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The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:52 am
by Youzhi
Sorry for my poorly english, I'm a shenmue fan from china.
And I just heard something about the prototype of Xiuying, from Gadio, a chinese TV-game podcast.

In Yu-san's tour to china, his tour guide Ms. Zhang told him the past of her family. Because her grandfather had worked for japanese during the WW II, her parents suffered persecution and died in the cultural revolution. And her elder sister joined the Red Guards (红卫兵, the group killed Ms. Zhang's parents) after that.
Yu-san got inspiration from Ms. Zhang, he planned to design a character named Zhang Hongyu (张红玉) for Virtua fighter 3.
Finally Zhang Hongyu became Hong Xiuying, and there is no doubt that Ms. Zhang's family story is the source of the plot of Xiuying and Ziming.


The interviews of Yu suzuki in beep MD magazines:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1jGMuZSa

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:17 am
by NeoShredder
Interesting stuff, welcome!

Can you post a link to the Podcast?

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:26 am
by Youzhi
NeoShredder wrote: Interesting stuff, welcome!

Can you post a link to the Podcast?


OK, the podcast is in chinese. You can listen to it in their website and iTunes.
http://www.g-cores.com/volumes/15746
https://itunes.apple.com/cn/podcast/ji- ... 60752?mt=2

The part about Xiuying and Ms. Zhang starts at 46:20.

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:28 am
by Sonoshee
This is valuable information! Thank you!

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:36 am
by Supa
Wow, very interesting!

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 11:41 am
by NeoShredder
Youzhi wrote:
NeoShredder wrote: Interesting stuff, welcome!

Can you post a link to the Podcast?


OK, the podcast is in chinese. You can listen to it in their website and iTunes.
http://www.g-cores.com/volumes/15746
https://itunes.apple.com/cn/podcast/ji- ... 60752?mt=2

The part about Xiuying and Ms. Zhang starts at 46:20.


Thanks! =D>

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Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:07 pm
by Chaikilla
Really cool find! Thanks for sharing.

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:27 pm
by Miles Prower
Whoa, interesting stuff!! Welcome :D

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:08 pm
by Mr357
Thank you for the insight! Your English is excellent, by the way.

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:09 am
by Hyo Razuki
So he was gonna put that Zhang Hongyu in VF 3 or 4 but then he decided on making Vanessa for VF4 and some other character (Aoi?) for VF3 and leave Zhang Hongyu for Shenmue. Great find! =D>

Also, if some of you want to read up on the youth movement Ms. Zhang's sister joined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards_%28China%29

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:38 pm
by Youzhi
Hyo Razuki wrote: So he was gonna put that Zhang Hongyu in VF 3 or 4 but then he decided on making Vanessa for VF4 and some other character (Aoi?) for VF3 and leave Zhang Hongyu for Shenmue. Great find! =D>

Also, if some of you want to read up on the youth movement Ms. Zhang's sister joined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards_%28China%29


Yes, and the original news source is an interview of Yu-san in one vol. of the Beep! MegaDrive magazine 1994.
The interview mainly talk about Yu-san‘s tour to china.
A friend of mine have the magazines, I'll upload the photo of the article few days later.

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:46 pm
by NeoShredder
Youzhi wrote:
Hyo Razuki wrote: So he was gonna put that Zhang Hongyu in VF 3 or 4 but then he decided on making Vanessa for VF4 and some other character (Aoi?) for VF3 and leave Zhang Hongyu for Shenmue. Great find! =D>

Also, if some of you want to read up on the youth movement Ms. Zhang's sister joined: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards_%28China%29


Yes, and the original news source is an interview of Yu-san in one vol. of the Beep! MegaDrive magazine 1994.
The interview mainly talk about Yu-san‘s tour to china.
A friend of mine have the magazines, I'll upload the photo of the article few days later.


That would be FANTASTIC, thank you! :)

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 8:33 am
by Pltnm06Ghost
Xiuying has always been m favorite character. This new bit of info just makes me like her even more! Thanks : D

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:16 pm
by shengoro86
Great stuff!
Thanks!

Re: The prototype of Xiuying

PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 1:09 am
by R3N
Confirmed Red Guards are the Chi Yo Men!