Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

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Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Supa » Sun May 20, 2012 2:55 pm

Topic title.

Last we heard was the Toulhouse Game Show when Yu Suzuki said he would like to make a smart phone version, and the Mobage Town thing ended in December 2011, but has anyone heard anything? Particularly Kiyuu?
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Bluecast » Sun May 20, 2012 2:59 pm

Didn't the developer close it's doors and Gai servers shut down?
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Supa » Sun May 20, 2012 3:03 pm

Well, YS Net was the developer, and they split from Yahoo/Mobage Town, and those servers were closed. That version is discontinued, but I thought they were trying o bring it to smart phones for another try.
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Spokane » Sun May 20, 2012 3:10 pm

I understood that it was still around under a new company and that Yu was the one interested in maybe movie it to smart phones.
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Supa » Sun May 20, 2012 3:16 pm

It's Yu's company that developed it, for sure. YS Net was making it.
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby south carmain » Sun May 20, 2012 5:29 pm

didn't kiyuu make a post saying that it wasn't discontinued but just closed until episode 2 comes out or something along those lines?
I can't remember exactly but I have a vague memory of reading something similare months ago before I joined
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Spokane » Sun May 20, 2012 6:03 pm

Here's the topic from the beginning of this year.

viewtopic.php?f=50&t=43977&p=964075#p964075
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Supa » Sun May 20, 2012 8:05 pm

So, essentially it's what I just said, the service as we know it is terminated, but we don't know when/if it will return. Back to square one: has anyone (Kiyuu) heard any news?
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Kiyuu » Mon May 21, 2012 5:31 am

Supa wrote:So, essentially it's what I just said, the service as we know it is terminated, but we don't know when/if it will return. Back to square one: has anyone (Kiyuu) heard any news?

I'm afraid no one has heard any news on Shenmue-gai since its termination of the Mobage service. Even the YS Net's website no longer has the link to the Shenmue-gai official site as you see here:

http://www.ysnet-inc.jp/

The chances of its return for smartphones are pretty slim, I'm afraid.
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby south carmain » Mon May 21, 2012 8:50 am

well Gai turned out to be a let down :-s shame it has little chance of being ported to the west though, it might of had a better chance out here
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Supa » Mon May 21, 2012 12:36 pm

Yeah, I think Gai is officially dead. :/
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby ThyDarkAngel » Thu May 24, 2012 10:01 am

Officially? Hardly:

http://andriasang.com/con14r/yu_suzuki_ ... witterfeed

Yu working on new smartphone game.
Maybe be the evo of Gai. or something else.

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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Supa » Thu May 24, 2012 10:36 am

Interesting...if they're leaking the secret, maybe it's been under wraps for awhile, maybe since Gai shut down on Mobage? Maybe it could be it, maybe not. Hm...
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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby ys » Tue May 29, 2012 5:10 am

Kiyuu wrote:Even the YS Net's website no longer has the link to the Shenmue-gai official site as you see here:

http://www.ysnet-inc.jp/

Nothing Shenmue-related ever seems to go well it seems.

Even with the information that he is working on something new it didn't seem to go as planned. Specifically : restoring the Shenmue brand and building up to something bigger.

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Re: Anyone heard anything regarding smart phone versions?

Postby Henry Spencer » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:24 pm

They have an e-mail address.

[email protected]

Do they ever reply, I wonder?
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