Yu Suzuki's interview by Red Bull and new screenshots

[BlueMue]

Not much new info but the new screenshots are nice enough. Interesting to see them use that character tree again.

[Switch]

Spoiler :

I'm unable to plug the other characters.

[Spaghetti]

There may be a misunderstanding/mistranslation there.

Cedric in the Desert Bus interview said one of his requests as a producer of Shenmue 3 was to let players leave the damn cave.

EDIT: Reading the quote again, it may be taking into context the whole of the Shenmue 3 story instead of saying where we start from? It's a tricky one.

[Yokosuka]

There may be a misunderstanding/mistranslation there.

Cedric in the Desert Bus interview said one of his requests as a producer of Shenmue 3 was to let players leave the damn cave.

I thought that Cédric used rather a metaphor to say "make Shenmue III" but after re-watching this, I think you're right.

A time skip? a crap..... whyyy???? i want to start from the cave and actually control ryo leaving the cave kinda like how i control ryo in shen2 when he gets of the boat.... crap, :(

I'm pretty sure Yu said that Shenmue 3 will start from Shenhua's house.
Tbh, I always thought that starting from the Guilin outside scenery was a more suitable intro than linking straight from the cave.

[shredingskin]

He says "a year has not yet passed from the conclusion of Shenmue 2" but then says "he will travel to Guilin in Shenmue III".

Before he said the game would start in the road to bailu, and then said the game will start from shenhua's house.

I still believe the game will start at the beginning of gd4.

Don't know why.

[Spaghetti]

He says "a year has not yet passed from the conclusion of Shenmue 2" but then says "he will travel to Guilin in Shenmue III".

Before he said the game would start in the road to bailu, and then said the game will start from shenhua's house.

I still believe the game will start at the beginning of gd4.

Don't know why.

That'd be a weird, if kinda cool choice to get old players back into the swing of things, and new players caught up on the story.

[SMDzero]

I guess it's conceivable that a year has gone by and Ryo and Shenhua have been living together for nearly a year in Shenhua's house. Maybe they'll even have a newborn child when Shenmue 3 starts?

[LucBu]

A bit of speculation beneath.

I imagine the time skip is to compensate for the fact that Shenmue 2's ending can be anywhere between January to? (June perhaps?). Considering the range of Shenmue 2's ending date, I would imagine the time skip will be set after the last possible date you could finish Shenmue 2 in order to have a fresh start in regards to the date the game starts on.

That could potentially mean, for the people who got through S1 and S2 quickly, that Ryo would appeared to have spent several months around Shenhua's house before the start of the game. (Since the start dates of Shenmue 3 players have to be the same regardless of the date S2 players finsihed the game - especially since we've skipped a generation, have no save files and we're on new consoles.)

Most likely it means Shenmue 3 will, just like S1 and S2, have a time cap and bad ending to prevent players from taking Shenmue 3 past its allotted months. From the screen shots we've seen so far many of the plants/flowers are in full bloom, so we're looking at Summer (1987) when the game starts. June-July-August. Perhaps late Summer. This matches the ending dates for Shenmue 2. Anything past this would have Autumn colors. Since the earliest footage has full bloom colors rather than an Autumn set, it seems this is the case.

The only other alternative would be literally an entire year, to allow the game to begin in the Spring in 1988, which seems a little far fetched. The significance of discovering another culture for Ryo, and for the player simultaneously, would have less of an impact if he's lived there a whole year. That synonymy between Ryo and the player in S2 allowed the experience to be new for both of them, Ryo can be surprised for the player as he stands in for the player, to some extent. I'm pretty sure it will be the Summer of 1987.

Now let's take bets on the day everyone. Saturday... no Sund-

[Monkei]

Love the screenshots!

[Kiske]

Love the screenshots!

Love the screenshots too! And thank you guys for the "characters board".

The mysterious team member behind Lan Di's face is driving me crazy

[The_Fuzileiro]

It's nice to see that at least 2 group members are outside orient. That guy with a beard is possibly an american. That other with long hair too.

I think it is important to have western guys on board, once qualified professionals in the japonese industry are just focusing in making smartphone games and probably are not so experient with UE4.

[Tsubasa]

It's nice to see that at least 2 group members are outside orient. That guy with a beard is possibly an american. That other with long hair too.

I think it is important to have western guys on board, once qualified professionals in the japonese industry are just focusing in making smartphone games and probably are not so experient with UE4.

Finger crossed, they will only help with Unreal Engine 4. One has to remain at his place.

[alexh86]

It's nice to see a story that has a generally-positive tone and appreciates the patience and pain necessary to get to this point. The only inaccuracy I saw was that Shenmue II can't be controlled with a thumbstick.

[FlagshipFighter]

Quick Question:



This is the first that I've heard of Red Bull doing exclusive coverage/articles. What were their interests? Is a deal between them and Yu to feature red bull cans/vending machines in the game actually plausible? Or are those divisions seperate?

[Let's Get Sweaty]

This is the first that I've heard of Red Bull doing exclusive coverage/articles. What were their interests? Is a deal between them and Yu to feature red bull cans/vending machines in the game actually plausible? Or are those divisions seperate?

Later this month at the Monaco circuit Yu's being announced as their new F1 driver.

Also, they have a whole section devoted to gaming on their website: redbull.com/games