Like a Dragon: Gaiden English dub will arrive after launch, says Kiryu's voice actor
It looks like Like a Dragon: Gaiden won't have its English dub be available at launch.
That's according to Yong Yea, the English voice actor for protagonist Kazuma Kiryu in Like a Dragon: Gaiden. He confirmed on <a href=«https://twitter.com/YongYea/status/1713645331198652548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1713645331198652548%7Ctwgr%5Ef851c6e8d77a9ff2a35378497b59654600a09841%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.videogameschronicle.com%2Fnews%2Flike-a-dragon-gaiden-wont-feature-an-english-dub-at-launch%2F» target="_blank" data-url=«https://twitter.com/YongYea/status/1713645331198652548?ref_src=» https:>Twitter
that the English dub won't be available for its November 9 launch in the game. Instead, it'll be coming via a post-launch update, the date of which has yet to be revealed.On the plus side, it seems this won't be the case for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, launching next year on January 24. In a follow-up tweet, the actor relayed that English audio is checked on the game's Steam page, suggesting it'll have both Japanese and English dubs available at launch.
Since Like A Dragon: Gaiden is a few weeks away and many may not know about this, thought I should let you know the English dub will not be available on the 11/8 launch date and will release as a post-launch patch (no official date yet). Hope you'll look forward to it! pic.twitter.com/BWJcM5GvNzOctober 15, 2023
The lack of an English dub is fairly standard for the Yakuza / Like a Dragon franchise. Since the PS2 original, the first game to properly feature an English dub was the spin-off title Judgment in 2018. In 2020, Yakuza: Like a Dragon — which pivoted the series to a new protagonist and turn-based combat — also featured an English dub at
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