Yakuza TV show won’t have karaoke, though singing “may come eventually”

Sorry singing fans, Amazon’s Yakuza TV show won’t include the game’s iconic karaoke sessions.

The Yakuza, or Like a Dragon, games are known for their bizarre minigames, but it seems the TV producers are taking a more serious approach to their adaptations by focusing on human emotion and offering new interpretations of familiar characters.

When asked during a roundtable if karaoke would be featured in the Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV show, executive producer Erik Barmack said it would not, though “singing may come eventually” (thanks The Gamer).

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