Like A Dragon: Latest Patch in Pirate Yakuza Hawaii Makes Goro Majima’s Golden Balls Obtainable

Alright, if you’ve dived into Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii, you might have stumbled upon the quest to collect golden balls—yes, literal gold spheres. These treasures are part of Goro Majima’s adventure, where he needs to find all seven to complete a sub-story.

To clarify for those who misread the headline, we’re actually talking about tangible gold balls scattered throughout numerous stops made by the Goromaru, similar to the mission structure seen in Like A Dragon: Gaiden. An issue with the game previously left some players unable to collect them all, but thankfully, a patch has resolved the problem. No need to send Kiryu after me or pelt me with rotten veggies!

This fix is part of the latest update, patch 1.12, rolled out by RGG on March 7. Among the patch notes, they simply stated, “Fixed an issue where the golden ball could not be obtained.” RGG, you’re keeping us in suspense—just which ball was causing trouble, and why was it so stubbornly unobtainable? Perhaps some cheeky pirate in-game hid it. Whatever the mystery, the important thing is: the balls are back, much like those wild-eyed guys Thin Lizzy sang about.

Alongside the golden ball fix, the patch addresses several other issues across all platforms:

– There was a glitch preventing manual saving, but that’s sorted now.
– A bug that dropped players into the sea if they loaded a game under certain conditions has been corrected. (Although a surprise ocean swim sounds amusing!)
– Problems with arcade game rankings not saving have been resolved.
– Typographical mistakes and localization have seen improvements.
– A range of other tweaks have been made to enhance stability and quality.

For PC players, the update brings the game to Intel XeSS 2.0.1 and resolves a rare crash during resource loading. If those with NVIDIA GPUs find themselves encountering random driver crashes, RGG suggests you cap your FPS at 60 in the settings.

If you haven’t yet embarked on the Pirate Yakuza journey, be sure to check out my review. It humorously wonders if failing to find an amusing middle-aged Japanese man in the game signals that I’ve lost my comedic touch.