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Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth includes a robust life-sim mode that looks an awful lot like Animal Crossing because of course it does. Sega showed off the new mode, called Dondoko Island mode, during Xbox’s Partner Showcase, and it features some pretty in-depth elements, including island customization, relationship networks, and beating up ruffians with baseball bats. It’s still a LAD game, after all.
Dondoko Island is home to literally tons of trash dumped illegally off the coast of Honolulu, but Ichiban sees its real potential as a resort island. His resort island. He sets to work restoring the island’s natural beauty with his friends, turning the trash into actual treasure and decorating the shores and clearings with it. You can craft items, fish, catch bugs, and even make friends with the tourists who stop to admire the island as you improve it, and you get to keep your clothes, too.
You can decorate their homes, a la Happy Home Designer, learn their routines and what makes them happy, and build new amenities and recreational facilities to make sure everyone walks away with a small. Almost everyone. Ichiban occasionally runs up against some malcontents determined to cause trouble, but a few quick swings of the baseball bat is enough to send them packing.
Dondoko Island launches as a side mode in Infinite Wealth in Jan. 26, 2024, for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC via Steam and Windows.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF