Yu Suzuki's Twitter: 29/7 SIII Kick-off Meeting/Dinner

[Amir]

"昨日、S3キックオフ会です。"

"Yesterday, is the S3 kick-off meeting."

[Monkei]

Hope Joel enjoyed his meal!

I still can't believe this is happening, Shenmue III I mean.

[Reprise]

Joel Tess; what a freaking legend.

[Aimless Gamer]

Lol is Yu wearing his only shirt again?

[Sonoshee]

Big appetites for a big vision!

...And WTF!? Joel Tess with a group of former AM2 developers, but he's the one being singled out as a legend here?

[Sin]

Joel Tess; what a freaking legend.

Imagine if everybody on the table teases him "your so popular" since they probably know of the attention he caused.

[punkmanced]

...How the f*ck is Joel Tess sitting so close to Suzuki? They better be discussing Paypal, dammit!

[Amir]

Tiramisu looks good.

[Yokosuka]

Does someone know who is the guy at Yu's right ?

[Aimless Gamer]

How long does AJ work with all of them? I thought they would be done after kickstarter.

[belinho]

Man, i really liked that idea someone had about having a Joel NPC drinking Fanta and saying he's sorry if you interact with him. Maybe have him in a hidden room with some funky lighting a la twitch stream, and if you do find him he'll give you a jackhammer so you can do some remodelling...






Maybe that's a little too silly

[Bambi]

"昨日、S3キックオフ会です。"

"Yesterday, is the S3 kick-off meeting."

It's a shame that baldness has such a stigma attached to it in Japan.

[Peter]

If the project is going ahead, then there may not be a need for PayPal. Perhaps Yu has gotten the full funding from independent investors.

[Aimless Gamer]

If the project is going ahead, then there may not be a need for PayPal. Perhaps Yu has gotten the full funding from independent investors.

If thats true thats amazing but it feels odd there is no update.

[Amir]

If the project is going ahead, then there may not be a need for PayPal. Perhaps Yu has gotten the full funding from independent investors.

I got the feeling that those Kickstarter stretch goals were dependent on outside funding; they seemed relatively "cheap" for what they were offering, so I got the impression that outside investors were promising to invest a multiple of the Kickstarter funding. If that's the case, then it would explain the delay in PayPal funding as well (i.e. trying to sort out a similar agreement for it).