You can enjoy Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth without playing the previous games in the series. Read on to learn if you should play past Yakuza games, and recommendations on what to play before Infinite Wealth.

Should You Play Past Yakuza Games?

Should You Play Past Like a Dragon Games?
Infinite Wealth Can be Enjoyed Without Playing Previous Games Play the Previous Games to Enjoy Infinite Wealth 100% 　・Many Characters Return 　・Story Trailer Gives Context about Kiryu 　・Just Yakuza: Like a Dragon is Recommended

Infinite Wealth Can be Enjoyed Without Playing Previous Games

Even though the games in the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series share the same world, there is absolutely no need to play the previous games to understand and enjoy Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

Each game is a self-contained story designed to be enjoyable to play on its own.

Play the Previous Games to Enjoy Infinite Wealth 100%

You don't need to have played any games to enjoy Infinite Wealth, but there are many references and returning characters from the previous games that will make this game more enjoyable.

Many Characters from Yakuza: Like a Dragon is Present in this Game

Character	Description
Kasuga Ichiban	・Main character of the previous game, Yakuza: Like a Dragon ・Returns as main character of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Kazuma Kiryu	・Protagonist of Yakuza 1-6 and Like a Dragon Gaiden ・Does not join party in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, but appears in the story ・Returns as main character of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Yu Nanba	・Companion character in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Koichi Adachi	・Companion character in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Saeko Mukoda	・Companion character in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Han Joon-gi	・Companion character in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Zhao Tianyou	・Companion character in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Seonhee	・Does not join party in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, but appears in the story
Sawashiro Jo	・Appears in the story of Yakuza: Like a Dragon ・Director of Ichiban's group
Masumi Arakawa	・Appears in the story of Yakuza: Like a Dragon ・Boss of Ichiban's group ・Ichiban's father figure

Many of the characters in the previous mainline game, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, will reappear in this game.

This means that Playing Like a Dragon allows you to get to know many of the characters you'll encounter in Infinite Wealth.

Story Trailer Gives Context about Kazuma Kiryu's Motivations

The second main character of Infinite Wealth is Kazuma Kiryu. He was the protagonist of all the Yakuza games (Yakuza 1-6).

As shown in the official story trailer above, Kiryu suffers from cancer and has written a bucket list of things to do before he dies, aiming to look back on his past and reuniting with former friends, which appeared in previous games. These parts of the game with Kiryu will definitely be more exciting if you have played the previous games.

If You're Starting Out, Yakuza: Like a Dragon is Recommended

The Kiwami games are remakes. Yakuza Kiwami is a remake of Yakuza 1.

If you really want to play something in preparation for Infinite Wealth, just playing its predecessor Yakuza: Like a Dragon is enough.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon was designed as the reboot of the series. In the west, it is the first game to use the Like a Dragon title, with the Yakuza title being removed from succeeding games.

It is the first game where the main protagonist was Kasuga Ichiban instead of Kazuma Kiryu, so you'll get to know all about Ichiban just by playing that game.

Like a Dragon was also the first mainline title to have a different game genre. It was a turn-based RPG, while all the mainline games before it had real-time action gameplay.

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