2023 has already been a stacked year for games, and 2024 doesn’t seem like it’s letting off the gas. Ichiban, Kiryu, and the whole gang are back for another adventure withLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealthon August 02, 2025.
The news premiered last night, as part of the RGG Direct ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2023. In it, we got a pretty lengthy look at the story ofLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. No, seriously, it’s10 minutes long. There are some major plot beats in this trailer. It’s a mini-film in its own right.
Alongside some shocking revelations about the state of longtimeYakuzaprotagonist Kazuma Kiryu, as well as how Kasuga Ichiban winds up in Hawaii, we get a very important confirmation: thatInfinite Wealthwill have quite a large cast.
Everybody’s here inInfinite Wealth
I had initially worried that, withthe inclusion of Kiryuand the switch in perspective,Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealthmight not see every member ofIchiban’s original party return. So I was pretty psyched to see the whole crew is back, and then some; Ichiban, Nanba, Adachi, Saeko, Joon-gi, and Zhao are all here.
Seong-hui, the Geomijul leader who wasnota party member inLike a Dragon 7, also looks to be joining the party. There are also newcomers Tomizawa and Chitose, and we see some cutscene appearances ofseries favorites like Taiga Saejima and, of course, Goro Majima.
Seriously,theYakuza / Like a Dragonseries was already full of surprise cameos that made me jump a bit in surprise. But seeing all of this cast together, hanging out? Nanba giving sage advice to Kiryu? What looks like a party split, as they each tackle their own problems in two different locations? I’m really, seriously invested in whatever is happening here.
Wait your turn
Alongside the story trailer, we also got abig look at gameplayforInfinite Wealthtoo. It is maintaining the turn-based RPG battles fromYakuza: Like a Dragon, albeit with some new twists. Crucially, you may now control a character’s movement on their turn, which is ahugequality-of-life upgrade from the prior game.
The party can execute special Kiwami attacks and, of course, Poundmates is here to deliver the pain through summon attacks.
And it wouldn’t be aLike a Dragongame without minigames, right? Ichiban can play his own bike-powered ofCrazy Taxi, or swipe on the apps in Miss Match, or even go on a photo scavenger hunt. Plus, a wealth of leisure games and arcade classics, with the trailer spotlightingSega Bass Fishingand, somehow,SpikeOut.
All of this together makesLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealthlook like a frankly massive follow-up to RGG’s new RPG branch of the series, and it’s not far off either. January 2024 is just a few months away. Even closer is November 9, whenLike a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Without a Namegoes live, whichwill have a special trialofInfinite Wealth. We’re really not going to be hurting for yakuza action in the coming months.
