THE YAKUZA IS IN CONTROL OF THE GAMING INDUSTRY!

How Sega, the studio behind Sonic the Hedgehog was tied to the Yakuza and how they used that in their favour during the Console Wars against Nintendo and the SNES. It certainly brings a new light to the 16-bit console wars as well as other generations like the Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, Playstation, etc. 00:00 - Sega’s Dark Past 00:32 - Beating its own Employees 03:01 - Intercepting Super Nintendo / Super Famicom Shipments 05:59 - Confining Workers 08:07 - Kidnapping a Nintendo Developer’s Sister 12:37 - How Did Sega Establish Ties with the Yakuza? 14:07 - The Yakuza STILL Dominates Japan in 2023 #retrogaming #SuperNintendo #megadrive