Animegamingnerd
Smash Ace
Look some gameplay of Yakuza 7, all sense of realism was thrown out gameplay wise with that game. Though I do agree having each of the game (except 0 and the Samurai games obviously) take place in the same year they were released in is a brilliant idea, as its always fun to how the characters like say Haruka have changed in between games as throughout the series we see her go from a little kid to young adult.It's SEGA's second most successful IP right now and on the rise thanks to the excellent Yakuza 0 being a breakout hit in the West. However, Yakuza's steps onto Nintendo playtforms weren't that great since they only tried it with Yakuza 1 and 2. And not the remakes who added lots of content, but remasters of the janky PS2 games.... on the Wii U. Needless to say it didn't sell well. Personally I think Smash would be an ideal marketing vehicle for the series and would likely drive a lot of sales on Switch should they port 0, Kiwami 1 and Kiwami 2 - the remasters of 3-5 as well as 6 and 7 may be PS4 only for a little while longer still.
Then again, people also want Kiryu or Majima in Tekken 7 for a while now and that hasn't happened either. Afaik Yakuza isn#t a series that crosses over with other IPs easily since its narrative leans on a more realistic side, to the point where the games actually play around the same time ingame as their release in the real world - meaning characters in the game age along with the players and the releases (which is a really cool little touch btw, more series should try that).