silly, they run full force in both directions simultaneously and do an amazing job at both somehow
When it comes to Yakuza: Main Story is super serious, surreal crime drama with twists and turns that will make you cheer and cry, inspire and destroy, and has me engaged! I cant wait to continue it! **Takes 3 steps** Stranger: "Hey man, you could make a good male stripper! Wanna be a male stripper man!" (Sad part, thats not even made up. I laughed so hard at the tonal whiplash
This game series will make you cry your eyes out from both laughter and the hardest hitting sadness you’ll ever experience in a game. Just beautiful. I used to not like Japanese games. Still don’t for the most part. But I was bored one day and decided “What the hell? Seems cool. I’ll give it a shot.” And that is how I fell in love with my favorite game series of all time. Damn I’d love to fall in love with it again. And I envy anyone who gets to experience it for the first time.
The building in the photo in Bakametai is the orphanage that Kiryu grew up in. It was owned and run by a high-up yakuza boss who used it as a front to launder money. Kiryu's gratitude toward that boss is what led Kiryu to joining that yakuza clan.
All those lighthearted little side things are necessary since the story of Yakuza can be pretty hard on the feels. I felt the need to master all things disco in this game due to the story making me cry.
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Oh definitely! Don't let the silly things fool you, main story in the Yakuza series can be pretty dark and emotional. Players need to unwind with some dancing, singing, bowling, fishing or interactions with the amazing side characters 🙂
there's plenty of these minigames in these titles, they show a softer side to of these characters oh and that part where you fight a monkey, everyone talks about that monkey
That second song, Baka Mitai, is a huge meme. A lot of people who have never even heard of the Yakuza games know it. People have described it as Japan’s version of Careless Whisper. Though Baja Mitai is used in a much sadder way.
I highly recommend you look up the Majima Everywhere cutscenes for Yakuza Kiwami. Majima declares Kiryu as his rival, and dedicates himself to challenging Kiryu when he least expects it. It… gets a little ridiculous, and it says a lot when him pole dancing is the least ridiculous thing he does
The guy with the eye patch (Majima) is the manager of the girls. They work for him as hostesses at a club. When the girls sing, the random dude voice is Majima's
4:00 This was the Orphanage he grew up in pictured where he grew up with the co singer in Judgement and the keyboard players was one of the people who raised him growing up.
Takaya Kuroda (the voice of Kiryu, the guy in the white suit) is legendary for his singing in these games. That's actually him singing each song and not somebody else. He said he loves to sing and is even part of a band if I remember right. He's such a good singer
the dance mini game is so fun basically the more squares you take before hitting the prompts the more points you receive and it helps royally for the last dance boss haha.
The main story is an amazing crime drama. But even the side stuff don't have a drop in quality like in most games (where there's a number of fetch quests); at the same time, even the side content isn't ignored as familiar faces appear in later games (if you're playing the games according to the story's timeline and not by release date).
Since you guys watched the karaoke's and the disco's already, I'd love to see you watch Lost Judgement's dance lessons. It's one the same degree of awesomeness as these, just not with vocals is all 😆
Ahhh yess i just how one minute ur doing a mature story stuff and another minute ur either play poll,darts,bowling,or just in the arcades playing games or hitting up the crain games the game is allowed to have serious moments but ur also allowed to have fun on the side too
Fun Fact(s): The image that Kiryu was drinking over was an Orphanage where he grew up. Also the girls that Majima, a.k.a eyepatch man are singing with are the employees of a cabaret club he runs. And Nishiki is Kiryu's sworn brother because they are both in the same Yakuza family, he is also from the Orphanage Kiryus is from. Which is named the sunflower orphanage
I think I know what next New Years cosplay is. Also from what I understand most Japanese VAs are capable singers. Like they'll take singing lessons and singers take up VA work because they both have similar skills and one or the other will propel with either career. A lot of times you'll hear in anime one of the characters VAs is singing something in the soundtrack. Also it doesn't matter what the situation Kiryu gives it his all which is half the fun of the series. So many of the side quests are him running into some weirdo, learning their life story, and doing whatever need be to solve the problem. Wether that's getting good at racing video games, delivering pizza, shooting a music, it doesn't matter Kiryu is will take time out of his schedule to make things right. Majima is similar but he's more so forced into some situations and doesn't get to invested. However he's competitive and often gets mixed up into stuff because of that. He has similar adventures to Kiryu but in his own and sometimes totally unique. Like I suck at pool but you bet your ass I'll get good at it if it gets that girl to go to college. That's not even why he's there in the first place it just happened.
This reminds me of how I miss Karaoke :D. We had 1 bar, and in 1 club even a stage with karaoke here in my german town. It was so fun going up there and singing for 30+ people despite the crippling anxiety. That's why I only sung after a few drinks xD. Going on stage with my best friend (we are both dudes fyi) and shredding through linkin park songs and marilyn manson was fun as duette, or eminem songs. Yes our music taste was everything that is a good song :). Still can't growl properly to save my life without hurting the vocal cords tho and hate the sound of my own voice :D.
Feels like most people hate the sound of their own voice, but acting like a rockstar, rapper, heavy metal singer is what’s fun about Karaoke. As long as you are having fun the crowd has fun 😀😎🤟🥳
Bakamitai means foolish. The song is about sorrow over a failed relationship. Eventhough he still loves her, he knows it's best they aren't together. Each game it's featured, the picture is different. In this one, it's the orphanage where he grew up.
If you plan on doing more yakuza reactions, I would recommend all dynamic boss fight intros, as they are pretty cool. They would obviously be spoilers for each game though.
When choosing a song in karaoke you can also choose to be a backup singer/instrumentalist for someone else. So it's actually the player making those weird background noises lol
The way the disco dancing minigame works is you're supposed to move the little character around, get them into the tile with the button prompt, and press it just as the glowing border has shrunk to perfectly align with the edges of the tile(which is also timed to the song's rhythm). You get bonus points for how many steps you made the little character take on the way to that tile.
Yakuza is such a unique franchise there’s serious badass narratives and combat but you also get these super silly side activities and quest its a perfect contrast between the incredible and serious storyline and the lighthearted and unusual side stories
To answer your question Kiryu’s “Bakametai”, the photo he was looking and reminiscing about was the orphanage he and his friend Nishikiyama used to live in before they were adopted by Kazama and joined the Yakuza.
Thats crazy that the hot hit "friday night" wasn't shown after "disco queen". Friday night is pretty iconic comparatively with other karoake songs as baka mitai, 24 hour Cinderella man, and rogue of love
I love how wacky the Yakuza games are. One minute you're doing serious gang work, the next you're watching a grown man in a diaper drink from a bottle.
So there’s a fun fact about Majima singing 24 hour Cinderella. He wears the costume again in Yakuza Kiwami, and his word choice heavily implies he actually did the whole song and dance routine at some point
You should definitely check out Max0r's video on Yakuza 0, it perfectly shows the juxtaposition of the brutal combat with the sillier moments, like the karaoke and various other side quests.
Yakuza games are really a different beast altogether, the storylines are serious crime dramas, but the games will find ways to make you laugh through each one.
I love your content, and I never miss one of your videos, keep up the good work. By the way, when does the video of Gears Of War 5 executions come out? Saludos desde México/Greetings from Mexico
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Fun fact: The Yakuza series is serious, totally a serious drama, no sudden distractions like delivering pizza for a foreigner and fighting a monkey in a construction vehicle.
Or teaching a dominatrix how to be more dominant, racing rc-cars, and playing numerous sega arcade classics.
I totally forgot about the disco dance off with Michael Jackson.
@@TheSubjectx excuse you, thats Miracle Johnson, the Prince of Pop
@@TheSubjectx Remember, choose the black box!
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Fun fact, the voice actor for Kiryu (the guy in the white suit) is actually in a band as the lead singer, hence why he has a pretty good voice!
Wait wait wait... In a band!?!? Can I get the bands name?
Even more fun fact (Y6 spoilers):
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.Kiryu faked his death and decided to take his side hustle (voice acting) as well as his love of karaoke more seriously. He acts under the code name Takaya Kuroda (visually based on a minor side character from yakuza 5 victory road sub story) to avoid revealing himself and opening investigations into japan’s political leaders.
It’s the perfect cover
The band's called "Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas"
@@iownamemepage5511 thank you!!
Great fun fact 😀😎🤟
The best part about these mini games is that you can play them almost any point in the story. Meaning you can go from contemplating killing a blind woman one moment and sing Karaoke the next
😂 sounds like a blast 😁
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Jesus Christ, I hope that pun was intentional
@@Firepowered it took me a whole second to realize WOW
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Im not sure you're aware what you did there 🤣🤣🤣
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames you just made a LOT of people sad
The yakuza/LAD games are so hard to explain, cus the main story can break your heart but the side content is literally the most insane stuff, from running a cabaret club to beat a group of "evil" cabaret clubs to fighting a monkey in construction equipment
Or trying to shut down a giant industrial strength roomba
We love that it doesn’t take itself too seriously while still being able to deliver a good story 🙂😀
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames I'd argue it's the contrary- it's *because* the characters take even the smallest stuff seriously that makes it funny. They put in 100% of themselves in everything, regardless of whether that's protecting their loved ones from hitmen, running a side business, or playing video games. It's at once heartwarming and hilarious to see Kiryu Kazuma, a man who looks like he was chiseled from raw beef, falling to his knees in despair because he lost a slot car race to a bunch of kids.
Side quests break your heart too. I just did the side quest with the guy who had to change his face 😥
I think were it gets kinda hard to understand the story is when you mix in judgement with you play a detective in the same area at the same time and meet kiryu.
Fun Fact: An actual ex-Yakuza said that this is close to what they were doing in their free time.
Kiryu Gaming
@@IchizokuRonin we’re breaking the lawwwwwww
@@maybedeidara9811 BRAEAKING ZA WAAAARRRDOOO
@@leonardosa_a KOWASE, KIRISAKE TENDAAANESSS
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All of this is historically accurate. Majima is cheering on the third song; he knows several of the ladies singing as some used to work for him so he is very protective of them. Kiryu is cheering on the fifth song, he becomes a regular at the bar if you're trying for all the game's achievements. On the hardest difficulty the dancing is *brutal*. You're allowed to screw up once.
The Kiryu Ghost has a Kiryu face. Not even death can change the eyebrows of Justice™.
That last line 🤣
Two things: The building in the "Bakamitai" video was the orphanage that Kiryu grew up in with his best friend and blood brother, who is also the long-haired guy singing with him in "Judgment."
And, awesome!! I'm so happy you did the karaoke videos! Almost the entire series has crazy karaoke videos like these.
Thanks for explaining the building and glad the whole series is fun like this 😀
Bakamitai is in almost every one of the games with basically the same video. But the picture changes each time.
Yeah, the picture changes according to the singer, if I remember correctly.
Also the long haired guy in Judgement, Nishiki, is ultimately the final boss of Yakuza 1 and its remake, Yakuza Kiwami.
kiryu has never killed a single person we swear
kiryu has never killed a single person we swear
Answers to some questions you might have:
Alongside the fighting and story you can do karaoke and disco. You can even go bowling, play darts, play with claw machines, do circuit racing with miniature cars and even more.
The photo in the "Bakamitai" one with Kiryu is a place known as "sunflower", the orphanage where Kiryu grew up.
The reason why Majima and Kiryu insert themselves into the songs sung by the women here is because to listen to those songs in-game you have to go on dates with them, and provide backup vocals. You can listen to versions of the songs without them outside the game on sites like youtube, spotify, etc.
The two people with Kiryu on the "judgement" music video is his sworn brother Nishiki (the one that performs with him and is also in the disco later) and the one in the suit on the right is Kashiwagi, a man they both look up to.
Kiryu's voice actor Takaya Kuroda is a professional singer with his own band (Takaya Kuroda and Goodfellas. They're insanely good, would recommend checking them out). Kiryu is essentially "the yakuza guy" because he's the protagonist for many of the games, and not a single one of his karaoke songs have ever truly disappointed. I recommend listening to his yakuza kiwami, kiwami 2, 4 and 6 ones.
The little things or "ghosts" as Bethany called it, are small characters designed off of the characters dancing. Kiryu's looks angry, Majima's has an eye patch, Nishiki's just looks goofy and some of the others have their own designs.
Should you play the game? Yes.
Wow, thanks so much for all this information and answering the questions we had while watching it 😀🥳
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@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames another thing that I probably should of mentioned; not every game has the same songs. You may see that 24 hour Cinderella song here but its not in any other game (unfortunately)
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGamesdude if you havent played 0 you are missing out heavily. Just remember after 0 nothing will feel on that level.
I'm not mistaken the image in Baka Mitai is of the orphanage that Kiryu and his sworn brother Nishiki (the guy also in a leather jacket in Judgement and the one in red during Kiryu's disco) grew up in. Baka Mitai is in most of the games performed by several characters, and the video stays largely the same but the photo on the bar changes with each game/character
Thanks for helping us out with that 🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames The photo actually changes to something relevant to the specific title you're playing, though it's usually something less serious, like an old man you meet as a minor character or something like that, usually a touch silly. Nanba's version in Like A Dragon retains the same video, but is sung in English in the English dub
@@tekidtheblack5946 It might be funny, but I'm 90% sure the singers in question really just miss those things that much. The cast is hyper serious about the weirdest shit
The story of Yakuza games is always so amazing and serious that you just need a break in the karaoke bar to compose yourself. That is why there are so many funny side stories as well.
Sounds like a good time playing this game. And the humorous moments like this helping break up the serious stuff is fantastic 🤩
Fun fact: Kiryu never smiles, nor does he ever get a speck of blood on his all white suit
That’s skill 😎🤟
Boy I do have news for you
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames he also never killed a man
The best part about 24 hours Cinderella is the fact Majima know it perfectly, he is able to sing it out of nowhere without any mistakes as shown in the Karaoke he didn't even look the screen or the fact the rythm when he bash the head of someone on a wall is in perfect synch with the song
If Kiryu wasn't dead serious when crushing kids at slot car racing the game would be worse off.
These games are great, hope to see more from it!
I love how their videos went from commentating on how brutal their fighting styles and moves are and then immediately to this. They went through the Yakuza 0 experience through reactions.
🤗😇
You guys need to do a play through of this game because you will never laugh or cry as hard as with this series.
That’s a great piece of media that can make you do both of those 😀😊🤩
I did not expect Yakuza returning to this channel in this way....
But I am so happy that it did exactly on this way. Thanks for the amazing video.
Our pleasure 😊🥳
It’s actually pretty standard in Japan, when going to do karaoke as a group, for the people who are not singing to support the singer with things like tambourines, maracas, cowbells, and even cheer and provide backing vocals to the song.
That sounds like a fun karaoke night 😀
Yakuza 0 is one of those games where you're compelled to see people's fresh reactions because it's the closest thing to playing it for the first time again.
Man Nothing feels better than a good japanese song
My favs are Judgement and Disco Queen (the last song) it has a little 80's vibe it's soo awesome.
Cheers to you guys
Always dig the 80s vibe 😁😎🤟
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames It's really surprising that old songs sound better than now
Yakuza 0 is maybe the most accurate game at portraying the gritty dark life of a member of the Yakuza.
Majima's backup for Rouge of Love is even more hilarious (that's what Kiryu (white suit guy) was saying through the song, "everybody say rouge of love"), also bar hostess sings it the best, but has no cutscene :(. Also there's some other disco songs which are totally amazing as well (Friday Night, Queen of the Passion, I'm gonna make her mine, I wanna take you home). The latter is basically a dancing mini game, can be even played against a real person via LAN-connection iirc, shame not online. That or you can dance against Michael Jackson, sorry Miracle Johnson*. Ah, that's reminds me I was writing guide on Yakuza 0 disco but it got lost, very few people understand how to properly dance it... I KNOW LYRICS OF KOI NO DISCO QUEEN AND CAN FULLY SING IT. You should check "Get to the Top" song sometime...
Man Yakuza games are the best. Main story is a criminal drama, side content is pure insanity in the best possible way. Playing Yakuza 0 was one of the very best decisions of my life, so much happiness.
Yeah what a disappointment that it wasn't the Majima version.
Majima for sure seems like the more animated one so we can see his backup always being fun 😀
Now I am going through the entire series and 0 was still the best for me.
Apparently, the voice actor for Kiryu (the serious guy in the white suit) is the lead singer of a band outside of his voice work, so it makes sense his character is a great singer. You guys should watch more of these karaoke videos from Yakuza, even if it's on your own time. Every game in the franchise has these minigames, and most (if not all) of the songs are nothing short of amazing.
We will for sure be checking out more in some fashion 🙂
When i first played that 24 hour Cinderella i was grinning and laughing too hard and had to watch it on TH-cam to experience it fully. I loved seeing their faces just light up at this actual criminal dancing on skates
Love that this series can be so serious and yet not take itself seriously at all 🤩
The "duck" on the screen is a kappa! They're like water gremlins that love cucumbers and will also drown people for sport.
I am so upset the original video has kiryu's background vocals for Rouge of Love, when Majima sings the backgrounds he goes totally off the rails and starts cackling like a hyena
To be fair, this was from a playlist and we went with the video that had the most views between the two. 🤗
Majima actually has that outfit and has memorized 24 hour Cinderella. He sings it as a distraction during a side story and in either Ykuza Kiwami or Yakuza Kiwami 2 he’ll attack Kiryu in said outfit.
3:33 The fact that kiryu sang the dame da ne depressively made him laugh even more
Fun Fact: Baka Mitai is the one song that persists through most of the Yakuza games and each variation has the same music video but with a different photo for each protagonist to represent a sad memory from their past, and while Kiryu's cover is quite somber, the others are more optimistic in tone
idk Akiyama's version seems like he's absolutely heartbroken
Nanba your killing it
Remember Yakuza is super serious game about the inner workings of the Japanese mafia.
*Also Yakuza:*
That home in Bakamitai was the orphanage Kiryu (the man singing) grew up in. The song itself is a romance song about getting your heartbroken, and fits more with Majima's (the guy singing 24 Hour Cinderella) storyline in later games
Kiryu's backup singer in Judgement, Nishiki, is his sworn brother
Ah okay. Thanks for giving us some more context 😀
I like how the most psycotic character sings the modt flamboyant song😭
yakuza games are something else between fighting roombas, bears and tigers with your fists and on the other side legit drama with kidnapped children, dead parents and betrayal these game's don't balance on the edge of serious and silly, they run full force in both directions simultaneously and do an amazing job at both somehow
When it comes to Yakuza:
Main Story is super serious, surreal crime drama with twists and turns that will make you cheer and cry, inspire and destroy, and has me engaged! I cant wait to continue it!
**Takes 3 steps**
Stranger: "Hey man, you could make a good male stripper! Wanna be a male stripper man!"
(Sad part, thats not even made up. I laughed so hard at the tonal whiplash
Not as strange as "hey, do you want to be voice actor for BL anime". Or "topless male model". Or "mascot of Onomichi"
This game series will make you cry your eyes out from both laughter and the hardest hitting sadness you’ll ever experience in a game. Just beautiful. I used to not like Japanese games. Still don’t for the most part. But I was bored one day and decided “What the hell? Seems cool. I’ll give it a shot.” And that is how I fell in love with my favorite game series of all time. Damn I’d love to fall in love with it again. And I envy anyone who gets to experience it for the first time.
This was definitely unexpected but it is definitively accepted
Well done 😉 👏 🥳
Bakamitai really hits hard and a pretty sad song 🔥🥲
The building in the photo in Bakametai is the orphanage that Kiryu grew up in. It was owned and run by a high-up yakuza boss who used it as a front to launder money. Kiryu's gratitude toward that boss is what led Kiryu to joining that yakuza clan.
All those lighthearted little side things are necessary since the story of Yakuza can be pretty hard on the feels. I felt the need to master all things disco in this game due to the story making me cry.
So the going out is not only for the characters but for the players as well 😊
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Oh definitely! Don't let the silly things fool you, main story in the Yakuza series can be pretty dark and emotional. Players need to unwind with some dancing, singing, bowling, fishing or interactions with the amazing side characters 🙂
there's plenty of these minigames in these titles, they show a softer side to of these characters
oh and that part where you fight a monkey, everyone talks about that monkey
That second song, Baka Mitai, is a huge meme. A lot of people who have never even heard of the Yakuza games know it. People have described it as Japan’s version of Careless Whisper. Though Baja Mitai is used in a much sadder way.
Man you've should react Maxor's Yakuza 0 review after that, please.
We are down for more Max0r videos 😁
I highly recommend you look up the Majima Everywhere cutscenes for Yakuza Kiwami. Majima declares Kiryu as his rival, and dedicates himself to challenging Kiryu when he least expects it. It… gets a little ridiculous, and it says a lot when him pole dancing is the least ridiculous thing he does
The guy with the eye patch (Majima) is the manager of the girls. They work for him as hostesses at a club.
When the girls sing, the random dude voice is Majima's
He don't need to smile.The guy is badass. He took on 100 Yakuza armed with guns, swords, and rocket launcher while barehanded and still won.
Yakuza is so goofy game really funny outside the main story and our boy is top beloved character in video games
1:47 majima is real male fantasy
@@yakuz9558 oh yuh
I'm loving the Yakuza reactions ❤, you guys should totally react to the dynamic intros next!
I'm so glad that my videos are everywhere
May I ask you just to put at least my playlist in the description, please?
Sorry about that. We usually have links in description of video. Just added it 🙂
@@DefinitelyNotDefinitiveGames Much obliged!
4:00 This was the Orphanage he grew up in pictured where he grew up with the co singer in Judgement and the keyboard players was one of the people who raised him growing up.
One thing you will learn about Kiryu is he is a massive dork XD
1:49 "video games appeal to the male fantasy"
Damn straight
Kiryu has experienced so much pain... only if they knew....
Takaya Kuroda (the voice of Kiryu, the guy in the white suit) is legendary for his singing in these games. That's actually him singing each song and not somebody else. He said he loves to sing and is even part of a band if I remember right. He's such a good singer
the dance mini game is so fun basically the more squares you take before hitting the prompts the more points you receive and it helps royally for the last dance boss haha.
The main story is an amazing crime drama. But even the side stuff don't have a drop in quality like in most games (where there's a number of fetch quests); at the same time, even the side content isn't ignored as familiar faces appear in later games (if you're playing the games according to the story's timeline and not by release date).
The video I didn't expect but still hoped for. Talk about luck🤣😁
BTW absolutely love majima's dance
Since you guys watched the karaoke's and the disco's already, I'd love to see you watch Lost Judgement's dance lessons. It's one the same degree of awesomeness as these, just not with vocals is all 😆
Ahhh yess i just how one minute ur doing a mature story stuff and another minute ur either play poll,darts,bowling,or just in the arcades playing games or hitting up the crain games the game is allowed to have serious moments but ur also allowed to have fun on the side too
Fun Fact(s): The image that Kiryu was drinking over was an Orphanage where he grew up. Also the girls that Majima, a.k.a eyepatch man are singing with are the employees of a cabaret club he runs. And Nishiki is Kiryu's sworn brother because they are both in the same Yakuza family, he is also from the Orphanage Kiryus is from. Which is named the sunflower orphanage
Interjections during Karaoke are actually just part of the fun of it in Japan. It's expected for someone to get into it as support, at least.
I think I know what next New Years cosplay is. Also from what I understand most Japanese VAs are capable singers. Like they'll take singing lessons and singers take up VA work because they both have similar skills and one or the other will propel with either career. A lot of times you'll hear in anime one of the characters VAs is singing something in the soundtrack.
Also it doesn't matter what the situation Kiryu gives it his all which is half the fun of the series. So many of the side quests are him running into some weirdo, learning their life story, and doing whatever need be to solve the problem. Wether that's getting good at racing video games, delivering pizza, shooting a music, it doesn't matter Kiryu is will take time out of his schedule to make things right.
Majima is similar but he's more so forced into some situations and doesn't get to invested. However he's competitive and often gets mixed up into stuff because of that. He has similar adventures to Kiryu but in his own and sometimes totally unique. Like I suck at pool but you bet your ass I'll get good at it if it gets that girl to go to college. That's not even why he's there in the first place it just happened.
Haha, we will have to do a Karaoke jam for next New Years 😛
Mannnnnnnn! This was unexpected, I love it! You guys have to check out max0r's review for this game, it's so good!
We will eventually 😀
I have this song stuck in my head and noticed that you all have reacted to it. Fun song
Judgement is sooo epic, love the brothers rockin out together!
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Yakuza is an amazing series. Both serious and hilarious. I'm glad i got to play them and become familiar with the legendary Kiryu and Majima.
I really, really love the Yakuza series ❤
4:09 the pic is of the orphanage he and his best friend Nishki grew up in
This reminds me of how I miss Karaoke :D. We had 1 bar, and in 1 club even a stage with karaoke here in my german town. It was so fun going up there and singing for 30+ people despite the crippling anxiety. That's why I only sung after a few drinks xD. Going on stage with my best friend (we are both dudes fyi) and shredding through linkin park songs and marilyn manson was fun as duette, or eminem songs.
Yes our music taste was everything that is a good song :). Still can't growl properly to save my life without hurting the vocal cords tho and hate the sound of my own voice :D.
Feels like most people hate the sound of their own voice, but acting like a rockstar, rapper, heavy metal singer is what’s fun about Karaoke. As long as you are having fun the crowd has fun 😀😎🤟🥳
Year’s ago My uncle:you play a badass characters in this story
My friends:hey there’s fun stuff and some karaoke in this game
Me:still confused
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Bakamitai means foolish. The song is about sorrow over a failed relationship. Eventhough he still loves her, he knows it's best they aren't together. Each game it's featured, the picture is different. In this one, it's the orphanage where he grew up.
If you plan on doing more yakuza reactions, I would recommend all dynamic boss fight intros, as they are pretty cool. They would obviously be spoilers for each game though.
When choosing a song in karaoke you can also choose to be a backup singer/instrumentalist for someone else. So it's actually the player making those weird background noises lol
The way the disco dancing minigame works is you're supposed to move the little character around, get them into the tile with the button prompt, and press it just as the glowing border has shrunk to perfectly align with the edges of the tile(which is also timed to the song's rhythm). You get bonus points for how many steps you made the little character take on the way to that tile.
Yakuza is such a unique franchise there’s serious badass narratives and combat but you also get these super silly side activities and quest its a perfect contrast between the incredible and serious storyline and the lighthearted and unusual side stories
To answer your question Kiryu’s “Bakametai”, the photo he was looking and reminiscing about was the orphanage he and his friend Nishikiyama used to live in before they were adopted by Kazama and joined the Yakuza.
Persona then Yakuza - you're killing it lately! More of both please!
I love yakuza 0 and I didn't know you had another channel :)
Is no one gonna talk about the fact that even kashiwagi-san is in the background of Judgement?
Ah yes Yakuza. My very, absolutely, 100% serious Japanese crime thriller, no I’m serious I swear
Thats crazy that the hot hit "friday night" wasn't shown after "disco queen". Friday night is pretty iconic comparatively with other karoake songs as baka mitai, 24 hour Cinderella man, and rogue of love
The actual yakuza praised this game for its realism by the way
Okay now you have to checkout max0r review of Yakuza 0
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I love how wacky the Yakuza games are. One minute you're doing serious gang work, the next you're watching a grown man in a diaper drink from a bottle.
So there’s a fun fact about Majima singing 24 hour Cinderella. He wears the costume again in Yakuza Kiwami, and his word choice heavily implies he actually did the whole song and dance routine at some point
Too think of all the violence and melodrama this whole gaming series have, they still have time too be silly and funny 😂
Nice, a reaction to the dynamic intros will also be appreciated
imagine, kiryu having breakdown while singing baka mitai and the bartender just dance and cheering XD
You should definitely check out Max0r's video on Yakuza 0, it perfectly shows the juxtaposition of the brutal combat with the sillier moments, like the karaoke and various other side quests.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!
Our pleasure 😊
Awesome Holiday game to play, Yakuza's 0, 1, 2 and 5 take place just around Christmas time.
Yakuza games are really a different beast altogether, the storylines are serious crime dramas, but the games will find ways to make you laugh through each one.
Totally recommend checking out the karaoke songs for the other games too. Some real bangers in there too.
I love your content, and I never miss one of your videos, keep up the good work. By the way, when does the video of Gears Of War 5 executions come out?
Saludos desde México/Greetings from Mexico
Good guess, it the orphanage Kiryu grew up in with his blood brother that show up in Judgment music video
We were kinda right 🤗
Kiryu may not look like it, but he's only 19 in this game, that's the orphanage he grew up in
Insane stuff lol but damn it how many time i'm tears up playing this game.
We’ve been told the main story is sad so the side missions have to be kooky to balance the experience and give everyone a break 😅
Hope you end up watching all the Yakuza karaokes from all the games they all go pretty hard.
We will most likely be checking out more at some point 🙂😎🤟
Am never getting tired of your yakuza 0 reaction please react to more stuff about yakuza
The Yakuza series is a deadly, extremely serious focused narrative on the grime and crime of the criminal underworld
The Yakuza series: 1:47
This IS my male fantasy!