A suggestion re this fridays q&a with yu Suzuki...

[Snakiest]

I want to know what open world and true open world mean in his understanding. More specifically, how both compare to the first installments.

After listening to bits and pieces of his answers, I have got a feeling the new Shenmue is going to be more like Shenmue 1 in terms of scale - smaller but with more attention to detail. It still doesn't answer the question of how the budget impacts this. Could somebody ask this? I don't have a Twitter account.

In Yu we trust.

[Jackie Fhan]

We tried this with the twitch chat. I forwarded the questions to their twitch and to the KS and they didn't bother with it.

[drunkensailor]

No there are some things that aren't quite clear.

Is the PS4 exclusivity already decided if so why not clarify it in the FAQ?

Will there be a choice between Japanese and English dubs?

Who are current potential candidates for developing the PC port?

Short answer will Shenmue III contain VF style battles or not?


Among other things.

will we able to somehow use your dreamcast shenmue save files or another way to access this somehow

I guess we can also ask questions regarding shenmues past such as was shrnmue supposed to b 16 chapters or 11 chapter?

About the Saturn version he said there's probably a playable version at Sega somewhere. Can that be released as bonus content on the disc.
How did they manage to get so much out of the Saturn when making shenmue?


What does shenmue mean?

How was he inspired for the story.

Etc

are you serious? why don't you play shenmue 2 first?

here are mine, that i have been holding on to.

[i]1j. Will we still get the Virtua Fighter combat that was present in Shenmue 1 and 2? I have concerns because of the budet.[/i]

2. Will we be able to pick up objects like the original Shenmue 1 and 2?

4. One of the stretch goal is a part time job, if we don't hit that mark. Will there still be one in the base game? If No can we move that stretch goal higher.

5. Regarding Ryo face, couldn't you use the model from the dreamcast days. Can you elaborate on what assets did Sega provide.

6. Will you guys be trying to get sponsors like Coke to help fund the game?

7. Will we still be able to fund the game after the initial month closes?

8. How far along was Shenmue 3 development before the kickstarter started?

9. What is the Siege mechanic?

10. What is magic maze? Auto generated dungeon?

unless we make 6 million stretch goal we won't already confirmed in past twitch by suzuki and imo most terrible news yet

I want to know what open world and true open world mean in his understanding. More specifically, how both compare to the first installments.

After listening to bits and pieces of his answers, I have got a feeling the new Shenmue is going to be more like Shenmue 1 in terms of scale - smaller but with more attention to detail. It still doesn't answer the question of how the budget impacts this. Could somebody ask this? I don't have a Twitter account.

In Yu we trust.

this is a good question

[Jackie Fhan]

I would like to add some questions please, if you guys can make an official list and get them sent out.

1. Can we play around in Ryo's home as a flashback sequence at the start of SH3?

2. Can we get a 10,000 studio tour tier, sign session and more included?

3. "Fighters Megamix features a song "Ending H" ~ Was this the original beta theme for Shenmue ?

4. How will loading be handled compared to SH 1/2? Can we enter, walk up steps more easily?

5. Can you create a paypal account and keep it updated through out SH3's development cycle?

6. Can you consider teaming up with ryuichi sakamoto to produce new music for shenmue 3

7. Consider interacting with the fans of shenmuedogo.net in a question and answer?

8.Will there be more Virtua Fighter fighting styles in the game?

9. Can we get more Saturn, DC video of Sh123 in SH3? interview, development videos as well?

10. Any plans for DLC, DLC packs for more toys, clothes?

11. Will you be considering 2 player versus fighting? Arenas?

12. Can you try to add a tier for a Dreamcast case edition, manual?

[drunkensailor]

another VERY important question. will you keep donations coming in after ks ended through paypal? if they do this, this is the only way to get 10 million dollars

[Jackie Fhan]

another VERY important question. will you keep donations coming in after ks ended through paypal? if they do this, this is the only way to get 10 million dollars

haha, but I think the dreamcast special edition case is an important tier just as much as that. I think it would be a fan favorite if it is like I imagine it.

[elfshadowreaper]

Guys, check this link out. It explains Twitter Q&A best practices. It says "It is helpful to source questions ahead of time. Enter the hashtag into Twitter search and look for questions of interest. Have some cued-up prior to live Q&A and leave some for real time."

https://media.twitter.com/best-practice/twitter-qa

We really need a mod from Shenmue Dojo and Shenmue 500K to post the top questions starting tomorrow morning. Then we all need to retweet and favorite the heck out of them all day.

Mods, which of you can do this?

[BlueMue]

Just tweeted my question about old Shenmue III developement and footage.

https://twitter.com/BluMue/status/616717994438189056

It's still not really decided what question to put on the Dojo's channel. Not a whole lot of questions have been gathered here and I can see only one has been posted more then once and that's if we'll get both dubs in one release.
So my vote would be to ask about dual audio and if NPCs will be fully voiced. I could tweet this over the Dojo's twitter right now actually but I have yet to check back what you and the others with access to the account think.

[Mitsuzuki]

It's been awhile since I've played so unfortunately I don't have any questions, so I just "thumbs up'd" the questions in this thread which I'd like to hear answers to.

[ShenRy092]

How about getting the original Saturn version of Shenmue as a prize?

[Reprise]

How about getting the original Saturn version of Shenmue as a prize?

It'lI be owned by Sega, I imagine.