#just gotta wait til november to see what the scoop is all bout. combat still looks fun regardless 😩

[todayisafridaynight]

I don't think they're going full Dynasty Warriors, but given the game is specifically supposed to cover everything between 6 and 7 and 8 (and is, you know, called LaD7 Gaiden and takes place in Hama and Soten), it makes sense to me crowds would be a big deal. Because the climactic fight for Kiryu in Sotenbori in that timeframe would be the Omi HQ fight and that was visibly one of the most crowded battles in RGG history and is only experienced in bite-sized pieces in Y7 because of the turn-based system.

Plus, Kiryu's never really had any big crowd control moments outside of maybe Y5 (in which the MASSIVE fight at the end of his part is one of the most well-loved fights in the series), but with Agent's electric bind wires and other gadgets, there's definitely more to play around with along those lines that would benefit from big crowds and the Dragon Engine's seamlessness.

This is also why I don't fault anyone at all for thinking fan favorites would show up, because for the Omi HQ fight, you've necessarily got Ichi's party, you've got the Jimas, you've got Watase, you've even got Arakawa. Wouldn't that be something... to get to see all of them fight in real time...

Plus, even if Gaiden doesn't want to tread old ground, there is still a "missing scene" in the form of Kiryu's group getting attacked by Omi remnants, as Arakawa mentioned. They only got to hang out and catch up off-screen, so it's pretty perfectly set up to be explored in Gaiden. I wanna see him and Daigo reconnect goddammit...

yeah no i dont think they'll go for a dynasty warriors type beat either, it was only that someone mentioned the possibility that had me tryin to imagine what thatd be like

i actually had Y5's crowd fight in mind when thinkin' bout it and that's why i thought the crowd situation was so bizarre compared to how that crowd was executed