Like a Dragon: Every "Pokemon" Explained! - Complete Sujidex in Infinite Wealth

I love having Pokemon in my favorite Serious Crime Drama™

This is why I love Yakuza. Its both a serious crime drama and balls to the walls ridiculous at the same time and and it some how works.

"Noblesse Obesity" is likely a pun on the concept of "noblesse oblige", essentially the idea that those with privilege (nobles, royalty, etc.) should respect and act nobly towards those without privilege (commoners). Just replace "oblige" with "obesity", because instead of feeling an obligation to be noble, he's just fat. And a noble. The "jobber" in Jabber Jobber is slang for a guy who goes down easily in a fight. Particularly in professional wrestling, where he does it to make other fighters look stronger. It's also an old business word for a middleman or broker! "Squawk Jock" also pulls from "shock jock", a radio term for a host who says offensive things on purpose to shock listeners.

Pretty Cur may also be a play on “Pretty Cure” it is one of the largest magical girl franchises in Japan and has been airing since 2004 and continues to this day.

This flavour of April fool video is my favourite. An actual video but there's a fun twist. The worst April fools are "Highly anticipated video fakeout, and then it's 1 hour of nothing"

I'd like to make it known that only one of the crime lords were actually into diaper play. The boss. He forced his underlings to participate beside him, which is both funnier and worse.

A few things you missed: -Jabber Jobber: a "jobber" is someone who throws matches in boxing or wrestling for the sake of making the person they're fighting look good. In wrestling its just to sell a story, but in boxing thats part of fixing matches in illegal gambling -Pretty Cur: a play on "Pretty Cure", a very popular magical girl anime series -Stray Hangdog: COuld be wrong on this one but Hangdog def gives me vibes of referencing hangnails. -Rebel Yeller: Seems like its more referencing the Billy Idol song "Rebel Yell", which is pretty popular

You Could also say "New Age Hippie" could be a slight nod to EarthBound. Where there was an enemy called exactly that.

Uhh is some kind of meta/non-meta April fools joke

The Alola references alone make me like this series ive never heard of before. I respect it for shouting out my favorite Pokemon games

The color gang members are also a reference to the color themed gangs that've been a reoccuring pain in Kiryu's side since yakuza 1. There's usually a blue and white gang alongside red. They all hate each other and are rivals.

The way I’m kicking, screaming, crying and heaving in the corner over Lock actually covering the Sujimon from Yakuza; literally two of my favorite game franchises ever ☠️ We need to give the Yakuza English localization team their props, these names are GOLDEN and had me screamingggg all thru Y7

Yakuza is a serious video game with a deep beautiful story and intricate characters, but it’s also all this and I love it

20:18 the specific kind of bag the Bag Toter carries is called an ita bag! (ita meaning painful - painful to look at, painfully heavy to carry, and painfully expensive) they're getting more and more popular here in the US at conventions; i even run an introductory panel at my local con about the hobby!

I feel like Dancing Madman is also a reference to Dancing Mad, the final boss theme from Final Fantasy VI, especially considering the colorful feathers he wears on his head, similar to Kefka himself.

Pocket Watchman also evokes the idea of a cop being "in the pocket" of organized crime.

Pretty Cur definitely also references "Pretty Cure" or Precure as it's more commonly known, which is a long-running magical girl series that changes up its cast every year like Power Rangers/Super Sentai/Kamen Rider.

27:26 I think it's based on pretty cure which is more sailor moon type stuff, pretty popular in japan.

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Oh my GOD, I never thought you would cover this game, but i'm so happy you are! So for anyone who hasn't played these games, there's a running gag that the enemies look they way they do because of Ichiban's rampant imagination. But everyone in the Leauge treats people like they are in these ridiculous outfits. This means that either: A) Everyone is normal and Ichiban still has just imagining things B) Everyone else in the leauge has the same imagination that Ichiban does or C) These people are actually just dressed like that. The fact that it blurs the line so much and just never explains it is what makes it so damn funny! Also, the Sujimon menu has unqiue descriptions for the Sujimon as well. The one for Sandbagger says that the flag on his head was made by his son that he only gets to see once a month due to a divorce.