Shenmue Director Keiji Okayasu on Shenmue in this 1999 interview, one week before its Japan release, reflects on how the team had felt earlier on during its development for the Saturn: "We knew that the graphics we had made at that time had reached a level that was unbelievable for the Saturn, and we were confident."
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