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Megaton rumor: Shenmue 1 & 2 may be heading to the Wii!
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Thunder Monkey
Banned
Wait... what?Phthisis said:
I was probably playing through Shenmue for my fortieth time and envisioning how the game would work if I made it.
I've long been a waggle proponent.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Not really.Phthisis said:
It's kind of hard to explain.
I expected some form of motion sensing to be commonplace in the gaming arena by now. It just made too much sense when watching a child get into a game, and twisting the controller like mad.
Most of my "design docs" dating from as early as 2000 feature some partially retarded uses of accelerometers in game control. The beautiful thing about the Wii, is it's addition of an IR sensor on top of the waggle.
edit: I didn't notice one part of your post.
Waggle was around before the turn of the century. MS had a fairly basic motion sensing controller for the PC. A form of the SideWinder.
jeremy1456
Junior Member
The overuse of the word "Megaton" is really weakening it's meaning.
Honestly Shenmue and Megaton should not be in the same sentence ever, except when saying "A new shenmue release is not a megaton".
Honestly Shenmue and Megaton should not be in the same sentence ever, except when saying "A new shenmue release is not a megaton".
jeremy1456
Junior Member
RiZ III said:
Well it quite obviously wasn't for the Dreamcast target audience, or the Xbox target audience either based on sales.
General statements like yours make no sense when the market hasn't been tested for such a title.
professor_t
Member
Shenmue would sell about 7 copies on the Wii.
Xisiqomelir
Member
Oh Dreamcast, why even purchase you? Next time don't give it all up so quickly.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
jeremy1456 said:
You subscribe to the definition that a "megaton" must result in utter disappointment, right?
If not, you got some 'splaining to do.
Bluemercury
Member
Is this a thread about non wii owners whinning about some game that shouldnt come to wii?
DEJA VU i tell you JA VU.....i mean its not like the wii has right to have non mini games....
DEJA VU i tell you JA VU.....i mean its not like the wii has right to have non mini games....
grap3fruitman
Banned
I want HD Shenmue, not Waggle Shenmue; also: Shenmue 3. D:
Thunder Monkey
Banned
I bet it'd surpass the Xbox version of Shenmue 2.professor_t said:
Wouldn't have far to go either. If it would hit the 100,000 unit mark it would beat out the Xbox version by close to 25,000 units.
To be honest after the series sold like it did, I'd be Sega would be more then happy with it hitting the 50,000 unit mark. That'd be 1.5 million units total for the series.
The only way continuing the franchise would make any sense at all is by lowering costs. The engine would look like crap running on the 360, but it'd be easy for it to run well on the Wii. And it'd sadly be one of the better looking games for the platform too.grap3fruitman said:
A Human Becoming
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professor_t said:
Naw I'm sure there are more then 7 Gaffers who would pick it up.
Bluemercury
Member
grap3fruitman said:
see above
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
Yeah sure. Why not. If both of them were in a package for $30, that would be so awesome.
Ganondorf>Link
Member
FUCK YES. DAY 1.
(if it actually does happen so that I can support the low possibility of Shenmue 3 being made
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(if it actually does happen so that I can support the low possibility of Shenmue 3 being made
)Alright, minigame speculation:
Spoilers since I note some haven't played Shenmue 1 or 2
Spoilers since I note some haven't played Shenmue 1 or 2
- Use Wiimote to simulate wiping the walls
- Use Wiimote to balance a load of books
- Use the nunchuck and the remote as left hand and right hand during QTEs and fighting, so eg. to throw you'll swing the nunchuck/remote both back or both front.
- Tilt the Lucky Hit board with the remote to increase chance of winning
- Forklift control could use nunchuck for movement and wiimote for lifting up or down
- Catching leaves with the wiimote could be exciting as you'll have to physically thrust the wiimote forward (as your right hand) to catch leaves
- Wiimote balancing on those stupid wooden planks
- Use Wiimote to balance a load of books
- Use the nunchuck and the remote as left hand and right hand during QTEs and fighting, so eg. to throw you'll swing the nunchuck/remote both back or both front.
- Tilt the Lucky Hit board with the remote to increase chance of winning
- Forklift control could use nunchuck for movement and wiimote for lifting up or down
- Catching leaves with the wiimote could be exciting as you'll have to physically thrust the wiimote forward (as your right hand) to catch leaves
- Wiimote balancing on those stupid wooden planks
Absinthe (Permed)
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I'd definitely buy it. I doubt this is true, however.
Augemitbutter
Member
dont care. still waiting for shenmue 3. also i dont think sega would stress themselves in bringing shenmue 1&2 to wii. its too much work to make the game run flawlessly on that hardware and optimize the controls. i dont see it happening.
buy a DC to play shenmue 1&2
buy a DC to play shenmue 1&2
QTE could be pretty sweet with this. That, combined with mini-games of darts, space harrier. The motorcycle in Shenmue 1. Wii also has a really nice userbase. There may be a slight chance of Japan creating some sales if it's a nicely packaged Shenmue 1&2 together. That is if the slight chance that the rumor has some truth to it. HOPE'S ALIVE!
The Hermit
Member
:lol :lol
Imagine how people will react if Shenmue 3 is released only on the Wii.
Seeing how it went at the NPD thread, people might start slitting their wrists...
EDIT: I remember that Nights originally started as a small buzz that kept growing until it was released, so this could and even sounds true too...
Too bad the game sucks.
Imagine how people will react if Shenmue 3 is released only on the Wii.
Seeing how it went at the NPD thread, people might start slitting their wrists...
EDIT: I remember that Nights originally started as a small buzz that kept growing until it was released, so this could and even sounds true too...
Too bad the game sucks.
vas_a_morir
Banned
I'd buy it, Just to show my kids that such a crazy thing existed. I recently gave my copy of Shenmue away in the "free to a good home" thread, cause I was never funna play that game again, anyway.
Pellham said:
Shenmue (1.2 million)
The DC's collapse right at the time of Shenmue II, and bringing a sequel out to Xbox, w/o ever releasing the first game hurt the franchise badly. It might not have been DC's savior, but the original game sold well.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
I loved Shenmue 1 and 2, but like the Wii needs more ports. Oh well....
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
depward said:
You really should consider calling it Shitpoo from now on, you know, to complete the devastation.
N-E-ways, put me down for 1 Shenmue 1+2 Wii, Sega.
Baiano19 said:
People complaining about what system it's released on? I don't think Shenmue 3 released in videogame form would receive any complaints from the series' fans. That's the epitomy of "beggers can't be choosers". The only dissapointment I could imagine would be if they lost a great fighting system to something simplified for the Wii controller. But it would still be finishing the story, so who cares.
Infernal Monkey
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Pre-orders come with bonus DVD 'Shenmue III: The Movie'
TheGreatDave
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acidviper said:
I liked 1, but can get why somebody wouldn't like it.
2 is much better. But I think it'd be impossible to enjoy playing for the first time now.
You should probably focus on games from the last 5 years.
ratcliffja
Member
MisterHero said:
That's among the most amazing puns I've read. Thank you.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
People thought the fighting was great?J2 Cool said:
I thought it was a slower and more simplified version of Virtua Fighter. Good, but so not the point of the game.
Everything else I agree with.
If it does come, no one should complain. No matter the platform. The alternative is never getting it.
AndoCalrissian
Member
I would purchase this. Never played Shenmue 2, and in Shenmue 1 I found a gamebreaking bug that wouldn't let me finish it when I was like 80-90% through the game.
Future PhaZe
Member
I have no idea how the series would play on Wii but if it can get some quality sales there (doubtful) I'm all for it. Anything for my Shenmue 3 to have the slightest breath of life.
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