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Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023): Anna's Courtesan Games Yamabuki is in Gion, which opens during Chapter 3. Bring 1 ryo for the visit. Anna's games are Sake Showdown, Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Sensual Healing, played in that order on your firs...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023): Orbs, Style Limits and the Level 99 Breakthrough If a fighting style stops leveling at 25, you've reached its first cap. More street fights alone won't push it past that. Fill every node on that style's ability...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023): All Eight Books of Revelations Picking up a book doesn't immediately give Ryoma the move. You have to carry the book, perform the right action in a fight until the special prompt appears, trigger the revelation...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023): William Bradley's Gunman Training Find William in Chapter 3, in Rakugai's East Umekojicho. Look east of Chicken Racing, west of the Mukurogai bridge, in the southwest corner of that square of streets. Approach...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023): Ginryu's Full Training Route Ginryu teaches Swordsman and Wild Dancer at the dojo in northwestern Rakunai, on Karasuma Street. Head there in Chapter 3, approach the men outside, and go inside after the scene. K...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! How to unlock and beat both Amon fights Amon isn't another numbered substory in the 2023 remake. He's a separate challenge after all 72 substories and all 40 Battle Dungeon missions. You fight him twice. Once both list...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! Guide: Cannon Coaching and Its Completion Requirements Professor Shinbei is on Mukurogai's eastern waterfront, on the ground floor. You can meet him near the end of Chapter 2 once you're free to explore there. Look for...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! Guide: Finishing All 24 Shop Friendships A nearly full friendship bar can be misleading. Some people still need a conversation, a return visit or a fight before their entry is actually finished. Check Diligence Records...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! Guide: Finishing the Other 23 Friendships The substory checkmark isn't always the end of someone's story. A lot of these encounters introduce a bond that needs several more visits. This covers the 23 entries in the reg...
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!: story walkthrough, prologue to Chapter 4 STORY SPOILERS: This covers the original Japanese PS3 game's opening, Sekigahara flashback and arrival in Gion. Names follow KHHsubs where translations differ. These opening ch...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! All 26 memoirs: where to look Finish substory 70 before hunting these. Check Bakumatsu Archives for the names you're missing. Two memoirs come from Ernest himself; the other 24 are ground pickups. These are for the 202...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! Arena Guide: All Seven Tournaments and 35 Opponents The arena is easy to walk past because it's upstairs in Mukurogai. It also opens much earlier than you might actually want to tackle it. Finding the entrance in Chapt...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! Scarecrow Chateau Guide: All 40 Rooms Scarecrow Chateau looks like a little training diversion until you start chasing three stars in every room. Then you find out pretty quickly whether your sword, gun and Brawler upg...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! Trade Orders Guide: What to Keep for Haruka Before you sell off all the vegetables, fish and random junk in your inventory, check Haruka's trade orders. Some of that stuff has a use here, including the pill bugs you've...
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!: training minigame ranks and completion scores Finishing a training exercise and completing its minigame record are different things. The first pass can give you the move or weapon while leaving the completion entry un...
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!: every arena tournament and all 50 opponents The arena is at Hozoin Temple. Free tournament participation opens in Chapter 9. Completion requires beating every distinct opponent at least once, not just winning every to...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023): singing, Buyo dancing and the udon shop These three minigames have trophies for trying or completing them, but their Completion List requirements go further. Here's what you actually need to do at each one. Sin...
Like a Dragon: Ishin! (2023): adopting all six cats and dogs The animals become available after you unlock Another Life in Chapter 4. Each has a substory that starts a friendship. Finishing the first encounter isn't the adoption: you need t...
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!: where to train and what every trainer unlocks Some of Kenzan's most useful moves come from activities you could easily walk past. A dojo can be waiting for a level requirement, a trainer might only appear in the eveni...
Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!: all 50 storage keys The storage lockers are in Gion, on the main street near Kiryu's home. You'll open one during the prologue. The rest of the hunt starts with the Storage Lockers commission in Chapter 5. Do that com...