In the World of Anime Arena Fighting Games, Gintama Adapted in the Style of Yakuza Series RPG Would Be a Hit

Summary:

• Game adaptations of anime should be more diverse.
• Gintama would make a great game in the style of Yakuza games.
• It fits the general combination of a serious plot with hilarious side stories, it fits the fighting styles, especially with the RPG mechanics, it fits the mood and place.
• Ryu Ga Gotoku already adapted shounen anime into the Yakuza-style game, and it was great.

If you think about adaptations of anime into games, you'll probably remember some fighting games, some arenas, some collaboration events. While these games are not awful, they follow the same structure: if you're adapting a shounen, then it should be a fighting game, where the whole gameplay should consist only of fighting.

Meta released an ad for their VR goggles Quest 3 in collaboration with Gintama cast, and in the ad, the cast of Yorozuya were happily proclaiming that they'll get a lot of money out of advertising a product like that. But also they played Samba de Amigo, a rhythm dancing game created for VR, a title owned by Sega, and had a lot of fun.

Let Gintoki sing Baka Mitai

This once again sparked the discussion among the community: which type of game will perfectly fit Gintama? And almost unanimously people believe that one of the best choices would be something that resembles the games by Ryu Ga Gotoku studio, the authors of Yakuza Series, which recently has been renamed as Like A Dragon (and who are also owned by Sega).

These games combine a serious overarching plot that includes government conspiracies, questionable trade practices, and the specifics of the criminal underworld with absolutely insane side stories and mini-games. And considering the nature of Gintama, which is also a combination of hilarity and soul-wrenching seriousness, this will be a perfect fit. There are also a lot of random fights on the streets which can also turn pretty insane through the usage of heat actions. Recently Ryu Ga Gotoku shifted from the beat-em-up type of games to the RPG style, and this may be a better fit for something like Gintama, especially considering how often the characters of the anime reference various RPGs and their mechanics in the story.

Kamuro-cho is not that different from Gintama's Kabuki-cho

Vibe-wise it also fits: the majority of the events of Yakuza games take place in the Kamuro-cho, a knock-off of Kabuki-cho, where Gintama is set. True, Gintama has a weird alternate history lore that combines the samurai era with retro-futurism and even cyberpunk, but Ryu Ga Gotoku studio can handle different time periods well: last year they released Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin, a game that takes place in the same time as the historical prototypes of Gintama characters were active.

Also, Ryu Ga Gotoku studio already adapted a shounen anime into one of the games in their significant style: it was The Fist Of The North Star (Hokuto No Ken), and this adaptation fit the story perfectly.

Sadly, Bandai Namco is the company that holds the rights to Gintama, and it seems like they're fine with making fighting games. But we can dream, right?