darksniper wrote: iyapol wrote: darksniper wrote:There is a very real possibility of a Dreamcast version of Shenmue III in the vaults of Sega
Development never started on Shenmue III for DC.
As far as we know yeah. But had that Shenmue Saturn video never been released, we would have never known of it's existence either. If Yu Suzuki can remain tight lipped about the Saturn version of VF3, he would definitely never outright confirm that Shenmue III exists in some form on the Dreamcast.
All I'm saying is that I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that some preliminary work of Shenmue III wouldn't already exist in some form. We already have seen brief live footage of Niao-Sun who was not in the first two games, so there's no telling what they have that we have not seen or know about.
From this Dorimaga interview that was very helpfully translated by Switch, I got the impression that not much of anything got done on Shenmue III back in the day:
http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48967"Q: So you won’t be making another Shenmue?
Suzuki: The first thing I want to do is take some vacation (laughs), and the staff too. I don’t think we could put ourselves through such tough times again as we did with Chapter One. However, even so, I’ve now learned a lot about how to make this type of game and so I’m confident that we’ll be able to make the next one more efficiently and with less of a burden. We’ll be able to make a similar kind of game, and it’s something I want to do. But... I feel like taking a bit of a break first. (laughs)"
Also funny that he mentions the possibility of PC ports back in 2001
"Q: Hypothetically speaking, if there was the possibility again in the future, what would be your choice of hardware? Ah, before asking that - is there any potential for a port?
Suzuki: Porting Shenmue I and II across to other hardware wouldn’t be impossible, but due to the sheer size it would materially be a tough job to take on. The easiest and most likely option would be the PC, in a year or two. That’s because the PC has, in a sense, the ability to handle anything and has few constraints."