- Resident Evil's real, original name has always been Biohazard. Cool. Outside Japan, it's Resident Evil and Yakuza, respectively. Of course, if they're going to throw the classics away for that type of mediocre gameplay, I'm fine with them differentiating the classics from the turds by changing the name. Then there's the Kiwami situation... It's like the shit doesn't end with this series.

- Calling those two mediocre titles part of the mainline series is like calling Namco's Pokken Tournament a mainline title. With the difference being that Pokken Tournament maintains the spirit of the franchise, and it's a decent game, something those two are not. Still, I would love for Nintendo to turn Mario Kart into a card-based game going forward. The reception should be fun.

- Calling the new Kiwami remakes is me just being nice to them, because the reality is that these are just the George Lucas bastardized versions of the original remakes. Which makes them worse.

Besides some graphical elements being redone or retouched for the Dragon Engine, they actually have added and removed content, remade characters, and retconned parts of the story or events, and even characters, which has led to the abomination that is Kiwami 3, and now it seems that the Kiwami series is about to split from the original story going forward.

Why? Who the fuck knows? But it's obvious these fuckers have no idea what to do with this series anymore.

So while these are just unnecessary cash grabs that make a fool of the series' origins and the fans, they are, in essence, just cheap and lazy remakes.

As for me enjoying RGG's fucking delicious downfall, that's an understatement, bud. Seeing the new fans squirm has been glorious. But I do hope they take their own advice and shut the fuck up; it would just be hypocritical of them to do otherwise.

And here's the interesting tidbit. Just like millions of people enjoyed the series turning into a turd-based game, I'm fairly positive that millions out there are either happy or do not care that a sexual predator has been added to the franchise. In fact, they might even prefer it and enjoy the games even more.

The fact that they are turd-based is the issue, bud. That's not the Yakuza series, but some other IP taking the name.

Regardless, there's one silver lining in all of this. By them removing the Yakuza name and going by the Like a Turd name instead, it makes it easier to ignore from now on. So it is what it is.

On a side note, I can only imagine the absolute shit show if Nintendo turned Mario Kart into a card game going forward. Oh, the hate, pushback, and Reddit posts would be legendary.

Anyways, that's neither here nor there. I'm just glad RGG is fucking the entire series up. Hopefully the Like a Turd fans won't have to wait long before their new mediocre IP gets Kiwamied as well. Can't wait.

Completely different. Mario Kart is a racing game not a card game. Like a Dragon is a RPG and it's still one. They arent fucking it up at all. The mainline titles are doing outstandingly well. IW is the highest rated game in the series and Like a Dragon is the highest selling game i. The series. So it seems like people want 'turn' based. Especially since the most awarded game in history just now is also a 'turn' based game. It's these remakes of older games people don't want.

Besides not being real Yakuza games and being absolutely mediocre in their own right, they are, in fact, not the best "Yakuza" games. Not even close. Not even a little bit.

Then again, I remember people claiming Hitman: Absolution was not just a good game but the best in the series, so it would track that there are people out there with terrible takes and even worse taste. So it is what it is. To each their own, or whatever.

But, hey, at least this new crappy IP co-opted the Like a Turd name instead of the Yakuza name, so that's at least a silver lining. Of course, now we have to deal with the whole Kiwami dumpster fire situation…

Sigh.

Oh but they are. Highest rated in the series for a reason. You haven't played them so it's not a valid opinion.

It ain’t great.