The Yakuza Team is already engaged on changing actor Pierre Taki in Judgement.
Taki, who was arrested in Japan over alleged Cocaine use, prompted Judgement to be pulled off sale in Japan. Taki performs Kyohei Hamura, and lends his voice and likeness to the in-game mannequin.
But because the resolution to take the game off cabinets was by no means actually meant to be everlasting, the developer has already changed him in-game. The Yakuza Team is at the moment engaged on implementing this variation, changing Taki with an authentic character.
Studio head Toshihiro Nagoshi confirmed the information to IGN, including that the game’s Western launch date of June 25 stays unchanged.
“First of all we needed to substitute the character mannequin and re-record all the dialogue.
“But changing the character mannequin is barely the beginning: We needed to change all the pre-rendered lower scenes Hamura appeared in; additionally, his face seems on a number of the proof that you just current in your smartphone, so we needed to substitute these textures; and a few trophies needed to be modified too,” defined Nagoshi.
Nagoshi, nonetheless, didn’t say how lengthy this course of will take, or when the game will return on sale in Japan.
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