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\nSorry singing fans, Amazon’s Yakuza TV show won’t include the game’s iconic karaoke sessions.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Yakuza, or Like a Dragon, games are known for their bizarre minigames, but it seems the TV producers are taking a more serious approach to their adaptations by focusing on human emotion and offering new interpretations of familiar characters.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhen asked during a roundtable if karaoke would be featured in the Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV show, executive producer Erik Barmack said it would not, though “singing may come eventually” (thanks The Gamer<\/a>). <\/p>\n

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Sorry singing fans, Amazon’s Yakuza TV show won’t include the game’s iconic karaoke sessions. The Yakuza, or Like a Dragon, games are known for their bizarre minigames, but it seems the TV producers are taking a more serious approach to their adaptations by focusing on human emotion and offering new interpretations of familiar characters. When asked during a roundtable if karaoke would be featured in the Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV show, executive producer Erik Barmack said it would not, though “singing may come eventually” (thanks The Gamer). 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