As it happens, you fight all of these battles as Majima. Some of the toughest matches include Proving Grounds 6 and 8, Melee Battle 2 and 6, and Ultimate Battle 2. A lot of these fights have some brutal time constraints and will push your skill and patience to their limits, especially if this is your first game in the series.
With this being one of the last games in the series to feature Climax/Ultimate Battles, they didn’t hold any punches here. I have friends who have considered completing Yakuza 0 but decided against it after I told them about catfighting. This single achievement probably took me longer than all of the Climax Battles - and this game has some of the hardest Climax/Ultimate battles in the series. You’ll still lose from time to time, but this should tip the odds in your favour. When applying extra damage during your attacks, still mash as fast as you can. Instead, tap the button slowly at first and build up to a rapid mash. I have tested this with a turbo button even if you mash every frame, the AI will find a way to beat you. Mashing as hard as you can often results in a loss, since the AI ramps up according to your speed, meaning they’ll probably beat you if you maintain the same mashing speed. The obscene amount of button mashing in this minigame will likely force you to take breaks between tournaments, but knowing how the mashing works can save you some pain. Those events may seem unlikely but, trust me, they will happen to you, and it will be infuriating. There are actions you can take to tip the odds in your favour, but that won’t stop the game from giving your opponent nothing but rainbow attacks or using Comeback on you during the last match of the tournament. Yet, unlike something like Mahjong, it’ll destroy your mind and your thumbs. One thing you can’t get better at, no matter how hard you try, is RNG.Ĭatfighting, at its core, is an RNG minigame. There are plenty of challenging achievements in Yakuza 0 relating to combat and minigames, but all of those can be conquered with enough skill and practise. It might seem dumb to call this the “hardest achievement in the game,” and it is. Win ten bets on three-round tournaments at JCC. Should you dare to tango with this ~150 hour beast of a completion, what should you expect to be the most gruelling achievement of the lot? If you have the grit to complete this game, then you probably have what it takes to perfect the rest. It’s also my personal favourite because I’m a basic hoe. Yakuza 0 is a monolithic game to start with. Let’s tackle this in chronological order since a lot of you are probably going to leave after this section anyway. Oh, and I’m specifically talking about achievements, so there will be some games (Yakuza 3, 4, and 6 mostly) that I have less to say about because I haven’t filled the Completion List in those games. Hopefully, some of you can relate or take away something to look forward to, whether you’re looking forward to the challenge or looking forward to never touching it. I’m just having fun revisiting some of the most brutal and satisfying moments toward completing these amazing games. I’m not trying to be a bootleg CyricZ out here. With that melodramatic opener out of the way, however, keep in mind that I’m writing this guide for fun. As for me, Yakuza 0 was the first game to get me invested in achievement hunting, and I’m dropping this guide here since I assume it’s where plenty of players have taken and will take the plunge toward completing the series. Even fewer of us crave to accomplish that for the whole series. Like moths to a flame, we’re drawn to the tantalising allure of seeing “100%” on that completion list, or “55/55” on the Steam achievement bar. “Don’t do it, it’ll kill your appreciation of the game,” or something to that effect. But even those people would agree that trying to 100% a Yakuza game is taking it too far. There are handfuls of people that would give their life for Majima or let Kiryu powerbottom them or whatever. A crowd that fits the zany nature of the series, I suppose. The Yakuza games attract an odd crowd of people. I’ve done my best to avoid main story spoilers, but I’d still recommend avoiding sections for games you haven’t played if you want to experience the series for yourself. I’m going to talk about every mainline Yakuza game here, in case you missed the title on your way in, so don’t get mad that the whole guide isn’t about dame da ne guy and funny eyepatch man. This guide contains postgame spoilers for several games in the Yakuza series.