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Sega talks Shenmue's Future in Famitsu
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Segata Sanshiro said:
Well, I did get the mental image of a game where Ryu's only voiced line is "mumble mumble sailors! Heh heh" thanks to having recently played Mario Party 8.
But hey, we don't know what the main PS3 Yakuza team is doing at the moment, right? :lol
If Sega's working on Shenmue 3 and a Sakura Taisen ("Tenma Taisen") reboot at the same time, the universe would surely implode, right?
Aaron Strife
Banned
We should be doing this instead of saving up to buy Greece.El Sloth said:
lol at the people who think that Nintendo could do Shenmue Justice :lol What the... !
Shenmue III should be created by the people who made the original games with Yu Suzuki in lead . this is one the only option !!!
SEGA still capable to create great games as long as there is awesome people inside the company , i don't know why some people wining about "SEGA is not capable anymore" bullshit !
Shenmue III should be created by the people who made the original games with Yu Suzuki in lead . this is one the only option !!!
SEGA still capable to create great games as long as there is awesome people inside the company , i don't know why some people wining about "SEGA is not capable anymore" bullshit !
robertsan21
Member
not on the wii for the love of god!
give it to me on ps3 or 360 damnit!
give it to me on ps3 or 360 damnit!
Dark Octave
Banned
No doubt they'll do what was done on Xbox and have the first two games summed up in movie forms. Short of giving us the first two games for free, I can't think of anything better.seady said:
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!ULTROS! said:
WasteLand Soldier
Banned
seady said:
are you crazy? the ending is why people WANT part 3. it was like the biggest fucking cliffhanger in gaming history.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
SEGA's released more good games this year than Nintendo has.MechaX said:
granted a company would only have to release four good games to beat nintendo's entire lineup so far this year but still taking the victory where i can
A Link to the Past
Banned
Reminds me of all the news about Mother 3 for the DS. "We'd love to make it!"
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
I just want a port of Shenmue 1.
Windom Earle
Member
*dreams*
minor effort
Banned
Xater said:
Hey, Francis Ford Coppola came back years later and gave us The Godfather III.
Xater said:
OH GOD !
please enough of this Yakuza = Shenmue shit already
and no i am not talking story wise no i am talking about the whole gameplay mechanics & feel . those games are totally different .
if Yakuza was anything like Shenmue , i would go on and forget about Shenmue for good .
i never played Shenmue specifically for the story ...
Would a Shenmue 3 now, after so many years, really make sense? At this point, remaking the first two games into a single (eventually shorter) one and tacking up some ending chapter would probably be the wisest choice.
This way long time fans would still have their ending, and new players could enjoy it without having played the prequels.
This way long time fans would still have their ending, and new players could enjoy it without having played the prequels.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Shenmue Trilogy HD, BELIEVE!Jocchan said:
Jocchan said:
I don't think it would be impossible to do a pretty interesting and relatively short interactive intro bit that introduces the primary plot points of the first two games. A lot of stuff happens, but it's not like Ryo's motivations are that complicated.
A Shenmue 3 is really unlikely, but I'd still welcome it if it ever shows up. I haven't played Shenmue 1, but Shenmue 2 is such a unique experience, and the ending was way too open-ended to cut the story off there.
eso76
Member
putting a final chapter at the end of shenmue 2 would ruin the pacing completely..
Ryo's quest was supposed to be a long one, where he travels and learns new techniques from many martial artists around the world, which eventually make him strong enough to confront lan di.
What they should do is remake Yokosuka, update graphics and control system, sell it retail for a reasonable price, have you install main assets and then go crazy with dlc, releasing one new chapter every month.
I'm sure Sega could milk the franchise even further by giving you all sorts of DLC, from outfits to gatchapon series, to tapes you can listen to ingame, to old Sega classics to play in the arcades. Shenmue might not be very popular, but its fans are very loyal and every one of them would buy a new chapter the moment it's released. i can't see this NOT being profitable for Sega.
Ryo's quest was supposed to be a long one, where he travels and learns new techniques from many martial artists around the world, which eventually make him strong enough to confront lan di.
What they should do is remake Yokosuka, update graphics and control system, sell it retail for a reasonable price, have you install main assets and then go crazy with dlc, releasing one new chapter every month.
I'm sure Sega could milk the franchise even further by giving you all sorts of DLC, from outfits to gatchapon series, to tapes you can listen to ingame, to old Sega classics to play in the arcades. Shenmue might not be very popular, but its fans are very loyal and every one of them would buy a new chapter the moment it's released. i can't see this NOT being profitable for Sega.
Windom Earle
Member
Xater said:
The hate is strong, so Shenmue can't be so dead after all :lol
PumpkinPie
Banned
They should port the first two games to the Wii (or even just the first), see how they do...and then look into the third if it proves profitable. I think the Wii controls would work will with Shenmue, what with the fighting system and all the minigames.
LanDi Sama Bin Laden.
LanDi Sama Bin Laden.
Earl Cazone
Member
I would be SO in for a shenmue 3. Actually shenmue is the only game besides space channel 5 that I replayed multiple times (or at all if you will).
im just worried about that extended shenmue online trailer with shenhua transforming sailor moon style and lan di having a real dragon etc. i know theres ineviatbly going to be some mystery and magic elements and im all in for it, but please no anime-style magic battles.
check this scene, and the ending:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBIFZI_9dN0#t=1m57s
ugh!
im just worried about that extended shenmue online trailer with shenhua transforming sailor moon style and lan di having a real dragon etc. i know theres ineviatbly going to be some mystery and magic elements and im all in for it, but please no anime-style magic battles.
check this scene, and the ending:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBIFZI_9dN0#t=1m57s
ugh!
Night_Trekker
Member
Earl Cazone said:
Yeah, this is my only real concern about the series continuing. Pretty much every game has that shit in it. Shenmue is great because it's mostly real-world stuff.
sechsterangriff
Member
eso76 said:
This just makes too much sense.
I want to kill Lan Di as much as the next guy, but Shenmue III didn't come out when it was supposed to, nor for the platform it should. I doubt a game made by a different team would live up to the Shenmue name. Or even the hype.
Sure, someone's gonna talk about Nagoshi or whatever... RGG is a completely different game than Shenmue. Not to mention that Shenmue was amazing because of the small touches and attention to detail. Stuff like Ryo avoiding people while running, or never re-using the same skin for 2 NPCs. Anyone who's played RGG knows it's far less polished than Shenmue.
Shenmue fans should just let this go. Even if it does come, it will never be as good as it could be. Stick with the memories, at least you won't be disappointed.
Sure, someone's gonna talk about Nagoshi or whatever... RGG is a completely different game than Shenmue. Not to mention that Shenmue was amazing because of the small touches and attention to detail. Stuff like Ryo avoiding people while running, or never re-using the same skin for 2 NPCs. Anyone who's played RGG knows it's far less polished than Shenmue.
Shenmue fans should just let this go. Even if it does come, it will never be as good as it could be. Stick with the memories, at least you won't be disappointed.
Earl Cazone
Member
I would love it, but episodic releases have never been successfull. after 2 chapters the sales will just drop.and there will be peoplewho wont be paying for chapters that dont contain new storysechsterangriff said:
Segata Sanshiro
Member
He um... didn't do a Yakuza = Shenmue thing there. He just said that he moved on from Shenmue and found something new to love. It's healthy. Y'all should try it.Suzuki Yu said:
The series are too different to compare but I will say that they're both incredibly flawed games that are excellent at creating a sense of place and somehow manage to be fun and memorable experiences in spite of their shortcomings. And they both have Japanese people. That's about as far as you can really compare them.
A short interactive intro would also be possible, of course, but would screw up too much the pacing and the buildup towards the third part. Still absolutely doable, but not entirely ideal if you ask me.sonicmj1 said:
It depends on how long that chapter is. Of course I wasn't talking about a 30 minutes one, it would still need a sizable chunk of gameplay to be interesting for the fans.eso76 said:
I really doubt this would work, sadly. Episodic content rarely works this well, people drop out and new people hardly replace them. And the series wasn't popular enough in the first place.eso76 said:
In an ideal world maybe it would be an interesting solution (but expensive as hell, DLC would cost much more than retail releases), but if we lived in an ideal world Shenmue 3 would have come out years ago.
My guess is that there will be Shenmue game in the future but only it is not Shenmue III it's going to be some silly reboot. It's been almost 10 years since Shenmue II was released and lots of gamers don't know jack shit about the story of Shenmue so it would be risky to continue from where they left it. Also writing of Shenmue isn't really where it should be by todays standards so they would probably have to rewrite lots Suzuki's text. It could be good or it could be bad. I hope for the first but most certainly it's going to suck.
That was my point, and that's why I said that now remaking partially the first two games (even just a smaller part) and including them in the package would be nearly mandatory.Fuzz Rez said:
Think of RE Umbrella Chronicles, basically, but with shorter prequels and a much longer new chapter.
I think this could work. Release Shenmue 1+2 HD to pave the way for Shenmue 3.2San said:
A lot of people who never got to play games will have heard about them with the rep they have gotten over the years.
A lot of hype, promotion and a fair price for the HD versions and I think it could be a successful endeavour for Sega.