{"id":136013,"date":"2026-02-10T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197305"},"modified":"2026-02-10T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:00:00","slug":"yakuza-kiwami-3-will-be-the-last-kiwami-game-says-rgg-studio-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/10\/yakuza-kiwami-3-will-be-the-last-kiwami-game-says-rgg-studio-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakuza Kiwami 3 Will Be The Last Kiwami Game, Says RGG Studio Head"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/div>\n
\"Yakuza<\/a>
<\/span> Image: SEGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alongside continuing the stories of Kazuma Kiryu and introducing the world to Ichiban Kasuga, Sega and RGG Studio has spent about a decade bringing back some of the older Yakuza \/ Like A Dragon<\/strong> games for modern audiences. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties<\/a>, out on 12th February, is the latest of those remakes, following on (naturally) from Kiwami<\/a> and Kiwami 2<\/a>. But it sounds like, rather than moving onto the fourth game, the end of the Kiwami series is here (thanks, Push Square<\/a>!).<\/p>\n

In a Ryusta TV livestream<\/a> broadcast earlier today, RGG Studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama said that “I think ‘Yakuza Kiwami 3’ will be the last one, and the ‘Kiwami line will come to an end.” (translation from u\/Dastanovich on Reddit<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Of course, that’s far from the end of the Yakuza \u2014 after all, we need more Ichiban in our lives (especially on Switch 2) \u2014 and Yokoyama elaborates that “I don’t think it’ll continue as the ‘Kiwami’ series anymore. I think a different series will begin. And not something like ‘Like a Dragon 9,’ but rather a new series on a different line, with a different meaning.”<\/p>\n

This sort of sounds like new timeline stuff, but it also means that Yakuza 4, Yakuza 5, and Yakuza 6 will be skipping the remake treatment \u2014 presumably. But with Yakuza Kiwami 3 reportedly making some controversial cuts and changes to the game’s story, there’s perhaps too much friction between the Kiwami games and the rest of the series.<\/p>\n