Random Shenmue Thoughts

(Chapter 1 | General Series Discussion)

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby ShenGCH » Tue Feb 13, 2018 4:52 am

A YouTuber by the name of Martial Gamer laying the smackdown while dressed as Ryo Hazuki:

phpBB [video]


phpBB [video]

ShenGCH has received 2 thanks from: Mr357, Switch
User avatar
ShenGCH
"After Burner...Great!"
"After Burner...Great!"
 
Joined: January 2006
Location: United Kingdom
Favorite title: Shenmue

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby BlueCreeperBoy12 » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:29 pm

I just rewatched the Saturn footage. My god. I'm still so impressed by it. It was an incredible achievement, and it's such a shame that we can't play it! Do you think they'll ever release it in some form?
BlueCreeperBoy12
Master of the Three Blades
Master of the Three Blades
 
Joined: June 2015
Location: England
Favorite title: Shenmue IIx

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby Let's Get Sweaty » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:44 pm

Suzuki said last year that the Saturn prototype was only 30% complete and not likely to become available, as they'd mainly progressed on the visuals without much in-depth content.
Let's Get Sweaty
Machine Gun Fist
Machine Gun Fist
 
Joined: January 2012
Favorite title: Shenmue IIx
Currently playing: truant

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby ShenGCH » Thu Mar 01, 2018 4:34 am

Absolutely beautiful rendition of "The Sadness I Carry on My Shoulders" by a YouTube pianist named Shipluss:

phpBB [video]
User avatar
ShenGCH
"After Burner...Great!"
"After Burner...Great!"
 
Joined: January 2006
Location: United Kingdom
Favorite title: Shenmue

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby Jerid'sRamenShop » Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:47 pm

ShenGCH wrote: A YouTuber by the name of Martial Gamer laying the smackdown while dressed as Ryo Hazuki:

phpBB [video]


The hip throw always looked silly to me, yet I know it is a viable throw and if you do not know how to land you can seriously get hurt. Perhaps because I have not got myself to get "in there" with my hip yet to really apply it, but still, there is always that second of like... :-&

ShenGCH wrote:
phpBB [video]


And this poor bastard... is he suppose to represent Fuku-san? :mrgreen: He keeps taping out, before the move is even completed.
User avatar
Jerid'sRamenShop
Funny Bear Burger Clerk
Funny Bear Burger Clerk
 
Joined: February 2018
Favorite title: Shenmue

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby sandsoles16 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 4:19 pm

What is up with Chai?
Like really, how does one become as creepy and as unusual as him?
Also, I'm pretty sure you're lying if Chai didn't jumpscare you in the arcade fight.
User avatar
sandsoles16
Asia Travel Representative
Asia Travel Representative
 
Joined: April 2017
Location: UK
Steam: sandsoles16
Favorite title: Shenmue
Currently playing: Shenmue 1

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby MiTT3NZ » Mon Mar 05, 2018 4:26 pm

^You ever been to town in Manchester n seen a gathering of spice eds?
User avatar
MiTT3NZ
Class A Cunt
Shenmue III
 
Joined: January 2005
Location: Manchester, innit!
XBL: Mittens2317
Steam: Mittens2317
Favorite title: Shenmue
Currently playing: Football Manager 2012

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby ShenGCH » Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:35 pm

sandsoles16 wrote: What is up with Chai?
Like really, how does one become as creepy and as unusual as him?
Also, I'm pretty sure you're lying if Chai didn't jumpscare you in the arcade fight.

I've always been quite fond of this explanation by KiBa (direct link: http://shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=927987#p927987):

Anybody who doesn't understand Chai, doesn't understand the 1980s. Therefore, you're just too young to get it. By the time you were born, being a mutant freak wasn't cool anymore. But it was once, and Shenmue is a period piece. Complaining about Chai is like complaining about the presence of Nazis in a WWII movie. Chai is an obvious nod to the criminal freaks that were all the rage in the 80s. He is absolutely typical of, say, any given thug in 1980s New York City - in real life. I wish I could say it was just in the movies, but that decade was a very degenerate time, even for the frothing underbelly of society. Crime rates went through the roof, and being a good old fashioned gangster or mugger didn't cut it anymore. Gangs really did become packs of creatures, having lost every trace of their humanity. The most respectable scumbags donned mullets. Their underlings usually went with the mohawk, or completely bald like Chai; few were allowed to have eyebrows. Tattoos, piercings, bondage leather, and extensive body paint were common, as were STDs. The more mutated the hoodlum, the better. Chemicals were literally the best thing ever. According to the logic of the 80s, the more exposure to glowing mutagens, the better. The whole point was to act like an animal constantly, dressed in rags or rudimentary body armor (with spikes), raping, stealing, and killing everyone in your path, and all while polluting the environment at the same time. This breed was mostly wiped out by the mid-90s, but not before we got such gems as Death Wish, Streets of Rage, Robocop, Total Recall, and Bebop and Rocksteady. All things considered, Chai is rather tame for 1987, but he is a homage to the era nonetheless. He's as necessary a component as cassette tapes.
User avatar
ShenGCH
"After Burner...Great!"
"After Burner...Great!"
 
Joined: January 2006
Location: United Kingdom
Favorite title: Shenmue

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby Cyberman » Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:47 am

Bro, why do you think it's a scam? It's legit.
User avatar
Cyberman
Sailor
"Keep Friends"
 
Joined: May 2003
Favorite title: Shenmue

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby BlueCreeperBoy12 » Thu Mar 08, 2018 9:26 pm

I just rewatched the old project Berkley video. https://youtu.be/GQ6-QRThA8A
Might be interesting for some of you to look back.
BlueCreeperBoy12
Master of the Three Blades
Master of the Three Blades
 
Joined: June 2015
Location: England
Favorite title: Shenmue IIx

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby sandsoles16 » Sun Mar 11, 2018 3:36 pm

MiTT3NZ wrote: ^You ever been to town in Manchester n seen a gathering of spice eds?

Nah man Manchester's too Northen for me South East is where it's at
User avatar
sandsoles16
Asia Travel Representative
Asia Travel Representative
 
Joined: April 2017
Location: UK
Steam: sandsoles16
Favorite title: Shenmue
Currently playing: Shenmue 1

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby south carmain » Sun Mar 11, 2018 4:24 pm

Anything outside of the M25 is a wasteland tbh. "Escape from new york" was based on a quiet Wednesday in Manchester
User avatar
south carmain
Comrade of the motherland
"Keep Friends"
 
Joined: February 2012
Favorite title: Shenmue IIx
Currently playing: okami hd

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby SickOctopus » Sun Mar 11, 2018 10:07 pm

Not sure if this is worth getting our hopes up over, but according to this Eurogamer article, Bluepoint's next title will be a remake of a larger scope than Shadow of the Colossus.

Whatever it turns out to be, I'm sure it'll be great, but could it possibly be Shenmue? Surely not.

http://www.eurogamer.net/amp/digitalfoundry-2018-bluepoints-next-game-is-another-remake
User avatar
SickOctopus
Funny Bear Burger Clerk
Funny Bear Burger Clerk
 
Joined: June 2015
Location: United Kingdom
PSN: AJK1986
Steam: AllyK86
Favorite title: Shenmue
Currently playing: Life is Strange

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby shengoro86 » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:37 pm

SickOctopus wrote: Not sure if this is worth getting our hopes up over, but according to this Eurogamer article, Bluepoint's next title will be a remake of a larger scope than Shadow of the Colossus.

Whatever it turns out to be, I'm sure it'll be great, but could it possibly be Shenmue? Surely not.

http://www.eurogamer.net/amp/digitalfoundry-2018-bluepoints-next-game-is-another-remake


My money is that it will be ICO

shengoro86 has received a thanks from: spud1897
User avatar
shengoro86
Admin - Shenmue500K
Shenmue 500K Staff
 
Joined: August 2004
Location: New Jersey, USA
PSN: Shengoro86
XBL: Rock Is Sponge
Favorite title: Shenmue IIx
Currently playing: Shenmue III (PC)

Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

Postby SickOctopus » Mon Mar 12, 2018 3:48 pm

shengoro86 wrote:
SickOctopus wrote: Not sure if this is worth getting our hopes up over, but according to this Eurogamer article, Bluepoint's next title will be a remake of a larger scope than Shadow of the Colossus.

Whatever it turns out to be, I'm sure it'll be great, but could it possibly be Shenmue? Surely not.

http://www.eurogamer.net/amp/digitalfoundry-2018-bluepoints-next-game-is-another-remake


My money is that it will be ICO


Yeah, that did cross my mind as well. I'd be just as happy with that, actually. ICO is closer to my heart than SOTC.
User avatar
SickOctopus
Funny Bear Burger Clerk
Funny Bear Burger Clerk
 
Joined: June 2015
Location: United Kingdom
PSN: AJK1986
Steam: AllyK86
Favorite title: Shenmue
Currently playing: Life is Strange

PreviousNext

Return to Shenmue

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

Powered by phpBB © 2000-
ShenmueDojo.net