Blakeuza 3 Remastered

Initial release on 2/27/26. Development started on 2/10/26.

Was actually made a year prior solely to record footage of Murasaki over Majima and Blake over Kiryu in Yakuza 3 for the Murasaki no Majirock MV on Murasaki's YouTube channel to promote the 2025 Canon Redux update of Blake Izayoi Zero - (before it would be overhauled into its third and final update, Blakeuza Zero: Director's Cut.) 

Was never intended for public release or any major additions present in the present-day release before the announcement and subsequent controversies surrounding Yakuza Kiwami 3, along with the delisting of Yakuza 3 Remastered, which got Murasaki mad enough to make Blakeuza 3 for Y3R out of spite.

Remastered / Version 2 was released on July 25, 2026 , after the original version was delisted on July 21, 2026 . It also includes newly revised versions of the Murasaki Everywhere story arcs Hajimari and Gensokyo Origins.

• New re-edited opening movie with new mod footage, featuring Receive and Stab You (Yakuza 3 Goro Majima's boss theme) as the new BGM instead of Fly like the previous version's opening (mimicking Y3's non-JP intro).

  • Two versions to choose from: Original PS3 Track (advertise_y3.usm) OR the Kiwami 3 remix (advertise_k3.usm; both identical in runtime)

• Blake gets blue irises and a better specular occlusion texture for his recolored Tanimura hair universally across all models.

• Murasaki finally gets his original blue tuxedo suit and purple dress shirt as his default outfit (reused and heavily edited from Y3 Nishikiyama Family's Hasebe)

• Murasaki gets a updated "eyepatch" (adapted from Blakeuza 5's update but with native Y3 assets)

• Murasaki also gets an actual ponytail unlike being cut off in Blakeuza 3's initial release (also taken from Blakeuza 5's update; also with native Y3 assets)

• Updated Blake and Murasaki renders for the profiles and Coliseum

  • Blake now permanently uses the Kiryu model for visual consistency instead of the original real Blake render from his current reference art (as of July 2026).

• Mister Expo over Nishida in Chapter 1 now has his original beard to match his current Murasaki Everywhere model (reused from Y4 Hideki Sasai as also reused in Blakeuza 5 and Zero DC)

• Permanently removed the "Murasaki Family Allies" addon from the OG download pack due to extremely buggy AI for Majima/Murasaki and Mister Expo (Generic NPC with bat) in all instances

  • Reasons include:

    • Softlocking the Tamashiro Family Office Long Battle in Melee Match 5

    • Generally being braindead idiot AIs that don't know how stairs or floors work and not moving towards elevated enemies

    • Unable to teleport with the player in some stages' progressing areas that just teleport you through doors/areas or getting blocked by stage obstacles

      • Example: Snake Flower Triad's vans blocking them permanently if they are far behind when triggering the transition at the Shichifuku Parking Lot

    • Only quickstepping around 90% of the time instead of actually attacking the boss/goons

• Permanently removed the "Modernized Mad Dog" animations addon for Majima's Y3 moveset as part of the OG download pack, because the upper arms looked fucked

  • This is an unfortunate side effect of converting any post-Ishin animations, whether Y0-K1 or every DE game since Y6, back into Y3-Y5.