Master Kyodai wrote:I've always felt of Yakuza as somehow a reference to Shenmue, but these Yakuza 4 screenshots shout out "Shenmue ftw!". In Yakuza 2 one of the bridges is called "Iwao bridge". Kinda weak one but only one i remember that has not already been listed here.
I definitely agree, to be honest I can't think of many of the Yakuza 1 and 2 references but the ones in 3 and 4 are pretty in your face. like Ryoko Hazuki (BTW thanks to YS for finding this)