In keeping with a series tradition that started all the way back with Yakuza 5, Yakuza Kiwami 3 will include a plethora of retro games for players to reminiscence about. Sega has revealed that instead of the same list of classic coin op games that have permeated in most of the Dragon Engine entries, Kiwami 3 will include 12 Game Gear games for Kiryu to collect. Also surprising is that Pac-Man is among them, as well as a few other Bandai Namco games. That’s a series first.
Here are the 12 games included:
- Columns
- Fantasy Zone Gear
- Galaga ‘91
- The GG Shinobi
- G-LOC
- Mappy
- Pac-Man
- Puyo Puyo
- Sonic Chaos
- Sonic Drift
- Streets of Rage
- Woody Pop
This isn’t actually the first time that old-school Sega console games have appeared in the series. The spinoff Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise allowed Kenshiro to obtain a Master System, which then followed into Lost Judgment and even Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. The series has mainly stuck to arcade cabinets, but it seems Sega wants to at least mix things up a bit. I don’t have a particular fondness for the Game Gear, but it’s cool to see these nonetheless.
In a nice bit of news, seven of the included games will include split-screen multiplayer. For Columns, G-LOC, Mappy, Pac-Man, Puyo Puyo, Sonic Drift, and Streets of Rage, you can pretend to be using two Game Gears and invite a friend over to relive the past. That’s fun.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 will release on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 on February 12th, 2026. It will also include the “Dark Tides” expansion, which is a brand-new side story.
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Written by Peter Glagowski
Peter has been a freelance gaming and film critic for over seven years. His passion for Nintendo is only matched by the size of his collection.
