Translated by Gematsu:
- “It’s very normal for a company to change up the structure of its staff. I’m really quite happy to be in an environment where there’s a need to make a big announcement out of something so ordinary.”
- “Over the past 10 years, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has grown to 300 staff. [Toshihiro] Nagoshi, [Daisuke] Sato, and I have been the top three for quite some time, but changes are unlikely to occur in this sort of setup without shaking things up. In that sense, I think this structural shift is a sign of change.”
- “Yakuza 8 (title tentative) will be a sequel set several years after the story of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. When it launches, it’ll be an Ichiban Kasuga story.” (Is Ichiban Kasuga the protagonist?) “Yeah, well, yes. Yep, that’s right.”
- “The Judgment series is also very important to us.”
- “We’ll actively challenge ourselves to create new titles, not only for Judgment, as circumstances permit.”
- “Unannounced title(s) outside of both series [Yakuza and Judgment] are also in the works.”
