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.
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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.
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.
| Character | Description |
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 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.
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.
| Title | Protagonist | Genre |
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| Yakuza 0 | Kazuma Kiryu | Action |
| Yakuza 1 (Yakuza Kiwami) |
Kazuma Kiryu | Action |
| Yakuza 2 (Yakuza Kiwami 2) |
Kazuma Kiryu | Action |
| Yakuza 3 | Kazuma Kiryu | Action |
| Yakuza 4 | Kazuma Kiryu | Action |
| Yakuza 5 | Kazuma Kiryu | Action |
| Yakuza 6: The Song of Life | Kazuma Kiryu | Action |
| Yakuza: Like a Dragon | Kasuga Ichiban | Turn-Based RPG |
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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