Ichiban Kasuga would “definitely lose” a Segway race against Cloud Strife, says Infinite Wealth producer
Fast and furious
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In a sporting upset that will leave fans across the world gobsmacked,Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealthproducer Hiroyuki Sakamoto settled one of gaming’s ultimate questions: who would win in a Segway race; Cloud Strife or Yakuza’s own Ichiban Kasuga?
The question came as a result of bothFinal Fantasy 7 RebirthandLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealthshowing off Segway mechanics in their games. When asked at ahands-on preview eventwhich of the game’s protagonists would win such a race, Sakamoto answered directly: “In terms of who I think would win, I think Ichiban would definitely lose.”
Sakamoto himself referenced aFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirthtrailerwhich featured Cloud on the goofy two-wheeled vehicle. “When I saw that trailer, I was like: ‘what a coincidence’, so it was a nice surprise.”
InLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth,Ichiban finds himself in Hawaii on a quest to track down his estranged biological mother. However, as I swiftly found out during my time with a preview build of the game,Infinite Wealth’s Honolulu area is impressively large, making traversal on foot a tall order. However, after a quick sidequest, I soon unlocked Segway travel, making for a convenient and amusingly oddball form of transport.
“It’s a big map,” said Sakamoto. “One of the big issues that we ran into was ‘how are we going to get these characters to go around on such a big map?’. We really wanted a vehicle option, and so we floated a bunch of ideas from bicycles to scooters, but we thought the Segway was going to be a lot of fun.”
Though we don’t yet know how prominently the Segway will feature inFinal Fantasy7 Rebirth,it’s clear that both titles will allow their heroes to ride them about in sunny locales. I just hope that Ichiban and Cloud never have to do that race for real - I can’t bear the thought of my two boys fighting.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is coming out on January 26 and could shape up to be one of thebest RPGsandbest story gamesof the year.
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