Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii’s Newest Update Fixes Issue with Goro Majima’s Golden Orbs

As you may know, “Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii” has a quirky mission involving golden balls owned by Goro Majima. But don’t get the wrong idea; these are literal golden balls scattered across different ports that Goromaru visits as part of a side quest.

Initially, some players faced a problem collecting all the golden balls due to a bug. However, this issue has been resolved, so there’s no need to worry or threaten to call on Kiryu. These balls, reminiscent of those you might gather in “Like A Dragon: Gaiden,” are once again obtainable.

This bug fix comes with the latest update—patch 1.12, released today (March 7) by RGG. The patch notes simply state: “Fixed an issue where the golden ball could not be obtained.” It’s anyone’s guess what exactly went wrong. Did a pirate with a penchant for shiny things make off with them? We may never know. But as Thin Lizzy might put it, those wild-eyed balls are back, and that’s what counts.

Moving on to the patch’s other updates across all platforms:

– Solved a problem where manual saving was disabled.
– Addressed an issue where loading saved data while on a ship led to players falling into the ocean with no way back—a humorous predicament, though unintentional.
– Fixed arcade game rankings that weren’t saving correctly.
– Corrected a variety of typos and improved localization issues.
– Implemented various other bug fixes for enhanced stability and quality.

For PC users, the game has been updated to Intel XeSS 2.0.1, and a rare crash during resource loading has been corrected. If you’re using certain NVIDIA GPUs and run into unexpected driver crashes, RGG suggests capping your FPS at 60 through the settings.

If you haven’t tried Pirate Yakuza yet, you might want to read my review. It includes a little personal reflection on whether missing humor involving a middle-aged Japanese character might mean I’m losing my comedic touch.