Only just noticed this tweet by Cedric Biscay:
https://twitter.com/CedricBiscay/status/623216916757352448

@Shenmuehua je l'espère bien ! J'espère meme qu'il n'y aura pas besoin de PayPal pour ca.

Basically he is saying that he hopes that PayPal won't be necessary to reach the remaining $5.4 million dollars. Could ongoing negotiations for additional funding be the reason for the delay of Papal being added?

Just noticed Sega also registered a new Shenmue trademark in the European Union.

https://oami.europa.eu/eSearch/#details/trademarks/W01251256

The interesting thing is the description:

41 Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line video games and on-line computer games; providing information on on-line games.

What is going on? Surely they're not thinking of reviving Shenmue Online or something. May this is a necessary step in order to provide a digital download of Shenmue HD??

You say money talks louder than words yet Sega has not said even a word of congratulations to Yu about Shenmue III's KS campaign.

Why should they congratulate him in public? What is the need?
Like Yu said, he has good relationships with Sega. They can do that personally.


The need is there for the fans to see a public acknowledgment. As Shenmue fans also happen to be a huge portion of the (former) Sega fanbase. If Sega wants to win back trust, acting as if this KS of one of their most loved franchises never happened, is not a good idea.

Here's a nice video review of someone who just finished Shenmue for the first time.

Possibly the best playthrough with commentary out there for Shenmue 1. Keep watching this!

Found this very good review:

I accept the apology but to show their sincerity make Joel (Fanta) Tess an NPC in Shenmue III. He could bump into Ryo while drinking Fanta and then give a sincere apology. lol

they should add a tier for that. "add red shirt guy in the game" I'm sure people would donate just to see that.
As for the apology I think they've done a good job since the Twitch.

I don't agree at all. All the videos we see with the interviews have been prerecorded a long time ago. So they hit the publish button?! Big deal.

The KS page itself still looks messy and unorganized. The FAQ for example is not updated, there is a banner with Shenmue Online pictures in it, there are 2 different places where the new Shenmue is described (under the stretch goals and above), the reward list is not updated (they had all week for this), there are spelling mistakes like Monako which show they don't bother to proof read before publishing. In terms of design it looks horrible and their social media presence is very low (Cedric Biscay is doing a better job than they are doing here). The fans have saved this campaign, not AJ.