Gambling indeed.
Another thing you can do is, right at the beginning of the game, you spend ALL your money on toys. Then when you get your bag back, you can re-sell all the toys that you just bought!

What makes it even funnier is that even though you had almost no money at all left, Wong says, "they spent the money gambling!!!" And Ryo is all pissed off, even though it was only like 2 bucks that they stole. LOL!

Even if you don't want to re-sell the toys, it's better to just buy as much stuff as you can at the beginning, rather than just let them steal your money and waste it on gambling. At least then you get a bunch of toys out of it.

I'm so excited to wake up in the Morning to see where the pledges are. I should go to sleep. o.O

Just reading "All scenes in Development. is enough for me... just the idea that it is actually happening

Latest art tweet from Yu:

Jail

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Charcoal burner's hut in Baisha



Neat.

Anybody good to translate that text in the image?

Translation & captioning done at last! It took a lot more effort than I had been expecting. :shock:

English captioning starts from the part of the interview where the topic of Shenmue III begins (there's a button in the video or use the link in the description to skip straight there). Enjoy!

Disclaimer: the interview may contain SPOILERS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IntCDAc6c8Y

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Guilt? That's what I figure was at play here. Lan Di blames Iwao, but maybe Iwao already blamed himself for his best friend's death?

So as many of you may know by now, one of our community's greatest contributors Wude has been missing for a year. Due to the relatively high frequency of his activity, and in the face of the Shenmue III Kickstarter, this is clearly uncharacteristic of our fellow member, and many of us have come to fear the worst.

However, whether he is active or not, Wude remains one of the most well-revered and highly respected of us here at the Shenmue Dojo, becoming a pioneer in the modding community along with the likes of Master Kyodai and Dotsona, playing just as vital a role as LanDC had during the previous generation.

In his absence, myself and others have banded together to ensure his name is forever immortalised in the credits of Shenmue III, as there are few who are as deserving to receive such an honour. However, many of us feel that being lost amongst thousands of other names does not do him justice, and are therefore launching a last-minute minute campaign of our own to make sure that happens.

Out aim is to get Wude's name in the Choubu Inn guestbook, at a pricely $600.

We enter this campaign at the $100 mark, meaning we need another $500 to snare the SHENMUE GUESTBOOK reward tier. All finances are being handled by site administrator Yama and YouTube channel manager Ziming via the Shenmue Dojo's PayPal account.

All you have to do is donate to the Dojo the usual way using PayPal and include your username and the message "FOR WUDE!".

"But why should I pay money for a guy I don't even know?" I hear you ask... Well, simple really. This is a campaign for Shenmue III's Kickstarter, and what would a KS campaign be without reward tiers?


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Please note that all Reward Tiers are subject to hitting the relevant Reward Tiers for the Shenmue III Kickstarter Campaign. In the event of reaching a higher Shenmue III KS Reward Tier, extra rewards shall be held by the Dojo staff and used for future competitions.

Some of Wude's work can be found on his now inactive blog:

http://ichi-3dstuff.blogspot.co.uk/

Again, all you have to do is donate to the Dojo via PayPal and leave the message "FOR WUDE!" along with your username.

Sorry Supa, just want to highlight what's going on....

Octacon, you have answered your question in your response.

Firstly, when a topic is locked, its locked for a reason. You don't make up another topic to discuss a locked topic, that's internet forums 101. But you are not a troll and seem like a good guy so i will explain.

Since Shenmue 3 was announced, imagine 14 years of emotion pent up, only to be released into the wild at the announcement of your wildest dreams coming true. Over the course of the past 4 weeks, the dust has settled and the manifestation of those emotions have came out in many shapes and forms from a lot of people. I am guilty of it too! When those emotions clash, things get all kinds of negative. Some of the events during this time certainly haven't helped matters either.

But recently those emotions have turned in the tides to being majorally negative due to a few factors including a poorer KS total than what we had expected, plus the release of updates and rewards which a lot of people didnt particulary approve. Now, its fine to have an opinion, but sometimes those opinions come out wrong, and clash with others opinions, who also are not handling themselves well, and that's when things get ugly.

Phong made a topic which you can see more than demonstrates that. Oks he may have valid points, but his timing and place of voicing those opinions was completely wrong. Thats not to sham on his opinions, but today of all days, right after hitting a serious milestone in the Kickstarter process isn't exactly smart to create a topic which was essentially negative. Not even in a productive way either. Thats not good for the community and its a responsibility we all have to make a judgement call when to voice certain opinions and when not to. The natural progression of the board can usually be seen if you take a step back and read a few comments, and his second topic regarding magic was a snap reaction to his comments, and comments directed towards him regarding the released trailer.

Oks, some of the responses he got back were childish, idiotic... use whatever adjective you want, but the crux of it all was his behaviour by opening the topic in the first place. I mean thinking about removing your pledge? Questioning that Shenmue is a magical game? He has been aware of Shenmue for 14 years, and if he doesn't know the general overview of the story to this point, then i have to refrain from calling him a derogatory name or two. Its in the prologue of Shenmue, and the first thing you read when looking in the manual, reading a guide, heck, you even hear it during and at the end of Shenmue! Its not rocket science.
His reaction to the trailer is moot, as our all of our opinions on the trailer because its concept. Its not the final product nor could it even be in the game! So starting board drama over it does him, other members and the entire community nothing but harm.

I am guilty of many things here too over these past 4 weeks, but all i can do is to ask all members to remain calm and keep your emotions in check. Respect must be given by everyone, to all members. Anyone who flies off the handle will have to suffer the consequence. Instead of going off on other members because you have differing opinions, listen to each other and talk it out, that's how learning is done. The Dojo has never been this crazy ever, so even us as staff are having to learn and evolve each day with the changes in the Shenmue community. So please guys, just think before you post. Think about how the general consensus is about something and tailor your post to fit in with the atmosphere and direction of the forums. If you have a differing opinion or disagree with someone, then tell them. But tell them respectfully, and be open to listening to what others have to say too. We are making history today of all days, lets try and move on together without arguments, negativity, locked topics, warnings and bannings. There is no hard feelings on my part, and if a topic gets locked, don't take it personally.

What a wonderful community we have, we've almost hit the mark already. I'm seriously taken aback by this. "For Wude."

Latest art tweet from Yu Suzuki.

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A new Kickstarter update has arrived and its a big one. The finish line is approaching!

Firstly we have another video from Ryan Payton talking about Shenmue and Kickstarter, which you can see below. Then we have a new reward with a Shenmue sculpture!

Finally, set your calenders because Yu and the YS team will be having a countdown party live on Twitch as the Kickstarter campaigns. See the reactions LIVE!

CRYSTAL MEMORIES - $2,500 - Become the proud owner of a highly collectible, laser engraved crystal sculpture of Ryo and Shenhua. Commemorate Shenmue 3 in style. Comes with an LED stand (requires 3 AAA batteries) that illuminates the design within. Crystal: W50mm×H80mm×D50mm, w/ stand: W66mm×H112mm×D66mm, total weight: 556g. Includes the RYO VOICE MESSAGE BY COREY MARSHALL Reward.

Links & Hashtags: #TheFinalBlow #SaveShenmue
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Its been a long and hard process, but for the first time ever, its my honour to give you all the 100%COMPLETE NOTEBOOK GUIDE FOR SHENMUE II.

I started the project a few months ago, and after lots of long nights and frustration, here is the finished product, firstly hosted by GameFAQ, and also a MS text. file for you to download.

The guide is text only, and follows the same format as the original Shenmue notebook guide that's been on GameFAQ for many years, completed by Force Vector. Its a simple "here's the entry - here's how to get it" piece, so hopefully you wont have too much trouble following it.

Here are the links, and also there is now a sticky topic in the Shenmue II forums for discussion and any questions.

GameFAQ Online Guide - HERE

Microsoft Word Download - Shenmue II 100% COMPLETE NOTEBOOK GUIDE.doc

Topic Link - HERE

Just wanted to say thanks to the guys that keep updating the frontpage with news on a daily basis since the kickstarter launched, you're doing a great job! Can't really miss anything, since you're covering everything there is, which is awesome. Keep going!

ShenmueAddict wrote: I was late to do my pledge, just pledged the 80$ option tonight, cant afford to do any more though

Thank you for your support. Every effort counts. We have to do this.

Don't forget, the Monaco one also means you can attend the very first event that Shenmue III will be publicly shown at as well.

I wish I could afford $5k now! ^

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In todays Kickstarter update we get introduced to Cedric Biscay, the co-producer of Shenmue III and longtime fan of the series. A little Q&A has been put up for us to get to know him better.

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Haha yeah just noticed it myself. I was fuku San only a few hours ago...

I was a member back in early 2000's as I played both Dreamcast titles, but to my shame I gave up on seeing the sequel after Yu left Sega, and my membership expired I think. I just want to meet him to apologise for it...

You're here now, and that's more than some can say.

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BUT it's slippery as hell...on rocks....QTE?

fail and its free battle time.

Have they been living under a rock? Its been on mainstream news, nevermind just gaming news.

I'd like to thank everyone for donating on behalf of wude. He's helped me and many others in our community.

Threw in the small amount needed to hit $600, we've capped! Any further donations will go to the server, so this event is over! Great job everyone!

Just saw these from someone on facebook..

I couldn't help myself with all this hype!
I just raised my pledge by $100 from 500 to 600!
Now i'll have a message in the Choubu inn Guestbook. A very classy low key way to have myself in the game imo.

This is such an amazing thing. wude was always such a nice and wonderful part of this community. I remember one year, a particularly bad birthday for me, I had come home all pissed off and just overall annoyed. I logged into the dojo and had a private message from wude wishing me a happy birthday. Its such a simple thing but it really brightened up a horrible day and really made a really big difference to me at the time. I really hope he's ok and his absence is not a result of something serious. I'm sad I missed the opportunity to donate towards this, but I've decided to up my pledge in honor of both wude and all the other Shenmue fans who are unable to see this day. "For wude"

I wish we could have done this for Reuben Kee too, but I didn't think of it until now. For those not familiar, he was a composer and Shenmue fan who died in a boating accident in 2007. I'll try to link his cover of the Shenmue credits music, but mobile might make that tough.

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Suzuki posted this on twitter for reaching 60k backers.

We have overtaken Reading Rainbow which was funded for $5,408,916.

https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/most-funded

Oops! That's what happen when you are writing in a foreign language!

Absolutely! I'm listening to one of the pieces on the Orchesta OST that is still unused in the games right now .
It would be criminal to let this grand epic theme go unused. It's fine on the CD but I want to hear it play along a super epic cutscene in Shenmue III.

https://youtu.be/iRq0LGMxfWg

I've noticed that this PS site is giving us some good coverage. Nice to see!

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Now let's break that record!

Best Ryo yet imo!

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Hello.
I am a new member to the dojo, pleased to meet you all. I finally decided to create an account given the recent events (shenmue 3 existing). Although i never registered i have been visiting the dojo over the years in order to remind myself that i wasn't alone in loving this game.
Like many others, i had given up hope of ever playing any new shenmue game, but you guys kept the hope alive and maintained your commitment to it.
Thank you, it's because of you that the kickstarter exists, it's because of you that the story can continue.

May the dojo live forever.


Sorry if the texts has any mistakes in spelling or grammar, being portuguese, english is my second language.

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At today's Twitch stream, Yu Suzuki has revealed that they will open funding through Paypal after the Kickstarter has finished, those who wish to continue to support Shenmue 3 can now do it without time constraints. The PayPal link is not up yet, so check back here later.

Source: Twitch Stream

Thank you, guys! Thank you, beloved Shenmue community! We did it! We really did it! No words describe my feelings right now. Thank you, Yu Suzuki, for giving us this amazing opportunity to step up for our most special masterpiece.

I guess I will write more later, when I start to realize what just happened over the course of the past month. As for me, I pledged right on day one, and joined in as many community Kickstarter events as possible (e.g. 30onthe3rd). In the final four minutes, I upped my pledge by another 15$ to reach a nice number. Shenmue is amazing. Yu Suzuki is amazing. We are amazing. Fuck it, we almost made another million today, for crying out loud. This is just the best day ever. (That is, until Shenmue 3 hits the shelf, of course.)

Everybody who supported the Kickstarter, thank you.
Everybody who supported the fans, the community, the effort and Yu, thank you.
Everybody working behind the scenes, thank you.
Everybody at Ys Net, thank you.

Today is our day, let's rock hard and party loud!

This will go down as my proudest moment ever as a gamer. I gave literally every dollar I could without hurting myself. We did it, guys. We made the miracle come true. And now, with PayPal having been announced, I have NO DOUBT that we will get the Shenmue game we have waited for for the better part of 20 years. This is a momentous day I shall remember for the rest of my life.

I love you all and am so grateful to you all, and so honored to have been a small part of this process.

This is so surreal. Reading your piece there Sonoshee, it really made the events of the last month hit home with me. This has truly been amazing. What an incredible time to be a Shenmue fan

Such an amazing result!

Thanks to Yu for never letting the dream die and thanks to all the fellow fans who got Shenmue 3 in the record books!

And with PayPal confirmed and the continued fight to get the HD remakes there's still more to be done!