I be watching the live stream, old time dojo here to join in!

Shenmaster?

Well at least its drawn a crowd...

This was announced as a postmortem and that's what it was. If you go to a taco joint and they're out of tacos, you have the right to get mad. But it'd be pretty silly to complain about them not selling oysters, wouldn't it?

Suzuki shared some pretty interesting facts, such as huge portions of Shenmue being procedurally generated or the early prototype he talked about. Personally I'm very satisfied with how it went, from the stream quality to the translation, to the the content which was what it was supposed to be.

I still have the stream open, he's coming back... right?

Dat postmortem was just like Shenmue. You just watching it, and then suddenly they say "To be continued..." And thats it.

The postmortem itself was very enjoyable, I found myself laughing as Yu reminisced about his experience in China and debugging the game, I'd be interested in watching more of this. The Q&A was pretty much what I expected, as a Shenmue fan I'm obviously disappointed he evaded the Shenmue 3 question but it's hardly surprising.

Yu Suzuki's answer to the Shenmue 3 question wasnt just "dot dot dot".. he said basically "He wants to make it, but he doesnt know right now" but under such a mumbled voice the translator obviously knew this question would come up too that she decided to be a b*** about it and not translate it.

As for the presentation.. it was great. We even got a spoiler in there.
Does anyone have that screen grab of all the different plot points on the China map?

As for the rest of the Q&A session.. mother of GOD.. yes these are Game Developers asking the questions but are they that out of the loop as to not ask some more pressing questions? Those are the kind of questions you'd get from non-Shenmue fans. Perhaps people that played the game for 10 minutes 14 years and decided to attend the conference.

Why would anyone ask about space harrier when is about Shenmue. I thought the Japanese girl asked the best question.

Igot some screens from the conference, not all but it's something.

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/13_zpsf6ebf847.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/24_zps698d345d.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/21_zpsc542b9fb.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/1_zps7726d528.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/23_zps07d462ee.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/12_zpsbe4a8a41.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/19_zpsb5181571.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/17_zps8cda31df.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/16_zps52fad824.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/14_zpsd492dd80.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/15_zps27c6cbe9.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/18_zps02bf73e1.jpg

http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t366/Esppiral/Shenmue/13_zpsf6ebf847.jpg

The plot markings on that map are similar to the missing MH370s flight path. it MUST be a connection

Im happy we atleast got some plot spoilers out of it.
But at the same time.. I want to destroy a car with my bare hands.

Right guys, im going to GDC right now, to find that twat that asked about Space Harrier, the camera, and the bloody bike. Don't be surprised if i get done for murder.

Right guys, im going to GDC right now, to find that twat that asked about Space Harrier, the camera, and the bloody bike. Don't be surprised if i get done for murder.
Be gentle with the guys who asked about the camera and the bike, those were actually somewhat okay questions.
You can punish the fool who asked about Space Harrier three times as hard to make up for it. He truly deserves it!

ShenSun wrote: Right guys, im going to GDC right now, to find that twat that asked about Space Harrier, the camera, and the bloody bike. Don't be surprised if i get done for murder.

I will testify in your favour.

A member from the Assemblergames forums who goes by the name TapamN has found some rare Saturn-era artwork from Shenmue. Check them out below!

Sega Saturn Shenmue Art: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |

Its great seeing new Shenmue material, but also gives me a feeling if sad nostalgia of how great things were years ago when Shenmue 3 was a little bit more possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0szsnG9Xl4 go to 2:41 Ryo gets his money taken after getting beatdown by some Mad angels thugs. I think this fight happens on the first full day of work, if anyone wants to test it out.

Does this happen in the English dub?

I love how I'm still finding out new things about this game after 15 years.

Thanks Ziming, its better now,

I think its clear his route:
Japan -> Hong Kong -> Kowloon -> Suzhou -> Guilin -> Xian -> Luoyang -> Cangzhou -> ? -> Beijing -> ?
I guess we now know where should Ryo go after Guilin...
The chapter in kowloon seems a little bit off with the train, maybe he was supossed to cach the train to Suzhou, was it a cut chapter?
I still cant understand where that last location is even with the high resolution but really doesnt seems a famous place, but I have no idea...

Its possbile they changed lots of little things in the story by now even thought most of it seems coerent.
Is also possible they ended with 16 chapters after rethinking the Story from VF to Shenmue.

Maybe... just maybe ... he actually wanted to make these games. As he keeps saying, he doesn't really play video games, so probably doesn't realise it's some surprising, underwhelming letdown for gamers. And even if he did know, then why would he even give a fuck? He obviously has the creative freedom to branch out into areas that he finds interesting, and can even use IPs he helped create to promote said games.

Other than the lack of media coverage he receives for all things not Shenmue, Suzuki has it pretty good.

http://cdn.escapistmagazine.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/698/698943.jpg

So, how about these concept artworks? I haven't been this interested nor pissed off in a long time. I'm vehemently against spoilers, yet hungry for even a shard of new Shenmue information. It's a shame we have to see such major spoilers before playing the game (IF we ever do see it in action), but it's oh so intriguing. On the bright side however, these concepts may slightly differ from the final version. Even if they don't, they're vague enough that much is still left to be discovered.


On to the topic at hand... I posted about this on the 500K Facebook page as well, but I figured it was time to reappear on the Dojo because this theory is worth spreading. My theory is that a deceased Ren is being carried off by Akira (Ryo) in the 10th concept image. More importantly, Ren has been killed by the hands of his friend, Akira. Firstly, at the top left corner of image 9, that's an alternately dressed Ren. In the background, a horde of people appear to be charging after Akira for an epic battle. Is Ren leading these people into battle, or is he there for Akira? Remember the concept art of Ren on a horse? It's possible that the Chiyoumen could entice Ren with promises of riches if he joins them. I would say he's there to support Akira, but who knows. They succeed in this battle apparently, defeating Lan Di as Yu Suzuki so wonderfully spoiled for us. That's assuming Lan Di didn't already meet his demise long before this scene.

http://cdn.escapistmagazine.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/698/698955.jpg

So what next? As you can see by the map, this epic battle depicted in image 9 occurs somewhere in Western China. In concept image 10, Akira is holding someone's apparent lifeless body. I'm convinced by the clothing that it's Ren as seen in image 9, minus the bandana. If you'll notice, Akira is now ironically wearing a white headband (to honor his former friend?). What happened? If the epic battle is over and Ren didn't perish there, what killed him in the following chapter 10 that appears to take place far away near Beijing (?). I'm thinking after Lan Di's defeat, Ren and Ryo now have access to both mirrors, and Ren's desire to unlock the treasures of the Qing Dynasty overcomes him. According to Master Chen, there will be trouble if those two mirrors come together. Whether that's in the form of a mythical beast resurrecting on Earth, or that's simply a metaphor for something else very grim, I think it's something that needs to be avoided. Akira may have no choice but to stop Ren, which is why he's still honoring his friend with the headband, and the fact that he's clasping his body doesn't signify a hate-filled battle.

If you'll remember, there's a flashback scene in Shenmue I where little Ryo gets into a fight with a friend at school. Iwao tells him, "A friend you can trust is a true friend indeed." I believe this flashback has a lot of significance, since everyone warns Ryo that Ren isn't exactly trustworthy. It shows in his incessant talk of money, and his giddiness towards the Qing Dynasty treasure. It's obvious that Ryo and Ren have grown closer by the end of Shenmue II, but Ren still may not be the most honest and loyal friend in the world. Thoughts?

Hi guys,

I compiled this version of the beta, Disc 1

Thanks to Wude! We now have the following maps playable:

Wish Road
D0000

Beta Sakuragaoka
JD00

Set Scene to 01
Set Entry to 02 for wish road, 00, 01, 02 for beta sakuragaoka.


Confirmed working in Reicast, NullDC, actual Hardware


Mega Link = https://mega.co.nz/#!2dVgVJIA!962SwumA5aGyNEgg7Xu5gbODvltKGBNbmKKxFjpGd0E

Please let me know if u have issues.

http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/shengoro86/2014-03-2223_48_38-ProgramManager_zpse451fb2e.jpg

well done for matching the statue with the one from akira/pai's stage in virtua fighter 2. does anyone know what it is? seems that it must be quite a significant object to depict it.
Apparently, that's the Iron Lion Statue in Cangzhou.

http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af167/Kiyuu/DSC03915.jpg

I found this image in the website of Tetsuya Hattori, the martial-art actor/advisor of Shenmue.
This picture was taken with his Bajiquan master Wu Lianzhi when he visited Meng Cun.

http://www.kaimonkensha.com/kiroku/0712mouson/04.html

You can learn more about the statue from the Wiki page here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cangzhou

Hi Guys,

Here is another modded iso coming to you from Wude and myself.

This modded iso is for EMU ONLY as it is 1 gigabyte. Unless you can burn GD-Roms that is :mrgreen:


Confirmed working in Reicast and NullDC

What it includes:
Playable Beta Maps (Credited to Wude):
Sakuragaoka
Yamanose

Wish Road Playable (Credited to Wude)

The entire SCENE Folder for What's Shenmue. (Credited to Shengoro86)


Modded Area Codes:
For wish road:

Scene 01
Area D000
Entry 01 or 02

For Beta Sakuragaoka
JD00

For Beta Yamanose
JU00

Video Beta Yamanose:
http://youtu.be/8ziQ3gCOnUA

For all What's Shenmue Maps (Credited to Shengoro86):

Scene has to be set to 80 (this is directly copied from the What's Shenmue Disc)
Note: The tutorial areas are included (the areas where the high res head models explain stuff in the game), however, the head models are not there so you can see the map itself!

What's Shenmue Area Codes (Thanks IlDucci):
CHAF - You Arcade copy.
EPLG - You Arcade and Yukawa's Dreamcast room. Ending scene.
GICF - Unknown area in Amihama.
GMCT - Unknown area in Dobuita, with You Arcade content.
GSEN - You Arcade. This is the copy that's used in the game (Contains a duplicate of Yukawa's 4PM card)
HGMF - Warehouse No. 8. Possibly Mark's level.
HGRF - Guilin area. Possibly Shenhua's level.
HGSF - Hong Kong area. Possibly Xiuying's level.
HGYF - Hazuki's Residence - Dojo. Possibly Ryo's level.
KOTF - Unknown. Maybe Oishi's antique shop?
SUSI - Dobuita area (With Tomato's)
SYPF - Unknown. Seems to be the inside of a building.



--RAW FILES--
CHAF
EPLG
GICF
GMCT
GSEN
HGMF
HGRF
HGSF
HGYF
KOTF
SUSI
SYPF
TAIA
TIKN
TOUR
YUK1

I'm not sure where each area goes yet, please update me if you know!
I believe the HG** areas are the tutorial talking heads areas!

This has been compiled to CDI format so it is bootable + Selfboot code added (Credited to Shengoro86)

LINK:
https://mega.co.nz/#!vUkF3QCJ!7YG_OZgyN61n6Y7XGAIXgRwaOOw7nFNmQ6Ok19xi1lI

What is missing:
Wude's updated Wish Road Hack


Where I want to go from here:
I REALLY want to just make an Ultimate Shenmue 1 CDI.

For the next release I want to include:
All What's Shenmue maps with hacked ECAM hex for free roam to bypass the in game area restrictions.
Wude's Updated Wish Road hack with frozen timer
My Bike Mod. Yes, it is actually in a finished alpha state.


Thanks to all involved with releasing the beta!

Thanks to all who invented these methods to get these kind of mods working!

http://s30.postimg.org/lm7hf3681/guardian.jpg

The Guardian, a British national daily newspaper has written a article on Shenmue titled: "Shenmue – discovering the Sega classic 14 years too late". Click here to read it.

Supplementary Links: Yokosuka Photo Tour | Making of Shenmue | Shenmue Postmortem

The visuals, while perhaps not quite cutting edge, were impressive for 1999. Yes, it’s full of graceless facial animations, despite benefitting from some primitive motion-capture work, and the overall aesthetic quality is nowhere close to the standard that the market-exploding PlayStation 2 would begin to introduce, just months after Shenmue’s arrival.

What the fuck ? The PS2's graphics were AWFUL at launch. They didn't have anything that could possibly compare to the likes of Shenmue or Soul Calibur for at least two years in. Their launch titles looked far worse than Dreamcasts launch titles had that were a full year older. Some people just got drunk on the Sony koolaid those days.

How can you tell?

Discussion from various users at the Shenmue 500k group. They compared it to older existing trademarks and they do not match up.
Objection! That's not a decisive evidence. A mere discussion with some members of the Shenmue 500k group, with questionable skills of analysis and/or experience on the subject, can not be accepted as a conclusive proof by this court. Your Honor, I suggest that we must penalize prosecutor Ziming.

I'll inform Tentei, dont worry.

http://i.imgur.com/P5JwCrY.png

Come oooooon Lucky Hit mobile App

Its always something now these days isnt it.. This does seem strange though to do right before E3. With our luck though..heh..

In case anyone is still wondering about the mysterious downtime of shenmue.com. I've been informed that some of Sega's servers have been attacked about 10 days ago and a lot of their sites are down right now.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsega.jp%2Ftopics%2F140512_0%2F

They don't actually list shenmue.com but it's easy to conclude that it's affected by the server attack just like the other sites.

Apparently it's been deleted. u_u

I guess I'll just have to make to do with this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP0MoWhKwMY

Such a misleading title btw. I thoug&t you were going to analyze the depths of Naoyuki's psyche based on his infinite love for his motorcycle. He even pisses of Ichiro by that. Only Ryo lends him an ear and endures Naoyuki's blabbering. That is maybe why he lends him that motorcycle.

Now back to topic. I too have that problem sometimes and I think that it has become difficult to find the one right video on Ziming's channel that has like far more than a thousand. Actually that is amazing, congrats.

hi friends iam new on the forum i am huge fan of shenmue series the reason i buy dreamcast and xbox on the past iam for the greece i hope shenmue 3 coming for next gen systems

Giorgio wrote:

elfshadowreaper wrote:When was shenmue-online.com last online?

It was always online just like shenmue.com. Both of them got down at the same time. Shenmue Online 2 confirmed.

Aaaaaaand... cancelled.

*Gets excited.* *Reads all pages.* *Realizes, there's still nothing to see here.* *Retreats back into the bushes where he belongs.*

Yeah it's easy for the doubters because we've got no concrete evidence and it's somehow cool to be stoic and deny dreams. But the second an announcement is made all the skeptics will be shouting "Shaaaamuuuuu treeeeeee" like the rest of us. We just have to be there with a big piece of humble pie to shove down their throats like we've ate at every major video game convention for the past 10 years. Just let us be hopeful. We're adults, we can take the disappointment.

I'm still pretty confident that we'll get at least a Shenmue I, Shenmue II HD collection released this year or next. There has been way too much chatter and smoke this year for nothing to happen. We are pretty sure that they were working on it. So who knows? Maybe they had to change direction with the release of the next gen consoles?

Blind optimism? Probably. Call me Stevie Wonder.

Hi Folks
Some of you may remember that in Shenmue 2 Dreamcast Version there were some Extras "Omake" Folders on the GD Rom's with their own internal Homepages.

Now I made it Fit for Internet use and Load them up so that everyone can explore it after all that Years.

http://www.hanging-waters.com/special/Shenmue2Omake/omake2.html

..have Fun.


If there are Problems with the Mouse over Pictures in Omake 1 or the Videos in Omake 4 Change the Settings in your Browser or use an other Browser, Problems may occur in Internet Explorer.. possibly.

Yu Suzuki bought it.

So after doing some digging online I found this original shirt at a store, and only for $12. Score!

http://i.imgur.com/pX3SFPV.jpg

I got it in the mail the other day, or rather, I got an empty envelope. Somehow, incomprehensibly, the sender did not seal the envelope. The adhesive on the flap wasn't even pulled back. It was a gaping, empty envelope.

I managed to find out through the postal carrier that it came to the facility like this, and after speaking to his advisor, was told he had to deliver it anyway.

Well, that's a first. And a huge drag because I've never seen this shirt for sale before, especially at such a sweet price.

On a separate note, I never got around to picking up of any of Insert Coin's Shenmue items. Last week I saw a shirt was available from their site which I ordered, only to be notified days later it was a mistake and they're all out of stock.

It's been a bad week for collecting. I guess that makes me (puts on sunglasses), shirt out of luck.

*yeeeeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!*

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/warren-spector-induct-shenmue-into-the-library-of-congress-game-canon-saveshenmue?recruiter=54807131&utm_campaign=twitter_link_action_box&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf-MK4599A8

What is Shenmue?

Shenmue was a video game created by SEGA Programmer Yu Suzuki. It was developed during the production cycles of both the Sega Saturn and The Sega Dreamcast and it was released for the Sega Dreamcast in 2000.

Why is Shenmue Important?

It was notable for influencing many aspects of modern video games. It was influential in the use of Quick-Time Events, an aspect later seen in Resident Evil 4 and Heavy Rain. It was a game that preceeded Grand Theft Auto 3 in using full-3D free-roaming and real-life weather effects, and allows in-game interactions that weren't possible before. It was one of first true cinematic experiences in modern games, with an amazing story that attracts a huge fanbase in both Japan and The West during the time/

Despite the influence Shenmue had in modern gaming, the franchise remains dormant after the end of the Dreamcast and the lack of sales in Shenmue 2 in Xbox. It's been 14 years since the first Shenmue game and 12 years since Shenmue 2, and yet there has yet to be a re-release of the first 2 games in digital marketplaces (Steam/Playstation Network/XBox Live/GoG) nor has Shenmue 3 ever been announced by Sega or any developer/publisher in the last decade. And thus, we believe that Shenmue is in the risk of being forgotten and ignored by modern gaming culture.

And thus, we believe that Shenmue deserves to be preserved in order to remain remembered by the video game industry, and we believe that the best place for Shenmue to belong is in the Game Canon of United States The Library of Congress.

What is The Game Canon?

The Game Canon is a list of video games to be considered for preservation by the Library of Congress. The creation of this list is "an assertion that digital games have a cultural significance and a historical significance."

The current list of video games being preserved by the Library of Congress under The Game Canon is as followed:

-Spacewar!
-Star Raiders
-Zork
-Tetris
-SimCity
-Super Mario Bros. 3
-Civilization I/II
-Doom
-Warcraft series
-Sensible World of Soccer

And thus, we believe that Shenmue deserves to be on this list. Its influence on modern gaming makes it equal alonside Doom and Super Mario Brothers. And by having Shenmue on this list, it can finally bring back interest to the franchise by the gaming community, which will allow Sega to pick interest in remastering the game on modern digital marketplaces and allowing Yu Suzuki to continue production on Shenmue 3, where Ryo can finally face his revenge on Lan Di.....

It would really explode, it would be great to see just how desperate we could get. I'd be snatching purses and shit for Yu.