Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:12 amI don't get it. Why is this site still up then. OK, there's nothing on it but why do they still keep the site?
http://smocn.com/
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alimn wrote:Here are what I know!
1-He can't talk until SEGA says "Ok, YS you can talk",
remember he is still at SEGA-SAMMY.
2-Shenmue(not Online) is still SEGA-AM2's project(if Adam is right)
but I think that they can't do anything before SEGA-SAMMY's OK.
AM2 even begged SEGA! for VF5 X360.
3-Since Xbox has Shenmue 2, Microsoft should be able to do something.
they have the money and need to do better in Japanese market.
(I wish Peter Moore could remain at MS, he was a small hope for me)
4a-Why not? but I guess that he might be able to have an independent
studio like Yuji Naka's studio nothing more,
shame, Yuji hasn't announced a game yet!
& SEGA is still the main publisher for his studio.
I will be more happy if Suzuki san can start a new studio like
Hironobu Sakaguchi's successful studio "Mistwalker"
in a short time they've developed some titles
like Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey & etc.
Now they're working more games for DS, X360 & ...
like ASH, Cry On, Blue Dragon 2 & more.
As we know "Mistwalker" is a Japanese video game development studio started
by Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of the Final Fantasy series) in 2004
with the financial backing of Microsoft but they're
free to create games for which publisher/platform they like.
they are also working with some new independent Japanese studios.
some of these studios have drawn personnel and talent from
several of Sega's development teams, particularly those which worked on
Panzer Dragoon , Sonic the Hedgehog (created by Ōshima) and even Shenmue!
But here is one thing important! "we don't still know everything!"
maybe Suzuki san should remain at SEGA to keep Shenmue alive!
, maybe if he leaves SEGA-SAMMY, they kill his franchise "Shenmue"!!!
this might really harm!!!
5-Shenmue is not Shenmue without a real game, that's what I only want.
(releasing a movie or a novel or ... is the last way
Regards-Alimn
I agree on your points 3 & 4 Alimn. By the look of things, Suzuki-san won't be able to continue on the Shenmue series unless Sega, by a turn of events, back him up financially on that part (which won't happen, like probably forever), or a corporation like Microsoft can back him up, just like Sakaguchi-san at Mistwalker.
I still remember another well-known creator, Tetsuya Mizuguchi (who along with a group of talented designers created Rez, Lumine series, 99 Nights and directing simulated band Genki Rockets), formed his own game developer firm Q Entertainment. I do not know how financially capable his company is (through investors or some corporation), but the fact is he's able to create some wonderful games and media independently without much worry from interference.
Anyway, I never really thought much about Shenmue Online, and I'm not surprised it will be canceled sooner or later. Even though I would want a new game in the Shenmue series, but I would want the game to be done by Suzuki-san or his AM2 department, no one else. I rather anticipate the next game to continue the series than a side-story.
