Shenmue Dojo

I was thinking about Bysby today.

Fun facts:

Did you know there was a Shenmue VMU game? - There is a short description about it here: http://sega.jp/dc/990804/ Shenmue DLC!



Did you know that Joy's motorcycle is a Honda Black Bird? [Source: http://web.archive.org/web/200101280104 ... /n21b.html]

The "mini game" is just what you can do with the passport disc. Use your winning cans to unlock and save little animations on your VMU. Can be done in all the versions of the game and it's all on the disc. You can easily copy these files from the VMU tool / Dream Explorer Disc. They are among all the other saves on the disc.

There are older Honda CBR models that still look pretty much identical to the bike in the game.
I'd say that it's supposed to be a "Hurricane" since that one actually came out in 1987.

SHENMUE MEMORIES Tribute Music Video [1080p60] - Dreamcasters' Tube

Didn't know the model of Joy's motorcycle. Thanks!

By the way. Did you know that Alpha trading office's boss knows the chawan sign??

I never noticed that there are cups arranged that way. That's are really neat little detail.

A peeing dog.



Video:

Retroware TV review of Shenmue by Joe Redifer (Co-host of Game Sack)

http://retrowaretv.com/shenmue-review-f ... dreamcast/

On my playthrough I started 2 days ago, I talked to Fuku-San again after you tell him that you'll have your revenge, and I got a journal entry that says "I can't involve Fuku-San in this." After 15 years of playing this game...I never once got that journal entry.

Ceej wrote: On my playthrough I started 2 days ago, I talked to Fuku-San again after you tell him that you'll have your revenge, and I got a journal entry that says "I can't involve Fuku-San in this." After 15 years of playing this game...I never once got that journal entry.

I would always talk to Fuku-san after that cutscene, so I've never known a playthrough without that journal entry. Interesting .

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ShenGCH wrote:

Ceej wrote: On my playthrough I started 2 days ago, I talked to Fuku-San again after you tell him that you'll have your revenge, and I got a journal entry that says "I can't involve Fuku-San in this." After 15 years of playing this game...I never once got that journal entry.

I would always talk to Fuku-san after that cutscene, so I've never known a playthrough without that journal entry. Interesting .

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It's interesting because I don't know about you, but I've formed so many habits when playing this game that are hard to break. I'm finding a lot of enjoyment in deliberately doing the opposite of what I would normally do on this playthrough.

Leading off of that, when you guys play through the game...if you have to find let's say..the Tattoo Parlor..do you ask people for directions on where it might be? Or do you go straight there? I had gotten in the habit of just going straight to where I need to go since I know the game by heart, but I'm finding a lot of enjoyment (and challenge!) in asking around again as if I didn't know where I needed to go.

Ceej wrote:

ShenGCH wrote:

Ceej wrote: On my playthrough I started 2 days ago, I talked to Fuku-San again after you tell him that you'll have your revenge, and I got a journal entry that says "I can't involve Fuku-San in this." After 15 years of playing this game...I never once got that journal entry.

I would always talk to Fuku-san after that cutscene, so I've never known a playthrough without that journal entry. Interesting .

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It's interesting because I don't know about you, but I've formed so many habits when playing this game that are hard to break. I'm finding a lot of enjoyment in deliberately doing the opposite of what I would normally do on this playthrough.

Leading off of that, when you guys play through the game...if you have to find let's say..the Tattoo Parlor..do you ask people for directions on where it might be? Or do you go straight there? I had gotten in the habit of just going straight to where I need to go since I know the game by heart, but I'm finding a lot of enjoyment (and challenge!) in asking around again as if I didn't know where I needed to go.

100% with you there on the unbreakable habits, dude. Sure, I've tried doing things slightly differently every few or so playthroughs, but it just doesn't feel right. I know exactly where I have to go, and what I have to do next, so I just venture down my usual path. Never seems to get boring, though, which is yet another thing I find so magical about the game .

Using your example of finding the tattoo parlour, my exact train of progression is thus:

1. Beat up the sailors in the parking lot and find out there's a tattoo parlour in Dobuita
2. Head to the You Arcade and talk to the bikers at the tabletop game
3. Tell the bikers I'd like to join their gang, leading to them telling me that the tattoo parlour is in Okayama Heights
4. Talk to Honey-san at the hotdog truck to find out where Okayama Heights is located
5. DONE!

That's what I've been doing since the first time I played the game, and I can't recall ever breaking it since. Funny thing is, I've watched multiple playthroughs of Shenmue on YouTube, and I've seen maybe one person ask the bikers but not proceed to ask Honey-san afterwards, and vice versa.

There's a million different ways to approach many of the situations in Shenmue, but we all have our trusty ol' routes .

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UnBoxing - Shenmue (Ryo Hazuki) Jacket - Adam Koralik

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Xiuying art I've never seen before.