No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

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No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby ImGladUmad » Sat Jun 20, 2015 4:55 am

Will Ryo ever go back to Japan?

[–]Yu_Suzuki[S] 12 points 14 minutes ago

Not in 3.




Damn this sucks. I hope he is lying because he mentioned japan before in an interview but I guess not.


This is really bad, Country side Shenmue could be great or be disaster IMO...I really hope a decent chinesse city that looks relatively modern takes its place.
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby joka » Sat Jun 20, 2015 4:59 am

Storywise it makes sense- Ryo is on a mission to avenge his father so he's not heading back to Japan until he's caught up to LAN Di..... And he's obviously getting caught up in a bigger purpose with Shenhua so Japan would only be a valid destination in the last 1/2 chapters which S3 isn't covering as is pretty clear after this Q & A

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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby Sonoshee » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:03 am

joka wrote: Storywise it makes sense- Ryo is on a mission to avenge his father so he's not heading back to Japan until he's caught up to LAN Di..... And he's obviously getting caught up in a bigger purpose with Shenhua so Japan would only be a valid destination in the last 1/2 chapters which S3 isn't covering as is pretty clear after this Q & A


^ This. And besides Choubu is a village with shops, souvenir stores, hotels and temples (confirmed by Yu on Reddit). It has already been stated by Yu that S3 will be dramatically smaller than Shenmue 2 was in scope as it focuses more on the relationship of characters than the environment.
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby Yokosuka » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:21 am

No surprise here.

Kotaku said sh*t.
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby Hyo Razuki » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:22 am

I don't have any objections whatsoever about Shenmue not taking place in Japan. In fact the prologue to Shenmue hints at that: "He shall appear from a eastern land across the sea." Meaning the hero of the saga will come from abroad and cross the sea westward into China. Shenmue 1 was only the introduction and is meant to give the audience an explanation why a Japanese small town boy embarks on this journey to China.

Remember that Shenmue 1 closes with the words "And thus the saga begins." I think Yu never meant Shenmue to have that much to do with Japan.

I've been to small villages near the city of Guilin in Guangxi Province, China like those Shenmue 3 will probably take place in and I absolutely love those places and the people there. It was one of the best holidays I've ever had and I'm happy to be able to "go back there", this time not as myself but as Ryo Hazuki. :D
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby south carmain » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:23 am

Hyo Razuki wrote: I don't have any objections whatsoever about Shenmue not taking place in Japan. In fact the prologue to Shenmue hints at that: "He shall appear from a eastern land across the sea." Meaning the hero of the saga will come from abroad and cross the sea westward into China. Shenmue 1 was only the introduction and is meant to give the audience an explanation why a Japanese small town boy embarks on this journey to China.

Remember that Shenmue 1 closes with the words "And thus the saga begins." I think Yu never meant Shenmue to have that much to do with Japan.

I've been to small villages near the city of Guilin in Guangxi Province, China like those Shenmue 3 will probably take place in and I absolutely love those places and the people there. It was one of the best holidays I've ever had and I'm happy to be able to "go back there", this time not as myself but as Ryo Hazuki. :D

You deserve a ban just for using that horrible text colour.

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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby Hyo Razuki » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:25 am

Changed it. Just wanted to see what it looks like. I hate this standard text colour. Gotta find a good one
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby Sonoshee » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:31 am

Hyo Razuki wrote: Changed it. Just wanted to see what it looks like. I hate this standard text colour. Gotta find a good one


Anything that isn't yellow or orange.... :P
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby Miles Prower » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:59 am

I'm not really sure why people were expecting him to return to Japan before the end of the saga anyway....didn't Yu confirm years ago he was headed to Taiwan eventually as well?
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby Hyo Razuki » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:09 am

Sonoshee wrote:
Hyo Razuki wrote: Changed it. Just wanted to see what it looks like. I hate this standard text colour. Gotta find a good one


Anything that isn't yellow or orange.... :P


I think orange or yellow would be quite readable with this kind of background color. I just don't like the standard font being grey, while the background is a slightly darker tone of grey, like in this post. Just hurts my eyes, I hate it. Why not orange? Think I might as well choose something green-ish.
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby south carmain » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:11 am

Hyo Razuki wrote:
Sonoshee wrote:
Hyo Razuki wrote: Changed it. Just wanted to see what it looks like. I hate this standard text colour. Gotta find a good one


Anything that isn't yellow or orange.... :P

I just don't like the standard font being grey, while the background is a slightly darker tone of grey, like in this post. Just hurts my eyes, I hate it.

Why does it really matter when it won't change the post colour of others anyway in that case?

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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby killthesagabeforeitkillsu » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:17 am

Can you link the interview where Yu Suzuki said Ryo would go back to japan during Shenmue III? I'm pretty sure he will be training in China for years.
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby Hyo Razuki » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:20 am

south carmain wrote:
Hyo Razuki wrote:
Sonoshee wrote:
Hyo Razuki wrote: Changed it. Just wanted to see what it looks like. I hate this standard text colour. Gotta find a good one


Anything that isn't yellow or orange.... :P

I just don't like the standard font being grey, while the background is a slightly darker tone of grey, like in this post. Just hurts my eyes, I hate it.

Why does it really matter when it won't change the post colour of others anyway in that case?


I want my own posts to look good. Can't help the others. :D
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby Yokosuka » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:27 am

killthesagabeforeitkillsu wrote: Can you link the interview where Yu Suzuki said Ryo would go back to japan during Shenmue III? I'm pretty sure he will be training in China for years.


If you're talking about the recent intervew :
http://kotaku.com/getting-the-rights-to ... 1712037863
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Re: No Japan in Shenmue 3, Confirmed.

Postby joka » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:31 am

Yokosuka wrote:
killthesagabeforeitkillsu wrote: Can you link the interview where Yu Suzuki said Ryo would go back to japan during Shenmue III? I'm pretty sure he will be training in China for years.


If you're talking about the recent intervew :
http://kotaku.com/getting-the-rights-to ... 1712037863


Specifically “In Shenmue III, we will have places like Japan and China, of course.''

But the Japan reference could have been in regards to some sort of cut scene/flashback not an actual environment. Could also be the translation of what Yu said... Maybe he didn't say 3 and was talking about the series at that point- changes the whole statement...
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