The prototype of Xiuying

[NeoShredder]

Confirmed Red Guards are the Chi Yo Men!

I always wondered how much politics/real world setting really played in the games. On the one hand, it's all about culture and the setting (Yokosuka and the US Navy, Kowloon and the British) but on the other hand it was never the point of the game's plot and was never overtly political. I wonder if this theme continues into III with the Communists/Rural communities. In fact, we had this exact same conversation on the III forum.

Anywho, courtesy of own Mr. Switch in the other thred, we have our translation for that image:

"At the Ming Dynasty tombs. Left: Ms Zhang, my travel guide. Right: my guide for the Beijing area, Mr Bravo Zhang.

[Yokosuka]

I always wondered how much politics/real world setting really played in the games. On the one hand, it's all about culture and the setting (Yokosuka and the US Navy, Kowloon and the British) but on the other hand it was never the point of the game's plot and was never overtly political. I wonder if this theme continues into III with the Communists/Rural communities. In fact, we had this exact same conversation on the III forum.

Indeed, the story emphasizes only the culture split.
Yokosuka/US Navy
HK/UK
Japan/China
Canada
Eileen, Tom
India mentioned by Yuan while she shopped
Baseball overtaken by soccer mentioned by some PNJ
(Tibet ?)

[shenmue852]

I always wondered how much politics/real world setting really played in the games. On the one hand, it's all about culture and the setting (Yokosuka and the US Navy, Kowloon and the British) but on the other hand it was never the point of the game's plot and was never overtly political. I wonder if this theme continues into III with the Communists/Rural communities. In fact, we had this exact same conversation on the III forum.

Indeed, the story emphasizes only the culture split.
Yokosuka/US Navy
HK/UK
Japan/China
Canada
Eileen, Tom
India mentioned by Yuan while she shopped
Baseball overtaken by soccer mentioned by some PNJ
(Tibet ?)

in the chapter concept art, there's a guy dressed in a communist uniform.

[Youzhi]

Update:
The interviews of Yu suzuki in beep MD magazines:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1jGMuZSa

[Zoltor]

Wow great find, awesome info to say the least.

[Amir]

Update:
The interviews of Yu suzuki in beep MD magazines:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1jGMuZSa

Awesome, cool to see more photos of Suzuki-san with Bajiquan Grand Master Wu.

[Yokosuka]

Update:
The interviews of Yu suzuki in beep MD magazines:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1jGMuZSa

I uploaded the file in a better server.
https://www.mediafire.com/?jabo8gbgtak2lax