Since the story of Kazuma Kiryu in the "Yakuza" series has come to an end, many players have begun to worry about how the series will develop next. But not long after, the official said that the next story will use the new protagonist Kasuga Ichiban.
As time goes by, Kasuga Ichiban's role gradually becomes clear. He is a gang member who has been in prison for more than ten years for the boss. However, the biggest impact of this character on "Yakuza 7" is the funny setting of "the idiot fans of " Dragon Quest "".
On April Fool's Day this year, Sega officially released a "real machine demonstration". At that point in time, "Yakuza 7" had not been officially announced, and this real machine demonstration showed the turn-based combat of "Yakuza". Dragon" was laughed off as a joke.
However, when the game was officially announced, the truth emerged - the so-called joke was taken seriously by the officials themselves. It seems that in order to find a suitable reason for the change of game mode, they directly installed a strange setting on Kasuga Ichiban's head this time - "Dragon Quest" fans.
In the background of the story, Kasuga was born in the bubble bath shop "Togengo" in Kamurocho. She didn't even know who her parents were. She spent a lonely childhood. The only joy of Kasuga at a young age was that she was born several years ago. "Dragon Quest" game.
Interestingly, in order to better play the plot of "Dragon Quest", Sega actually asked SE for a license. Obviously the setting on Kasuga Ichiban's head is very important to them.
This setting allows the game to transition more smoothly from action to turn-based combat. More importantly, it is not difficult to see how influential "Dragon Quest" is in Japan.
Also in the "Yakuza" series, there was once a side mission called "The Brave Fights the Thugs" to allude to the "Dragon Quest".
In this side story, Kazuma Kiryu meets a young boy standing in line to buy a game. When the player wandered around in other places and came back, he inquired and found out that the game he had finally bought in line had been snatched away by a gangster.
So, Kiryu, who had a strong sense of justice, began to chase the gangster who stole the game. After finally trying to catch the gangster and beat him up, he said that the game was stolen by another more vicious person. People robbed it.
After several turnovers, the game fell into the hands of an uncle. The most outrageous thing is that the uncle even took out his gun for this game!
Fortunately, Kiryu was very skilled in martial arts and was able to snatch the game back in the end. Only then did he learn that the uncle was actually the little boy's father, and he did this just to give his son a gift.
Of course, the ending of this story is good. Kiryu lied that it was the child's father who helped get the game back, and then the father and son left happily. However, it is not difficult to see from the side how terrible influence "Dragon Quest" has, especially in Japan.
If this branch line in "Yakuza 0" expresses the players' enthusiasm for "Dragon Quest", then the 2011 Japanese drama " Yoshihiko the Brave and the Demon King's Castle " (commonly known as "The Brave Quest" 》) uses memes to show its status as a household name.
This TV series attracted a lot of fans with its rather ridiculous plot. The whole series was filled with the atmosphere of insufficient budget. Later, when the crew got rich, they still maintained this style.
"The Brave Enters the Demon City", which was born out of memes, has also created a lot of memes itself.
"My knife is full of poison (lick)" and "What's wrong with a warrior liking big breasts?" These jokes completely dominated the entire TV series.
In particular, the thoughts of the Buddha are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The actor Jiro Sato appeared in subsequent works and could no longer escape from this halo. As soon as I see his performance, the word "Buddha" will pop up in my mind no matter which character he plays.
What was even more deeply affected was Takayuki Yamada who played the protagonist Yoshihiko. Before that, his most impressive role was definitely the "King of Beasts" Serizawa Tamao in " Hot Blood High School ".
In "Hot Blood High School", he is not only extremely powerful in combat, but also has a temperament worthy of the nickname "King of Beasts".
As a result, in "The Brave Enters the Demon City", he became a humanoid self-propelled emoticon pack. Later, after the cooperation with Sony became closer and closer, they gradually drifted away on the road of sand sculpture...
"The Brave Enters the Demon City", which has such a profound impact, is only a reference to "Dragon Quest" The birth of a work is enough to prove that "Dragon Quest" indeed deserves the title of "national game" in the minds of Japanese players.
Then looking back, "Yakuza 7", which is completely influenced by "Dragon Quest" in terms of setting... seems to be quite in line with Japan's national conditions in some respects.
Even if someone really regards the battle that determines life and death as a general command operation in a game, they can only be labeled as a "Severely addicted player of "Dragon Quest"". Such Kasuga Ichiban... probably in "Such as" The combat system of "Dragon 7" will probably bring some interesting things in the future.
