Western release of Shenmue City planned, says Yu Suzuki

[ThyDarkAngel]

well thats what you get for keeping on hasseling him and saying things like "we dont care in what format just give us the end of the story" "it doesnt have to be a game a book or a comic will be more then enougth" now its time to assume your acts people

No, it's just his way to do something with the series. He doesn't want to have it standing still, all respect for that. With a bit of luck, even if he ends doing something with Shenmue Gai that goes beyond the story of Shenmue II it will be through side stories, only hinting here Ryo's quest his taking him.

[Panda_rapist]

it was a joke... but come to think of it that probably influenced him alot to do this

[Peter]

Judging by the recent comments by Sega, it looks as though Shenmue City could be a launch title for Segas plans for 2011/2012:

"In the home video game software industry, the demand was generally weak in the U.S. and European markets due to the headwind like sluggish personal consumption. The group needs to adapt to changing business environment in which the market demand for new content geared to social networking services [and] smartphone is expanding.

To address that, the company said it is establishing "a full-scale development program" specifically for work on platforms like Facebook and mobile phones

[Supa]

Could be. Hopefully. They already have SEGA PLAY! Baseball and MLB Manager Online. Plus PlaySEGA.

[Axm]

Judging by the recent comments by Sega, it looks as though Shenmue City could be a launch title for Segas plans for 2011/2012:

"In the home video game software industry, the demand was generally weak in the U.S. and European markets due to the headwind like sluggish personal consumption. The group needs to adapt to changing business environment in which the market demand for new content geared to social networking services [and] smartphone is expanding.

To address that, the company said it is establishing "a full-scale development program" specifically for work on platforms like Facebook and mobile phones

Nice.
All signs point to eventually releasing this to the west aswell then. The same problem as always remains though, will Sega recognize Shenmue Town as a game suitable for the west?

[ToL]

I havent been here in about a year. So I'll just say...

Give us shenmue 3 already...

Gah!

[Bluecast]

I havent been here in about a year. So I'll just say...

Give us shenmue 3 already...

Gah!

Yu left Sega.
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[KiBa]

Coo.

[The_Intruder]

Why is it taking so long to release Shenmue Gai in NA/Europe?

[ys]

Judging by the recent comments by Sega, it looks as though Shenmue City could be a launch title for Segas plans for 2011/2012:

"In the home video game software industry, the demand was generally weak in the U.S. and European markets due to the headwind like sluggish personal consumption. The group needs to adapt to changing business environment in which the market demand for new content geared to social networking services [and] smartphone is expanding.

In other words, concentrating less on "real" games and making more of those casual things. Which could be good for a possible Shenmue City release but maybe bad in general when it comes to console gaming in the future.

I'm not really waiting for this personally but it would be interesting to see if it arrives here since it's been very silent regarding plans like these.

[Ziming]

Not worth making a topic so I'll post it here. Typical Sega nonsense we have been hearing for years...bla bla bla no plans... bla bla bla.

http://www.vg247.com/2011/08/23/sega-to ... o-5-years/

[The_Intruder]

The article said there are no plans for Shenmue city to be released in the west. It makes no sense I thought Yu said he is planning to bring it over seas.

[Bluecast]

The article said there are no plans for Shenmue city to be released in the west. It makes no sense I thought Yu said he is planning to bring it over seas.

Even if he did he is leaving sega next month and Sega holds the rights.

[The_Intruder]

Ever since SEGA merge with Sammy they are not the same anymore. I think Sammy must be the one holding back Shenmue 3 for being released. I remember the Kikizo article saying Shenmue 3 is near complete and ready for some time, but in hibernation, pending a deal for the entire series on atleast one Next-Gen console.

[Bluecast]

Ever since SEGA merge with Sammy they are not the same anymore. I think Sammy must be the one holding back Shenmue 3 for being released. I remember the Kikizo article saying Shenmue 3 is near complete and ready for some time, but in hibernation, pending a deal for the entire series on atleast one Next-Gen console.

Sammy saved Sega. Yeah the transition was rough for fans for a bit but TBH if Sammy had not come in there would be no Sega anymore. Sega was shit with business decisions. As for the article that was never confirmed and a debate if that was real or not. Sega is actually doing well now and publishing great games from PG games getting Sonic back on track with Colors and Shinobi coming out on 3DS and PSO2. I'm actually pretty pleased with Sega now. granted will never be the sega we grew up with since they are no longer in the console business. Only Sega had itself to blame for going in the whole and it started with Sega CD then 32X then Saturn then yes sadly Shenmue contributed also and many other various decisions by Sega like supporting to many systems in multiple countries at once. Sega kept digging thier own grave and DC almosy everything was done right but to little to late.