Shenmue III Logo Poll [Back]

(Chapter 7 and beyond)

Which logo do you prefer? (Total votes: 86)

Papyrus
1
1%
Cursive
77
90%
Yu's Caligraphy
8
9%

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Postby Centrale » Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:58 pm

If the cursive style is indeed the problem (I personally don't have any trouble reading it, but we did learn cursive in school when I was a kid), then why not just use some classy serif font and keep the strong brushwork of the Japanese version. Yu Suzuki's brushwork in Japanese is strong and assured, whereas his version with roman letters is not (imo). So, something like this would be my suggestion:

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Postby Spaghetti » Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:59 am

That'd be a nice compromise if Yu stuck to his guns on a non-cursive font.
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Postby Kiske » Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:17 am

I like your idea Centrale. It's elegant.

Just for fun, same concept with the font I tried to create time ago, when we were already talking about the logo. :???:

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Postby killthesagabeforeitkillsu » Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:22 am

You guys have talent

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Postby Shenmue_Legend » Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:56 am

Why don't we have the Japanese logo AND the cursive font? This way, we can have the two best in one place.
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Postby Pinko Fug » Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:53 am

As long as it isn't the Papyrus logo...
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Postby Gastarot » Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:58 pm

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:heart: :heart: :heart: nothing more, the best title screen i never saw in my life !!

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Re: Shenmue III Logo Poll [Back]

Postby ys » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:01 pm

Centrale wrote:,,,why not just use some classy serif font and keep the strong brushwork of the Japanese version. Yu Suzuki's brushwork in Japanese is strong and assured, whereas his version with roman letters is not (imo).

Such a solution would be perfect. To me, the Roman letters version also felt less confident. I'm not criticizing Yu's effort though since it would be the same if many of us had to draw Japanese characters. It just looks a bit off and uneven in comparison.

Sappharad wrote:It does look bad with the gold effect applied, but maybe if the letters were evened out and looked more balanced like the Japanese logo, or some strokes smoothed, it might look better.

I usually don't like gold colored things but it fits here I think. I think that the box art for Shenmue I and II on Dreamcast got it right. The logo wasn't too flat but not overly 3D either.
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Re: Shenmue III Logo Poll [Back]

Postby johnvivant » Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:37 am

the new suzuki font is an improvement over the papyrus but the original cursive is still the best. imo
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Postby Shenmue_Trilogy » Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:50 pm

Voted for Nr2. The new Shenmue 3 doesn't look good except the letter S and Number 3

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The S doesn't fit to "henmue" which looks like was drawn by some kid or guy with shaky hand...no disrespect but it looks awful.
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Postby gillian_seed » Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:11 am

They just changed the logo on shenmue.link. I understand that YS has the last word, but not counting on fans' view on this matter is, IMO, unwise.
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Postby Shenmue_Legend » Sun Sep 10, 2017 9:34 am

gillian_seed wrote: They just changed the logo on shenmue.link. I understand that YS has the last word, but not counting on fans' view on this matter is, IMO, unwise.


Yeah I just checked and I'm not happy with it. I respect Yu san immensely, but he has got to realise that the cursive font is best. Not only aesthetically but also because it maintains the connection to Shenmue and Shenmue II. It's as simple as that really. The previous games had it so it should be mandatory in Shenmue III. I hope the logo changes back to the original in the near future.
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Postby KidMarine » Sun Sep 10, 2017 11:15 am

I vastly prefer the cursive font but the new one has grown on me quite a bit.

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Re: Shenmue III Logo Poll [Back]

Postby Sokora » Tue Sep 12, 2017 12:41 am

Original logo, without a shadow of a doubt. There is an element of nostalgia behind it but the other two are pretty poor in comparison.
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Re: Shenmue III Logo Poll [Back]

Postby Yokosuka » Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:03 am

gillian_seed wrote: They just changed the logo on shenmue.link. I understand that YS has the last word, but not counting on fans' view on this matter is, IMO, unwise.


It turns out to be a pretty pessimistic scenario. Yu is emotionally tied to his family-made logo while he sounds very eager to let the franchise have a new departure, concretely and symbolically.

The bright side of the situation is that no one but the fans were especially shocked by this logo in the trailer so far. So it's a fact that its design is not as bad as it looks.
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