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Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 3:56 am
by redline
great work.

like Ryudo said, this needs to be on the front page of the dojo

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:49 am
by Himuro
I am really glad this is finally done. I've been waiting for this ever since i joined. :mrgreen: Congratulations on completing such a tremendous undertaking and thank you, sir, for doing it. =D>

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:33 am
by Luvly KM
this is fantastic work BUT its a shame it still isn't as detailed as Shenmue 1's Biography's.. I would have given my soul if the people who created this wrote their own in line with what the chracaters did in the game

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:39 am
by Miles Prower
Agh - if I'd remembered today, Nov 29th, was Ryo's birthday (as well as the date Shenmue I begins), I would have held off from releasing the database until today to make it special haha :lol:

I do have one present though ;-) For those who might be interested, I've uploaded the scans of the profiles from the Perfect Guidebook that were sent to me by Eek the Cat all those years ago...just in case anyone was curious to see them. The text in these scans is Chinese/Japanese - obviously you now have the database itself for the translations :P

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x963i8zekunix ... cans.rar?m

And a pic of one the pages as a preview:
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And thanks for the kind words everyone - felt good to finally get it finished :D

Luvly KM wrote: this is fantastic work BUT its a shame it still isn't as detailed as Shenmue 1's Biography's.. I would have given my soul if the people who created this wrote their own in line with what the chracaters did in the game

Yeah, I hear you, it is a pity...writing 700 detailed bios probably would have been a bit of a tall order though, it's still pretty cool they bothered to name/give stats to everybody :)

EDIT: Link corrected, apologies!!

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:31 pm
by LawXiu
Over a decade of work, that's dedication. Well done mate. Well worth the wait.

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:02 pm
by DreamcastPast
=D> Nice, that's dedication right there! =D>

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:54 pm
by shengoro86
I remember being psyched when you originally announced this project. Years later, I remember wondering and worrying about what might have happened to this project. I eventually dismissed it as never being completed and with Passport gone, that part of Shenmue (the detailed NPCs) was beginning to be a memory of the past. You have put closure on the security behind retaining all of that information and for that, I thank you. This milestone shows how serious the Shenmue community can get when it comes to the storyline and detailed information. You deserve a lot of credit and a front page news bulletin on every existing Shenmue fan site.

Yu Suzuki would be proud, send him a copy.



=D> :mrgreen: =D>

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:42 pm
by Sailors?
I also remember this being one of the first things I read when I joined up. Excellent work Miles, a true credit to the Shenmue Dojo. And welcome back.

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:43 am
by johnvivant
Miles Prower wrote: Agh - if I'd remembered today, Nov 29th, was Ryo's birthday (as well as the date Shenmue I begins), I would have held off from releasing the database until today to make it special haha :lol:

I do have one present though ;-) For those who might be interested, I've uploaded the scans of the profiles from the Perfect Guidebook that were sent to me by Eek the Cat all those years ago...just in case anyone was curious to see them. The text in these scans is Chinese/Japanese - obviously you now have the database itself for the translations :P

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8qkby011a3tkg ... tabase.rar

And a pic of one the pages as a preview:
Image

And thanks for the kind words everyone - felt good to finally get it finished :D

Luvly KM wrote: this is fantastic work BUT its a shame it still isn't as detailed as Shenmue 1's Biography's.. I would have given my soul if the people who created this wrote their own in line with what the chracaters did in the game

Yeah, I hear you, it is a pity...writing 700 detailed bios probably would have been a bit of a tall order though, it's still pretty cool they bothered to name/give stats to everybody :)


the link you give is the same as the regular database... are the original scans within that document or have you posted the wrong link?

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:59 am
by Miles Prower
Ack, I posted the wrong link #-o Cheers for spotting that, here's the correct one :P (also edited the post to have the right link)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x963i8zekunix ... cans.rar?m

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:27 pm
by ys
Cool. I never forgot about this since it was announced.

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 2:48 am
by Nankeiro
There are not enough words to thank this to everyone involved. Man, you did a hell of a work here! Es una chingonería!! (It's fu... great!).

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:01 pm
by KiD
Wow, just wanted to log back in and say what an incredible job you did with this. Much appreciated! Thank you for your hard work and everyone else who was involved in this project!

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:23 pm
by sylentknyte
Much like KiD, I hardly every come to this site anymore. But I did see this, and I just want to chime in and say thanks to Miles and everyone else involved. This is really fantastic work, and its much appreciated by the community.

Re: SHENMUE II CHARACTER DATABASE - ALL 700 CHARACTERS!!

PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:14 pm
by Steenkoud
This is great!!! thanks!