According to 1up.com, Yakuza 4 may never see light of day overseas so get it whilst you can in Japan (when it comes out eventually anyway).

Japan’s biggest game convention, the Tokyo Game Show, has been going on over the past few weeks and this is one of a line of exciting new titles coming to Japan that may not be released elsewhere.  Apart from the usual good-guy meets bad guy, let’s kick some ass routine, this game has a few interesting mini-distractions in it.

1up.com reveal that the game allows you to

“pass the time fishing, playing golf, hitting the batting cages, and even gambling all your money away playing Pachinko. A resort area lets you take your character to relax with the ladies in a relaxing hot spring. Or you can spend your time cultivating your own “hostess,” a girl who sits, talks with patrons, and serves drinks at certain swankynightclubs. You control everything from her outfit to her hair, helping her become the best hostess she can be.

I’m sure many people here can relate to this kind of daily routine whilst living in Japan.  Still, as 1up.com point out quite astutely, it’s a good enough reason to keep up the Japanese learning to experience something such an unusual as this.

Usual for most of us anyway.

For more screenshots of Yakuza 4and videos, check out 1up.com