So now that Shenmue 3 is officially delayed and is given an open ended release. They say next year, but who knows.
What's bothering me is that people keep saying "I want to finally end the story." "I want Ryo and Lan Di to face off." etc.
Crap like this is really making my head spin.
Shenmue 3 according to Yu Suzuki is probably not even half of the story yet. So we are waiting for a game that's not going to complete to story. But whatever lol.
As Yu Suzuki said that he wanted to make like 6 or 7 Shenmue games right?
Mind you, maybe Ryo might not be the main character in the later games, or a different story might come out. etc.
Like Shenmue 2 wasn't really about Ryo's reason/story on to why he went to China. He was helping out random strangers he didn't know so.
LIke how GTA has a different story and different characters each game. Like it's set in New York, London, Miami, GTA V is set in Los Angeles etc.
But going back on topic,
SPOILER DISCUSSION WARNING:
I don't think that Ryo is ever going to "defeat" Lan Di.
If you remember in the first game, after Ryo saves Nozomi from Lan Di's bodyguards trying to flirt with her and they almost ran her over, he goes home and notices the Dojo was broken into.
He sees Lan Di and his father in the Dojo having a quarrel and his father tells Ryo to leave and he doesn't.
Lan Di then simply asks for the Dragon mirror, thinking he doesn't have the Phoenix mirror. Unaware that Ryo's father has both the Phoenix and Dragon mirrors.
His father refuses to hand it over. Lan Di then strikes him and asks if he remembers a man he killed named "Zhao Sunming".
Now we still don't know who "Zhao Sunming" officially is.
But I and many other fans have a theory it's possibly Lan Di's father, or twin brother or someone who is very close to him that Ryo's father either accidentally or purposefully killed for no good reason.
I also believe Ryo's father is not Japanese and he's actually Chinese and an is a ex member of Lan Di's Mafia/Cartel group.
After that Lan Di strikes him some more and says he will kill him and Ryo if he doesn't give him the mirror.
He gives in and Lan Di and his goons leave the Dojo. Ryo's father unfortunately passes away due to blows Lan Di gave him.
So going as to why I think he will never get "vengeance" on Lan Di, is 1.Ryo no matter how hard he trains is never going to be able to defeat Lan Di. He can't even battle Xiuying and she even constantly reminds him not to approach Lan Di.
and 2.He will get some type of guilty conscience. He knows his father is just as equally evil as Lan Di is and there will be some type of truce.
Maybe another story might come out or they will just ham this up until the final game lol.
So that kinda makes the wait easier as I already know how at least Ryo's story is going to end. I don't know how the whole Shenmue series in a whole is going to end.
I also want to see if I'm right whether they release more games or an OVA or cartoon or whatever.
What's bothering me is that people keep saying "I want to finally end the story." "I want Ryo and Lan Di to face off." etc.
Crap like this is really making my head spin.
Shenmue 3 according to Yu Suzuki is probably not even half of the story yet. So we are waiting for a game that's not going to complete to story. But whatever lol.
As Yu Suzuki said that he wanted to make like 6 or 7 Shenmue games right?
Mind you, maybe Ryo might not be the main character in the later games, or a different story might come out. etc.
Like Shenmue 2 wasn't really about Ryo's reason/story on to why he went to China. He was helping out random strangers he didn't know so.
LIke how GTA has a different story and different characters each game. Like it's set in New York, London, Miami, GTA V is set in Los Angeles etc.
But going back on topic,
SPOILER DISCUSSION WARNING:
I don't think that Ryo is ever going to "defeat" Lan Di.
If you remember in the first game, after Ryo saves Nozomi from Lan Di's bodyguards trying to flirt with her and they almost ran her over, he goes home and notices the Dojo was broken into.
He sees Lan Di and his father in the Dojo having a quarrel and his father tells Ryo to leave and he doesn't.
Lan Di then simply asks for the Dragon mirror, thinking he doesn't have the Phoenix mirror. Unaware that Ryo's father has both the Phoenix and Dragon mirrors.
His father refuses to hand it over. Lan Di then strikes him and asks if he remembers a man he killed named "Zhao Sunming".
Now we still don't know who "Zhao Sunming" officially is.
But I and many other fans have a theory it's possibly Lan Di's father, or twin brother or someone who is very close to him that Ryo's father either accidentally or purposefully killed for no good reason.
I also believe Ryo's father is not Japanese and he's actually Chinese and an is a ex member of Lan Di's Mafia/Cartel group.
After that Lan Di strikes him some more and says he will kill him and Ryo if he doesn't give him the mirror.
He gives in and Lan Di and his goons leave the Dojo. Ryo's father unfortunately passes away due to blows Lan Di gave him.
So going as to why I think he will never get "vengeance" on Lan Di, is 1.Ryo no matter how hard he trains is never going to be able to defeat Lan Di. He can't even battle Xiuying and she even constantly reminds him not to approach Lan Di.
and 2.He will get some type of guilty conscience. He knows his father is just as equally evil as Lan Di is and there will be some type of truce.
Maybe another story might come out or they will just ham this up until the final game lol.
So that kinda makes the wait easier as I already know how at least Ryo's story is going to end. I don't know how the whole Shenmue series in a whole is going to end.
I also want to see if I'm right whether they release more games or an OVA or cartoon or whatever.
So what do you guys think?