US Shenmue

by **Gattsu** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 7:09 am

Does anyone know anything about this rare version of Shenmue?

It was released on the Dreamcast in Japan, and it contained US and Japanese dialogue as far as I am aware.

What I really want to know though is whether or not you can play the game in Japanese with English subtitles, because that would be awesome.

by **Miles Prower** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:18 am

As far as I'm aware, no version of Shenmue 1 exists that has Japanese voices and English subtitles =(

by **Gattsu** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 10:04 am

Son of a bitch.

by **Miles Prower** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:40 pm

Gattsu wrote:Son of a bitch.

Yep, it sucks =(
I hope Shenmue 3 gives you the choice of Japanese or English voices, the situation with S1 and 2's voices is ridiculous.

by **Henry Spencer** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:42 pm

Then why in US Shenmue's official website (through Shenmue.com) it has it in Japanese.

by **Quadriflax** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 5:44 pm

I believe this is what you're referring to. It's a reimport of the US version: English voices with English or Japanese subtitles.

by **Paul** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 6:50 pm

I don't get what so many people in the US and Europe like so much about japanese voiceovers in the first place. I mean, true the english voiceovers suck, but surely they suck even more if you have to read the subtitles anyway, making voices pointless! And yeah, US shenmue, from what I've read (admitedly through babelfish), was made because shenmue was popular with a wide audience in japan, and they thought this would be a great way to teach the kids how to speak english. I'm guessing it works, because thanks to shenmue 2DC, I can annoy my friends with tiny amounts of japanese!

by **Gattsu** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 7:49 pm

Well I don't notice, I read fast, and I am used to reading subtitles because I watch heaps of foreign films and anime.

by **Miles Prower** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 3:58 am

Paul wrote:I'm guessing it works, because thanks to shenmue 2DC, I can annoy my friends with tiny amounts of japanese!

Heheh, same here =P

by **Master Kyodai** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:57 am

U.S. Shenmue (Japan only release) features Japanese AND english subs with english speech...

look here: http://people.freenet.de/rendered/shen.htm

by **pico** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:15 pm

Shenmue has surprisingly good voice acting if you turn off the subtitles in Shenmue I.

I no longer laugh at it while playing!

by **ChaiOgawa** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:15 pm

From a video I have downloaded it seemed you could switch the the subtitles in midgame :O

by **Quadriflax** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 4:28 pm

Master Kyodai wrote:U.S. Shenmue (Japan only release) features Japanese AND english subs with english speech...

Is there an echo in here or is it just that no one reads anything? Look 4 posts earlier. :?

by **Gattsu** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:10 pm

Do you think it would be possible to hack a Japanese iso of the game, replacing the Japanese subtitle files with the US/Pal ones?

by **Master Kyodai** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:37 pm

Why would anyone want to do that??? If you played it a few times you won´t need any subs anyway...

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