In retrospect it should have been obvious that Xiuying's fighting style was based on Akira. Dat elbow strike.

Sure, but Ryo has always been a parallel to Akira. Are we just supposed to consider it a coincidence that he and Xiuying practice the same style? Going by Shenmue II, I wouldn't say they do anyway. This is, after all, just a concept slide from '96.

Where did this slide come from?

Pretty sure it's from the 2014 GDC post-mortem. Never mind, it's from today.

Welcome to the Dojo Jordan! An important game element that might prove difficult for you is the first-person lock on system for examining things, opening drawers and cabinets, and picking up objects. Although you could probably go by trial and error with a lot of those, it relies heavily on your position and which direction you're facing. The biggest problem you'll probably run into though, is the quick time events. They make a very distinct sound, but regardless of which button they call for they all make the same sound. You could look up the sequences in advance with a walk through though. Your idea about the movement is correct. If you only hold down up, Ryo will move in a perfectly straight line until he collides with something, at which point he should stop. If you hit down twice, Ryo will turn exactly 180 degrees. As long as you have a good idea of how the maps are arranged, navigation shouldn't be too difficult. I think you'll be able to appreciate the fact that the game is fully voiced more than anyone else. If you can reliably find certain people, they can almost always give helpful information on where to go and how to get there.

Found this at a local used book store for a decent price, so I grabbed it. Not quite as rare as I thought it was, but still valuable and a game I wanted.

Shenmue is pretty short if you rush and go from A to Z without taking your time here and there.

Shenmue III could (we don't know) last 7-8 hours if you rush for the first time or 30 hours if you take your time to get all the dialogues etc.

Then people will try to do some speedrun and will end up finishing the game in 2-3 hours so it all depends on how you're looking at it.

First playthrough is what matters the most to me. I'd be happy with a 15-20 hours Shenmue III.

Shenmue 1 takes over 8 hours to speed run even with the skip disc 1 glitch. Those work days and unskippable cutscenes really add up.

Why oh why did they change the music (and some of the dialogue) in MGS: Twin Snakes? The best example is the elevator cutscene at the very beginning.

1. Ocarina of Time
2. Star Fox 64
3. Majora's Mask
4. Super Mario 64
5. Banjo Kazooie

Haven't played enough N64 games to have a top 10.

Giants: Citizen Kabuto is free on GOG for about three more days.

It's been said plenty of times, but fuck Konami.

I hope Kojima can somehow get the rights to his older IP's, like Snatcher, Policenauts, or Zone of the Enders, but that's likely a pipe dream. Surely he'll make something great though.

I've been listening to this one a lot lately. I'll probably do another playthrough of Policenauts soon.

What does the PCB with the "QC passed" sticker and what looks like an SD or MicroSD card do? Does the card have 8/16-bit games on? :D

Probably an Everdrive or sonething similar. It's an especially awesome thing to have if it means he can play out of region games.

I'm so jealous of that PC-Duo though. I've wanted to get into PC-E/TG16 collecting, but I don't know Japanese and Turbografx stuff is crazy expensive.

I didn't get too much in terms of material stuff, but I did get a paid-for vacation to Costa Rica (typing this from there, in fact).

Nice find! What exactly does that lever on the right do? It looks like it only moves up and down.


I recently saw this on eBay and snagged it. Not a poster like I had originally thought, but still a cool piece of nostalgia.

Yeah, and we won't get Shenmue III either.

And there's more on the way.

Ziming wrote:

And don't forget that Saudi Arabia is the head of the UN Board of Human Rights.

reptile wrote: Personally will play Shenmue 3 in ENGLISH to make life easier

With you 100% on that. I don't think I'll ever understand choosing to play a game with Japanese dialogue when you don't know the language, especially in the case of Shenmue, where the whole game is voiced.

It's worth around $450, give or take 50; I got it for $375 though. I don't plan on selling it, but if I had to I could easily get my money back and make a little profit.

You can hate on the English voice acting of Shenmue II (or I) all you want, but there's no denying that that version of Delin is superior. I'd never played the original Dreamcast version until recently, and was surprised by how dull and depressing Japanese Delin is. Even his grunts suck in comparison.

OL wrote: You're a sonofabitch and I hate you.

You and my bank account could be good friends; you've got a common interest.

Bah Dah by Gmcfosho

https://youtu.be/TYS1P7BxOOU

Lyrics [Intro: Gmcfosho]
New shoes (x3), fikki fikki, new shoes
New shoes (x3), fikki fikki, new shoes
New shoes (x3), fikki fikki, new shoes
New shoes (x3), fikki fikki, new shoes

[Hook: Gmcfosho]
(Bah Dah!) Soon as I step up in the room (bah dah!)
Still got the paper in the shoes (bah dah!)
Soon as I step up in the room (bah dah!)
Still got the paper in the shoes (bah dah!)
Soon as I step up in the room (bah dah!)
Still got the paper in the shoes (bah dah!)
Soon as I step up in the room (bah dah!)
Still got the paper in the shoes (bah dah!)

[Verse 1: Gmcfosho]
They say them ain't J's
I don't say nothing, I just put em' in they face (like bah dah!)
Took the Litmus paper test, said I'm based (bah dah!)
Lawyer just called, said I'm about to catch a case (bah dah!)
Not court, talking bout' attaché
These haters ain't eating, like a dead Tamagotchi (bah dah!)
Got the longest white shirt, and you know it's clean (bah dah!)
Got a couple white cups, so you know I lean (bah dah!)

Biggest bowl of cereal had the Dakota Ring (bah dah!)
Got it appraised, and I learned I'm the Lord of the Rings (bah dah!)
Heard somebody say the future ain't bright
Jump in they timeline like a ray of light

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Gmcfosho]
Had a dream
Martin Luther King
"Bagillion" different color niggas riding for my team (bah dah!)
Where my trumpets at?
Where my trumpets at?
More class than a school
Where my tea and crumpets at? (bah dah!)
They ask me how I got this swag
They can't find it on Pinterest
I'm weightlifting my bank account
That's bodybuilding interest
This hater said he hate me
Because I don't proofread my sentences
His girl text me "they're breaking up"
But that's none of my business (bah dah!)

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Gmcfosho]
For 10 years, wifey been the same chick
But y'all ain't never seen me with the same chick (bah dah!)
Y'all can catch me sliding up them DM's (like bah dah!)
Got expensive jewelry dangling from my limbs (bah dah!)
Popping bottles so much, had to learn to swim (bah dah!)
Backstroke (splash), Breastroke (splash), Deathstroke (splash), Bestroke (splash) (bah dah!)
Think you can walk a mile in my shoes
Then get yo feet wet
From walking in The Nile in my shoes (bah dah!)

[Hook]

https://youtu.be/eodyqcxtL4M

It has a few scenes that are quite graphic, but it gives a very honest depiction of what it's like in the crime ridden city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It's in Portugese of course, but I didn't think that took anything away from the movie. That's coming from a guy who sees subtitled foreign games as a necessary evil. I highly recommend this one.

Don't you hate it when people try to start these dumb forum games?








I'm only a little sorry.

SMDzero wrote:Ryo: Fuck-it-all! (bangs the sword against the wall)

A true Jap would commit sudoku.

Kenny wrote: A manager I passed the script to read it and liked it, so now she's passing it along to a director she represents.

It's beginning.

Great to hear! I hope it doesn't stop there.

Last one was the best. Good stuff!

Not to mention the characters look nothing like they do in the actual game.

What does Lan Di say before paying his barber?

SMDzero wrote: Why will Shenmue 3 be cancelled on January 20th 2017?


Because when Donald Trump becomes President he'll crack down on anything to do with China.

Not to derail, but you're mistaken about that.

Picks up at 0:50, and is pretty damn good from there on. The MSX version is 17 minutes long, which is insane for a synthesized track. Unfortunately, it's not as good in my opinion.

It's here!

https://youtu.be/nOs3FX-29Fg


Media coverage
http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/03/fan-remasters-shenmue-the-movie-into-5-hour-long-epic-5921456/
http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/06/03/shenmue-the-movie-gets-fan-made-remaster/209928/
http://agetimes.net/tech/gaming/fan-remasters-shenmue-the-movie-into-5-hour-long-epic/
http://www.gametoppc.com/2016/06/gaming-fan-remasters-shenmue-movie-into.html
http://hu.ign.com/shenmue/13059/news/eld-at-ujra-a-shenmue-filmet
http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/4/11858558/shenmue-the-movie-high-definition-full-version
http://www.gameplane.de/shenmue-remaster-von-shenmue-the-movie-veroeffentlicht/
http://n4g.com/news/1914461/shenmue-remaster-of-shenmue-the-movie-published
http://www.gamecrate.com/shenmue-movie-gets-proper-fan-remake/13744?hootPostID=738c94624bee5a411c809e8cb0751b4b
http://www.rebelgamer.de/2016/06/seht-euch-hier-shenmue-the-movie-in-high-definition-an/53376
http://n4g.com/news/1914461/shenmue-remaster-of-shenmue-the-movie-published?info=true

Old OP contents
I am pleased to present to you the trailer for my recently begun project-

Shenmue: The Movie Remastered


https://youtu.be/jGmwkT-bFLQ


I've always been disappointed by the original, and although I understand that they had run time and disc space limitations to work with, I felt that Shenmue: The Movie wasn't an adequate experience. I decided just a few days ago that with the power of modern emulation, I could remake Shenmue: The Movie the way I felt it should have been done, and in 1080p this time.


I'm happy with how the trailer turned out, but keep in mind that not all of the footage you see here is final. Certain parts of the game have given me some trouble, for example the "microstutter" you probably noticed in the Yokosuka harbor scene. I'm hoping to get every second of the 3-5 hour long finished product as perfect as possible.
Edit: Fixed the stutter in the harbor cutscene and uploaded a new version of the trailer (embedded above).

"Can I help?"

Absolutely! However, I will be doing all of the recording and editing myself to keeps things easier and more consistent. What I will need that I'm not sure I can do myself (not very well, at least), is assets like title and ending cards, a custom thumbnail, and probably a new font too. The one by David Brown that I used is nice, but it doesn't support numbers, so I couldn't use it for the intro text or credits. Besides these sorts of things, I'm completely open to any advice, compliments, or criticisms anyone has. This is about creating the best remake possible, not my ego.


As said in the trailer, I'd like to give a big thanks to BlueMue for his advice while I was recording this; David Brown for the Shenmue font he created which I used at the end of the video; Esppiral , Masterchan777 , and Sappharad for creating the awesome Shenmue I&II Auto Fixer; and the entire Demul team for making such a fantastic emulator.


Thanks for watching and reading! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

fittersau wrote: Dec 2017 is going to be such a busy period for franchises.. Avatar 2, Star Wars 8... Shenmue 3.

Star Citizen would be the real killer if it released within a month or two of Shenmue III.

Which has me thinking. Instead of doing a 3-5hr epic, how about adopting an episodic format? Perhaps that would be really interest for shenmue, and gives you a more succinct experience with plenty of minutiae as well.

That's a good idea, but I'd like to keep it as Shenmue: The Movie . If I did end up splitting it, I'd probably do three episodes (one per disc).

Edit: I found out what was causing that annoying stutter. It wasn't the emulator as I had suspected, but rather my recording settings. There were a couple of options that I thought didn't make a difference, but turning them off seems to have fixed it.

Double edit: Updated the OP with a fixed version of the trailer.

https://youtu.be/gPyQwN9YNgw

This thing is going to flop so hard. I wonder how much they've spent so far with all of the renames and redesigns.

Warren Spector just confirmed that he's going to be working on System Shock 3. Best knews since the announcement if you ask me.

https://twitter.com/Warren_Spector/status/700064673836564481

Posting a picture would be advisable, however I'm not sure if buying/selling is allowed here.

In any case, welcome!

I've been meaning to post this for a while. I'm a pretty active member on TheIsoZone, and am greeted by this every time I check the site.

http://puu.sh/ni4n7/6793acb986.jpg

Our favorite schizo Brosauce was around for less than a year and a half before he got banned (on Christmas day, in fact) and managed to rack up nearly 7000 posts in that time. That's 13 posts per day! I know he made another account there within the last year, but got banned pretty quickly. I almost feel bad for him since he clearly has some kind of disorder.

To my utter astonishment, I found about a dozen PC Engine games when I checked Half Price Books today. There were a couple I already had, and a few that didn't look interesting or playable with my limited Japanese, so I "only" walked out with 9. After sales tax the whole lot cost me just under $60.

What I don't get is why the weirdo who previously owned these threw out the jewel cases, but kept the plastic sleeves and manuals.

http://i.imgur.com/Ia9FX3i.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/xkHCQrN.jpg?1

I will probably finally take the plunge and get a SSD this year as the prices are coming down.
Any brand reccomendations Cost to Quality?

Samsung's are arguably the best, but among the most expensive; Crucial's are pretty much the king of price/performance; Plextor's are great, but a little more expensive than Crucial's I think; and Corsair (not sure if they even still make SSD's) and Intel are just stupidly overpriced. OCZ's were great with the Vertex 4's and Vector's, but like Corsair I'm not sure if they're still making SSD's.

Mushkin, Kingston, G. Skill, AMD, etc. are pretty much all shit tier (sorry to anyone who owns those).

Avoid older Sandforce (memory controller, not a make) drives like the plague.

Sonikku wrote: For those of you in need of a distraction from politics I present to you the first goat weapon's platform.



ISIS just got serious.

I'm surprised they'd risk losing one of their sex slaves.