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[indigo-cyclops]

This is amazing...my one dream project from SEGA is a remaster.

 

[Bizzquik]

Beautiful.

Had to stop watching halfway through, though - made me too sad.

 

[Tizoc]

Why don't they sell the IP?

Who would want it lol.
Besides last I recalled, Japan are very close holding to any of their IPs.

 

[sörine]

Final thrashings of a dying beast really. It remains to be seen just what part Atlus will play in the Sega tale, or be kept blissfully entirely separate, but I have no idea what position Sega occupies in as little as 2 years time.

I'm worried for Atlus. Things are fine now but it seems inevitable that they'll either be forced into mobile focused development, hollowed out into an IP licensing subsidiary or fully absorbed into the bowels of Sega. Or some unfortunate combination of the 3. With a mass staff exodus.

Japanese publisher buyouts always go this way eventually. Taito, Hudson, even Gust's on their way now too.

 

[Mengetsu]

It's a shame SEGA will see this and maybe shut it down instead of hiring the fucking guy and talking with Yu about how they can do something wonderful...

 

[The Cartographer]

I'm worried for Atlus. Things are fine now but it seems inevitable that they'll either be forced into mobile focused development, hollowed out into an IP licensing subsidiary or fully absorbed into the bowels of Sega. Or some unfortunate combination of the 3. With a mass staff exodus.

Japanese publisher buyouts always go this way eventually. Taito, Hudson, even Gust's on their way now too.

Please no.

 

[fedexpeon]

One thing I hate going to Shenmue topic...the music always kills me, and makes me want to play it again.

 

[Darknight]

Are we sure this isnt the work of Cerny working with that Sega dude to bring this to PS4?

Spoiler

jk mad props to that kid who did this!

 

[Pie and Beans]

I'm worried for Atlus. Things are fine now but it seems inevitable that they'll either be forced into mobile focused development, hollowed out into an IP licensing subsidiary or fully absorbed into the bowels of Sega. Or some unfortunate combination of the 3. With a mass staff exodus.

Japanese publisher buyouts always go this way eventually. Taito, Hudson, even Gust's on their way now too.

For what its worth, theres a clear difference between the dying Sega West and the autonomous still trucking Sega Japan. Atlus Japan are gonna be fine because thats a well oiled Persona machine and with reasonably well selling other SMT stuff it amounts to be self sustaining, just like Sega Japan's Yakuza arm. Also, its sort of like Sammy owns Sega and 'Index' independently. Theyre not being fused, just treated as separate company limbs.

Atlus USA is the real conundrum and worry. Imagine Sega dragging down one of the few companies renowned for their cult hit translation all while continuing to pledge the "too expensive to translate these IP's!" bullshit. Ideally, Sega West would get burned off entirely and Atlus embiggened to take on additional Sega Japan projects.

Er.... how about Shenmue n that eh?!

 

[bwahhhhh]

I know it was a financial failure, but Sega knows fans are heavily requesting an HD re-release for Shenmue. Was there any demand concerning NiGHTS? I don't recall there was.

There was (for a Sega game) a lot of demand for a NiGHTS sequel for quite a while, the demand was Shenmue-esque. The PS2 remake sated some of that, and Journey into Dreams was hyped quite a bit after it was announced, but after JoD came out, any NiGHTS demand kind of died off, I guess. Between those two, I guess there wasn't much demand for a NiGHTS HD.

I'm much more surprised that Daytona USA HD didn't do better, millions of people must have played it and had fond memories of it. And yet...

 

[Maligna]

I know it will never happen, but I'd be interested to see how much a Shenmue Kickstarter would make.

 

[Sword Familiar]

Why don't they sell the IP?

Who would want it lol.
Besides last I recalled, Japan are very close holding to any of their IPs.

Yeah, it's a question of who'd want it and who'd be able to do the IP justice. I can't think of many companies who would be able to do the latter. Maybe Nintendo, but Shenmue has a lot of that "SEGA feel" that I think will go lost if someone else does it. Hardcore fans might be able to pull it off, but it's uncertain if the end result would be worth it.

 

[gelf]

All crazy internet contingents are as noisy as each other. There was a huge blow up over NiGHTS not being in Sonic All-Stars Racing, and yet, when the NiGHTS game gets a pretty darn good port, it doesn't exactly set the world alight.

This is the problem companies have. The small hardcore internet base makes so much noise you can get pulled into it and believe they represent the mass market and that numbers will be good. The 'I love WiiU' noise to actual sales ratio is a pretty good example of that.

Sega fans can kick up a stink still, but I guess not enough put their money where their mouths are or that there simply just aren't enough even left these days to make things a moderate to big hit.

I think at this point the Sega fanbase is horribly split into several loud pockets of people all holding a torch for a different franchise. It makes it look like people are baying for Sega re-releases but sadly when these games get put out they die a death as only one small segment of fans buy it while the others are waiting for a different game to be put out.

Many Sega games been have critically acclaimed and yet have not sold enough going back to when they first went software only. Its partially a problem of marketing but in any case its made Sega very conservative.

 

[sörine]

Please no.

As soon as Atelier started declining Koei did exactly what they said they wouldn't and absorbed Gust making them a pure R&D team. It's only going to get worse.

For what its worth, theres a clear difference between the dying Sega West and the autonomous still trucking Sega Japan. Atlus Japan are gonna be fine because thats a well oiled Persona machine and with reasonably well selling other SMT stuff it amounts to be self sustaining, just like Sega Japan's Yakuza arm. Also, its sort of like Sammy owns Sega and 'Index' independently. Theyre not being fused, just treated as separate company limbs.

Atlus USA is the real conundrum and worry. Imagine Sega dragging down one of the few companies renowned for their cult hit translation all while continuing to pledge the "too expensive to translate these IP's!" bullshit. Ideally, Sega West would get burned off entirely and Atlus embiggened to take on additional Sega Japan projects.

Er.... how about Shenmue n that eh?!

Taito and Hudson were fine too. Until they weren't.

I think Sega West will outlive Atlus as a self contained entity honestly. They've already pared down to just mobile, PC and Sonic. As soon as Persona dips we're in trouble.

 

[shuri]

I'd buy a remaster for Iphone/ipad.

 

[Izuna]

SUMo digital should do it

 

[PlumCantaloupe]

Oh very nice ...

 

[Cameron122]

Is this guy making a playable project or just videos?

Looks amazing!

 

[Elfforkusu]

Something about Shenmue's setting makes its unfinished fate even more poignant.

 

[Necromanti]

Is this guy making a playable project or just videos?

Looks amazing!

It's sneakily named "Shenmue HD Remaster", so it would be cruel if it were only the latter.

It says "I'm hoping for Shenmue 3" at the end of the video. It's nice to want things, I suppose.

 

[JimiNutz]

Beautiful.

Had to stop watching halfway through, though - made me too sad.

I was the same.
Part of me loved it but part of me hated it because it isn't actually being made

 

[eyeball_kid]

Long while ago now an insider let us a little look into what happened to the "definitely in motion Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia" HD ports. Shenmue has some licensed tech in it that everyones unsure who even actually owns so that put a downer on that, and in general I guess JSR didn't make enough to keep such HD porting teams on the bankroll.

I remember that, but wasn't it something relatively mundane like a video encoder? I don't see why they couldn't rip that out (or whatever it is) and use something else. Unless they lost the source code to Shenmue, which is possible. But it seems to me that there were just bigger factors than the 3rd-party tech issue.

 

[bwahhhhh]

I think at this point the Sega fanbase is horribly split into several loud pockets of people all holding a torch for a different franchise. It makes it look like people are baying for Sega re-releases but sadly when these games get put out they die a death as only one small segment of fans buy it while the others are waiting for a different game to be put out.

Many Sega games been have critically acclaimed and yet have not sold enough going back to when they first went software only. Its partially a problem of marketing but in any case its made Sega very conservative.

Pretty much this. Makes it tough to be a fan of Sega classics.

 

[gelf]

Pretty much this. Makes it tough to be a fan of Sega classics.

Certainly is, I'm glad I never sold my consoles.

 

[cj_iwakura]

This series has such fucking amazing music. Yuzo Koshiro have my babies.

He only contributed to it, I think.

 

[SegaManAU]

Wow amazing. Too bad we'll never get to play it. =(

 

[DeliciousDoc]

If SEGA hadn't renewed the IP and let it slip, would there be anything stopping this fan made remake from happening?

 

[Sylver]

This will be nuked as every project or will never get any playable set as always.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Sooner or later someone is going to do something. I have to repeat that or I don't believe it. You just have to believe.

 

[Pie and Beans]

I remember that, but wasn't it something relatively mundane like a video encoder? I don't see why they couldn't rip that out (or whatever it is) and use something else. Unless they lost the source code to Shenmue, which is possible. But it seems to me that there were just bigger factors than the 3rd-party tech issue.

Nah, he/she specifically said it wasn't anything like Bink or that. Theres all sorts of tech/software shit that could be the perpetrator in Shenmue actually. Suzuki's GDC post mortem on Shenmue covers some of the oddities and fans owe it themselves to give it a watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amu0_EunHmM

Things like basing the weather off of the real weather of that date, how they condensed animations and all sorts of data like room layouts. Yu and the team really went outside the box with a lot of its development which is why it was so ahead of its time in many ways. Problem is, some of that was tied to proprietary crap from a now distant age that nobody knows who owns what. I can't imagine it would take too much for a Sega lawyer to earn their keep discovering, but I guess Sega doesn't want to spend another red cent on Shenmue and kinda hoped it'd be a painlessly easy thing to re-release and earn dividends from.

 

[KingJ2002]

The potential for Shenmue is great... it shows that now more than ever a reboot is needed.

I can imagine Shenmue rebooted as a episodic digital title similar to the walking dead.


Shenmue should be a pillar for Sega

 

[Dai Kaiju]

Why the hell is this guy showing this off before it's done? Sega is just going to wait right before it's imminent release before threatening him with legal action.

I'm not going to pretend I know anything about the Korean legal system though...

Educate me, purease.

 

[petethepanda]

My dream game is an Oculus Rift Japanese vending machine simulator.

 

[Pie and Beans]

My dream game is an Oculus Rift Japanese vending machine simulator.

Almost there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4dJl3D0k-4
Really, Oculus/Morpheus is the "okay now, seriously, now is time for that Shenmue remake" point.

 

[Persona7]

This is great.

 

[Willy Wanka]

That looks fantastic but sadly it seems inevitable that Sega will shut it down.

 

[s_mirage]

That looks fantastic but sadly it seems inevitable that Sega will shut it down.

Sega aren't too bad for shutting down fan projects really. The Streets of Rage Remake seems to have been an exception, and IIRC that could have been precipitated by their taking of donations, something that is terribly unwise for any IP infringing fan project.

 

[Zezboob]

Impressive...but this is definitely grounds on cease and desist, at least we know that someone can make better stuff than Sega.

This.


That's sad, it should never been announced so early.

 

[LiK]

I wish they would revive it. Maybe beg the Yakuza devs to do it.

 

[oatmeal]

Screens are awesome, aside from the dumb depth of field employed

 

[Meccanical]

I'll buy it at a high price.

 

[2San]

Wonderful. The best part is that they kept the Dreamcast style intact. It's not like some of those Unreal Engine 4 or CryEngine rendering of old games, with out of the place shaders and such.

Yeah, but this does show how versatile the unreal engine is. Don't blame tools, but the artist for what the games look like.

 

[family_guy]

Because nobody would buy it nowadays. By that I mean it won't sell enough copies to make a profit and only the die hard fans would buy it.

It's not a good investment especially in SEGA's current state, remember that this is the company that didn't want to make Bayonetta 2.

I disagree. They released the originals on Dreamcast which died prematurely and then on Xbox which had far less of a customer base than PS2. If they made the investment and made it multiplatform, I see it doing really well.

 

[Maligna]

That looks fantastic but sadly it seems inevitable that Sega will shut it down.

I'm not sure it's intended for release. I think it's just for himself to mess around in and show off. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[2San]

Because nobody would buy it nowadays. By that I mean it won't sell enough copies to make a profit and only the die hard fans would buy it.

It's not a good investment especially in SEGA's current state, remember that this is the company that didn't want to make Bayonetta 2.

I don't understand if the Yakuza series can justify it's existence surely Shenmue can be as profitable. The series are similar in scope as well so I can't imagine a Shemue game taking up that much more resources than a Yakuza game.

 

[Brilliant Disaster]

Why the fuck is Sega doing NOTHING worthwhile with the Shenmue IP?

Because Sega

 

[Lowmelody]

Sheeeeeit this looks right.

 

[Skilotonn]

Amazing.

As in, it was perfectly recreated, preserving the essence of the game.

SEGA, do the smart thing and hire these guys please, this is incredible. This must come exactly as is, as an official release.

 

[Tain]

Very impressive.

Yeah, but this does show how versatile the unreal engine is. Don't blame tools, but the artist for what the games look like.

Is this UE? I didn't see any mentions anywhere.

 

[2San]

Very impressive.


Is this UE? I didn't see any mentions anywhere.

The uploader says that in the comments, at least that's why I understand. The guy is korean so he is using google translate to comment.

22 hours ago

Is made ​​of all the background modeling, texturing is all new.
Sega characters worked to increase the detail captured by the modeling and texturing of the All-Star Racing.
And the Unreal engine and produced
You can play in real time.
You can visit freely the background using the xbox360 pad.
I create a new character in the future also.
And to all the maps produced Shenmue1
We aim. Maybe the project is
It will take a lot of time until the end.