After squinting at the tiny characters for a while, I've taken a best guess at what some of them say. Nothing too revealing though, unfortunately! http://i.imgur.com/bVc0XuJ.png The other text was too blurry for me to guess, such as the clothes pole(?) in the inner garden area, and the name of the r...

Latest tweet from Yu Suzuki - 鳥舞旅社1F First floor of Choubu hostel https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJZWg9IUcAANxcI.jpg:large I wish the small characters were easier to see... Update: I've taken a stab at guessing what some of the text says, and uploaded it to the thread made by Peter here .

Yeah, it would be very cool to be able to explore an "on stilts" fishing village in the game. The other map has stars too, also around the perimeter of the village. I'd guess it's also surrounded by water, kind of like Zhouzhuangzhen which is also in Suzhou, quite close to the Pan Gate you...

NeoShredder wrote:What's that on the bottom left, please?

"Ryo's room, Choubu hostel"

YsNet is advertising for development staff. Translation of the tweet : We have started recruiting for developers! If you are passionate about games, we're waiting for your application! http://www.ysnet-inc.jp/ From Ys Net recruitment page (translated): Roles Sought 1. Planner(s) 2. Level Designer(s)...

Sonoshee wrote:Ryo and Shenhua's room in a Choubu Inn maybe?

Funky business or not, looks like you're not far off the mark. Written on the art itself is "Ryo's room, Choubu hostel".

I find the second map particularly intriguing, as there seems to be a gap between the village and the mountain. If peter is correct and this area is within Hong Kong it could potentially be a fishing village like Tai O, which largely exists on stilts above the sea: http://i.imgur.com/hPhXSX9.jpg Ni...

Wow, that VR mod video is impressive! I'm sure Yu Suzuki will take a direct interest in this.

You can just click the icon over on the left, under my avatar, to send me the stuff through by email.

NeoShredder wrote: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.ph ... ount=12821

We can definitely help out with translating the message into Japanese.

(I'm still waiting for my account on NeoGAF to be activated, so I can't post there yet).

Very interesting! I think these could well be maps relating to the future Shenmue story. Here's what I have picked up from looking over the maps. 1. http://imgur.com/FvSP2mD The small labels on the map are pointing to these various stores: - Drugstore - General store - Pawn store - Bicycle shop - Sh...

I'm upping this topic because I spotted something wrong about an information presented by the OP : " Yu Suzuki says the majority of investment will be from Kickstarter. " I find the mention nowhere in the Axm and Switch's translation of his Famitsu interview . I think this may be based on...

Excellent, thanks guys!

鳥舞 船着場 Choubu boat landing
posted by Yu on Twitter

A follow-up blog post from Ryuji Iuchi (translated to English) is posted here:

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