Yakuza 5 Remastered

Kiryu's exclusive cab-driving activity, split into delivery runs, conversation missions, and full-on drift races. The race missions are the real completion wall.

• Delivery runs grade you on obeying traffic rules and passenger comfort — drive smoothly, avoid hard braking, speeding, and collisions.
• In races, drift every major corner with Circle — once blue sparks appear you get a speed boost.
• Conversation missions just need the right dialogue choices for each passenger, independent of driving skill — knock them out freely.
• Never use Turbo on a corner — save it for the final straightaway. Boosting into a turn just slams you into the wall or slows you down (per GameFAQs guide).
• The rival always rubber-bands back no matter how far ahead you get, so don't burn yourself out building an early lead — settle it with the final-straight Turbo instead.
• Tune your car well with Taxi Points before the actual races (e.g. Flight of Fancy); doing the delivery and conversation missions first gives you a healthy starting pile (Steam conversation-mission guide).

Saejima's exclusive blizzard survival activity — the 'Hunter and Killer' side story combining first-person shooting, trap-setting, and managing cold and hunger.

• Keep an eye on body heat and rations — sell game and foraged items to the trader for traps, repair kits, and food.
• Big game (bears) are best lured into traps or downed with well-placed first-person shots at weak points rather than head-on.
• There's also a separate snowball-fight 'Winter Combat' minigame at the end — grab it too for completion.
• A bear in its defensive side-to-side pacing reads your aim and dodges — only shoot for the head during its charge or when it rears up on its hind legs. Mid-charge it stares at the ground and can no longer track your rifle (Steam & Nintendo Okie guides).

Akiyama's rhythm dance-off against the dancer Hide — hit the directional and button cues as they appear, on time, to outscore your rival.

• Input each cue the instant it lands on the judgement line — too early or too late breaks your combo.
• Hold notes need the button held to the very end for full marks — don't release early.
• If you're used to rhythm games you can clear it without upgrades — memorizing the patterns makes it much easier.
• Stacking accurate inputs pushes the dance gauge past its marker; press L1 (while the 'bomb' isn't counting down) to fire a Dance Heat move and open up a scoring lead in one shot (GameFAQs).

Haruka's sprawling rhythm career — lessons, dance battles, and the Princess League on her road to idol stardom. It's the longest and hardest minigame in Y5, built around landing Climax Heat finishers.

• Dance battles ask for the correct direction + button on the rising bars — stack accuracy to fill the Climax Gauge.
• When the gauge is full, trigger Climax Heat for a huge score swing — timing the activation decides the match.
• If your rhythm is shaky, raise Body stats to unlock Heart-X moves and end battles faster.
• Each Princess League song has its own pattern — preview the track once to scout the tricky sections.

Shinada (an ex-pro ballplayer) takes on a batting game where a human pitcher throws and a four-petal targeting reticle handles timing and placement. Home-run and total-distance challenges are the completion goals.

• Swinging on the brown circle gives a flat 80m, but waiting for it to flash yellow launches it 100m+.
• Coach Igarashi's 'Heat Eye' (L1) triggers a bullet-time slowdown, giving you all the time you need to line up the swing.
• Higher challenges grade combined distance over 10 pitches — favor yellow home runs over the safe 80m.
• Find Coach Igarashi at the 'FIRST SHOT' counter on the east side of Goshiki Street; clearing his first lesson unlocks Heat Eye, and afterward an 'unlimited Heat Eye' course lets you spam L1 to nail the yellow timing in slow-mo all you want (Ruliweb & Yimbocarimbo).

Standard Japanese riichi mahjong — the series' biggest wall if you don't know the rules, but completion only needs a single winning hand.

• Keep your hand fully closed (never call Pon/Chi) so you can declare Riichi.
• Chase Tanyao (only simples 2–8); declare Riichi at tenpai and a yaku attaches automatically.
• Don't chase value — prioritize fast wins.

Japanese chess — the key twist versus Western chess is dropping captured pieces back onto the board. Completion needs just one win.

• Build a castle (gakoi) around your king first — Mino castle is the easiest starter.
• Drop captured pieces deep into enemy territory to apply pressure.
• Pick a weak opponent and grab a single win if you're struggling.

A hanafuda card game where you form scoring 'yaku' combinations. Once you learn the rules it's fairly luck-driven and low-pressure.

• When you complete a yaku, decide whether to call 'Koi-Koi' to keep building or end the round to bank points.
• If your opponent is close to a big yaku, don't get greedy — lock in even a small score.

A collection of Western casino games — blackjack, roulette, baccarat, poker. Basic strategy is enough for completion.

• In blackjack follow basic strategy — stand on 17+, always hit on 11 or less.
• In roulette, even-money bets (red/black) are the safe way to grind chips toward completion targets.

9-ball pool — aim with the guideline and power gauge to sink balls. Completion challenges ask for precise combination shots.

• Use the full aiming guideline to preview the cue ball's path and the object ball's deflection angle.
• Don't overhit — control power with the next shot's cue-ball position in mind.

Darts featuring 01 games and Cricket — steady the wavering reticle and land it in the segment you want.

• Throw at the moment the reticle's sway is smallest — time it like a held breath.
• In 01 games, plan the finish so you land exactly on zero — aim for the right double/triple.

A rhythm game where you press the matching button as notes reach the judgement line, scoring your performance. Each character has their own signature songs.

• Hit each note exactly on the line — watch the note flow, not the lyrics, for better accuracy.
• Hold notes until the very end for full marks, and learn new songs on the easy difficulty first.

A lineup of real SEGA arcade games inside Club SEGA (including rhythm titles and the UFO Catcher crane). Some high-score targets count toward completion.

• For the UFO Catcher, line the claw directly over the prize's center of gravity before dropping.
• On the rhythm cabs, repeat one song to memorize the chart and hit the target score faster.

Fishing comes in river and sea variants — manage line tension to reel in once a fish bites. Catching rare and big fish is the completion goal.

• Give line when the fish runs and reel when it tires, keeping the tension gauge out of the danger zone.
• Spot and bait determine the species — chase completion-list rarities at their dedicated locations.

A service minigame at the Tatsu-ya ramen stall — cook noodles and serve bowls to match orders, graded on accuracy and speed.

• Read each order carefully and don't overshoot the boil timer — over- or under-cooking loses points.
• When orders stack up, stagger your cook timers to keep the workflow efficient.