Title of Amazon Prime's live-action Yakuza TV adaptation explained and link to game

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The latest Amazon Prime series sees another beloved video game get the screen adaptation treatment.Based on the popular franchise published by Sega, Like a Dragon: Yakuza marries the two titles that the games have been known for across its near twenty-year lifespan.Some fans may be confused why and how the long running series has had two different names, what the title actually means and if that definition differs from the game to the television version.There are some theories around the origins but the game's creator also has their own ideas about what the name means to them.

Here's everything you need to know. As the original game neared release back in 2005, it began gaining comparisons to another popular open world series, namely Grand Theft Auto, reports the Mirror.

Many began to label the upcoming title as GTA in Japan and the theory is that in an effort to capitalise on this marketability they went with a simple title of Yakuza.

In the developer's native Japan however, the games have always been titled Ryu ga Gotoku, which translates as Like a Dragon.The studio that makes the game, even adopted this moniker, but have since shortened their own name to RGG Studios.However, when the seventh title in the main series was released in 2020 in the West, the publishers took the opportunity to switch things up.