I thought this deserves some attention and dicussion since i couldn't find anyone mentioning this =p

From "Opinion Tab" on "Game Summary" page:

http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2010/02/24/whats-up-with-yakuza-3/ <---- Main announcement

http://kotaku.com/5479525/ <---- Sega later replied to kotaku which wasn't mentioned on the Sega blog

Like I said in the opinion tab I am still getting the game regardless because I have no other choice. I realise its a little thing they removed but I am not at all happy with the excuse Sega has given and also announcing it 2 weeks before the game's release. Actually I am quite offended by the excuse, because I am a westerner I do not have privilege of recieving the full game T_T. Also the time excuse, I don't think anybody would mind waiting a few more weeks for a good game so lol short on time ..... its very genius to release the game on the most packed month of the year and also pushing "Resonance of Fate" back to March as well.

Edit: Sorry I just realised this has already been posted here -> http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=101849&page=1 ^^; (Don't think I can remove this thread)

wow.... i didn't know they cut off that much stuff in this game (not only the club but some mini games) =[ and that some of the DLC (2 player mini games) and exclusively to US people who preorder it.

i was really looking forward to this.... i love the japanese setting in it! why do they want to make it non japanese?!?!

[UPDATE]

Apparently more cut content has been found:

Chapter 3, 4

I Wanna Go to Tokyo pt. 1
The Brewer's Treasure
Make the No. 1 Cabaret Club Girl!
English Conversation Solicitor step 1
English Conversation Solicitor step 2
Love's Cupid
Love's Cupid Continues
Love's Cupid Continues Again
A Trip Before Marriage

Chapter 5

Manga Artist Debut (Mangaka Debut)
The Runaway Phone Chat Girl (Terekura Iede Musume)
I Wanna Go to Tokyo pt. 2
Great Genius Showdown
Is she talking about me...?
Ayukawa Rina***

***You cannot date her. In the RGG3 you can date 10 girls, for whatever reason 1 of them didn't make it overseas.

Chapter 6

No cuts (!!!!!!)

+ Cigarette HEAT Action

Source: http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?t=319876 and http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?t=319899

For more info about previous known cuts - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza_3 and news article relating to this: http://kotaku.com/5491650/

This is getting more depressing, still waiting for my copy but it feels I have paid full price for a demo instead and I be expecting more cuts through till the final 12th chapter.

EDIT: Apparently the Cigarette HEAT Action is still there but compared with the Japanese version less magazines can be read in the convenience stores.

[UPPDATE]

Complete list - http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?t=320111

-Wooing women in hostess clubs

-Hostess managing

-Rina Ayukawa (one of the hostess girls - 9/10 you can date)

-Mahjong mini-game

-Shogi mini-game

-Massage parlor mini-game

-Answer X Answer trivia game

-Limited mazgine viewing in convenience stores compared to the Japanese version

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I picked it up this afternoon.. not regretting it.

At least they did release it in the US.. unlike ToV.

^ well there is some hint of it coming over so imo not completely hopeless

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Vesperia#PlayStation_3_Enhanced_Port

I brought Yakuza 3 as well but at the same time I feel disappointed like I was with the Bayonetta PS3 port and slightly with the Valkyria Chronicles localization. It makes me wonder wft the Sega localization team is doing.

The cuts... seem like stuff that make sense to me. I mean, not even the biggest Japan nerd is probably going to be able to get that trivia stuff down.

The hostess clubs... yeah I could see most Americans just finding that creepy.