With what Japan has been going through for days, the release of Yakuza 4 in North America and Europe is tainted with a lot of emotion. it is just impossible not to think about what Japanese people are going through when being thrown into the streets of Tokyo of this new episode of the famous franchise. The game is still very atmospheric and unique, and though it will not blow your mind graphically speaking, the visuals are still effective enough to help you dive into the story. As always with Japanese titles focused on story, the game features a good number of cutscenes and the usual twists you have come to expect from the Yakuza series. A true experience then, something that will clearly not be to everyone's liking, but that is definitely worth it of you are a Japan lover.
Update: 3 videos added.

Sega has released a trailer showing off locations in Yakuza 4. It gives us a new view of Kamurocho.

Sega understood that they had to show that Yakuza 4 will not lose anything when coming to North America and Europe, especially not one of its main charms. No wonder then to see that they released this new video focused on the beautiful ladies the player will meet. They also announced that a demo of the game will be available to PSN + subscribers on February 16 while the others will have to wait until February 23.

Sega keeps releasing character focused video of Yakuza 4 and today it is Tanimura's turn to be in the spotlight.

Yakuza 4 is back with a new video focusing on the third playable character of this whole new episode: Taiga Saejima. The game will be available next Spring, exclusively on Playstation .

Sega sent us this new video of Yakuza 4 focusing on the character of Kazuma Kiryu. Will he really live a peaceful and uneventful life?

Sega plans to release a series of videos introducing us with the main characters of Yakuza 4. The first one focuses on Shun Akiyama, a versatile man that can use his hands quite differently depending on the situation.

It is time to find out what Yakuza 4 will have to offer in terms of storyline. In this whole new video Sega sent us, you can have a sneak peek at the narrative content of the game, though you obviously won't be told everything here.

SEGA reminds us that Yakuza 4 will be available on Western Markets during Spring 2011 with this trailer and these images.

Our camera guy went to Sega's booth and went back with this Yakuza 4 video.