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Yakuza 3
Yakuza 3 (龍が如く3, Ryū ga Gotoku 3) is Sega's 2009 PlayStation 3 action-adventure beat-'em-up in which Kazuma Kiryu runs the Morning Glory Orphanage in Okinawa; remastered 2019, remade as Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties in 2026.
Yakuza 4
Yakuza 4 (Ryu Ga Gotoku 4) is a 2011 SEGA action-adventure game for PlayStation 3, the first in the Yakuza series to feature four playable protagonists.
Yakuza 5
Yakuza 5 (Ryū ga Gotoku 5: Yume, Kanaeshi Mono) is Sega's 2012 PS3 action-adventure, the fifth main Yakuza game, set across five Japanese cities with five protagonists including Haruka, released in the West digitally in 2015 and remastered on PS4 in 2019-2020.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (龍が如く６ 命の詩。) is a 2016 PS4 action-adventure by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the first Dragon Engine game and the finale of Kazuma Kiryu's saga, set in Kamurocho and Onomichi, Hiroshima.
Yakuza Kiwami (龍が如く 極)
Yakuza Kiwami (Ryū ga Gotoku Kiwami) is a 2016 action-adventure game by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and Sega, a full remake of the 2005 first Yakuza game.
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yakuza Kiwami 2, a 2017 Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio action-adventure remake of Yakuza 2 on the Dragon Engine; Kiryu vs Ryuji Goda, Tojo Clan vs Omi Alliance, with the Majima Saga; PS4 2017, later PC, Xbox, Switch 2.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryū ga Gotoku 7) is Sega's 2020 turn-based RPG starring Ichiban Kasuga, set mainly in Isezaki Ijincho, Yokohama, and the seventh mainline Yakuza series entry.
Yo-kai Watch (妖怪ウォッチ)
Yo-kai Watch (妖怪ウォッチ) is a Level-5 media franchise about a boy who befriends invisible spirits called Yo-kai. It broke out in Japan in 2014 via its anime and toy line, sold 6.5 million 3DS games by 2015, and returned in 2026 with a Yo-kai Watch 2 remake.
Yoshi
Yoshi, also known as Yossy (ヨッシー), is a fictional dinosaur from Nintendo video games, introduced as Mario's dinosaur friend in Super Mario World and star of Yoshi's Island (1995).
Yoshi's Woolly World
Yoshi's Woolly World (Yarn Yoshi) is a 2015 Good-Feel/Nintendo yarn-craft 2D platformer for Wii U, released 26 June 2015 in Europe and 16 October 2015 in North America, with 48 levels, yarn-ball mechanics, amiibo support, and a 2017 3DS port, Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World.
Ys (イース) (series)
Ys (イース) is Nihon Falcom's action RPG series starring Adol Christin, begun on PC-8801 in 1987; 11 mainline games from bump-attack combat to Ys X: Nordics' Cross Action, famed for Falcom Sound Team jdk music and Ys VIII's 700,000+ sales.
Yume Nikki (ゆめにっき)
Yume Nikki (ゆめにっき, Dream Diary) is a 2004 freeware surreal exploration game by anonymous developer Kikiyama, made in RPG Maker 2003; Madotsuki collects Effects in dream worlds with no dialogue or goals. Steam release 2018; reimagined as Dream Diary.
Zack Fair
Zack Fair (ザックス・フェア) is a Final Fantasy VII SOLDIER 1st Class and protagonist of Crisis Core (PSP, 2007; Reunion, 2022), wielder of the Buster Sword, mentor-linked to Angeal, and alive in the Remake trilogy.
Zangief (Зангиев)
Zangief (Зангиев), codename Vodka Gorbovsky, is Capcom's Russian pro-wrestler grappler from Street Fighter II (1991), once the strongest character in development, later nerfed; appears in SF6, as Mecha Zangief, and in films.
Zero Escape
Zero Escape: Japanese adventure game trilogy (999, Virtue's Last Reward, Zero Time Dilemma / 刻のジレンマ) by Kotaro Uchikoshi at Spike Chunsoft, mixing visual novel storytelling with escape-room puzzles in a death game run by Zero.
Zombie Army Trilogy
Zombie Army Trilogy is a 2015 third-person zombie shooter by Rebellion for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, remastering the Nazi Zombie Army games with a new third chapter.
Zombo.com
Zombo.com, also called Zombocom, is a single-serving parody website launched in 1999 mocking Flash intro pages with a looping voiceover promising 'you can do anything'; the domain changed hands in 2026, with the classic version preserved at html5zombo.com.
Zone of the Enders
Zone of the Enders (Z.O.E) is Konami's high-speed mecha action franchise created under Hideo Kojima, starring the Orbital Frames Jehuty and Anubis, bundled with the MGS2 demo, spanning PS2 games, anime, HD and VR remasters.