A CHARACTER COMPLETELY MISSING FROM SHENMUE II??!

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A CHARACTER COMPLETELY MISSING FROM SHENMUE II??!

Postby Miles Prower » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:15 pm

Okay, this may be slightly confusing to follow, so bear with me :P
In the Moon Child Bldg in Kowloon, there are five different dentists' offices on the 6th floor. They are; Moon Child Dentist (Room 606), Seventh Dentist (Room 607), Unicorn Dentist (Room 608), Golden Dentist (Room 609) and Kowloon Dentist (Room 610)

The confusion stems from the last two; Golden Dentist and Kowloon Dentist.

In Kowloon Dentist, you'll find this character, Zai Hong En;
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However--in both the official strategy guide books released in Japan, namely the Shenmue II Complete Guide and the Shenmue II Perfect Guidebook, his profile claims he is found in the Golden Dentist; clearly an error as in the final game, he's in the Kowloon Dentist. Here's a scan of his profile from the Perfect Guidebook; I've highlighted where it says "Golden Dentist" (Yes, I have checked and that it is what the text says);
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So who is actually in the Golden Dentist in the game if Zai Hong En isn't....Well....

There's nobody. At all.

However, both books contain a profile for a character who apparently should have been in there; Wen Cheng Xiao.
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In his profile, both books claim that he can be found in the Kowloon Dentist, despite the fact that, as I have said, it is actually Zai Hong En who is in there. (Again, I have circled where it says "Kowloon Dentist)
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So basically, in the final version of the game, Wen Cheng Xiao is neither in the Kowloon Dentist or the Golden Dentist; he is simply not in the game at all. It would appear he is meant to be in the Golden Dentist, but he simply isn't. And I have looked in there on the Japanese Dreamcast version, the European Dreamcast version, and the European Xbox version. He is never there.

It would appear the two guidebooks have other erroneous information too; for example in Baihu's profile it states he is found in the Tiger Gate Bldg; which indeed, while the game was still in development, he was, but this was later changed so he'd be in the Yellow Head/Big Ox Bldg. So for whatever reason, it would appear Wen Cheng Xiao was completely removed from the game at some point.

I hope that wasn't too confusing to follow ;;^_^
Last edited by Miles Prower on Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:31 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Postby Hazuki Legend » Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:32 pm

OMG it's SHAMOO FREE!!

Nah that ain't confusing at all Miles so thanx for adding that,.
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Postby Landshark » Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:56 pm

Cool stuff!

Personally I didn't even know there were dentists in Shenmue...
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Postby Henry Spencer » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:48 pm

Nice find Miles. That guide you have is sure impressive, even containing characters that were not in the game, how odd...
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Postby Peter » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:49 pm

Cool find buddy.
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Postby Andy Hughes » Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:46 pm

I didn't know that they had dentists in shenmue 2 lol. They sould have atlest one in Shenmue 1 man.
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Postby Miles Prower » Sun Aug 27, 2006 5:15 am

Thanks people. The Kowloon buildings are definitely worth exploring, you know ;)
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Postby ShenGCH » Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:31 am

Dentists?!?!?! I never knew they had them in Shenmue II. Are there any other forms of job that we havn't heard about?
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Postby Jobo » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:16 pm

Are the pictures not working for anyone else?

Nonetheless, neat find.
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Postby Focused___Soul » Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:29 pm

They aren't working for me either, thats no fun.
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Postby ShenGCH » Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:49 pm

Oh yeah, maybe a dodgy file...but they seemed fine before :?
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Postby Clint » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:20 pm

Hmmm. This could possibly lead to Shenmue III.
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Postby RyoHazuki1987 » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:26 pm

That dentist is really Baihu!1!!1!!1!1

j/k

Seriously, cool find Miles, it wasn't too hard to follow. Does anyone else think that those dentist offices look kinda dodgy?
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Postby Miles Prower » Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:33 am

Fixed the images.
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Postby Kiyuu » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:23 pm

Good observation, Miles!

Wen Cheng Xiao might have fled from Yuan who complained about his sloppy job. ;)
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