{"id":14104,"date":"2022-07-18T17:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=14104"},"modified":"2022-07-19T00:11:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T15:11:09","slug":"20220718-14104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220718-14104\/","title":{"rendered":"Cat-themed card game Cats Yakuza is coming to Steam and mobile in July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Written by. Marco Farinaccia based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220717-210680\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-07-17 12:43 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese solo game developer kan.kikuchi has announced that <em><strong>Cats Yakuza \u2013 Online card game<\/strong><\/em> will be released on July 30 (JST). The game will be available on PC (Steam), iOS, and Android, and will support multiple languages, including English and Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010Steam\u3011\u732b\u30e4\u30af\u30b6\u306e\u4ec1\u7fa9\u306b\u3083\u304d\u6226\u3044 - \u516c\u5f0f\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30c8\u30ec\u30a4\u30e9\u30fc\u3010iOS, Android\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sOCTR4M2ZkY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cats Yakuza<\/em> is an online card game where players compete against one another using cards that feature images of real cats. Players take turns playing cat cards from their hand and aim to build combinations of three cards. Detailed rules have yet to be revealed, but the game is described as being similar to poker or mahjong, so it seems like victory is decided based on the strength of the combinations that you create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the game is not just a simple matter of building a strong hand, as there are a variety of tactics like choosing which cards to hold on to depending on what cards you have in your hand and what is on the table. It appears as though there are even cards that possess special effects.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220718-14104-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Game modes include the highly strategic Yakuza Mode and the quick and simple Naughty Mode, which is more luck based. You can play online and challenge players from around the world as well as have private matches against friends. The game supports cross-platform play and also has a ranking system that is based on your wins and losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developer kan.kikuchi previously released VR games <em>Chupa Chupa VR<\/em> and <em>SLASH OF BULLET<\/em> and was also involved in other projects such as <em>Picontier<\/em> and <em>Kamiko<\/em>, but <em>Cats Yakuza<\/em> certainly carries a different feel to those titles. Based on kan.kikuchi\u2019s previous tweets, it seems like this is a cat game created by someone with a big love of cats.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6b8b\u3063\u305f\u3054\u98ef\u3092\u96a0\u305d\u3046\u3068\u3057\u3066\u308b\u3093\u3060\u308d\u3046\u3051\u3069\u3001\u3044\u3064\u3082\u306a\u305c\u304b\u58c1\u3068\u304b\u30b1\u30fc\u30b8\u3092\u304b\u3044\u3066\u308b\ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X1MswfqyoB\">pic.twitter.com\/X1MswfqyoB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30ab\u30f3@\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30af\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30bf\u30fc(Unity\/Steam\/\u30b9\u30de\u30db\u30a2\u30d7\u30ea\/UEFN\/VR\/Switch) (@Kan_Kikuchi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kan_Kikuchi\/status\/1547944784320290816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>He always claws at the cage or walls, which I assume is an attempt at trying to hide the remaining food.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Steam page for <em>Cats Yakuza<\/em> can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2083670\/Cats_Yakuza__Online_card_game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cats Yakuza is an online card game where players compete against one another using cards that feature images of real cats. 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