Developed internally at Sega, Yakuza 2 picks up one year after the events of the original. As in the first, main character Kazuma will finesse his way through both social and polticial situations as he attempts to bring stability and order to the seedy Japanese underworld. As Sega puts it, this translates to "punching hundreds if not thousands of people really, really hard" and flirting with some saucy ladies.

With Yakuza 3 recently announced for the PlayStation 3, the series' fate in North America had been unclear. Now with the sequel on its way over, it's likely that the third will make the transition as well. No word yet if Yakuza 2 will continue in the tradition of the first's profanity-laden localization.

As for the Nintendo DS games, Sega's Dinosaur King has players collecting over 100 dinosaur fossils and fighting them against those of the evil Dr. Z, "a greedy scientist bent on world destruction and world domination."

Based on a Super Nintendo title, Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer continues Pokemon Mystery Dungeon developer Chunsoft's fascination with traditional turn-based RPGs. It tells the tale of Shiren, a masterless samurai in search of the fabled gold city of El Dorado. Enhancements over the SNES original include new monsters, new graphics and sounds, and a tutorial mode.