Hi all,

Here is the first public release of Disc 4 of my Shenmue 2 Explore Mod.

http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/shengoro86/cave_zpsdshj8rhq.jpg
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Why release a BETA?
To give you all a taste of what is to come.
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Areas Playable with No Clip Mode:

-Languishan
-Shenhua's House
-Stone Pit (Cave)
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How do I use it:

-Grab the save file you need from the save files provided
-Put the save in the NullDC folder
-Boot up CDI
-Launch game
-Enjoy!
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Issues:
CDI is oversized. Only use on GDEMU or USB-GDROM on actual hardware
Can possibly crash on a console.
I removed Doors but they are not needed in these areas

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Special Thanks:
Bluemue - For the info on the FLDD -> REGD sector
Ilducci - For the tutorial on Shenmue 2 notebook hacking
Giorgio - For giving us no clip in S1
Wude - For showing me how to do explicit mapinfo hacks in Shenmue 2
Sm1th - For making the PAL Eng Speech Discs which I used for this release


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Footage:
-Stone Pit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jijzf4imZU4
-Shenhua's House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfVbfEiJts8

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How do I download it?
PM me and I will link you

Development Thread:
http://shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=49257

James, I swear you and the other modders on this forum amaze me so much. I can't even begin to imagine how difficult it must be reverse-engineering compiled and closed source code designed for Dreamcast hardware and then making changes to it to achieve desired effects.

This is outstanding work, don't give up!


Hey thanks! Believe me, I am not that great. The thanks would need to go to the community as a whole.
Nowadays it is easy to hack shenmue. The tools to compile CDIs and such are there and we can base our work on premade CDI releases now. Back in like 2004 this was not the case. We used to have tp burn every single time to test when now we can just emulate everything.

Thank you though!

I think a great way to open up shenmue 3 would be to have ryo washing his clothes at shenhuas house. Just washing his jeans, t shirt and leather jacket and then hanging them out to dry by the shenmue tree. Not only would it give relief to the fans concerned with ryos hygiene and add realism, it would also open the game in good humour!

Just imagine the epic shenmue music playing, the sound of water splashing. Camera fades in to see ryo washing his clothes in a wooden bowl in shenhuas modest kitchen, wringing them out and then going outside into the morning sun and hanging them up to dry. The camera pans up towards the sky and an eagle flies overhead. The eagle gives its iconic shenmue "caaaawww caaaaaaawwww". The camera follows the eagle as it flies towards the sun. Camera zooms in on blinding sun and the shenmue 3 title screen fades in as the music reaches a crescendo.


The camera zooms in on the blinding sun shining brightly up Ryo's naked ass! The Shenmue 3 logo then appears over Ryo's butt-cheeks.

Then we see a hand slap Ryo's ass and it's Shenhua!

Seriously I see no reason why Ryo wouldn't be butt-naked in the solitude of Shenhua's house while he's washing his clothes.

16 years of living together made them VERY comfortable around each other.

But seriously the game needs to start in the cave... we can't be cheated out of that moment of exiting that cave and investigating the sword/giant mirrors again.

Peter 蔡 has responded to my request to join the dojo forums. He says he'll be here tomorrow.
Hello everyone, I am so happy to be here :D :D :D . Shenmue dojo is very famous in Chinese shenmue fans club. Today another member or myself will share some pictures about the conference, such as the gifts and paints.

I don't want to be a negative nancy but what if:

the reason we always see YS with the same shirt is because we are actually dead ?

I have a great feeling, still feels so weird and tingly thinking SIII is happening.
Quite plausible:
The wait for Shenmue III did seem like some sort of purgatory. Perhaps the long awaited announcement finally represents our transcendence into heaven.


What if the game comes in the mail... we put it into our system.... and then nothing happens.

We sit there looking at snow on the TV screen for a long time for hours .. and then come to the dreadful realization that we all died back in 2001 when Shenmue 2 came out.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UyY-BqDfHp8/UN88AuOMKnI/AAAAAAAAImo/MR-j_Oq1UYs/s1600/scatman+crothers-the+shining-danterants-blogspot-com.jpg


We all weren't ready to die until Shenmue 3 came out so we stayed in the land of the living until the day came.

Well, I like your optimism, guys. We'll see. I'd love for you to be right with those predictions.

A few weeks ago Jibbs.

Corsi and Boye's flew to Tokyo, but I can't remember if it was Shenmue specific, or what the nature of the trip was. But they did say they were having dinner and checking up on the Shenmue 3 development. Some also speculating that it was to arrange some sort of announcement at PSX at the weekend.

Hey guys we asked you if you had any questions for Corey Marshall and you let us know!

Here's the interview in it's entirety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jn4Oh-d2rc

Hope you enjoy it! We are looking to bring members of the community on to the podcast to share there Shenmue experiences... If thats something you would be interested in, let me know by leaving a reply and I shall PM you with details.

Thanks guys
Tuet0ne

Can't fault the guy's manours. Very polite, if not slighlty desperate!

dream :3

Since their horrible Q&A stream with Yu, AJ should've been replaced. The Kickstarter would've been much better without them, and now they'll ruin the PayPal campaign. Moreover, I am not optimistic about trusting a newly-formed game company with a high-profile game like Shenmue, obviously they are still in the learning phase of the UE4 engine, and in today's market where a lot of AAA games exist, they wouldn't have a chance . One mistake after another and the Shenmue legacy we all love is being terribly shattered, and day after day I am starting to think that Sega's decision in wrapping up Shenmue after the second game might not be totally wrong after all.... I blame YS.net for all of this btw.
Now this is just descending into ridiculousness.

YSnet is not a newly formed game company, and neither is development partner Neilo. The development team consists of many Shenmue, AM2, and current game development veterans as well as experienced new faces like Nocon Kid. There is also nothing wrong with learning an engine while you develop your first game with it, even with engines with a tremendous amount of documentation on usage like UE4.

I'm mad about how the poll results were used too, but suddenly saying you think Shenmue should have just been left at two games after all? Give me a fucking break, don't be so melodramatic and grow up.

What a ridiculous overreaction some posters are having to this. Sure, it could have been handled better but I think people are forgetting what the big picture is here.

I agree AJ have been a shambles. It's been adamant from the first Twitch stream. But if people really believe that AJ will be relieved of their duties then I fear they will be disappointed. The majority of the work has been done and crowdfunding secured. If people want to sharpen their pitchforks and burn them out over a poll, I would say either calm down, or put your energy into something a little more rewarding because it's not gonna happen.

It was a poll. People are not being offered a wallpaper, in game phone card, Corey Marshall voice message or other in game digital content so now it's an online campaign to oust them. I read one jokers comment today on the Kickstarter legitimately asking for his money back, and fingers being pointed around them exclaiming, "YOU VOTED NO? YOU ARE NOT A TRUE SHENMUE FAN!!"

Some of the comments i have read have been laughable and quite frankly, people need to get a grip.

The_Intruder wrote: I'm going to order Pizza and Chinese food on the week Shenmue 3 releases. What type of food you guys are going eat while playing Shenmue 3?

I'm going to catch me a rabbit Shenhua style...

Domosuke, what you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent post were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this board is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

http://i.imgur.com/ahS6DcI.jpg

The project started out as an idea to blend River City Ransom and Shenmue together. After a while though, the story got too serious to adequately portray in 8-bit graphics, so it evolved into this: a 2D adventure / RPG with QTE, and what I hope will eventually be a fitting homage to Shenmue.

To start with I'm releasing a short(ish) concept game before July of this year, which will act as a demo as well as being a self-contained story, and part of the overall story of the final game. This will be a glimpse into one of the two protagonists, 7th Fleet Officer Cathy Wilkins, as she struggles to uncover a conspiracy involving the Yakuza, the US Navy, and a powerful martial artist smuggling a mythical herb into the city. After the events of the demo she'll be joined by the second protagonist, Fukuhara, whose quest to attain martial arts mastery thrusts him into the same perilous situation as Cathy.

The demo will feature most of the following. The main game will feature the entire list:
⋅  A point & click style adventure system. Pointing and clicking optional (you can use a gamepad or keyboard instead).
⋅  QTE combat system.
⋅  Utilize the Shenmue journal by clicking clues and 'using' them on the environment or people, to investigate.
⋅  Day / Night cycle, and the passing of weeks.
⋅  Magic weather.
⋅  Fully voiced by fans of the series (text optional).
⋅  Collect toy capsules featuring games such as Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Sonic, and Skies of Arcadia.
⋅  Play Darts 777, QTE Champ, and possibly more at the arcade.
⋅  Explore parts of Yokosuka that you never saw in Shenmue 1.
⋅  As Fukuhara, quest to seek out and prove yourself to the four masters of Yokosuka.
⋅  As Fukuhara, you'll eventually be in charge of managing the dojo and helping a master to train students (including Goro).
⋅  Puzzles.
⋅  Meet old and new characters alike.
⋅  Featuring music from both games, unused tracks, and tracks from Shenmue Online.
⋅  To be released on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and HTML5. Eventually, possibly Dreamcast, too.
⋅  Free! Of course.

http://i.imgur.com/Gxgc6tF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5tX2Nc4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/L6CgFIV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Wk4bXmR.jpg

Tease me with a teaser! I'm ready.

In Yu we trust.

Thought you guys might like this.

Hence when I am shenGORO86

I finally finished the shenmue phoenix and dragon mirrors. These are modeled from scratch with the texture file as a reference and it is a 1:1 replica of the mirrors. I modeled these to be a flat plane and when I print them i will hand paint the phoenix and dragons on the mirrors on the raised parts. ITS GOING TO LOOK GREAT! just wanted to share it with you all. hopefully soon i can begin the 3d printing process and painting i may put a few up for sale as well in the future.

https://cdn.pictub.club/2016/01/30/reJa.md.jpg

to see the full HD image head over to my portfolio RYOHD.CARBONMADE.COM

sword handguard crest work in progress almost finished.

What does Lan Di say before paying his barber?

Hello everyone,

Long time lurker, one time poster on an account that has long been lost.

When I was introduced to the world of Shenmue on the Sega Dreamcast in 2000 I was immediately enraptured by existence of the Dragon and Phoenix Mirrors. What was their purpose, how would they be used? Were they truly integral to the life of Ryo Hazuki, Lan Di, and those around them, or were the Mirrors just a clever plot device used by Yu Suzuki to propel the story forward, a clever axis on which everything pivots?

Either way, I wanted them. And I wanted them badly. In fact, my inability to have them forced me to change focus and start collecting Resident Evil merchandise, of which I now I have a fairly impressive, and ever growing, collection. http://imgur.com/a/jJbjU .

Back on point. I found myself with an Amazon gift card recently, and my mind was drawn back to the days of lusting for a copy of the Mirrors, so I did what anyone would do and I bought myself a pound and a half of Sculpey. On Tuesday I began working on the Phoenix Mirror, creating the base, and yesterday I began on the Phoenix. After a few hours of working today I threw in the towel in posted a picture of my creation (so far) to the Shenmue 500k Facebook group. It was very well received, which made me think of sharing it here.

Keep in mind that this is very much a work in progress, and that a lot of revision and addition has to happen(not to mention beginning work on the Dragon Mirror), but I'm hoping that by sharing my work here the community might offer me advice and criticism, tips and tricks, and, of course, find their own will to create such works. My plan for today is to revise the Phoenix, and hopefully make it accurate to the feather count in the original model.

Please enjoy.

http://i.imgur.com/k9WN4sW.jpg?1

Jibby wrote:If the Shenmue Dojo had a dating service, what would it be called?

Lucky Hit

And what would Ryo write for his profile motto?

I finally understand what the "proof" is that Shenhua's father was talking about. Ryo had to prove that he was "the one" who held the pheonix and that his mirror was legit.

See....only the REAL Pheonix mirror could activate elaborate mechanism revealing the giant mirrors. And since the design on the giant mirrors look EXACTLY like the small real ones.. Shenhua can cross check them against Ryo's mirror to prove it's indeed one of the original mirrors.

Shenhua's father basically set up a device which would prove that Ryo was the "one" referred to in the poem of Bailu Village! He had to set up the contraption so his daughter could follow Ryo with his permission and full confidence.

He also knew that the sword was the "key" needed to unlock the mirror pedestal.. he knew that the spirit of Shenhua's ancestors was contained in the sword (since it's the sword of 7 stars and Shenhua prays to her ancestors by looking up to the big dipper)) and that Shenhua had the power to insert it since she has the power of her ancestors.

Shenhua's father basically created a two part puzzle.... one only Shenhua could activate with her powers and the other only Ryo could activate with his mirror.

I'm extremely pleased with how they came out I'm seriously considering selling a blank kits eBay for cheap of both mirrors for the Shenmue community so you guys can all make your own to your something similar to the things you find in stores where it is a blank little Chibi character. Wonder if anyone would be interested anyway these look great on display next to my ryo hazuki statue and soon my Lan di! Thanks everyone for the great reference photos and encouragement finish this project much appreciated if anyone's interested let me know I may print out a few more and list them on the Internet with the stands and if I do list them they will be blank so people can paint them themselves

https://cdn.pictub.club/2016/02/07/x3X7.jpg

It's here!

https://youtu.be/nOs3FX-29Fg


Media coverage
http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/03/fan-remasters-shenmue-the-movie-into-5-hour-long-epic-5921456/
http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/06/03/shenmue-the-movie-gets-fan-made-remaster/209928/
http://agetimes.net/tech/gaming/fan-remasters-shenmue-the-movie-into-5-hour-long-epic/
http://www.gametoppc.com/2016/06/gaming-fan-remasters-shenmue-movie-into.html
http://hu.ign.com/shenmue/13059/news/eld-at-ujra-a-shenmue-filmet
http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/4/11858558/shenmue-the-movie-high-definition-full-version
http://www.gameplane.de/shenmue-remaster-von-shenmue-the-movie-veroeffentlicht/
http://n4g.com/news/1914461/shenmue-remaster-of-shenmue-the-movie-published
http://www.gamecrate.com/shenmue-movie-gets-proper-fan-remake/13744?hootPostID=738c94624bee5a411c809e8cb0751b4b
http://www.rebelgamer.de/2016/06/seht-euch-hier-shenmue-the-movie-in-high-definition-an/53376
http://n4g.com/news/1914461/shenmue-remaster-of-shenmue-the-movie-published?info=true

Old OP contents
I am pleased to present to you the trailer for my recently begun project-

Shenmue: The Movie Remastered


https://youtu.be/jGmwkT-bFLQ


I've always been disappointed by the original, and although I understand that they had run time and disc space limitations to work with, I felt that Shenmue: The Movie wasn't an adequate experience. I decided just a few days ago that with the power of modern emulation, I could remake Shenmue: The Movie the way I felt it should have been done, and in 1080p this time.


I'm happy with how the trailer turned out, but keep in mind that not all of the footage you see here is final. Certain parts of the game have given me some trouble, for example the "microstutter" you probably noticed in the Yokosuka harbor scene. I'm hoping to get every second of the 3-5 hour long finished product as perfect as possible.
Edit: Fixed the stutter in the harbor cutscene and uploaded a new version of the trailer (embedded above).

"Can I help?"

Absolutely! However, I will be doing all of the recording and editing myself to keeps things easier and more consistent. What I will need that I'm not sure I can do myself (not very well, at least), is assets like title and ending cards, a custom thumbnail, and probably a new font too. The one by David Brown that I used is nice, but it doesn't support numbers, so I couldn't use it for the intro text or credits. Besides these sorts of things, I'm completely open to any advice, compliments, or criticisms anyone has. This is about creating the best remake possible, not my ego.


As said in the trailer, I'd like to give a big thanks to BlueMue for his advice while I was recording this; David Brown for the Shenmue font he created which I used at the end of the video; Esppiral , Masterchan777 , and Sappharad for creating the awesome Shenmue I&II Auto Fixer; and the entire Demul team for making such a fantastic emulator.


Thanks for watching and reading! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

6.20am here in Monaco. I will do my best for you guys, making posts here and taking pictures for the Instagram account. Then hopefully Zim is on point linking those to here, and 500k. There's no many places to post, and copy and paste links!!

But I will try my upmost best. At the moment the aim is to be out of here by 7 and down at the Grimaldi Forum for 8am. Things to do lol. I don't even want to think about what can and will happen today!

Same, but with more porn.

Lost my iPhone, still had the greatest weekend of my life. Can't really say too much about the Eze trip and the dinner except that Suzuki was an unbelievably gracious host, taking the time to answer all of our questions as best as he could. A big thanks to David for all his hard work translating, a thanks to Chao for letting me be his +1, great meeting up with Rob, great meeting Peter and all the fans from France to Ireland, thanks to Cedric for helping organise MAGIC (I got to ask John Romita Jr. and David Lloyd some questions which made my teenage self very happy) and of course the biggest thanks of all to Yu Suzuki. If the LA and Tokyo dinners are only half as good they will still be the greatest dinners of your life.

As a side-note, I got to recreate a childhood photo:

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Yu Suzuki interview at MAGIC Monaco 2016 by Gameblog.fr

http://www.gameblog.fr/interview_948_shenmue-3-notre-grande-interview-de-yu-suzuki-et-cedric-bisc/page2

https://i.imgur.com/d4SH8nG.jpg

Julien : Hello Mr. Suzuki. I'm glad to meet you again today, even more in these fortunate circumstances where Shenmue III finally happens!
Yu Suzuki : Thank you very much!

What progress has been made in the development after 7 work months?
YS : Nothing has obviously been done properly. At the story writing level, I can tell you that the story is done at 95%.

You've been clear about the fact that Shenmue III will not conclude the complete story of the saga. But what will be the percentage of what remains to be told in Shenmue III ?
YS : The Shenmue story in its entirety will be normally divided, from the beginning to the end, into 11 chapters. Shenmue III will cover chapter 5 and 6.

https://i.imgur.com/ulJhKZj.jpg

Even a Shenmue 4 might not be enough to conclude the saga. Ideally, do you think a fifth or even a sixth episode would be necessary at this rate ?
YS : No, I wouldn't go that far ! Rather than going until Shenmue 6, I would like to rearrange things in order to reach the end sooner, even if it means to take some shortcuts... No I don't want to go until a sixth episode.

Five is the ideal ?
YS : I can't tell you more. Anyway I would like to especially focus on the third at the moment !

In the Kickstarter, a "trial version" has been mentioned. It's a playable demo which will be offered to the backers before the Shenmue III release. Have you an idea about when you will be able to bring it to us?
YS : This year, I fear that will be pretty complicated. It will be next year.

Can you tell us when Shenmue III will begin exactly?
YS : It will be just after the Shenmue II end.

Do you mean it will begin exactly there? In the cave?
YS : All I can tell you is that I don't want to skip a chapter. For instance, it might be the day after the Shenmue II end.

You talked about a lot of stuff during the conference like the combat system but not the QTEs. How will they evolve in Shenmue III?
YS : Yes that's true, I would like to add a new system to the QTEs. I will test different things to see what happens, then I keep the best. It's difficult to tell you more before the tests end.

https://i.imgur.com/xLaRNFp.jpg

But could these new systems change our habits?
YS : No, not that far. It would rather be an "advanced" QTE system. What would be revolutionary is to create QTEs in a world where they don't exist yet. Here, they do. The idea is more about adding things to what it exists. Ideally, I would like to create revolutionary things beyond the QTEs level. But with a release planned for 2017, the time is limited. I wonder if introducing them would be possible.

Can we get some precisions about these possible new features? Are they linked with the free battle for instance?
YS : Yes it might involve the combat systems. But above all, there is a new interface system and I'm thinking a lot about it. But I'm not sure yet if I can implement it in time. So I'm unable to tell you more.

It's so mysterious and exciting ! Let's go on to another topic. Can you give us precisions about the Shenmue I & II flashbacks which will occur in Shenmue 3?
YS : For instance, these flashbacks will occur at moments when Ryo touches objects that make him thinking about some things and memories. The kind of this.

So, will these flashbacks be videos captured from the previous episodes or fresh cutscenes powered by the new engine in order to keep a visual unity?
YS : I'm not sure yet but according the time it would require to make these cutscenes with the new engine, I fear that would take too much time. Once again, the remaining development time might be problematic.

I have a pretty specific question about something I loved in Shenmue 1 and disappeared in Shenmue 2. It's about the possibility to practice alone, for instance on the parking, then see the level of each move goes up... Will we be able to do so in Shenmue III ?
YS : Hmmm...

It was awesome! You have to make this happening in Shenmue III !
YS : I'll remember this!

https://i.imgur.com/siXktSI.jpg

I also would like to know if we will find back the same pace than the two first episodes. The same progression based on investigation where you had to ask questions to that person, who told us to meet another one, etc.
YS : Yes we'll continue in that direction. However the general feel is going to change as some systems will evolve.

Will you continue the idea of giving absolutely an identity to each NPC with their own house, workplace and individual schedule ?
YS : We will see if we can make it for all of them. In any case, that's what I want, yes.

My interview deadline has already expired. Here a little bonus question: at the Shenmue I end, Guizhang told to Ryo to leave Japan without him and said he will join him later... Does it mean we'll find back this character in Shenmue III?
YS : It's not planned at the moment.

Thank you Mr. Suzuki and good luck for the future!
YS : Thank you!

At first, I had my doubts about this update, but then I saw it was signed by "Awesome Japan" and got convinced.

they've also just announced the season pass! :-D !!!!!!1

I can also exclusively confirm that the vending machines and toy capsule machines link with PayPal and will now only accept real money.

OMG, i never experience such an unprecedented level of immersion before. None of this fake money anymore, it'll be just like real life!
Shenmue 3 has evolved into Shenchinko 3 for Pachinkos only, developed by Konami! YAY
It's genius imo, they're clever to adapt the IP to the current economic climate, unlike everyone else. It'll introduce a new demographic of players too! Unfortunately the media is bashing the transition, but we all know all they care about is making 'dem clickbait articles! Hoping for a Big Boss tie in!
Shenmue 3 has evolved into Shenchinko 3 for Pachinkos only, developed by Konami! YAY
I hope Yu likes his new job as a janitor/cleaner.
I'm sure he'll do just fine. he gets to go outdoors during his lunch hours, i hear he spends his time next to a tree, catching leaves...

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Shenmue Dojo & Team Yu went to MAGIC Monaco 2016 to interview Yu Suzuki about Shenmue III.

Click here to read all about it and watch the full video to hear what the head of Ys Net had to say.

Jibby wrote:I hope they open up phone ordering soon for people who couldn't contribute.

They're "looking into it."

Hi, guys.

We Chinese Shenmue club recently has donated a slide projector to the hope primary school which was built by wdrpgwd and his brother in Guiling.

The June 1st is the Children's Day in China, so we bring them a projector as a present. This machine can make the lessons more interesting and lively.

This is the twitter: https://twitter.com/mantisjojo/status/734954624675807233

Some picture of the school and children. Do you see the "莎木，你好" , it means "Hello, Shenmue" :heart: :heart:

http://i.imgur.com/huE854S.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sjmFDue.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/W7ZzfRi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Bwzi5T7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/f82I3Vx.jpg

Final Update!

https://i.sli.mg/yJTssi.jpg

Fear not, for I have been hard at work for the past month and a half, and am finally finished! The official run time is 4:50:11 (4 hours, 50 minutes, 11 seconds), and the file is 28.4GB in size. As you can see in the image above, it took over 8 hours to render, even with my graphics card doing so. It's going to take an eternity to upload, but I should have it on YouTube by June 2nd in preparation for the 3rd of the month Tweetathon. I would greatly appreciate it if others would include a link to the video in their tweets that day.

I'll update the OP once I've finished uploading, but the video will remain private or unlisted until the 3rd. I plan on uploading a 4:3 version for people who don't like the 16:9 pop-ins, but I don't think I'll be done with that for at least a couple of weeks.

"So when's II coming out?" At the moment, I can't start on II because there's simply too many texture glitches. Hopefully, the next version of Demul will allow the increasing of the internal resolution like the build I used for this project. If that's the case, and it fixes most/all of the bugs, I will begin work on Shenmue II: The Movie, and the story will go on.

Thank you to everyone who directly or indirectly contributed!

Hello Everyone,

This month we are happy to announce a new member to the Shenmue III team—Toshihiko Masada. Toshihiko stands on the forefront of the animation industry, with experience as Animation Director, Animation Choreographer and Artistic Director. His work on “The New Batman/Superman Adventures” won him an Emmy award in 1997.

For Shenmue III, Toshihiko will be doing the storyboarding for the cut scenes that will appear in the game. Today we would like to give a look into some of the work going on at this stage.

During the storyboard process, what will be in the scenes, and how that material will be depicted is carefully thought out. Especially important here will be the depth perception of the shots to ensure proper depth cueing, and from what/whose perspective the shot will be taken. Another key point that will be focused on will be to bring out Shenhua’s personality, showing her charm, free-spirited nature and childlike innocence.

This process is and an important one so the ideas and context of the scenes are fully conveyed to the rest of the production members.

At the storyboard stage, the characters are given their expressions, which will be augmented with changes to the background to effectively bring home those traits.

http://i.imgur.com/3KJjKgq.png

Taking charge of the real-time movie storyboards is Toshihiko Masada.

http://i.imgur.com/2JcBGw0.png

Breathing life into the story, Toshihiko makes Ryo run with the wind at his heels.

http://i.imgur.com/4hk8QGW.png

The depth perspective and camera work unique to 3D games are added into the storyboards as well.

http://i.imgur.com/M1cdqTU.png

Everything from slight changes in expression to cuts of whole cities, the world of Shenmue III begins to materialize here.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1585673

As expected, it's too soon for a gameplay video.



PSX 2016? TGS 2016?

Make your bet!

It's feels wonderful to finally be done! Once again, thank you to everyone who helped out! (Knowingly or not)

Enjoy!

Maybe we should all put our money together and share it like that one episode of The Simpsons with that comic book.

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Reading the announcement topic from last year brings back some serious feels.

I'll be in the board's chatroom tonight for the Sony conference if anyone else wants to join me. Always a good atmosphere in there during these sorts of things. I'll never forget the explosion in chat when Shenmue III was announced last year; it made the whole thing so much better! Good times :mrgreen:

Relive last year bud. Oh man......fifnroe0ddndoenbrbttprler

(Thats what I was physically able to type since my hands were skating that much. In total shock.)

So here's what I initially posted in the news topic about Shenmue III being the world's most anticipated game. I didn't mean to derail that topic and I think this is an issue that actually deserves its own one.

I said: Not to spoil everyone's fun, but the reason for SIII being #1 obviously is that nobody knows about that site (mostanticipatedgames) or cares to vote there, which makes it an easy target for (western) communities of hardcore fans (of japanese stuff). #3 is a game called Zero Time Dilemma - never heard of that. #18 is Danganronpa 3, whatever the hell that is. It's still not a bad thing of course, it just doesn't mean anything. Or say anything about the popularity of Shenmue. Which is not the world's most anticipated game.

That topic and that thought lead me to think about the following issue:

Many people in this community seem to have a huge problem with lying to themselves, "remixing" reality to their likings, if you will, or simply dreaming stuff up. I saw somebody complain about Kojima getting the spotlight instead of Suzuki at E3, even though he's "just Kojima". Somebody else called Shenmue III and the Final Fantasy VII remake Sony's "biggest weapons". Final Fantasy, sure, absolutely. Shenmue? Man, come on. I love Shenmue, too, but stuff like that has nothing to do with reality anymore. If you people actually keep believing the bullshit you're telling yourselves and others you will end up frustrated and disappointed over and over again. At least that's my take on it.

In the end it all comes down to one thing I'd like to ask of you: Please try to maintain at least some rationality. And please don't make us Shenmue fans look like idiots and/or assholes on social media. Don't hate on other people (like Kojima) or other stuff just because it's bigger and to many or most people more important than Shenmue. Don't hate on Sony for not fulfilling your highly exagerrated and fanboyish desires. Simply stop hating. Know your place. Know Shenmue's. Love it for what it is. Accept that it will never be more. Be less demanding, more humble. Get your f*cking shit together.

Appart from immigration policies, what were the reason people voted to leave ?? I just can't find the economic logic.
that's the only reason they voted that way. tells you how bigoted, racist/xenophobic most brits are....

Pretty ironic that you accuse the majority of us being xenophobic yet prove yourself to be exactly that in the same sentence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ882QYzr-M