Enigma wrote: If I recall correctly from the Shenmue Postmortem which you can find on You Tube (I'm writing on my phone so forgive my laziness) the story of Shenmue (or maybe the Akira RPG) has four main acts: Sadness, Departure, Fight and Starting Afresh.
Assuming Shenmue ends at the fourth game, that would mean one game would fit each act.
Shenmue 1 is about sadness. Akira/Ryo faces the death of his father and other setbacks.
Shenmue 2 is about departure. Akira/Ryo travels to China.
Shenmue 3 is the fight. Suzuki's comments regarding this act at the post-mortem were that Akira fought his enemy 'Randi' and came away victorious. This further implies that Ryo may defeat Lan Di in Shenmue 3 coupled together with other statements by Suzuki.
Shenmue 4 is about starting afresh. Akira loses his purpose in life and must rediscover a new one.
So those are hints right there of where the story might go.
Lol, I like how you call Ryo, Akira. As basically he is Akira from Virtua Fighter design wise, and that was what the series, and his character originally was called. It was supposed to originally be an open world version of Virtua Fighter lol.
As far as those four chapter things, I don't know. I myself remember around the time of hiatus after Shenmue 2 was launched, Yu Suzuki saying he wanted AT LEAST six Shenmue games. I don't know if he meant he wanted to stop the series at six games, or like make six games his quota and depending on how well the games do, make more etc. Or if he meant both? I don't know.
I do know that being realistic, that shit is probably not gonna happen, lol.
I do not think Shenmue 3 will be the end of the story. I think for the most part, most fans realize this.
As far as him and Lan Di having this epic showdown in Shenmue 3, I really don't' see that either. Unless there is this supernatural force involved, and to me that's fucked up and not fair.
if Lan Di is involved at all in Shenmue 3, I'm pretty sure it will follow my story. Maybe they will cross paths again like towards the end of Shenmue 2 they did, but I don't think there will be any battle or anything. I'm hoping more information comes out that Lan Di isn't who Ryo perceives him to be, and what happened with his fathers death, there are more answered questions too.
elfshadowreaper wrote: I think Ryo will be skilled enough to kill Lan Di but he won't. Not at the end of Shenmue 3. Probably at the end of 4 or 5. He will be the one to break the cycle of revenge. Lan Di will also have a change of heart and help Ryo take down Tentei not for revenge but for the sake of protecting the world from the Chiyoumen. Lan Di will likely die in the process. This is how I see the games progressing.
Shenmue 3: Niao Sun
Shenmue 4: Second leader
Shenmue 5: Third leader and Lan Di
Shenmue 6: Tentei
Wow, nice. Interesting.