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Re: KS Update #38: Masaya Matsukaze Confirmed & Monaco Meeti

See, I emailed to find out more info on the dinners a
in regards to who you bring. It was more in relation to the jacket you receive, and I was told that only the backer gets the jacket and the friend just gets to attend the dinner. So perhaps for this your friend will be allowed to attend the planning session also. I would try and find out about that since it would make a difference if you were going to bring a Dojo member/Shenmue fan.

If it's 6 people together trying to plan out a story I am happy I have switched. I still think Japan is more tailored for me. Plus the scripts would be unreal to hold and own.

Plus I can still go to Monaco Magic. I'm registered and it would be am awesome event.
by Peter
Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:38 am
 
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Re: Be my +1 for the Monaco dinner!

Haha yeah just noticed it myself. I was fuku San only a few hours ago...

I was a member back in early 2000's as I played both Dreamcast titles, but to my shame I gave up on seeing the sequel after Yu left Sega, and my membership expired I think. I just want to meet him to apologise for it...

You're here now, and that's more than some can say.
by Mr357
Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:26 pm
 
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Re: Yu Suzuki officially announces Paypal support for Shenmu

We just need another $4,666,704 to make our 11 million come true and reach all the stretch goals. I think we can easily do it over the next two years. I personally will be contributing between $30 and $50 per month, depending on how much I can spare that month and also the exchange rate. I figured, other people have expensive mobile phones to pay off or subscribe to magazines which cost them that kind of money each month. I've terminated my mobile phone contract. Gonna use an old phone for the next two years but it's more than worth it for Shenmue.
by Hyo Razuki
Sat Jul 18, 2015 3:43 am
 
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"MAGIC - a fans retrospective"

Well hello everyone, As Peter did After the MAGIC 2016, I also did some kind of summary of this... Well "MAGIC" day but in video format. :)
I though it could be interesting for people wanting some backstage information...

I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did when I recorded / edited it ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVoQa0EiH7U

(do not forget to turn english subtitles on as it is a french video)

I don't think it really translate the pleasure I had in participating in that adventure but it is there for your enjoyement ! :D

Enjoy :heart:
by Shenman
Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:42 pm
 
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Magic Monaco Shenmue 3 Press Conference - English Subtitles

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The full Magic Monaco Shenmue 3 press conference is now available. Japanese translation by Switch and French translation by Yokosuka. Click here to watch.
by Ziming
Fri Mar 04, 2016 7:51 pm
 
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Re: Monaco Magic 2016 - Official Discussion Topic

Sorry to go back a bit, to the journal du japon interview, but from trying to understand what Heishunken and Hanken stands for in Chinese, the closest I got to are 七星拳 and 佛汉拳,which are both shaolin styles.

https://youtu.be/w2awOCDRtrc
https://youtu.be/CO3TCKM88b0

Could Ryo be meeting some fighting monks maybe?

Isn't it 詠春拳 (Eishunken) ? Also known as Wing Chun. ;-)
by DEVILLE_David
Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:36 am
 
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Project Update #54: Shenmue 3 by Ys Net


Motion Capture and Care Packages

Hello Everyone,

The season of the cherry blossoms is here, and as the flowers bloom and rain their pink petals across Japan, Shenmue III turns forward, making progress and new friends.

The Moves

First, the big news this month is that the motion capture system testing has begun! We have a couple of pics here to get things started.

Right now we are testing out one of motion capture systems to see which one will give the best fit. The pics below are from the test of a new motion tracking system by Xsens. The system is highly responsive with little noise interference, making the process go very smoothly. When the finalist has been chosen, we will be sure to let you know in a future update.

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Mo’ mo-cap coming up, so stay here!

The Mail

Again we want to thank everyone for constant support. It is always a pleasure to get your messages of encouragement and to see the community growing ever larger. The mail has been overflowing lately, and we would like to share some of it with you today.

Show of support for Shenmue III from Bajiquan Grandmaster Wu Lian Zi

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Embroidery of a shenmue tree with tree swing

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Guilin cormorant fishers in their boat. Their clothing is of the Ming era.

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A gorgeous water color of Ryo and Iwao.

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Friendship picture. The inscribed character means “friends.”

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And finally, we have a repost of the images from the MAGIC. Many of you have asked us for better quality files for sharing. We thank you for the feedback, and hope these make the cut.




I left out the reposted images since they seem blurrier than before?! Apart from that, really cool news, excited about the new motion capture!
by Amir
Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:47 am
 
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Re: Project Update #54: Shenmue 3 by Ys Net


Xsens – the leading innovator in 3D motion tracking technology.

Xsens is the leading innovator in 3D motion tracking technology and products. Its sensor fusion technologies enable a seamless interaction between the physical and the digital world in consumer devices and professional applications such as 3D character animation, motion analysis, and industrial control & stabilization.
Site: http://www.xsens.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtjqti3AQ6s

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If the previous mo-cap technology suits S3's dev team, then I think it would be useful for the end product to use the following technology ( Faceware ) for facial expressions capture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmrXK4fNOEo The girl also wears (what it looks like) the Xsnes mo-cap uniform.

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It's interesting to see that they have the collage up there (top-left) in the S3 dev studio. It's like Yu Suzuki said: "You see this pic? You're making S3 for this people. Keep this in mind everyday." And the pic is there for a constant reminder.
http://s19.postimg.org/3mo6e3003/frendship_collage_shenmu3.png
by Giorgio
Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:39 am
 
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Yu Suzuki interview by Shenmue Dojo & Team Yu (MAGIC 2016)

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Shenmue Dojo & Team Yu went to MAGIC Monaco 2016 to interview Yu Suzuki about Shenmue III.

Click here to read all about it and watch the full video to hear what the head of Ys Net had to say.
by Team Yu
Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:44 am
 
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Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

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by Ziming
Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:57 pm
 
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Our story with Shenmue (Chinese Shenmue Fans Club)

Hello guys, long time no see. :D :D

Recently, we wan to write a short article or story about the first time playing Shenmue, our feeling to Shenmue, the attitude to the Chinese culture in the Shenmue.

We really want to share the story with the Shenmue fans all around the world.

So now, we need to know what story you are interested in?

Can anybody give us some advises?

Thank for your helping.

We will write a good story to tell you how Shenmue be in China.
by Peter 蔡
Fri Apr 15, 2016 1:13 am
 
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Re: Random Shenmue III Thoughts

I have no words guys. My mind and body have been stretched to the limits in Japan, from partying with voice actors, Sega staff and Shenmue 3 developers, the dinner with Yu-san, a Shenmue pilgrimage of all Shenmue pilgrimages and secrets galore (some not even Shenmue related!!!).......

Maybe I will try a full blog when I get home, but God knows when I will post again. My mind and body need a complete backup, reset, restart.
by Peter
Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:01 am
 
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Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Friend in Taiwan sent me this:

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by Amir
Fri Sep 30, 2016 5:25 am
 
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Re: What are you looking forward to in Shenmue III?

Being alive when I get to play it.

Not to sound morbid, but I very much second this. It's so strange... I've started looking twice before I cross the street and stuff like that. I know it's not exactly a healthy frame of mind, but it would just be my luck to finally make it this far and give so much of my life to Shenmue for something bad to happen right before release. I'm going to hell anyways which is bad enough, but if I get down there before Shenmue 3 then they will have to redefine the concept because I will fucking wreck the place.
by Peter
Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:25 pm
 
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Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

As much as I'd like to go n2 I no longer have the time for language studies beyond playing the occasional game.

How did you study Japanese? Was it through an online course or did you go to classes?

Self taught. Never taken a class. Never been to Japan in my life.

Used Heisig remembering the kanji, video games, manga, text books (genki, assimil, graded readers w/ audio, intermediate textbooks that I haven't used yet), anki flash cards for vocab, dictionaries (jisho), online programs that let you talk to Japanese people and they correct your Japanese;etc. Took me 2~ years or so to become intermediate. Want to become advanced but the entire reason I did this was to be able to play games in Japanese. Then again, I played the demo for Silver Case in Japanese. Wasn't bad. Had to use the dictionary a bit for a few kanji I didn't recognize but not too intimidating surprisingly.

My suggestion if you want to learn without a class is to learn kana, then do heisig, and then do grammar/vocab via text book (genki, anki, assimil). This will put you in a position where you can go through native materials. Go through a game you know by heart in Japanese with lots of text for retention. Note that Japanese isn't like English. So learning all that Japanese might not always be helpful when you dive into say, Shenmue in Japanese. Or Silver Case or whatever. Different genres have different vocabulary and often grammar. So you'll have to have your dictionary out while you play Phoenix Wright because it'll be full of government and law terms in Japanese that you don't know. Of course, learning the vocab in PW will make it easier to play and understand other crime related visual novels because genres tend to share vocab. You'll see the same vocab pop up in multiple jrpgs which while overwhelming at first, due to exposure become common place and ordinary. You'll have to do this for about any genre you consume in Japanese, which is why it's good to dive in as soon as possible because you're gonna be looking up words anyways.

I wrote a guide to becoming intermediate else where. I can post it if you're seriously interested.
by Himuro
Tue Oct 11, 2016 4:36 am
 
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Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Okay, here it is:
1. Learn Kana asap. If you're dealing with any language that doesn't use romanized lettering, whether it's Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, whatever. Learn the writing system first to avoid romanized teaching. If your target language is Japanese, you should avoid any learning material that teaches via romaji (roman transliteration of Japanese) instead of the actual Japanese language. There are exceptions, but the rule proves to be true.

You can learn kana - both hiragana and katakana - within a few hours to a few days. One resource for this is Heisig's Remembering the Kana. You can find it on Amazon here, or just get it from the internet shop. You learn both syllaberies in three hours each as the book advertises. So if six hours isn't worth paying for, don't buy it, but I personally find it to be a worthwhile investment. Plus, it's cheap and quality should be paid for.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2Bz8dsu0RL._SX323_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Kana-Reading-Japanese-Syllabaries/dp/0824831640/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464822662&sr=8-1&keywords=remembering+the+kana

If Heisig doesn't work for you, there's a tons of other resources online that do the job such as Tofugu:

https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/
https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-katakana/

2. After learning Kana buy a game or movie in your target language that has a lot of signage in your target language using the writing system you just learned. Signage is a great way to replace immersion if it's not available to you. If you're learning Spanish and you need signage, if you're near a local Spanish place just go to there and practice reading in Spanish. This step is mostly beneficial for languages that do not have Romanized lettering. Thankfully, Japanese is great for this because it's one of the top nations in the world for producing media, especially games, that allow you go at your own pace and immerse yourself in the details of the environment. Doing this for romanized languages is much harder. For example, there's lots of games that take place in France or Italy (Assassin's Creed) but how much signage do they have compared to modern settings? Very little. On the other hand, the benefit of these languages is you generally have wider access to those languages if you live in Europe or America, especially if your L2 (language 2) is Spanish.

Games that take place in Japan and have Kana:

http://i.imgur.com/E1TRFWK.jpg?1

Yakuza games are great at this. There's lots of signage of modern Japanese and you can use this as practice for your kana to help instill them. This allows you to start reading stuff in Japanese from literally day 1. Just from this image alone you should be able to make out words with kana. Whether you know what they mean or not is irrelevant, what matters is that reading this hardens the kana in you after learning them so you can recall them as easily as our own ABC's.

Other games with lots of kana all over the place are Shenmue:

http://i.imgur.com/ZIIF2xo.jpg

Surprisingly, there's not a lot of Japanese games that take place in modern settings and have lots of kana in them.

If playing a game for a learning purpose isn't your style, you can just read websites that interest you. You can simply go to www3.nhk.or.jp/ or http://www.famitsu.com and practice reading kana. You should be able to make a few things out with practice, especially katakana-based words. I suggest games instead though because you can play them at your own speed and while it costs money, you don't have to feel like you're overwhelmed by a shit ton of incomprehensible text.

3. Download Anki. http://ankisrs.net/

Anki is a website and app that teaches via SRS flashcards.

What is Anki?

Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it's a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn.

Anyone who needs to remember things in their daily life can benefit from Anki. Since it is content-agnostic and supports images, audio, videos and scientific markup (via LaTeX), the possibilities are endless.
For example:

Learning a language
Studying for medical and law exams
Memorizing people's names and faces
Brushing up on geography
Mastering long poems
Even practicing guitar chords!

It has a large community and one of its main purposes is language learning. If you're learning a language, seriously just go to Anki and download a deck. For now, you're going to want to download a Kana deck and do those kana to drill them into your head.

One of the great things about Anki is you can make your own decks too. So if you're watching a tv show and don't quite understand a word, you can just write it down on a piece of paper, get a dictionary and find the translation. Then when you're finished watching, enter the word and the translation/context into your very own Anki media vocab deck and review later so that when it comes up again you'll know it.

Anki costs 25 dollars on the iOS app store but I swear to you it's fucking worth it. Using it right, you will have exceeded over 25 hours using that app within just a few weeks. It is free on Android.

4. Buy Assimil's Japanese With Ease 1 and 2 and Heisig's Remembering the Kanji.

You can do these two in any order. You can do RTK before JWE or JWE before RTK. Maybe both at the same time. Just stick to your day to day schedule.

I personally suggest doing both at the same time if possible but that can quickly turn into a grind when you reach JWE 2. So maybe hold off on JWE until you finish RTK or until you're almost finished with RTK. I'm not sure, but I recommend both.

Japanese with Ease is a textbook. Remembering the Kanji is a method to help you learn the meaning of, how to write, and remember all of the regular use (joyo) kanji as directed by the Japanese Ministry of Education which is 2,136 characters as of 2010. Heisig's method is a revolutionary way of maintaining Kanji knowledge and is one of the most respected and highly praised models of teaching the writing system today. The course for RTK should last upwards between 3 months to 6 months depending on your rate. On average, most people do between 20-25 kanji per day. Some do 10 per day. Doing 25 per day should get you finished with the book in three months time with a daily and regular schedule. Doing RTK is a good litmus test for Japanese learners because it weeds out people who don't have that much of an interest in learning the language and makes it a full on daily investment.

Example of RTK:

http://i.imgur.com/rs8KxIX.png

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51QhUaQJRmL._SX333_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Kanji-Complete-Japanese-Characters/dp/0824835921/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464824752&sr=8-1&keywords=remembering+the+kanji

It should be obvious that you should use Anki as an assistant for this book. Download a deck for the most recent version of RTK and go to town. Anki will help you review the kanji you learned that day and the ones before that too.

I suggest Assimil over the most oft mentioned Genki because Genki's main purpose is that of a grammar book. While Genki is great, it's a college textbook mostly aimed for college students. If you're taking a college class on Japanese, chances are you're using Genki. But Genki isn't made for self learners. Assimil is. Assimil is also better.

Assimil is made of a passive stage and an active stage. The passive stage lasts 50 lessons. The active is another 50 lessons. The reason I suggest Assiil over Genki is because Japanese with Ease comes with cds that tie to its lesson plans. Each lesson begins with and is entirely about the audio on the cd. The cds contain ZERO English. Only Japanese. The point is to listen to the cd audio, look at the translation, then look at the Japanese in the textbooks, and repeat what they're saying. A description of the Assimil method as per Dutch With Ease's explanation:

1. Listen to the text with the book closed. It does not matter if you do not understand what is said. You will gain a general impression of the sounds, hearing the pronunciation without being influenced by the spelling.

2. Listen to the recording a second time while looking at the English translation.

3. Read the Dutch text aloud (with the aid of the phonetic transcription if necessary). Be sure you understand the meaning of each sentence, comparing it with the translation as required.

4. Now read the Dutch text again, but this time without looking at the translation.

5. Listen to the recording twice, once while looking at the English translation, and once while looking at the Dutch text.

6. Listen to the recording again with the book closed. At this point you should understand what is being said.

7. Listen to the recording once more. Stop the machine after each sentence, and try to repeat it aloud.

8. Carefully read the comments several times. Examine the Dutch sentences being explained. These notes are very important.

9. Read the exercises. Repeat each sentence several times. The exercises review material from the current lesson and from preceding lessons. If you have forgotten certain words, consult the English translation.

10. Examine the examples of sentence structure. They show how words and phrases are combined in Dutch, which is not always the same as in English.

As you can see, this is thorough. Personally, what I also did is after learning what each thing means, I listened to the audio again, and I translated it into English. Then I look at the English translation I made, and I translated THAT into Japanese writing it in kana without listening to the audio. This made me really, REALLY, good at not only listening comprehension, but also translation, writing, and memorizing kana. The audio also is done by native speakers so when you repeat, you're going to sound like those native speakers. Great for speaking practice too.

One Assimil lesson is fine a day. Two at most during the passive stage. During Active, you're going to go through so much shit that one lesson is enough per day.

One of Japanese with Ease's weaknesses is that it comes with romaji. But it eventually knocks it off and the wheels come off. Someone who already learned the kana from the previous kana practice should be ignoring the romaji at all costs. Some people even black it out. Fuck romaji. FUCK ROMAJI.

http://www.goddesscarlie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/assimil_lesson.jpg

For seeing how fucking effective Assimil is for language learning, just check this out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLvTEqXqlsI

Assimil has been around since the early 1900's. If you're learning any language, look into the At Ease series for that language. If it's good (not all of them are apparently good), then you can thank me later. Seriously.

One reason I suggest doing both at the same time is because I remember early on, I did this and one of the first kanji you learn in RTK is 早 which means early. The first lesson of Assimil uses this character. It's actually the first fucking word. That was amazingly satisfying, reading a kanji like that. Just like that, and knowing what it meant. But in this case, it meant hurry, not early. The word also was はやく(hayaku). While RTK does not teach what words mean in Japanese, only in English, and only one meaning (the most common one), doing Assimil side by side or even after RTK will help you fill in the blanks.

Unfortunately, in a lot of the western world, Assimil isn't exactly widely known. This can make it rare to find and sometimes expensive. But it's worth it. If you cannot find or afford it, the internet shop offers a great alternative assuming it's the latest edition.

5. Finishing Assimil and RTK should give you a base knowledge to start going at native material. After you should finish RTK, you should start doing the Core series, which is vocab. There's Core 2k, Core 4k, Core 6k, Core10k;etc. and doing this will help you fill in what those kanji actually mean in Japanese. Doing Assimil should also help greatly. Download Core via anki like usual and set your daily minimum limit. This is where the real work begins, because even at this point, native materials pose a challenge.

To help supplement this you need to fill in gaps of knowledge and have a firm understanding of Japanese grammar. Assimil should help with that, but extra is great too. Buy Japanese The Manga Way. It's a grammar book that uses manga to teach Japanese grammar. It's also the best grammar book ever and should be the basis for all grammar books in language learning going forward. Unfortunately, not every language works like Japanese though. In English for instance, comic writing is stylized and weird and normal people don't speak like that. But manga - depending on the genre - is spoken like actual every day Japanese. Also again, ignore the romaji.

https://files.tofugu.com/articles/reviews/2014-10-29-japanese-the-manga-way/yo-without-da.jpg

The Tofugu review of JTMW is pretty clear on why it's so essential:

https://www.tofugu.com/reviews/japanese-the-manga-way/

One of JTMW's weaknesses though is that it has no tests or quizzes or work. Thankfully, some people have made Anki decks for it. Anki fucking owns: https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/jtmw

Going through JTMW should you seal your understanding of Japanese sentence structure. Now pick up Graded Readers.

https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Graded-Readers-Level-Vol/dp/4872177118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464827487&sr=8-1&keywords=japanese+graded+readers

This series in particular is fantastic. It goes from levels 0-4. 0 is suggested on where you should start. They come with their own stories and cd's. The cd's should be listened to along with the stories. Read that shit. Any vocab you're not familiar with, add it to a deck.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51VpjfqozKL._SX350_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

More actual Japanese from excellent native sources:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41fMm2klgAL._SX333_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanese-Fiction-Contemporary/dp/1568365292?ie=UTF8&ref_=redir_mobile_desktop&ref_=s9_simh_gw_d0_g14_i1

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/519SAjvPhdL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanese-Essays-Contemporary/dp/1568364148/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=6V11Y3ZFDPQPPETX4W0H

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51qm7gZSHWL._SX343_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-into-Japanese-Literature-Classics/dp/1568364156/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51qm7gZSHWL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR110%2C160_&refRID=32GJT0CQ6Q0W5CAH9JWG

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51YW550pA2L._SX351_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/Shadowing-Speak-Japanese-Beginner-Intermediate/dp/4874243541/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464827754&sr=1-1&keywords=shadowing

http://i.imgur.com/qOq6V2L.jpg

http://www.yesasia.com/us/yotsubato-1/1036602702-0-0-0-en/info.html

Surprisingly, I don't suggest reading children's books because they lack any kanji and the words run together and as someone who can read kanji at that point, it's just tedium. Some of the aforementioned titles include children's stories but with adult writing. By learning kanji, you're learning how to read and speak Japanese like an adult. Remember that how we speak English as adults is a lot different than how children are taught to speak. Japanese works similarly. Don't even bother unless there's kanji IMO. There's much better sources for learning at that point.

6. If you want to practice writing and reading your target language (any language), join Lang-8 and Skype.

http://lang-8.com/

It supports multiple languages. It's a social network meets language study. You make friends with natives of your target language. The point is you write something in your target language, and one of your native friends who knows that language corrects what you wrote and makes suggestions. Then you help people learn your native language. It's a give and take process. Some people (like me) write what what they're thinking in their native language so someone trying to learn English can read what I'm writing and then read the Japanese version I wrote. That way they can compare and help themselves too and we can help each other get better. It's an amazing resource. You can use Lang 8 with Genki if you get Genki. Genki is made for a classroom setting and one of the things about that is that there's homework to be graded. You obviously can't grade your own homework on your own. So one way to use Lang 8 is writing your Genki homework in Lang 8 and having someone correct it. The main issue with Lang 8 is it is entirely dependent on that persons level of language. We obviously all don't use the same rules and styles of the same language, but it's generally an amazing resource no matter what language you're learning.

Skype will allow you to talk directly to natives who speak your target language. There are programs on the internet that people do and speak to each other to help listening comprehension, speed, vocab, whatever.

7. Read Japanese sites regularly, still review your Anki decks, play games in Japanese. You've made it past the hump.

While playing Dragon Quest 7 iOS any time there was grammar or vocab I didn't understand, I'd stop what I was doing. Grab a piece of paper and pen and write it down. I'd look at a translation on Jisho (THE premiere Japanese online dictionary - found here - http://jisho.org/) and then write that down too. When it came time to review in Anki, I'd add it to the personal vocab deck and make sure I got it. Same applies to those other native materials mentioned above.

Learning Japanese isn't as hard as people make it. It just takes a lot of diligence and you have to really want it. I tried learning Spanish recently and learning the basics and getting past beginner Spanish is pretty easy. But past the beginner phase and into intermediate it's totally different and gets overly complicated and annoying. I don't like it at all. Japanese is the opposite for me. Getting past beginner is a battle. But once you're intermediate it's smooth sailing for the most part. For example, Japanese grammar and sentence structure is fucking easy compared to Spanish or especially English. Its biggest obstacle is the writing system and once you've got that you're good. I originally did this because I was sick of waiting for DQ7r. I beat DQ7 iOS and I met my initial goal. Now I'm working on getting even better. Just ordered Shadowing Intermediate to Advanced and some other materials (another textbook) such as Tobira. I'd like to become advanced so I can use it as a possible career move and possibly work in Japan for a while to make a name for myself.

Doing RTK should take 3-6 months depending on your rate. Assimil should take 100 days (one per lesson) for both phases. Core 2k doesn't take too long after doing Assimil which fills in the gaps. After that, you've got a good foundation in becoming good at the language. Personally it took me three years to be able to get this far. IMO, if you've got the drive you can do it in one or two with three or four hours per day of studying. But remember, even one to two hours is better than zero and showing up is actually 100% of the work. With doing something rather than nothing, you'll get to your goal no matter what it is.

You just have to want it and enjoy it.

Don't learn a language because you think you need to. Do it because you enjoy it. The language to learn is the one you're passionate about.

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by Himuro
Tue Oct 11, 2016 9:52 pm
 
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Making our own HD remaster with Reshade.

EDIT, SORRY I posted by accident the post is still under construction.

HI!

Since it seems those HD remaster we are waiting for will never come to fruiction, I was wondering, what we could do to improve even further the games ( appart for making them widescreen :))

First thing that came to my mind is, well a simple HD remaster would feature some kind of improved lighting, and some "modern" tecniques such as Screen Space ambient occlussion or depth of field, someting that happened to Code Veronica HD.

So I first knew about reshade not so long ago, it is a PC tool that allows you to inject some sort of cool post proccesing effects to any game, the thing is it needs acces to the z buffer in order to inject the most advanced effects, such as the before mentioned SSAO and Depth of field, and whenever I read about it everyone would tell me that the Dreamcast does not have a z buffer nor any Dreamcast emulator. so it was impossible.... well... It turns out they were mistaken.

Both Demul and NulldC have z-buffer and Reshade can actually make use of it to inject advanced postprocessing effects.


You will need Reshade (I use Mediator for convenience)
Demul 5.8.2
http://demul.emulation64.com/
or this specific version of NullDC
http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=46995
And Reshade
https://reshade.me/

So set up everything.
In demul you should select the directx 10 plugin in order to make it work.
In nullDC you should set the z-buffer option to D2468 mode 2 (lower precision) otherwise Reshade will not have access to the z-buffer.

Once you have everything in place just add the emulator to Reshade and tweak anything you want at your will.

The most impressive effect you can actually add to the game is SSAO, you have different options HBO, SGI SSAO etc, it uses the depth buffer to determine objects that are close to each other and makes them project a soft shadow, it gives depth to the game and personally it is pretty impressive,
Basically it does this.

http://i.imgur.com/Ox9krGg.jpg

Some comparissons with the effect turned on and off, notice how closer objects cast soft shadows to each other.

http://i.imgur.com/lY3bk9A.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CS1jTtY.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QleNjyi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mj6rKRk.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/oY0vjM9.jpg

You can also add Bloom, HDR, Lens flare and so on so lights will look that are actually emiting light.

http://i.imgur.com/t5j19kq.png

http://i.imgur.com/eYiSdqQ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/XS6DKb2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/kZRS4ER.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/bXrSgQF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xbIKGR4.jpg

HDR lighting

http://i.imgur.com/DODN68F.png

http://i.imgur.com/sj9ParV.png

http://i.imgur.com/gJEkrWd.jpg

Tonemapping for a more natural looking lighting

http://i.imgur.com/ucd9IcM.png

http://i.imgur.com/qtBZsLa.png

http://i.imgur.com/u9RrCdm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/csBuuy8.jpg

Depth of field ( once an object gets closer to the camera the background will become blurry, I love this effect too :))

http://i.imgur.com/l5OzfC9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BMfuUr2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/3E74rM5.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/O6VcAoH.jpg



Sorry for the overload of images :D
by Esppiral
Tue Nov 08, 2016 2:55 pm
 
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Shenmue Dojo Twitch Channel - schedule & discussion

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Channel will go live on December 3rd!

Use this topic for discussion and to check for updates to the schedule!

Hope to see you all there!

http://www.twitch.tv/shenmuedojo
by Peter
Sat Nov 19, 2016 12:35 pm
 
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Re: Shenmue III @Gamescom '17 Discussion - [WAIT] - [QUIT]

The only one I can find is EA did have a full on conference stream last year. It seemed open to the public too.

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by Peter
Wed Jul 12, 2017 8:41 am
 
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Kickstarter Update #70: Gamescom 2017 Update #1

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Hello Everyone!

Today we would like to share details about Shenmue III at gamescom 2017 which will be held at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany this August. Yu Suzuki himself will of course be there to give the latest news about Shenmue III's development!

Shenmue III at gamescom 2017

https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/017/490/307/5770dcfe858ca1747fc7121a5e4847a1_original.jpg?w=639&fit=max&v=1499942110&auto=format&q=92&s=2912f8d7dc3471ebaed7071cda5360ab

The business area

We will be participating in the business area. The area is limited to media and other business members of the game industry. Unfortunately, general admittance visitors cannot enter this area. For the latest on-site info, we please ask you to check the various media outlets.

The entertainment area

This area is open to the public. We have no events planned for this venue at the moment, but we are communicating with the organizers to see if we can do something with the fans in this area. Should we have an event in the entertainment area, we will notify you with the details as soon as possible.

*Further details for gamescom 2017 can be found on their official website.

Thank you as always for your continued support!

Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1935229
Also available on: http://shenmue.link/post_en/527/?en

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by alimn
Thu Jul 13, 2017 6:31 am
 
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Re: Shenmue III @Gamescom '17 Discussion - [WAIT] - [QUIT]

Well if me, B_Ren and co don't get to see any Shenmue III stuff at least we will get to see some Shenmue fans and have a few beers!
by Snoopbob2006
Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:24 am
 
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Re: Shenmue III @Gamescom '17 Discussion - Three Weeks Remai

Got my press pass approved this morning. Now time to make plans.
by Peter
Tue Aug 01, 2017 4:26 am
 
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Re: Master Wu LianShi Interview (Bajiquan)

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by Ziming
Sun Aug 06, 2017 11:07 am
 
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Re: Kickstarter Update #83 - Survey Info #0

From the 500K FB group (the poster is yu02 on here, I think?):

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Still preliminary specs, but I expect the large file size is down to a lot of audio + high res textures.
by Spaghetti
Fri Jun 15, 2018 6:41 am
 
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