{"id":41658,"date":"2024-12-18T15:38:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T06:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=41658"},"modified":"2024-12-18T15:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T06:38:34","slug":"in-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-rgg-studio-painstakingly-resurrects-another-arcade-game-thats-never-been-ported-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/in-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-rgg-studio-painstakingly-resurrects-another-arcade-game-thats-never-been-ported-before\/","title":{"rendered":"In Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, RGG Studio painstakingly resurrects another arcade game that\u2019s never been ported before\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SEGA recently revealed that <strong>Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii <\/strong>will introduce a new ported arcade game to the series\u2019 nostalgic lineup \u2013 The Ocean Hunter. Following the announcement, RGG Studio\u2019s technical lead Yutaka Ito shared some insights about how the game\u2019s inclusion was decided and painstakingly handled.&nbsp;<\/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=\"Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | Side Activities Gameplay\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pOrQl7lHuUY?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>The Ocean Hunter is an arcade game released in 1998 for Model 3 Sega hardware, and as its name implies, it revolves around hunting down scary sea monsters light-gun style.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his personal X account, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YutakaIto_RGG\/status\/1867432429960802593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ito says<\/a> that RGG Studio was in talks to resurrect The Ocean Hunter for over a year before it was decided. Not only does the game have an ocean theme matching Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii\u2019s setting, but it\u2019s a title that\u2019s never been ported to consoles before and would not involve any license-related complications, which made it an ideal candidate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"572\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218-41658-002.jpg\" alt=\"The Ocean Hunter\" class=\"wp-image-41662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218-41658-002.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218-41658-002-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218-41658-002-768x429.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But from a technical point of view, making The Ocean Hunter playable on consoles was not an easy task. As the game is a dedicated arcade shooter, it took a whole lot of trial and error to rework the input and aiming mechanics in a way players won\u2019t find impossible to beat, Ito explains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, like other arcade games appearing in Like a Dragon, The Ocean Hunter will come with a faithfully recreated in-game cabinet, which Ito also says was a \u201cvery difficult task that required the cooperation of many people.\u201d As illustrations and instruction cards for arcade machines often have no remaining digital data left, RGG Studio\u2019s designers have to visit stores in real-life and recreate the designs based on photographs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1274\" height=\"717\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1274px) 100vw, 1274px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218-41658-001.jpg\" alt=\"The Ocean Hunter\" class=\"wp-image-41661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218-41658-001.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218-41658-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241218-41658-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>RGG Studio\u2019s Like a Dragon and Judgement series have traditionally included full recreations of various old Sega arcade games like Daytona USA 2, Spikeout, Fighting Vipers and Virtua Fighter 2. And recently, these efforts were rewarded. In August this year, RGG Studio received an engineering excellence award at <a href=\"https:\/\/cedec.cesa.or.jp\/2024\/event\/awards\/category_excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CEDEC 2024<\/a> for their contributions to the revival of Model 2 and Model 3 arcade games. The award honored both the technical expertise involved and the effort to save classic arcade titles from being forgotten.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is scheduled to release on February 21, 2025 for the PC (Steam), PS4\/PS5 and Xbox One\/Xbox Series X|S&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RGG Studio\u2019s technical lead Yutaka Ito shares insights about The Ocean Hunter&#8217;s inclusion in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":41664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-41658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, RGG Studio painstakingly resurrects another arcade game that\u2019s never been ported before\u00a0 - 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