Oh hey, Mittens is back. That's pretty nice.

Amir wrote:
Wonder if the striped T-shirt will replace the Ryo jacket as the Shenmue cosplay of choice.

New PayPal reward: Yu Suzuki's striped shirt (Limited to 1).
Would sell in an instant!

It's just been re-uploaded to the official channel. I wonder why it was taken down in the first place.

We need to remember that it isn't just us. We need to appeal to new audiences with no prior knowledge of Shenmue and they aren't going to take a game in a series that's supposed to be 'revolutionary' seriously if the font is written in Papyrus.

Congratulations!

When you do something that needs a loading screen such as enter a city or a building then, no doubt keep them. But in an open world where you can seamlessly cross into different regions, I don't think showing them for the sake of showing them is really a good idea.

Haha wow, that was surprisingly accurate! Good job.

Knock Knock...

If the Shenmue Dojo had a dating service, what would it be called?

GYO6161 wrote: Has anyone reported any slowdowns on Demul. Im curious if Demul is able to emulate the dreamcast limitations.

I recently played through Shenmue II on Demul and never got any slowdown.

Who is the most sleepy character in Shenmue?

Here is a better version of the subtitle font file that was posted to 500k a while ago (it supports numbers and punctuation).
Can't remember who made it, but all credit goes to them:
https://mega.nz/#!XF01jJiQ

Here is a better version subtitle font file that was posted to 500k a while ago (it supports numbers and punctuation).
Can't remember who made it, but all credit goes to them:
https://mega.nz/#!XF01jJiQ

It requires a password. Do you know it or who to get it from?
Oh, sorry, I've never uploaded to mega before. This should work:
https://mega.nz/#!XF01jJiQ!jLikh3-cm4Da3vptyaCcxVgJhwVCrP38GueLeBaqJF0

Looking good so far! I can potentially do titles and end cards when the time for them comes if you like?

That would great! At this point I don't what I'd want it to look like though. I was thinking of opening with the Shenhua prologue, then having a custom "title screen" per se that's similar to the original (the one I used as the thumbnail for the trailer), but obviously it would say Shenmue: The Movie . If it were animated that would be amazing, but a static background would be enough, and I could chroma key a flashing "press start" prompt over it. Immediately after that would be the iconic opening cutscene at the dojo.

I could easily do an animated version of the title screen, including a "Press Start" prompt. Just let me know when you want me to start on it and if there is anything else you want added to it! There's obviously no rush, so feel free to think of some more ideas. Feel free to PM me and hopefully I'll be able to get it exactly how you want it.

GYO6161 wrote:

shredingskin wrote: Same, but with more porn.

Sailor porn?

Only the finest!

I'm in chat by the way if anyone wants to join. It seems a bit dead at the moment, but I hope it picks up a little as the conference goes on.

Wow, I still can't believe this is happening.
I can't even listen to the Shenmue theme anymore without hearing the "shing" noise where the logo was revealed in the E3 video. It's literally been burned into my mind.
This new material is so exciting. If it looks this good in a prototype stage, then I just can't imagine how good it will look upon release. Thanks to everyone involved for providing live updates and translations.

Good old ShenMoo-e

Hello backers!
In this month’s update, we are happy to announce some changes to Ryo Hazuki’s model, changes to the logo and clarification to Sony’s involvement in the funding of Shenmue III.
Here is a render of the new model:
https://i.gyazo.com/91688467361ae469c5abde7e5de230ee.jpg

As you can see, we’ve made many significant improvements. The first thing you might notice is the new eye texture. Shenmue I and II were very depressing games and we wanted to take Shenmue III in a new direction and make it a happier and more positive game. To achieve this, we’ve replaced Ryo’s cold staring eyes with brand new super happy eyes. We feel that this gives much more of a positive and happy vibe.

The next thing you might notice is the purple lipstick. We don’t have any information regarding this to share at this time.

If you look at Ryo’s shirt, you may notice that it is no longer plain white as shown in pervious iterations of the model. During the Kickstarter campaign, the social media website Twitter was vital. Backers and fans worldwide took to it to spread the good Shenmue word. We’d like to pay homage to that and to do so, we’ve included the iconic Twitter phrase #YOLOSWAG on Ryo’s shirt.

As for Sony’s involvement with funding, we can now reveal that we have secured a sponsorship deal! As you can see from the image above, Sony are now sponsoring the bandage on Ryo’s face.

And finally, we are pleased to announce some long awaited changes to the logo font. Many of you have voiced distaste in the Papyrus font and we hear you loud and clear. We’ve taken your feedback very seriously and used it to craft a new, improved logo that we think you’re going to love. We present to you, the new Shenmue logo:
https://i.gyazo.com/6b5ca8bc73c6a4e9d401da1088f1d5d5.png

Oh and also, Shenmue III is cancelled.

We hope you are as happy as we are with the new changes! Have a wonderful April.

- The Awesome Japan Team

Happy April, Dojo!

where are the black and white Monaco pictures in 144p?
Hopefully these ultra high res photos should do.

https://i.gyazo.com/afc66a1b4e64b0531f7b1e38f792086b.png

https://i.gyazo.com/b9487f8b20b825c5eb8ac147375a470c.png

https://i.gyazo.com/b029383976196bbaa3f6baf67b11530a.png

FlagshipFighter wrote:
they've also just announced the season pass! :-D !!!!!!1

I can also exclusively confirm that the vending machines and toy capsule machines link with PayPal and will now only accept real money.

GYO6161 wrote: Shenmue 3 has evolved into Shenchinko 3 for Pachinkos only, developed by Konami! YAY

I hope Yu likes his new job as a janitor/cleaner.

Is it weird that just for a split second, I forgot Shenmue III was already confirmed and was like "OMFG! THIS IS IT!"?
Old reflexes still in action I guess.

GYO6161 wrote: Yu Suzuki did 9/11 confirmed

Don't you mean 7/11?

Almost 1 year after the big KS success and they are still "investigating" how to solve licence issues and make the game?

"Investigating" smells like a pr response made to nor confirm the thing and neither deny it, which saves them from the anger of fans if they denied it.

Reminds me of Yu Suzuki "looking into" Kickstarter for a couple of years. :P
Yeah but the difference is, unlike SEGA, Yu Suzuki actually gave a fuck about what the fans wanted and actively tried to please people because he knew how special the game was to all of us. SEGA couldn't care less about us. They're a faceless corporation who put profit and reputation first and passion (much) later. That's why I'm skeptical that SEGA will ever release an HD collection unless Sony or another investor bankroll it.

He updated his blog again on the 2nd of May:



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

I hope he's alright.

I have to come offline guys, my mum wants to use the phone.

Giorgio wrote: Nice Hello Kitty Pink Dreamcast in the background.

Only the finest for Yu and his team!

So glad it's finally done!
It looks amazing, great job! Can't wait to watch the whole thing.

I'll be in the board's chatroom tonight for the Sony conference if anyone else wants to join me. Always a good atmosphere in there during these sorts of things. I'll never forget the explosion in chat when Shenmue III was announced last year; it made the whole thing so much better! Good times :mrgreen:

And to make things even more complicated and divided, Nicola Sturgeon is taking advantage of the situation and now wants to hold a 2nd independence referendum for Scotland in light of the result. This is disastrous.

Remaining in the EU is an absolute must.

I voted Remain, but I do not agree with the mass scale protests and riots. People always talk about living in a democratic society such as the UK but then refuse to accept democracy when it does not favour them.
I hate the fact that we'll no longer be part of the EU, I worry about my future as a student and I worry about the consequences this will have on factors such as the economy. But that is democracy and instead of getting nowhere by giving the impression that as remain voters we can't accept democracy, we need to band together to make this work.

I don't like it, but it's happening so we need to make the most of it.

It's great to know that Yu's happy with the way the game is turning out.
Also, those environments really excite every time I see them. To think that we'll soon be running around them as Ryo Hazuki and continuing the story of Shenmue in a world that looks like that blows me away.

I'm excited!

Brosauce in a nutshell:

Some of the detail was lost, so it's not quite as nice looking, but if it's any use to you I was able to convert the picture into vectors and scale it up to a higher resolution:

The_Fuzileiro wrote:That's just one work to say and it is in my language: "Caaaaaaaaaraaaaaalhooooooo"

Thank you so much guys! For me... it is perfect! I'm gonna cry!

Thanks a million man! Everybody! Thank you!

Fantastic! Glad you like it. Enjoy your shirt

MiTT3NZ wrote: I'm actually looking forward to Sea of Thieves more, even though it'll probably be a fucking mess when it gets released.

I mean, I wouldn't be surprised. Judging from your signature, things you look forward to do indeed seem to be a fucking mess.

Monkei wrote:He must have really been looking forward to your attempt at making a witty remark criticizing his taste then!

Oh dayum! I've been outdone

James Brown wrote:Wow completely forgot to check back in here! Great job Jibby, that image is fantastic!

I second you enjoying your new shirt dude, please show us a photo of the finished piece when it's done

Thanks James! And yeah, I really hope we get to see a photo of the shirt

Do you guys remember that feeling on the Dojo in the days coming up to E3 2015 of just pure positivity and hope, like we all knew something Shenmue related was going to happen even though we didn't have any solid information to go on? It was so surreal (like seriously, go back and read the E3 2015 thread). It could just be becuase of Peter's fantastic posts, but I imagine that feeling might return this December for PSX 2016.

I think the expression on everybody's face at whatever was on that laptop tells us more about Shenmue III then any update so far. I mean, that's the reaction of loyal fans who have waited over a decade for Shenmue III. That's what we're all going to look like when we boot the game up for the first time and start playing. It shows us just how well development is going and much it's going to feel like a Shenmue game. It's so exciting!

I've also made a mockup to show what I think the perfect Shenmue III title screen would look like. Ours are really similar Peter
(but I guess there's only so much you can do with 30 seconds of direct feed )

Congratulations!