Sega Hints at Big Things: a lil. something....

[Silas]

Incidentally, regardless of people's fears, it seems quite clear to me that SEGA are not making any concessions to Sammy's already declared intent to "encourage" SEGA to move towards Pachinko and away from console games. SEGA seem to be less worried about that than we are!

[KiD]

Anyone think it may be possible that if Shenmue were one of those games, that they wouldn't call it Shenmue III, rather Shenmue with a subtitle, as in Shenmue: (insert subtitle)... as to encourage gamers who've never heard of Shenmue to buy Shenmue III by making them think it's a brand new saga that they can get into quickly

[Silas]

Er, no. Because as soon as you start playing it, it clearly isn't a brand new saga. That would be very detrimental - it would piss players off. You can do that kind of thing with self-contained games like GTA and FF, but Shenmue is the least self-contained game series in existence.

[The_Intruder]

but the good thing about this article is, it says expect to see beyond this 3 titles... Atleast that's a + right... I wonder what is that title to be turn into a series...

[Silas]

But that's just the article's author then going on to talk about stuff we already know about from other hints, such as the MMORPG.

[Man Mo Something]

Er, no. Because as soon as you start playing it, it clearly isn't a brand new saga. That would be very detrimental - it would piss players off. You can do that kind of thing with self-contained games like GTA and FF, but Shenmue is the least self-contained game series in existence.

BUT... I think it's Sega's duty to make that possible. One should be able to pick up a game and have the previous story told in way that keeps the main game interesting. There can be dreams, flashbacks, and of course the opening 'digest' movie.

I've been supportive of the idea to drop the 3 or III from the title, because anyone who picks up the new game can become so absorbed and interested in the story that they'd want to hunt for and play the previous game(s) in the series.

That's why I hate the fact that Final Fantasies have numbers after them. They are not 'part VIII' or 'part XII'. They are completely new adventures with nothing related to the others. Except FFX-2 of course, but I still pronounce it "Ex Two" and not "Ten Two".

If a big budget movie can tell a story about one's past while keeping the current story as the main focus, so can a big budget video game.

[JCA]

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/463/463002p1.html


Sega Hints at Big Things
Company promises new titles for the year.

January 14, 2004 - Sources in Japan have revealed some of Sega's upcoming plans for the year. Judging by these reports, its seems that Sega has some big guns up its sleeves.

First up are three new titles. First is an adventure game with a world view that's never before been seen. Next is an RPG that Sega hopes to turn into a series. Finally, there are plans for a game based off a movie that's from a studio receiving lots of attention from Hollywood. These three games will be unveiled at a game show -- either E3 or the Tokyo Game Show.
The company has plans beyond these three titles, of course. You can expect a new massively multiplayer Online RPG bearing the Sega name at some point. Also, the company has some big plans for its Tsukurou series of sports titles. Finally, the end of the year should see the release of a big new title in a new genre in all three territories.

Vague hints, to be sure, but enough to get us excited about things to come. Will this be the year that Sega finally returns to its past glory? Stay tuned

This sounds interesting, doesn't it?

no.

[The_Intruder]

anyways.........................................................................................
1 2 3 4 5=
one two three four five=
uno dos tres cuatro cinco. lol.

[FeelinLuckyPUNK]

Maybe there gonna re-release the shenmue franchise but with more things to do for eg.. having better control of the camera and being able to do anything. Sega cud then release it over all formats.

[b_ren]

No it won't be Shenmue 3.

[adny2]

damn... you beat me to the post! i just read this news this morning and rushed here to post the new sega announcement...and damn....

kudos to you!

[Amin]

Na wont be shenmue 3. I'm getting the feeling now that sega WANTS to tell us something about shenmue as they know we're itching for the next installment but they have done absolutely nothing so there is nothing to say. They are choosing there words wisely and i'm sure dont want to mislead any further. This as said before, read anyway, sounds nothing like shenmue. Lets hope they start it quick.

[jinsaotomex3]

I am getting to get that feeling that Shenmue III will be released in a next gen console..... I really HOPE that it IS released on Xbox rather than some other next gen console.

[santino]

at least this is noise coming from sega

[KiD]

I re-watched that G4Tv Icons special on Yu Suzuki, and at the end it talks about expecting to see a new title that will completely change the way games are looked at today, something so groundbreaking and what not... this groundbreaking game might be that "new world vision" game that will be introduced soon