Nothing to see here, I'm just a giant idiot.

[Gastarot]

MOD NOTE: Gastarot thought it'd be a good idea to pull a hoax two weeks before Gamescom. It was not, in fact, a good idea.

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[Kiske]

Hey.

Could you please give us a link to the source of this?

Some context?

Edit: I did magnify the picture. Those Shenmue covers are so much better now...

[Peter]

And a magnifying glass

[Spaghetti]

I prefer the orange blur to the blue/pink smudge.

[Peter]

Considering this person through the Esspirals Ryo model was the official new Ryo model, I will hold off from getting excited for now.

Gastrot, please verify the claim, and include links otherwise this will be locked.

[Kiske]

And a magnifying glass

User Gastarot also posted this picture on the Gamekult.com forums:



Does anyone recognize the drawing style? This looks famiiar

[Peter]

So it's fake then.

[Kiske]

So it's fake then.

I've read a lot of messages from Gastarot on Gamekult over the years.
He's a passionate Shenmue fan... a tiny bit too much passionate to be more specific.

[Peter]

He has until the end of the day otherwise this is locked.

Like I said, it's not the first time he's pulled something like this (although the intention is hard to pinpoint, be it an overenthusiastic fan, or run of the mill troll).

[Kiske]

Until the end of the day is too generous already.

You know me... I'm going to search under every internet rug* in order to find the origin of this picture unless he tells us it's a joke, fake or from whatever secret spy source.

*Who knows where I'm going to end

[Peter]

The fact that he just is content to sit back and watch without offering any substantial explanation is bad enough, but the fact that it has Sega in the image crosses the line from stupid fandom to blatent trolling if it's a Photoshop

I will still offer a slight benefit of the doubt, so he has until 6pm BST to either clarify what's going on or politely request for the topic to be deleted. If there's no response, he will be warned.

[Kiske]

Whoever photoshopped this did a very bad job.

[Gastarot]

Ok guys.. i admit it's my work ... covers of Shenmue 1, 2, 3 and 4 on PS4 are not existing yet.. what do you think ? respect the orignal no ?

[Kiske]

what do you think ? respect the orignal no ?

Are you real?

[Spaghetti]

Surely anybody could have seen a hoax two weeks before Gamescom was a bad idea from miles away. Gastarot is banned until Gamescom starts.