Not one but two conference recordings... things couldn't be better!

I’ve not been around since a long time, but it’s thanks to the passion and devotion you have and ever had for Shenmue that this place is here today and survived moments during which even hope was utopia.
Thank you Yama! Hopefully you’ll never stay too far from home.

Welcome back Peter. I couldn’t see a better choice than you for taking care of the Dojo.
We are definitely in good hands. I wish you the best luck on your new journey.

Speaking of Niao Sun and Mr Muscles, I just learned that there are two "Praying Mantis" Kung Fu styles.

"Shanxi" (relying on inner strength and borrowing power to fight), also known as the "gentle Praying Mantis" style and "Shandong", which style looks very hard and strong.

Very interesting video about the "Shanxi Style" Praying Mantis Kung Fu:
https://youtu.be/GUw4JMKz0Uk

I'm now wondering which of the two styles, if Yu makes a distinction between them, Niao Sun and maybe also Mr Muscles will be using in Shenmue 3.

https://i.imgur.com/j28E2nv.jpg

Personally, this screenshot from Gamescom 2017 gives me a sense of "smell".

https://i.imgur.com/NPjXwIp.jpg

I've been lucky enough to travel to South Africa once in my life and go out for a photo safari in the Bush at 6:00 am.

There was something special not only in the air, the smell, but also in the light. The combined effect was a unique feeling that people from there described to me as something specific to Africa.

I have a similar feeling watching at this screenshot from the surroundings of Bailu village.
The scattered mist and the range of colors going from very dark to vivid. The sun light above the Village tower.
All this gives me the feeling i'm there, at 6:00 in the morning. Almost smelling flowers and the nearby river, feeling the sun warmth on my skin.

It's honestly hard to tell (for me) what Suzuki San means exactly about Shenmue 3 graphics smell, but there's something in what we have seen so far that I don't recall to have seen in (many) others recent productions.

Please, stay calm...

There have been many versions of Ryo even since before the original Shenmue was released on Dreamcast.

As a matter of fact, no model will ever 100% satisfy everyone.

The best model of Ryo so far, is the one used in the original games. The next best Ryo model will be the one used in Shenmue 3. There are more important things to achieve for the good of the franchise future... in my opinion.

Is it possible that we will see gameplay of Shenmue III this year? I hope for that!

We know for a fact that a playable build of Shenmue 3 does exist.
https://twitter.com/CedricBiscay/status/967290485869031424

The question is, when will Yu Suzuki and the marketing team consider that the time to show it to the public has come?

What I mean is that we don't need to worry about the fact that we didn't see gameplay footage so far. It doesn't mean that the development isn't going well and it doesn't necessarily mean that we are extremely far from a Shenmue 3 release.

In my opinion it's really a matter of showing the game in the best conditions at the best time.

The burden of being a crowdfunded project is definitely putting a lot of pressure onto the team.
It's a shame because what they need the most is serenity and trust. As Pollito Diablo said, we are lucky compared to plenty of other "conventional" projects because we have seen way more from behind the scenes that gamers usually see from games under development. And as Spaghetti points out, we know for a fact from various interviews and comments from both Yu Suzuki and his entourage that the whole team is working 7 days a week in order to deliver what we have all dreamed of for 14 years before it finally became real.

I'm sure though that for most of the people, backers and fans, having the feeling that we don't know enough about what is going on with the development fuels an irrational fear that things may be going wrong. I do understand that feeling, but we need to keep calm and trust Yu.

(Should do a t-shirt or a mug with that)

https://i.imgur.com/JdeWtSg.png
:P

A few new screenshots have been released (saw them on Gematsu.com)

https://i.imgur.com/l5f24nG.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/GCppeBC.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MmDTOdE.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/awS4JxQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DGsL9ex.jpg

Sorry if those have already been posted.

Spotted on cede.ch (films/gaming/Music) Swiss online shop.

https://www.cede.ch/en/games/?view=deta ... d=16243176

Release date: August 21 2018
Label: Deep Silver

Hi!

Yes, if you pledge for the 100$ version on the Slacker Backer page, you'll have your name in the credits

gillian_seed wrote: Is that shop reliable?

They are usually reliable, but as far as the release date is concerned, I guess they got it from their wholesale retailer, which is probably the German site posted by Peter above. Therefore that date may not be the "available on the shelves" date.

At least one digital and one physical.

If we are lucky enough to get a collector edition, I'll buy that one as well and keep it in a safe

What I don't understand is, how come, if the cutscenes are really going to be in the original 4:3 ratio that this screen capture from a Shenmue 2 cutscene in the announcement trailer is in 16:9 ratio?

I'm happy to know I'll be able to show the game to my kids in optimal conditions and hopefully, they'll understand why daddy is so obsessed with that game and why we constantly listen to Shenmue OST at home.

Importantly - it speaks to Deep Silver's confidence that the game's completion is within reasonable reach. What that means for release date speculation is unknown, but I would not be surprised if we're playing Shenmue III within the space of a year.

Within the space of a year? Where do I sign? :king:

Fingers crossed!

That said, with Shenmue I & II coming by the end of the year, I would be more than okay with a reasonable delay in order for Yu San to polish Shenmue 3.

Phantom River Stone just posted a tweet about "a livestream from Sega Japan starting at 12:30pm BST, recapping the recent SEGA FES event. It promises the latest info on Shenmue I & II and others."

https://twitter.com/phantom_river/status/988731064616079360

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2IO7dKjWfY

Hiroaki Tackeuchi (Shenmue 3 animation producer) just quoted retweeted a post by Shenmue Forever about Shenmue I&II pre-orders!

It's so cool to see that the Shenmue 3 team keeps an eye on how things are going for the re-release of Shenmue I&II!

https://i.imgur.com/VX6KKVv.jpg

https://twitter.com/Hiroakitake/status/989038671792934913

It's hard to predict what is going to happen with good preorders number but I'm pretty sure, as many of you, that it's a very important moment, if not for the franchise, maybe at least for Shenmue 1&2.

Shenmue fans continue to crush it on pre-orders! Was even number one in games on Amazon France! Keep up the momentum everyone, who knows what great things it could lead to! ;) Thank you @SEGA @SEGA_Europe for giving us the opportunity to prove our dedication! #ShenmueSaved

https://twitter.com/AdamKoralik/status/989497676436725760

If what Adam said about a lot of things unannounced is true, we might as fans, still have some role to play for the final release (that's only assumption of course).

Hiroaki Tackeuchi (Shenmue 3 animation producer) just quoted retweeted a post by Shenmue Forever about Shenmue I&II pre-orders!

It's so cool to see that the Shenmue 3 team keeps an eye on how things are going for the re-release of Shenmue I&II!

https://twitter.com/Hiroakitake/status/989038671792934913

I wouldn't trust him; he doesn't mind his job, but he won't stay at it for very long. He's got a kid at home you see and he needs to support it...

I don't understand your message to be honest...
What do you mean by "I wouldn't trust him; he doesn't mind his job, etc..."?

I saw a tweet by National Geographic about the The Fujian Tulou in my Twitter feed yesterday.

It reminded me how little we know yet about that part of Shenmue 3.

I just can't wait for this game to be released...

Nothing new but a nice summarization of the short new footage from the THQ video.

Personally, I love the graphics and the art direction. I find it refreshing.

Just came across this tweet this morning:
https://twitter.com/RDonlineNews/status/999310780880343040

NEWS: Rockstar Games CEO Strauss Zelnick confirms that Red Dead Redemption 2 will NOT be delayed again.

He also mentions that there are over 1000 people working on the game.

How many working for YsNet on Shenmue 3 (ok, without Lakshya Digital)? 45?

And there's still people out there whining about Shenmue 3 beeing delayed or not looking as good as a AAA title?

What a gamers generation...

Let's take this as a confirmation that some more patience is needed for a Shenmue III appearance.

Cedric Biscay @CedricBiscay
I will not attend #E32018 let's meet at #Gamescom2018 ;)

https://twitter.com/CedricBiscay/status ... 3663470592

You are probably right about the lack of public announcement for this kind of presence, that said, last year the "meet & greet" wasn't announced right away but only confirmed later. I have no doubt the "meet & greet" was in their plans anyway but the first Gamescom update was about Yu Suzuki participating in the business area and giving the latest news about development. (I'm aware the whole purpose of being in Cologne was to announce the deal with Deep Silver)

Nevertheless, Cédric's tweet is pretty encouraging about both Shenmue III and Yu Suzuki presence at Gamescom.

I don't honestly think that another Kickstarter would work.

Shenmue III needs to be successful (enough).

The logic want after the first Gameplay Trailer all games realase after one year minimum. Shenmue 3 have nothing, when the first (and true) beautiful and official trailer (not technical video) will be show at E3 2019 you can be sure the game will be realase after one year minimum. If you check all statistics of all videos games you will consider and discover the true about Shenmue 3 realase.

And what if the first GAMEPLAY TRAILER comes out in 2018?

I don't get this obsession with E3. There are other events in the gaming industry.

The footage is as good as it is short.

I'm loving it despite the Youtube compression.

Most of all, I feel reassured about the screen ratio. 16:9 seems to be secured for both Shenmue I & II.

https://i.imgur.com/C80RUnA.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/mHKb9ij.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9KaFIlt.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2gAw3R4.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/G3yfl4r.jpg

If it's of any use for French & Italian speaking fans, here are the dedicated translations (in addition to the original English version by Peter):

https://i.imgur.com/9OmB4cl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/cHg6gyT.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zL59mSI.jpg

Some screen captures from "Megumi's cousin" clip:

https://i.imgur.com/j1xrOX0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/MXdUWfo.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/N1b7rDw.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/QvwGE8o.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/CJysqhz.jpg

It's beautiful. Way more than I was expecting 3 years ago.

I don't know what else I could say about the graphics, the atmosphere, the details...

I tried to get my survey early by using the resend survey option. Now when I click on the 'Your Survey Page' all I see is a message 'You need to complete your survey.' and the Upgrade options. Am I missing something really obvious :D ? How do I get the survey?

The survey itself comes after you've choosed whether or not to upgarde your pledge. You can also review your choice after completing the survey. I assume that option will stay active until the survey is closed (September 30, 2018).

You couldn't resist to put that 2020 on your image, could you?

Here's a summary of the latest information released by Sega and Adam Koralik since the release date announcement.

https://i.imgur.com/h5jWRvm.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/dXQ60eG.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9wCa31g.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WjLqtzp.jpg