Ryo is in a new country and a small cramped room on a hard couch. Entirely reasonable that his mind might be racing while he sleeps and he wakes up at 3AM disoriented and climbs into the bed instinctively. Uh, no. He's already in bed. He's not going to get up and "accidentally" get into b...

Since he's traveling through China, it's possible that he'll come across the factory where capsule toys are manufactured, and end up forgetting about his original quest entirely.

Just got the email over here.

I have a question - I sprang for the art book level, and didn't see any place to select which physical version to receive. Is that something they'll check in about later? Or did I misunderstand and you don't get that physical copy at that tier? In answer to the original topic, I'm leaning towards PC...

YS: It enables Ryo to have more interaction with his surroundings. I think it will be fun to increase the reaction chains. Still being pretty vague there Yu... I think of something close to Yakuza but without weapons. Interactions with environment and special techniques in particular situations. Wa...

Regarding the NPC guide feature, I don't remember really needing it in order to find a place. But I did use it occasionally just as an opportunity to slowly look around at all the passing scenery and take in the atmosphere. As to whether it was too big? I liked the scope of it. But I must admit on m...

I can't imagine loading screens would be well-received by people who are new to the series. They would get savaged in reviews. I've been into Shenmue since it first came out and personally I like the fact that it's much more possible to stream world data than to have to look at loading screens nowad...

I think it just goes to show how much people care about the series. They want it to be the best it can possibly be. Personally, I'm over the moon that this is happening. And no matter what, I consider this Kickstarter to already be a huge success. Do I hope for even more? Of course. But I'm not goin...

Does anybody have any experience with the XBOX version of Shenmue II? I was gonna play it on my 360. The only thing about playing it on the 360 is the d-pad is so imprecise, it makes some of the minigames and QTEs extremely difficult. In particular, moving boxes becomes an excercise in frustration....

Arcade games? Probably not. Back in the Dreamcast days it was a cool thing but SEGA would rather sell the games on PSN/XBL/iOS then pack them in with Shenmue III. You could play NES games in the Gamecube Animal Crossing but they pulled that out of future game when the virtual console became a thing...

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone. Everyone who's been vocal, everyone who's been an organizer and motivator. Everyone who's been quiet, too, and unsure about what to do to get to this day. And for those who lost hope and became angry too. What an amazing, difficult journey to get here. And what...