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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Segata Sanshiro Jr. » Tue May 31, 2011 2:16 pm

Master Kyodai wrote:I've always felt of Yakuza as somehow a reference to Shenmue, but these Yakuza 4 screenshots shout out "Shenmue ftw!". In Yakuza 2 one of the bridges is called "Iwao bridge". Kinda weak one but only one i remember that has not already been listed here.


I definitely agree, to be honest I can't think of many of the Yakuza 1 and 2 references but the ones in 3 and 4 are pretty in your face. like Ryoko Hazuki (BTW thanks to YS for finding this)

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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Bluecast » Tue May 31, 2011 2:20 pm

I love to go on Sega All Stars Racing and Ryo race trhough Shinjuku. I get a mixed vibe of my two fave Sega series.
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby darksniper » Tue May 31, 2011 5:34 pm

I never knew there was Shenmue references in Virtua Cop 2! Are those Shenmue pictures from the original arcade version or is it a port? Virtua Cop came out around 96' or '97 if I recall. If so, it's amazing that so much Shenmue artwork and promotion was being done even before the game came out.
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Segata Sanshiro Jr. » Tue May 31, 2011 5:45 pm

Might've been from the port, Sega is pretty good about changing the signs/references in the background when they re-release stuff.

If I'm not mistaken Project Berkley foes pretty far back into the saturn days so its possible it was just a piece of art that made its way into another game.

(..wow its been a long time since I talk Shenmue stuff)
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Bluecast » Tue May 31, 2011 6:17 pm

Project Berky started development in 1994. Originally Virtua Fighter RPG. Not until Dreamcast it was changed. So yeah it was pretty far in development for Saturn when canned for DC simply because Saturn was losing the market and the sexy new project Katana was in development.
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Ryo911 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:16 pm

Shenmoo! quite simply the best Shenmue reference of all time!

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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Bluecast » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:18 pm

What game is that?
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Ryo911 » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:39 pm

Ryudo wrote:What game is that?


Fur Fighters on Dreamcast
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Shenmue Stare » Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:46 am

There's what sounds like an early version of Shenhua's theme in Fighter's Megamix.

http://youtu.be/gaHhrCt-eX8

It's probably inconsequential, but I remember seeing this pic of GTA3 back in the day before it came out and thought it might have been influenced by Shenmue.

http://ps2.ign.com/dor/objects/15548/grand-theft-auto-iii/images/gta3_20.html

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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Shenmue Stare » Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:18 am

There's also this one , maybe?

http://www.siliconera.com/2008/09/18/success-pays-tribute-to-shenmue-with-a-ryo-hazuki-doppelganger/

It's Tokyo Beat Down for the DS. I think it is anyway. Haven't played enough of the game to have seen this.
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Bluecast » Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:28 pm

I love tokyo beat down but I don't think that is a reference at all. Ryo is dressed in such a generic look a million games and films could be a reference. That look been around for 60 years.
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby EpicJellyfish » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:28 am

Ryudo wrote:Sweet I found some in Sonic Riders,Outrun 2006 and Virtua Cop.
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Those are fantastic! Never really think to look for little incidental details like that,I can't really think of a [Sega or otherwise] title that features something like that. D:

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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Ren Dan » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:42 pm

I remember playing Virtua Fighter 5 on Xbox 360 and I remember on the quest mode or whatever it's called fighting Lau and he had the username "Lan Di". Lau has a lot of similarities to Lan Di since they both use the Tiger Swallow Style and look similar.
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Who Really Cares? » Tue May 01, 2012 12:21 pm

Thats because when Shenmue was a VF RPG Lau was the bad guy. Lan Di is pretty much him in a different skin.

And i belive the Lan Di on VF5 was from a fan suggestion or something?
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Re: Shenmue References!

Postby Spokane » Tue May 01, 2012 10:45 pm

I had a brand of freezer store bought Chinese food, you just have to heat it up and make it outta the bag, but the name of the brand was Wanchai Ferry.

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