by mikec_ct » Tue Oct 14, 2003 11:57 am
I'm saying 2005. And quite frankly I don't think it will ever be released if we get to 2007 or 2008 with no news. Shenmue isn't a series that'll just be idle for 10 years and then have a sequel released. It is a continuing saga, unlike Outrun or something along those lines, where it can rest for two decades with no continuity between the games. Most of the time when there is a huge gap between games in a series, it is more of a REMAKE than a TRUE SEQUEL. Shenmue III has to come out while the current generation of gamers remember it. Kids who are 5 or 6 right now won't care about Shenmue III at all (other than my nephew, who I've been sowhing the games to since he learned to talk, haha), especially if they never played the original 2.