Because it is the third installment in the Yakuza series it was often referred by the media (and confused with) Yakuza 3, which is Yakuza 2’s actual sequel released one year after Kenzan!.The gameplay shows minimal evolution from the first two episodes except for the new item storage system which allows to access an unlimited amount of items from savepoints.However the graphical engine’s improvement is obvious during the numerous real-time 3D cutscenes.