Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Has an Entire Pokémon Game Inside It
Spoiler Warning: The following article contains spoilers surrounding a type of side quest which becomes available in Chapter 4 of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, but doesn't feature any major story spoilers.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth may be a turn-based RPG already, but the latest Yakuza also has an entirely separate turn based RPG minigame inside it that mimics (and parodies) a Pokémon game.
Infinite Wealth doubles down on the Pokémon references of its predecessor, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, expanding that game's Sujimon concept from a fun collection mechanic to a full-on game of its own.
Though players will add Sujimon, which are just the game's regular enemies, to their Sujidex as before, an entirely new side quest parodies both Pokémon Go and the mainline Pokémon games by having players engage in raids to catch Sujimon, battle gyms, and eventually take on the Sujimon League King.
Players will meet the previous game's Sujimon Sensei early on, who bestows upon them the Sujidex and the promise of a whole new region of monsters to catch in Hawaii. Though this is already very Pokémon, as new regions were added to introduce new Pokémon in each game, the Sujimon Sensei drops another reference. "One could call it an entirely different region of Sujimon. A tropical dreamscape, yet a land of shadows — blessed by the sun and the moon," he says, referencing Pokémon Sun and Moon, which take place in the fictional Alola region, based on Hawaii.
Before the extent of the Sujimon League unfolds, an NPC can also be spotted talking about how he took a week off from work "to come catch that rare Hawaiian exclusive", a reference to Pokémon Go's regional exclusive Pokémon.
These mild connections are blown out the water when Ichiban encounters the Sujimon Sensei in Hawaii again though. "Hawaii hosts a Sujimon tournament of some magnitude," he says. "It's a professional obligation I investigate."
The pair then walk through a technology shop before giving a secret code to the man behind
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