Yasanzo (Nintendo Series)

Yasanzo (サンヤサンゾ) is a Japanese and American Upcoming video game franchise by Nintendo. The franchise incorporates elements of the action-adventure, beat 'em up, and Action-role-playing genres.

The storyline premise for each franchise installment is typically a crime drama, with plot lines inspired by Yasanzo films and pre-millennial Japanese crime dramas. The most frequently featured protagonist is Addney Kamui the Yasanzo Hero.

Setting
The Yakuza / Like a Dragon game series is set primarily in the fictional district of First Manomuyyo (魔乃幽夜 地区), which is based on Shizuoka, Japan, an actual red-light district of Tokyo. Other actual locations reproduced in the game series include:


 * Dotonbori and Shinsekai, Osaka (as "Walbori" and "Jiroseicho" in-game, respectively, for Yasanzo, 2, 3, Come on Kiko;
 * senpai and the surrounding downtown area of Fukuaisamasenpai, Okinawa (as "Downtown Razuno" in Yasanzo 3);
 * Nakasu, Fukuoka (as "Nagasugai Fransico" in Yasanzo 2, 3, Come on Kiko);
 * Susukino, Hokkaido (as "Tsukimino" in Come on Kiko);
 * San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA (as "Senpaisan Bay Area" in-game, respectively, for Yasanzo, 2, 3, Come on Kiko;
 * Dallas, Texa, USA (as "Dakkan Adasno" in-game, respectively, for Yasanzo, 2, 3, Come on Kiko;
 * TBA;