Random Shenmue III Thoughts

[GYO6161]

They could include Virtua Fighter 1 and 2, Daytona usa..

Wouldn't make sense if they're keeping in line with the relevant time period. The Saturn in the first game is an easter egg before anyone uses that as a retort

What about the Sonic capsule toys? Sonic didn't exist in 86/87 either and i wouldn't call the capsule toys easter eggs. They are featured more prominently than the Saturn.

[ShenGCH]

They could include Virtua Fighter 1 and 2, Daytona usa..

Wouldn't make sense if they're keeping in line with the relevant time period. The Saturn in the first game is an easter egg before anyone uses that as a retort

What about the Sonic capsule toys? Sonic didn't exist in 86/87 either and i wouldn't call the capsule toys easter eggs. They are featured more prominently than the Saturn.

Capsule toys can be chalked up to SEGA branding. Without including toys from Sonic, Virtua Fighter, NiGHTS, and the like, capsule toys would have been sparse and boring.

[Haruto]

Be neat if they added Panzer Dragoon,Golden Axe or SOR,Guardian Heroes stuff. Likely won't happen.

[Centrale]

Capsule toys can be chalked up to SEGA branding. Without including toys from Sonic, Virtua Fighter, NiGHTS, and the like, capsule toys would have been sparse and boring.

So basically you're saying that everything that has already been in the games yet was outside of the game's timeline is justified... yet any other ideas to include games or other items outside of the game's timeline is not acceptable.

[redline]

i wonder if they will have any new arcade games for shenmue 3?

If they're sticking to Yu Suzuki-designed games of the time period alone, the only remaining games are Enduro Racer, Super Hang-On, and After Burner II, all of which are not too dissimilar from their counterparts, so maybe they'll take inspiration from other arcade games and/or create their own, a la QTE Title and Excite QTE 2.

We know there's punch-ball and pinball machines in the game, so I wouldn't be surprised if the shift was directed towards those sorts of games compared to traditional arcade cabinets.

i really liked excite QTE. if they made 0.2 for shenmue 3 i would love that.

i was thinking that maybe in one of the future games, they incorporate the arcade gameplay into the main story.. ie you need to get a certain score to impress a kid and the game character shows you a location/item or something(?)

[ShenGCH]

Capsule toys can be chalked up to SEGA branding. Without including toys from Sonic, Virtua Fighter, NiGHTS, and the like, capsule toys would have been sparse and boring.

So basically you're saying that everything that has already been in the games yet was outside of the game's timeline is justified... yet any other ideas to include games or other items outside of the game's timeline is not acceptable.

No, that's not what I'm saying, but if we're talking about realism relative to the time period, capsule toys are trivial and have room for artistic license.

[darksniper]

Capsule toys can be chalked up to SEGA branding. Without including toys from Sonic, Virtua Fighter, NiGHTS, and the like, capsule toys would have been sparse and boring.

So basically you're saying that everything that has already been in the games yet was outside of the game's timeline is justified... yet any other ideas to include games or other items outside of the game's timeline is not acceptable.

No, that's not what I'm saying, but if we're talking about realism relative to the time period, capsule toys are trivial and have room for artistic license.

It's not too late for Sega to slap their likeness on the game is it? After seeing their full-fledged support with I and II HD, I'd like to think that we'd see their logo somewhere in the game since it is a Sega IP.

[Kiske]

I saw a tweet by National Geographic about the The Fujian Tulou in my Twitter feed yesterday.

It reminded me how little we know yet about that part of Shenmue 3.

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[FlagshipFighter]

I saw a tweet by National Geographic about the The Fujian Tulou in my Twitter feed yesterday.

It reminded me how little we know yet about that part of Shenmue 3.

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Interesting that the people are called Hakka, since in the japanese version Bailu village is called "Hakka son" - Hakka village. I always wondered why they changed the name for the english translation.

[Rikitatsu]

I was thinking how cool it would be if Shenmue 3 featured a final location beyond Baisha that wasn't revealed in the Kickstarter, like Meng Cun or something. It's unrealistic to expect it given the monetary situation of Shenmue 3, but man, it would be awesome.

I love how I thought Shenmue 2 was ending with Kowloon, but the game threw me for a loop with Guilin, I didn't expect it and it was a pleasant surprise.

[Hazuki00]

I was thinking how cool it would be if Shenmue 3 featured a final location beyond Baisha that wasn't revealed in the Kickstarter, like Meng Cun or something. It's unrealistic to expect it given the monetary situation of Shenmue 3, but man, it would be awesome.

I love how I thought Shenmue 2 was ending with Kowloon, but the game threw me for a loop with Guilin, I didn't expect it and it was a pleasant surprise.

Well, we've seen one image from the great wall, so maybe we'll have some more places apart from the three we know!

[Rikitatsu]

I was thinking how cool it would be if Shenmue 3 featured a final location beyond Baisha that wasn't revealed in the Kickstarter, like Meng Cun or something. It's unrealistic to expect it given the monetary situation of Shenmue 3, but man, it would be awesome.

I love how I thought Shenmue 2 was ending with Kowloon, but the game threw me for a loop with Guilin, I didn't expect it and it was a pleasant surprise.

Well, we've seen one image from the great wall, so maybe we'll have some more places apart from the three we know!

Good point, but while we know Bailu Village is in Guilin, we don't know where Chobou and Baisha are located. Perhaps one of them is very close to the Great Wall.

[James Brown]

Good point, but while we know Bailu Village is in Guilin, we don't know where Chobou and Baisha are located. Perhaps one of them is very close to the Great Wall.

If Choubu and Baisha are adhering to the geographical locations of their IRL counterparts, they'll be in the Hunan and Fujian provinces respectively.



Guilin is in the Guangxi province, so it'd be a realistic passage of travel through these provinces over the course of the game.

However... none of these provinces are near the Great Wall. Well, the Great Wall we all know - which was to keep out the Mongolians.



There's actually a second Great Wall of China in the South that was used to keep out the Miao people, and it can be accessed from Fenghuang county; which Choubu is based on. It doesn't run into the Fujian province though, so I'm not sure if it's going to be used between Choubu and Baisha.

Ryo could return to Choubu after Baisha and set out on the Southern Great Wall from there. After all... it does lead to Shanghai which could well be where Shenmue IV starts.

[James Brown]

After just visiting Beijing, the Great Wall, Xian and Shanghai...Spag, you got me incredibly excited for Shenmue 4...getting way ahead of ourselves

[Rikitatsu]

Having just checked the maps, you know what else is close to the Great Wall aside from Beijing?
Heibei province, home to Cangzhou city... And Meng Cun is a Cangzhou county!

Maybe we could be going to Meng Cun in Shenmue 3 after all

Well, whether it's in Shenmue 3 or 4, I'm excited about visiting that place... Not only it is important to Shenmue storyline, it's also a fascinating place. It's inhabitants are the ethnic minority Hui people, who are Chinese Muslims and the creators of Bajiquan. I'm betting it will be culturally distinct from the other Chinese villages and towns we'd visit.

Anyone here read the manga Kenji? Shenmue draws a lot from that manga, the protagonist travels to China in search of his grandfather, while learning martial arts in the process... He eventually visits Cangzhou, and Meng Cun (aka Meng Village) it looked like a very interesting place.

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