O Rei do Frango Assado wrote:this is Sega we're talking about

Just for fun I thought I'd google that phrase.

Would you believe it's seldom used in a positive tone?

There shouldn't really be any confusion over the "not not working on it" quote.

He's explaining that while it isn't a game that's currently planned for release, to describe the situation as one they're not working on would be inaccurate.

- ie, remasters not being in development is a problem they're trying to solve, "so don't go thinking it isn't."

Because until they actually resolve those complicated license issues, there's no game - and that will be the only proof they ever really tried.

Cyberman wrote: Has anyone thought what background music will be used in the game?

Only around 20% of the music already produced for the series has been used so far, and Ryuji Iuchi is on board producing more.

Well catching up on this thread for the first time in over a week has been quite the trip. :)

Just two subjects I want to comment on:

I really love the idea of pinball machines for mini-games. I don't care how faithful they are to the region or period - I suspect there'll be some compromise there for the sake of prioritising fun. But it's a great opportunity to shoehorn in a little fan service, throwing in references to duck racing, etc, on the table and perhaps even incorporating QTEs for bonuses. Bags of potential here to kill many birds with one stone, if they choose to go that route.

Regarding phone calls, I imagine the backers who chose this reward on Kickstarter will still receive exclusive conversations with the characters, while most players will only have those crucial to understanding the plot so far.

Talk around here of 2019 makes me glad that most backers will have been fully grown adults. Imagine paying for a cool-sounding video game when you were 16 and not being able to play it till you were 20-21.

This face made grown men cry tears of joy:



But this face makes the game unplayable:



Okay.

Y'know what, I think I may have misunderstood what ShenmueLegacy meant by "open sourced for feedback."

What was actually meant was probably "crowd sourcing feedback," rather than what originally came to mind which was allowing fans to poke through the game code...

ShenmueLegacy wrote:Would be neat if they open sourced it for feedback.

I can't imagine anything the devs want less than 200 bedroom coders telling them why their algorithms are poorly designed. They get it bad enough from self-assured photoshoppers.

I'd speculate that, following the Deep Silver deal, those few additional $29/$60 donations aren't really needed for boosting development, so you'll probably accomplish more for the game by purchasing through conventional channels on release, thereby contributing to official sales figures that will help determine the future of the series.

But Peter, I have Photoshop and can squidge in one dimension a flat screenshot of a 3D model they're still working on. Surely you concede I can do a better job at making Shenmue 3?

Meh, I had a response typed out but it's a worthless exercise. Have all the opinions you want, I'm just glad I've heard it in more than multiple occasions that Suzuki-san won't be deterred in his vision and level of quality of Shenmue 3 he wants, and that no one will make him change his mind. He won't be reading message boards or social media to see what every Joe nobody wants in this game or that they think is "good" or "bad" in their treasured opinion. ´

Source? :) edit, just a quick google search.

YS: I think we have to make the game so that they can. I'd like to have someone who has never played them to try it and listen to their feedback. I think we will need to fix up any parts that have strong drawbacks.

http://www.phantomriverstone.com/2017/08/translation-interview-with-yu-suzuki.html

...and thats the right way do it imo.

You're quoting Suzuki on an entirely different subject. The question in that interview - as can be clearly surmised from the answer - is about new players being able to jump in without any experience of the first two games. Testing the game's accessibility on newcomers has no relevance to what Peter said in the context of this discussion.

It's back.

I would take that quote with a considerable pinch of salt, considering it was likely given at the same time as many other interviews in which he was prompting fans to ask Sega for Shenmue 1 & 2.

We must remember that not all journalists at Gamescom had their own Switch waiting in the wings to translate recordings of Yu's exact words.

Sega sure seems comfortable breathing the word "Kickstarter" now, after finding it so difficult in 2015.

https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/912709120402362370
https://twitter.com/SEGA_Europe/status/ ... 8578871296
https://twitter.com/SEGA_Europe/status/ ... 5395536896

In other interviews at Gamescom he raised the matter of minigames/distractions in Shenmue 1 & 2 feeling disconnected from the rest of the game, so in Shenmue 3 he wants to tie everything together to give such elements more relevance and make them feel part of the same, interconnected world. This may be what he was referring to in this one too.

Or him:

MiTT3NZ wrote:

Just preserving this one for you in case it gets deleted too. Got your back, bro.

All the recently published interviews were conducted within two or three days of each other at Gamescom.

Some people must've shat a brick when Sonic 3 came out.

mjq jazz bar wrote:Doubt anyone with Bill Gates' kind of money is going to dump $50 million into a game that's of no interest or benefit to them.

Time will tell.

It's a standard means to cover themselves if the company making the capsule toys goes bust, etc. Nothing's guaranteed with any Kickstarter project, as there's always the possibility of unforeseen circumstances cropping up, but they'll do everything you would expect within their power to fulfil the rewards.

I'll tell you next week.

Oh. I have just realised that the creator of this thread is Shenmue_Legend. The same person who is pestering millionaires and billionaires on twitter to give money to the project for nothing in return.

Whatever gives you that impression?

I mean, they're worth way over a billion dollars so the amount required to get Shenmue III fully funded should basically be nothing compared to what they're worth, right?

So what about Shenmue III then Sega? Just $50M. I mean that's nothing compared to what you're worth and compared to the good that it'll do.

My idea currently is that we contact some celebrities such as Bill Gates and ask them for a donation. I mean, even $50M would be nothing to someone like Bill Gates!

@BillGates Hi Bill please donate $50M to Shenmue III.

Clearly two very different people.

Besides, he denies it in this thread , and obviously wouldn't lie to us, so I think you owe our falsely accused friend an apology...

Why would/should he face backlash for parroting the established release date? At present time, the game is due in 2018. If that changes, it doesn't make him a liar.

Considering that most people's objections to Shenmue_Legend's tweets is that they're embarrassing for the fan base (and potentially the game/developers by association), I'm not sure how this was supposed to help, sutoji.

At least the Dojo wasn't referenced in this.

Here are the results, courtesy of Shenmue Forever:

Well you could have told us sooner. I just feel silly now.

Switch wrote:I'll look at putting up a guide of where to find the guide!

Don't forget to post a link when it's finished - that is, a guide of where to find the guide of where to find the guide.

There's a rendered LEGO version of him here, if that helps.

Chunyan?

Shenmue Master will be uploading 4K footage of the conference.

It's a poorly programmed bot. Its designer picked up on Shenmue as a hot keyword and it just trawls for others to compose random tweets that might get it noticed and followed, presumably by people with a terrible grasp of English.

Jerid'sRamenShop wrote: I think it would be useful unless people were only

What do you mean?

Is it? I guess if there's already a discussion thread on the go by the time the news is posted then that would make sense, and there'd be a link within the news post to that thread. But I can't see that being the case if it's the first and only thread on the subject.

Anyway, I was mainly pointing to it for anyone who hadn't read the interview and would therefore want to know the context behind darksniper's comment.

Thank you for what you've done for the site Yama, both in the last few years and today. From what I gather you came along at the time time for the Dojo, and you've continued to make good choices during this handover. The community here owes you a lot.

Congratulations Peter, the future is bright for the Internet's longest running Shenmue fan site and I'm sure you'll have everyone's support in doing what needs to be done. :)

Okay, let me begin by listing everything that's wrong with that post.

And now that's out of the way, here's to an exciting future for the Dojo.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine Sega would re-release its own 16-bit library on current consoles. I can't wait till April 2017 to reacquaint myself.

I've been getting that, until this time actually. Maybe it was cured when I hit the "Mark forums read" link at the top.

Terrific, thanks.

Saw this posted on Twitter:



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Spaghetti wrote:All we know right now for sure is that Deep Silver will be at E3, but of course we know they've got other games on their slate beneath Shenmue.

Fixed.