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If you played Shenmue on DC, you may recall that when training your moves, there would be a shaded "preview" over your existing progress on the move bar, to show you how much progress you just immediately made while training the move. In the current version of Shenmue, there is no shading, so you can only see how much progress you made the next morning, after your bedtime move training boost (which is unfortunate). Considering the current issues with the game (cutscene camera MIA) and the console versions being unpatched, it's probably a good time to slow down and work on your moves.
If you are not familiar with move training in Shenmue, certain moves "evolve" once trained to a certain point, gaining additional frames of animation, an extra attack, or changing entirely. For example, the Mud Spider starts off as a sad little move where you slide along the ground and do a little leg kick upward. Once evolved, Ryo does a handspring off the ground, delivering a kick to the face, a bit like Terry Bogard's "Rising Tackle", if you know Fatal Fury/King of Fighters. FYI: Throw moves can't be trained solo, but you can try to put the moves on Fuku-san, while sparring.
It appears that the moves that evolve do so when the bar hits the halfway point and changes color to orange. The screenshots below are from 5 consecutive days of training the moves Dark Moon, Mud Spider, and Crawl Cyclone, all day, doing all three moves, 10 times each, per practice session (30 moves total), until 10pm (restarting training after the nightfall sequence, which stops you).
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
There are only 4 shots, as the 1st shot was taken the morning after Day 1 of my day-long training sessions. As you can see, once the move is fully maxed out, it turns red (and hopefully is much stronger, lol).
I know not everyone is insane or masochistic enough to go through the trouble of maxing out moves, or will do so at a much slower pace, so I thought I would post some pics and info so everyone has some idea what to expect (and some idea of how glacially slow it is, lol). You MIGHT be able to max out a single move, by doing it all day, in a day or two. Maybe.
Also, I find the best place to practice (if your goal is grinding the same moves quickly) is by running to the doorway of Sakuragaoka Park, after you've initiated the practice sequence, so you're basically always facing right (see first pic), and don't get turned around.
Also, a fun fact that your hands might know but your head might not: If the camera manages to work its way behind Ryo, a move like the Double Blow (Forward X+A) suddenly becomes UP X+A! I always did it instinctively, and never consciously realized it was that way until recently.
Anyway, I hope this info is helpful!
Bill
If you are not familiar with move training in Shenmue, certain moves "evolve" once trained to a certain point, gaining additional frames of animation, an extra attack, or changing entirely. For example, the Mud Spider starts off as a sad little move where you slide along the ground and do a little leg kick upward. Once evolved, Ryo does a handspring off the ground, delivering a kick to the face, a bit like Terry Bogard's "Rising Tackle", if you know Fatal Fury/King of Fighters. FYI: Throw moves can't be trained solo, but you can try to put the moves on Fuku-san, while sparring.
It appears that the moves that evolve do so when the bar hits the halfway point and changes color to orange. The screenshots below are from 5 consecutive days of training the moves Dark Moon, Mud Spider, and Crawl Cyclone, all day, doing all three moves, 10 times each, per practice session (30 moves total), until 10pm (restarting training after the nightfall sequence, which stops you).
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
There are only 4 shots, as the 1st shot was taken the morning after Day 1 of my day-long training sessions. As you can see, once the move is fully maxed out, it turns red (and hopefully is much stronger, lol).
I know not everyone is insane or masochistic enough to go through the trouble of maxing out moves, or will do so at a much slower pace, so I thought I would post some pics and info so everyone has some idea what to expect (and some idea of how glacially slow it is, lol). You MIGHT be able to max out a single move, by doing it all day, in a day or two. Maybe.
Also, I find the best place to practice (if your goal is grinding the same moves quickly) is by running to the doorway of Sakuragaoka Park, after you've initiated the practice sequence, so you're basically always facing right (see first pic), and don't get turned around.
Also, a fun fact that your hands might know but your head might not: If the camera manages to work its way behind Ryo, a move like the Double Blow (Forward X+A) suddenly becomes UP X+A! I always did it instinctively, and never consciously realized it was that way until recently.
Anyway, I hope this info is helpful!
Bill
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