BlueMue wrote: New post! Switch is going to love the title of this one.

The Real Phantom River Stone

Will the real Phantom River Stone please stand up?

Great research, and it certainly may have inspired how Phantom River Stone was depicted in the game.

where can I buy high quality repro's of the undub? An online search should turn up one or two, but the actual creators of the undub don't encourage their use: http://www.theisozone.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=48958 will that save work with a pal version of shenmue 2 to continue on? Yes, sinc...

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Earning Money to Meet Ren | Shenmue 2 Flowchart #2 Translation

Evolution of the Shenmue Undub Part 1: The Sm1th Release

https://i.imgur.com/KpMkvabm.png In late 2013, the break-through many had been waiting for materialized at last: the appearance of a fan-made Undub for Shenmue 1. Part One of this series on the Evolution of the Shenmue Undub looks at the original release made by Sm1th - how it was put together and ...

Here's as second early story flowchart for Shenmue II that I've translated into English. (The diagram can be found in the Shenmue art book). One of the most interesting findings: - In this flowchart, the book-airing task at Man Mo temple is included, but Ryo was going to be able to duck out from the...

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Kickstarter Update #75: Face Animations & Subtitles Translation

Shenmue 2 Concept Sketch: "Wharf Near Langhuishan"

http://i.imgur.com/s9TIzQBs.jpg Shenmue III Title Screen Image Does this title screen introduce a numbering consistency error in the series? In the English version the Notebook had 'chapters' numbered before each section, with Hong Kong being 2, Kowloon being 3, and Guilin being 4. Does the Japanes...

Anyone interested in what the subtitles say in 0:11 ?? I am curious :D Here you go! https://i.imgur.com/5ks0U9dl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/i8wj36el.jpg Full set & blog article here: http://www.phantomriverstone.com/2017/09/kickstarter-update-75-face-animations.html

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Gamescom 2017 Photo Report (from the Dojo's yuc02)

SEGA Dreamcast: Collected Works Kickstarter | Shenmue Special Edition

That's the first time i've heard that Sega planned to use the shenmue engine for future projects,i wonder if any of the code was actually shared and ported to other engines or platforms that sega later developed for. Yu Suzuki commented about this a bit in an interview when chatting with Tekken pro...

4 new posts: https://i.imgur.com/hdhJToOs.png Recap: Shenmue III Japanese Media Interviews | Gamescom 2017 https://i.imgur.com/j3jVQLis.png Shenmue 500K Interview with Yu Suzuki | Gamescom https://i.imgur.com/M33Q5uls.png Zhu Yuan Da or Yuanda Zhu? | Character Names in Shenmue I vs II https://i.imgu...

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The latest post on Phantom River Stone looks into the difference in the naming of certain characters between the first and second Shenmue games when playing the English versions, and how these relate to the native ordering in Japan & China. https://i.imgur.com/DrOwE3pl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wf...

I wonder when/why they dropped the idea of Akira, how far they went with it and how much they ended up keeping (as opposed to what they made completely from scratch). Not that I have any complaints about it... just curious. Great article btw... we never stop learning 8) Glad you enjoyed it! Yu Suzu...

I've translated a early design diagram for Shenmue II into English. It's quite fascinating to compare some of the early ideas they were considering for the story. (The diagram can be found in the Shenmue art book). In particular: - The little girl who Ryo saved from Chai in the boat chapter side-sto...