KS Update #32 - Capsule Blowout and more!

[mjq jazz bar]

Capsule Figure Blowout and more!
Posted by Ys Net
Shenmue Salutations!
New rewards are here! Celebrate Shenmue's return by being there yourself in word or toy!

SHENMUE GUESTBOOK - $600 Put your name and a 140 character message in the guestbook of a Choubu inn. Write your witticism/aphorism/Shenmue-ism for all to see! Includes the $500 Reward.
*The Shenmue Guestbook Reward will be included in all higher rewards. At last, be your own capsule toy figure! Main Character Designer Kenji Miyawaki said he would love to help out by doing the design illustrations for your chibi figures. So bonus! Thank you very much Kenji!
*The capsule toy rewards are stand alone rewards, so will not be included in the higher rewards.

DICE DUDE CAPSULE TOY - $700 Be in the newest Shenmue capsule toy collection as your own block figure for the in-game capsule toy machines. + Give an idea for the toy's name. Includes the $600 Reward.

CHIBI YOU CAPSULE TOY - $1,200 Kenji Miyawaki will draw you as a chibi figure for the in-game capsule toy vending machines. + Give an idea for the toy's name. Limit 60. Includes the $600 Reward.

BFF CAPSULE TOY - $1,800 Choose Ryo, Shenhua, Nozomi, Joy, Ren, Ine-san, Guizhang, Lan Di, Chai, or Fangmei to appear with your Kenji Miyawaki-drawn chibi figure for the in-game capsule toy vending machines. + Give an idea for the toy's name. Limit 40. Includes the $600 Reward.
Make sure Ryo adds you to his collection!
#YouaskYu
Yu Suzuki will be back at #YouaskYu this Friday/Saturday to pick up where he left off last week. Keep sending your questions through your Twitter account by including #YouaskYu in the message.
Times and Zones: July,10: 7:00PM PDT, 10:00PM EDT / July, 11: 11:00AM JST, 2:00AM UTC

[Sonoshee]

Ooooo Chibi

[mjq jazz bar]

Now everyone gets on the guest register. $1500 reward doesn't seem as cool as some of the lower tiers, though the $1800 reward seems pretty awesome.

[shredingskin]

Does the $700 tier looks better than the 1500 tier for anyone else ?

This is getting really hard to decide.

[mjq jazz bar]

That's what I'm worried about shredingskin. Then again, more people will pledge towards lower tiers and make up the difference lost, if there is one.

[mjq jazz bar]

The $700 one looks like it could be kind of lame

[Axm]

This is starting to get annoying. I hope they make it really hard to find some of this shit in game. Give us a no Kickstarter content mode or make this stuff only show up in New Game Plus. I don't wanna see any of you assholes when I'm in Guilin chilling with Shenhua.

[ElephantStone]

Why do they keep adding random reward tiers that don't include some of the exclusive items from lower tiers? It's really dumb how they're making people choose between things, rather than offer a tier that includes everything.

[shredingskin]

Well, instead of a photo in a place, you get your caricature face in a toy that could be everywhere.

To be honest I'm kinda drowzy with all these tiers xD

Maybe they just need toys because they don't have Sega permission to use the other licenses.

BTW, yeah, I don't know what's the deal with making people choose so much.

[Peter]

Can I ask, is this normal for Kickstarter? I mean, it just seems like this is being run by the old Lost writers, and basically making this up as they go along.

Not that it's a bad thing, but it's getting a little confusing for me with guest books, temple plates, capsule toys, normal toys etc.

[Mystere]

Bloody hell, they're really pushing the "put your name / face in.." options.

[RiGoRmOrTiS]

Yeah this is getting silly now. This is gonna back fire in some way, I can feel it in my bones, the $1500 tier just lost 3 people straight away to the lower tiers.

It's too many sodding tiers.. It's like they'd rather do this than some meaningful marketing drive...

[Dragon St.]

I really hope they use a separate toy vending machine for all of these faces.

[itani]

Yeah this is getting silly now. This is gonna back fire in some way, I can feel it in my bones, the $1500 tier just lost 3 people straight away to the lower tiers.

It's too many sodding tiers.. It's like they'd rather do this than some meaningful marketing drive...

I actually upped my pledge from 1.5 to 1.8.

[shredingskin]

I don't know why designing a toy from an image is cheaper than just dragging a photo to a plane.

I'm really lost now, don't even know what includes what.