shredingskin wrote: One of the things I didn't like about SHenmue.

Why can't I cash in slot money ??

Because gambling is illegal in Japan. You can't earn money legally by playing games.

That magazine with the statues Pol, is that a gaming magazine? Some guy called Kyoto had them on ebay years ago I think. It's not a gaming magazine, but a photo book of a doll creator named Gentaro Araki. http://page14.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s454964423 http://www.hobbyxstyle.com/EN/product...

Retroberra wrote:Whats the name of the boat? Anyone able to translate?

"Genpu" means "Black wind." And "Maru" is added to denote that it's the name of a ship.

I vaguely remember a cutscene made using in-game graphics that involves some sequence happening, but then it turns out to be a dream from one of the people working on the game. He's asleep and his head is resting on his hand with his elbow on a desk. Then his head slips off of his hand and he hits ...

ys wrote:Oh, hi Kiyuu! I hadn't seen you around yet since the news. How are you?

Long time no talk! I've been extremely busy checking out websites both in English and in Japanese for the overflowing updates. Glad to see many old faces in both communities.

I can't believe all 3 of the people who bought dinner with Yu Suzuki belong to this place. This forum is definitely the best Shenmue Forum out there! Ken Sugimori isn't here, as far as I know. He's the artist for Pokemon. He posted on his Twitter that he got it. https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X/status...

Congratulations, everyone!
We all did it together!

Congratulations, everyone!
We all did it together!

James Brown wrote:I found this Japanese website called Zoommovie.

Obviously, that's not a Japanese website.

sand4fish wrote:PS. I would post the video directly, but the URL is not supported.

They're on YouTube as you see in this topic:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=33360

Has anyone ever translated what's on the menu at the Harbor Cafeteria? I'd really like to know. I tried to translated some of this via Google but some characters are to complicated to redraw. Only got things like "Lunch A/B" and "O soba" out of it. Bottom left to right: Chuuka-s...

Supa wrote: I believe Kiyuu brought us the news regarding Guizhang. Could be wrong.

I don't know anything about "the news." What I've said was somewhat opposite; Some of the Shenmue team said Guizhang most likely come back since he's been unexpectedly popular among Japanese Shenmue fans.

The one on the telephone is way different though, works like a dialogue, right? Maybe they originally intended to use this instead? Though the choice of packing it into as ambient sound is strange. I had Ryo call 177. Yes, the phone voice was recorded by a woman and much clearer, though it's not a ...

I was messing around Shenmue's ambient sound in hope I could find and isolate the shamisen tracks and I found one very interesting file. http://www.mediafire.com/download/zzeaf651b52wah8/shenmueambient.mp3 It sounds like something that's supposed to come out of a radio or TV, like a weather report ...

BlueMue wrote: Thanks for the information about that device, Kiyuu! Never knew it was used to scare away animals.

My pleasure!