Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

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Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Himuro » Mon May 01, 2017 3:44 am

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ys ... ts/1872994

Greetings Everyone,

The intrigue, adventure and drama of the Shenmue story is a hallmark of the series which has ignited our imaginations and burns with anticipation in our hearts. In this month’s update, Yu-san offers a short discourse on plot structurization, thematic touchstones and story pacing. So, take your seats, class is about to start!


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Thank you again everyone for your enduring support throughout! See you next month!

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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Himuro » Mon May 01, 2017 3:53 am

THEY ARE TEASING US WITH THAT MONITOR. :rotflmao:
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby ShenSun » Mon May 01, 2017 4:01 am

The sword :)

I'm fully on the Shenmue 3 hype train now. E3 is one month a way. Brace yourself for greatness people.
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby iyapol » Mon May 01, 2017 4:03 am

Himuro wrote: THEY ARE TEASING US WITH THAT MONITOR. :rotflmao:


It's just the original E3 promo video on YouTube from what I can see.

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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Yokosuka » Mon May 01, 2017 4:09 am

"I thought that was the last question"

That was so RUDE !
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Kiske » Mon May 01, 2017 4:17 am

Glad with the update. Exactly the kind of content I was hoping.
Now they can go silent until E3. :-o
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Amir » Mon May 01, 2017 4:26 am

iyapol wrote:
Himuro wrote: THEY ARE TEASING US WITH THAT MONITOR. :rotflmao:


It's just the original E3 promo video on YouTube from what I can see.


Yeah, they're on the shenmue.link page, you can see the sidebar on the right.
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Yokosuka » Mon May 01, 2017 4:41 am

Readers will tend to think that the sword is actually featured rofl.
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Hyo Razuki » Mon May 01, 2017 4:44 am

So the thought will actually play a role in S3? Interesting.
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby fittersau » Mon May 01, 2017 6:05 am

ShenSun wrote: The sword :)

I'm fully on the Shenmue 3 hype train now. E3 is one month a way. Brace yourself for greatness people.


I know, they mentioned (with much humour) the Sword of the Seven stars.. goodness me, I think that's something we all would like to forget. :p
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby BlueMue » Mon May 01, 2017 6:14 am

This was a rather small update, nothing new to see. They're bound to hold things together for the big reveal now.

These questions could easily be connected with the developement process of Shenmue and Shenmue II and he mainly talked about those I think. Still good to hear from the master himself that it's an "adventure about kung-fu".

As for the sword, I think this could mean anything, makes it interesting. Right now I think that it won't play any role further down the story and that it's just going to appear in a flashback / the reintroduction of Guilin.
That would then mean that he sticks to the magical appearance of the thing. Or maybe he was just picking it up in a lightheared fashion because it's such an iconic polarizing moment. We'll see...
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Amir » Mon May 01, 2017 6:23 am

Part of the reason development of Shenmue moved from the Saturn to the Dreamcast was because they had difficulty implementing sword fighting on the older console. Will be interesting to see if it finally makes an appearance in Shenmue III...
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Spaghetti » Mon May 01, 2017 6:46 am

Neat update.

Now... I wonder what was on that board?
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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby Let's Get Sweaty » Mon May 01, 2017 7:05 am

Mystical elements are intrinsic to the game's plot. Seriously, if it bothers you then you've spent fifteen years pining over the wrong franchise, because that's just what Shenmue is, like it or not.

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Re: Kickstarter Update #66 - Yu-san on story-building

Postby RiGoRmOrTiS » Mon May 01, 2017 7:20 am

Let's Get Sweaty wrote: Mystical elements are intrinsic to the game's plot. Seriously, if it bothers you then you've spent fifteen years pining over the wrong franchise, because that's just what Shenmue is, like it or not.


exactly, it always frustrates me at how people could miss the story was going to go this way.
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