Twitter Q&A Round 2 Live now!

[Yokosuka]

Seriously? Somebody asked about a Nozomi dating game..

No, Yu Suzuki himself asked us.

[shredingskin]

Yu ships Ryo and Nozomi

And Ren/Joy

[shredingskin]

Q: Will Shenhua and Ryo stay in the same room at the inn?
A: It depends on the vacancy.

Ryo will accidentally Shenhua

[NeoShredder]

Will i be able to follow people all around the villages?

I will ask Hirai about it

What does that even mean?

[NeoShredder]

Even if the kickstarter finishes around the 5 Million mark, we will still have Bailu, Baisha and Choubu in the game?

Yes they will be in the game

Thank god for that!

[Yokosuka]

Will i be able to follow people all around the villages?

I will ask Hirai about it

What does that even mean?

I thought the eye locking.

[Capsule Toys Maniac]

Translation of the Japanese questions.

https://twitter.com/shenmue1999/status/619199010520367104

Will there be a reappearance from Hiroshi Fujioka (Iwao Hazuki) who joined in on the Shenmue Gai announcement. I'd like to see his younger self and what he did.

The other day Hiroshi Fujioka sent me some Fujioka coffee.

Uh.. apparently Hiroshi Fujioka is selling coffee now? Who knew? http://www.samurai-hiroshi-shop.jp

https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status/619701237831745536

Since the hardware is different for Shenmue 3 we won't be able to transfer the save. Will that mean that moves like the brawling uppercut won't make an appearance? I ask because when going from Shenmue 1 to 2 I was sad to realize that the tornado kick was overwritten. I'm really looking forward for the launch of Shenmue 3.

I'll think about adding Brawling uppercut and Tornado kick.

https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status/619701670017003520

Which version do you recomend for someone who as neither of the two systems? Will there be any differences between PC and PS4?

Both the PS4 version and the PC version will take advantage of the respective advantages of the hardware. So it doesn't matter which you buy.

https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status/619701800719904769

I love Shenmue but I'm terrible at playing games. The only reason I was able to finish the game was because the difficulty level dropped since I failed so much. Will there be a system to help me in Shenmue III too? (please!)

Definitely! There will be a variable difficulty level so that new players that don't know about Shenmue will be able to play.

https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status/619707151469023234

Will you show something at Tokyo Game Show and events like that?

As for this year's TGS it's undecided.

https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status/619707313889280004

Will Ryo and Shenhua stay in the same room at the inns in Shenmue 3?

That depends on the vacancy of Choubu Inn.

Edit: rest of them:


https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status ... 7741011968

Among the characters of Shenmue or you other games, who...
would you like to be friend with?
would you like to make your girlfriend?
do you actually hate?

My wife is too scary, I can't answer that.

https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status ... 6944361472

Will Ren, who said "This is getting interesting!" when Ryo went to Guilin, appear in Shenmue 3.

Spoiler:

He will! I have an interesting appearance in mind.

https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status ... 5478042630

Is it impossible for you to work with a japanese crowdfunding site (like Makuake)? I'm not that confident with foreign websites.

At the official site there's an explanation of kickstarter so please take a look at that. There are Japanese speaking staff that can answer Kickstarter messages.

https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status ... 2240883712

I loved the soundtrack more than the story or graphics. Will there be a special CD like the jukebox from Shenmue 1.

We're planning on adding nostalgic tracks from Shenmue 1 and 2 on the soundtrack that comes with the 250 dollar pledge.

[Anonymous81]

Some fantastic questions and answers! In particular, I loved learning that even if we don't hit 9 million, there WILL still be part time jobs. And that even at 5 million, all the regions which say "expanded" in the stretch goals WILL be in the game, even if their physical scale may not be as large as they'd otherwise be.

Those two points are hugely reassuring to me, and lead me to believe the game will be packed with content and things to see and do even if the overall "size" is considered "small" by other standards. Those are the things I care most about, not the size, so that's awesome to me!

Great Q&A! Also, remember to spread that Japanese Kickstarter site around. 公式の日本のキックスターター方向ページ : http://shenmue.link/ks2.html

Could help get some more visibility from Japanese backers.