Our boy literally has rockets in his shoes, I mean, come on.

So yeah, the Castle was certainly of similarly dodgy ilk.

Clatter into anyone with your mega-Heelys and they’ll be sent skidding across the floor.

A gang of legendary fighters from the Yakuza series, lead by Mishima, in Like A Dragon Garden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Except you could swap out Kiryu for other… people.

The revelation of swapping Kiryu out for other folks was, genuinely, a beautiful moment.

I chose Chicken Man (his actual name), a man with a chicken head.

Kazuma Kiryu changes his outfit in a boutique in Like A Dragon Garden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Maybe an ode to Nugget, the chicken who ran your real estate firm inYakuza 0, maybe not.

I haven’t smiled so wide in a long time.

I picked my colosseum characters carefully.

Kazuma Kiryu delivers a devastating high kick in Like A Dragon Garden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Mr. Masochist, you feel no pain, relish punishment, and I love you.

Chicken Man, yep you’re in.

President Gondawara, the patriarch of a clan who likes to dress as babies and get fed by maids?

Kazuma Kiryu, undercover as a spy, whips a group of enemies in the street in Like A Dragon Garden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Welcome aboard pal, it’s great to see you.

Gary Buster Holmes, the enormous lad with spiky balls for fists?

I’m welling up here, come on through.

Mr. Masochist kept yelling loads, presumably buffing our party and attracting attention.

Chicken Man whipped out the submachine gun.

Someone else, lost in the melee, started doing a jig and healed us up.

My wide smile somehow widened.

As I wrapped my fist around the final thug, so to did my demo wrap up.

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