Yakuza 2

Yakuza 2
North American cover art
Developer(s)	New Entertainment R&D Dept.
Publisher(s)	Sega
Director(s)	Ryuta Ueda
Producer(s)	Masayoshi Kikuchi
Designer(s)	Takeshi Tanaka Daisuke Sato
Programmer(s)	Tetsuya Kaku Koji Tokieda
Artist(s)	Daisuke Sato
Writer(s)	Masayoshi Yokoyama Makoto Itakura Hase Seishū
Composer(s)	Hidenori Shoji Hideki Sakamoto Norihiko Hibino Takahiro Izutani
Series	Yakuza
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Wii U
Release	PlayStation 2 JP: December 7, 2006 NA: September 9, 2008 EU: September 19, 2008 AU: September 25, 2008 PlayStation 3 JP: November 1, 2012 Wii U JP: August 8, 2013
Genre(s)	Action-adventure, beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player

Yakuza 2^[a] is a 2006 action-adventure game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2. The second installment of the Yakuza series and the sequel to Yakuza, it was released on December 7, 2006, in Japan and in September 2008 in North America and Europe.^[1] The game focuses on the former yakuza Kazuma Kiryu who receives a request for help from his former group, the Tojo Clan yakuza of eastern Japan, to stabilize relationships with the Omi Alliance group of western Japan. Across Kiryu's journey, he learns of a Korean mafia group linked with both the Omi and his own past, and becomes the rival of the Omi's "Dragon of Kansai", Ryuji Goda.

Yakuza 2 introduced several new gameplay features. Sega wished to improve the fighting engine based on fan input to provide a more rich experience. The story was aimed to feature a deep adult love story, something not seen in the previous game. Additionally, for the western versions the original Japanese audio was kept in contrast to the previous game which contained English audio.

Critical reception to Yakuza 2 was positive, with reviewers praising the presentation and fighting system. Yakuza 2 was followed up by a spinoff, Yakuza Kenzan, in 2008, and then by a direct sequel, Yakuza 3, in 2009. A PlayStation 4 remake of the game that utilized the engine of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, named Yakuza Kiwami 2 (a sequel to the remake of the original Yakuza), was released in 2017, and later ported to Windows and Xbox One.

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