It's often said that SEGA of Japan and the Western branches of SEGA operate in very different ways, and that's always apparent at their Tokyo Game Show showings. Mainstay mobile products of the Western side like Sonic Dash and SEGA Forever are rarely seen, while the games they do tend to show almost never make it to the West. Still, it's always interesting to see just what kinds of games the company is putting out there, especially for a market as competitive as Japanese mobile gaming. This year, they didn't really have anything playable, but they did make a show of at least two mobile games in their booth.

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First up is the upcoming online game Ryu ga Gotoku Online, a new spin-off of their popular Yakuza series. The game features a new protagonist named Kasuga Ichiban and is described by SEGA as a "dramatic RPG". I'm expecting it to be a social RPG of some sort, especially since SEGA has already made it known that the game will be free-to-play with optional IAPs. The game's banner made up a large portion of SEGA's booth, but the game itself wasn't being shown while I was there. They did talk a little about the new main character, as he is meant to be taking over the main series from the next new installment as well. Outside of that, your guess is as good as ours. Although the series has been getting more overseas attention as of late, I'm not putting good odds on this game getting localized anyway. The other major...