Like a Dragon: Gaiden English dub will arrive after launch, says Kiryu’s voice actor
It’ll be Japanese-only at first
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It looks likeLike a Dragon: Gaidenwon’t have its English dub be available at launch.
That’s according to Yong Yea, the English voice actor for protagonist Kazuma Kiryu inLike a Dragon: Gaiden.He confirmed onTwitterthat the English dub won’t be available for its November 9 launch in the game. Instead, it’ll be coming via a post-launch update, the date of which has yet to be revealed.
On the plus side, it seems this won’t be the case forLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth,launching next year on January 24. In afollow-up tweet, the actor relayed that English audio is checked on the game’sSteampage, suggesting it’ll have both Japanese and English dubs available at launch.
Since Like A Dragon: Gaiden is a few weeks away and many may not know about this, thought I should let you know the English dub will not be available on the 11/8 launch date and will release as a post-launch patch (no official date yet). Hope you’ll look forward to it! pic.twitter.com/BWJcM5GvNzOctober 15, 2023
The lack of an English dub is fairly standard for theYakuza / Like a Dragonfranchise. Since the PS2 original, the first game to properly feature an English dub was the spin-off titleJudgmentin 2018. In 2020,Yakuza: Like a Dragon -which pivoted the series to a new protagonist and turn-based combat - also featured an English dub at launch.
However, this will mark the first time that an English dub is being made available via a post-launch update. While many series fans default to the Japanese dub for a more authentic experience, it’s certainly a shame for those who prefer the English dub or rely on such a feature to be able to better parse the narrative.
Hopefully, then, such players won’t have to wait overly long for the English dub. Especially asLike a Dragon: Gaidenis one of the most anticipatedupcoming gamesfor longtime fans of the series and Kiryu’s decades-long story arc.
The Yakuza games are typically among thebest single-player gameson the market. For more like it, consider checking out our guide to thebest RPGsyou can play in 2023.
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