Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!
| Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! 龍が如く 見参！ |
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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Toshihiro Nagoshi (producer) |
| Composer(s) | See Soundtrack |
| Series | Yakuza |
| Engine | Havok Physics |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Japanese: 龍が如く 見参！?, lit. "Like a Dragon Arrives!") is a jidaigeki-themed spin-off game in the Yakuza series. The game was developed and published by Sega for PlayStation 3. It was first unveiled at the Tokyo Game Show 2007 and first released in 2008.
Because it is the third installment in the Yakuza series it was often referred by the media (and confused with) Yakuza 3, which is Yakuza 2's actual sequel released one year after Kenzan!. The 2014 spin-off game Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!, despite also being set in samurai era Kyoto, is not related to Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!.
The gameplay shows minimal evolution from the first two episodes except for the new item storage system which allows to access an unlimited amount of items from savepoints. However the graphical engine's improvement is obvious during the numerous real-time 3D cutscenes.
There are four fighting styles in the game; fists, one blade, two blades and two-handed blades. There are also QTE-based special moves that the player can execute, known as 'heat action'.
This spin-off is set in Kyoto during the Edo period, in 1605. It is an account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi. The main adventure is completed with sidestories including minigames and a hundred "sub-stories".
After being defeated by the Tokugawa clan at the historical Battle of Sekigahara which took place on October 20, 1600, Miyamoto Musashi retired from his great swordsman life to become a modest yojimbo (bodyguard) in Gion (祇園), Kyoto. Five years after the battle, a little girl named Haruka comes to Gion seeking a local hitman known as Kazumanosuke Kiryu which is actually Miyamoto's new identity. After eventually finding Kiryū, Haruka asks for him to assassinate an impostor pretending to be Miyamoto Musashi. At first, Kiryu refuses, then when the girl goes as far as becoming an indentured servant in an opulent oiran brothel in order to pay the assassination mission he accepts the one-ryō request.
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