Like a Dragon Gaiden was apparently originally planned as DLC, and only took around six months to develop.
“By this I mean that, in a sense, Like a Dragon Gaiden was derived from Like a Dragon 8.
We’re not that far out from Like a Dragon Gaiden now either, with the game release in just a few days on November 9.
In a recent interview with Automaton, Like a Dragon Gaiden writer Masayoshi Yokoyama was asked about what it was like managing both it and the upcoming Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, where he explained that there isn’t a “huge difference” between the two.
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