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