Shenmue Dojo

Let's Get Sweaty wrote:

fittersau wrote:I don't know how he's going to do it...

If he had a dollar for every time he's heard that in his career he probably wouldn't have needed Kickstarter.

Shenhua-Nani? wrote: Sad to hear that the story has changed from its initial form, but i guess it's inevitable after all these years...

Spaghetti wrote:

Shenhua-Nani? wrote: Sad to hear that the story has changed from its initial form, but i guess it's inevitable after all these years...

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The way Yu described it, the story was always meant to be chopped and changed where appropriate, because making 11 games based on each chapter as they were originally would be foolhardy, costly, and time consuming.

We're not losing anything. In fact, I'd say we're getting more than expected, because I and many others used to think if a chapter was passed over it was gone for good. Now we know that isn't the case.

Shenhua-Nani? wrote:

Spaghetti wrote:

Shenhua-Nani? wrote: Sad to hear that the story has changed from its initial form, but i guess it's inevitable after all these years...

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The way Yu described it, the story was always meant to be chopped and changed where appropriate, because making 11 games based on each chapter as they were originally would be foolhardy, costly, and time consuming.

We're not losing anything. In fact, I'd say we're getting more than expected, because I and many others used to think if a chapter was passed over it was gone for good. Now we know that isn't the case.

But we did lose the original vision of the story.

He was asked why he skipped chapter 3 and 4 and went straight to 5, and he answered that the chapter numbers don't mean anything anymore because he had to change the story's structure. A shame like i said, but inevitable.

Spaghetti wrote:

Shenhua-Nani? wrote:

Spaghetti wrote:

Shenhua-Nani? wrote: Sad to hear that the story has changed from its initial form, but i guess it's inevitable after all these years...

?

The way Yu described it, the story was always meant to be chopped and changed where appropriate, because making 11 games based on each chapter as they were originally would be foolhardy, costly, and time consuming.

We're not losing anything. In fact, I'd say we're getting more than expected, because I and many others used to think if a chapter was passed over it was gone for good. Now we know that isn't the case.

But we did lose the original vision of the story.

He was asked why he skipped chapter 3 and 4 and went straight to 5, and he answered that the chapter numbers don't mean anything anymore because he had to change the story's structure. A shame like i said, but inevitable.

But we skipped to 5 in the ending of Shenmue II. That decision was likely made long before either Shenmue game came out too, because no pre-release materials outside the Project Berkley video ever hinted at anything from Chapter 3 and 4. The decision wasn't likely made out of restriction, but instead just creative desire to streamline/alter the story.

iyapol wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Yu already confirmed the boat fight (chapter 2) won't feature in III?

Perhaps we'll see it as a flashback?

Ziming wrote: TEASER: #Shenmue3 Interview with Yu Suzuki (Shenmue Dojo/Team Yu)

Yokosuka wrote: All the fan communities (Dojo/TeamYu, Shenmue Master, Gameblog) seem to have cooperated with each other to get the most complementary interviews. Great job guys.