I think shenmue 4 will tell the story of baisha and xi an city.
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If the GDC cards are anything to go by, Ryo may never make it back home, as he may go to Mongolia (I find it HIGHLY appropriate and awesome that it was a dialogue choice when talking with Shenhua); we already know that card 11 is most-likely set in Inner Mongolia, so it appears he may be heading farther west.
However, if the GDC cards are not important anymore, it would make sense for him to come back home and settle into a life like his father.
We'll see.
However, if the GDC cards are not important anymore, it would make sense for him to come back home and settle into a life like his father.
We'll see.
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man that totally slipped my mind when i had that convo with her, i think i said Canada as my answer. good memory bro
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lol if not for the fact that I've lived every second of my life in Canada (LIVED, not vacationed, though I've done a bit of that too, here 
), I probably would've picked it too, for Nozomi and all (to see if he would bring her up).
But I've always had a thing for Mongolia, so yeh
), I probably would've picked it too, for Nozomi and all (to see if he would bring her up).But I've always had a thing for Mongolia, so yeh
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I'd love for Mongolia to be a setting in a future game because of the inevitable horseback riding.
But I'd still want for Ryo to come back home at the end. A Yokosuka epilogue where you get to roam around town and see how much has changed would be the perfect ending.
But I'd still want for Ryo to come back home at the end. A Yokosuka epilogue where you get to roam around town and see how much has changed would be the perfect ending.
Chapter 9 was supposed to be Inner Mongolia (technically a province of China, not Mongolia). there is concept art of Ren riding a horse.
I've thought that this could be a fitting denouement to the story. Maybe there would be a scouring of the shire kind of thing where Ryo would be changed by his journey.
The original plan though shows Ryo going west 'on a new quest'. I think the original ending of the game, based on the GDC talk, was that Ryo was supposed to get revenge only to become disillusioned and lost in life and embark on a new journey alone. It seemed like a tragic ending. Shenmue 3 foreshadows this a little bit.
However, given the way the story is panning out, and fan interest, it may very well return to Yokosuka in the end.
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Chapter 6 is Xian (The first card in the second row). You can see that here on the map
Chapter 9 is third from the left.
Also, Ren on the horse:
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Chapter 9 is the top one, just right of chapter 11.
I definitely remember the concept art of Ren on the horse, but it isn't a part of chapter 9's card, is what I meant.
I don't know China's geography too well, but I thought chapter 11 was Inner Mongolia. Looking at a map of China now, indeed 6 looks like X'ian and I was getting Xinjiang confused with Inner Mongolia, so I looks like I was thrown off, bearing-wise (hence my contradictions).
Apologies for the argument.
Not sure which card you are referring to, but the cards are in sequence on the 'card slide'. The card I think you're referring to is the 10th card, Beijing; the one that is circled in red saying END.
Chapter 11 looks like Xinjiang.
No worries, never took it that way :).
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Im confused why they removed the tapestry of Luoyang and the picture of the scary mountains from Shenhua's house and replaced them with photos of Bailu Village.
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Maybe the Luoyang part has been cut from the plot?
But on the other hand :There's also a conversation between Ryo and Shenhua in S3, where Shenhua says she frequently dreams of walking around in the old imperial capital and she sometimes feels like she has already lived for hundreds of years.
But on the other hand :There's also a conversation between Ryo and Shenhua in S3, where Shenhua says she frequently dreams of walking around in the old imperial capital and she sometimes feels like she has already lived for hundreds of years.
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Keep in mind that these chapters were conceived when Shenmue was still called Virtua Fighter RPG: The Legend of Akira. I think Akira embarking on a new journey would be an attempt to set up Virtua Fighter 1 & 2.
Now that Shenmue is a completely different beast with no ties to the Virtua Fighter franchise, the ending could now be completely different.
I never noticed that before. If the game truly ends in The Forbidden City in Beijing, I'm wondering if the 11th chapter might just be a closing cutscene.
Originally it would be Akira heading West to start a new journey to set-up Virtua Fighter 1 & 2, but now it could be anything.
Now that Shenmue is a completely different beast with no ties to the Virtua Fighter franchise, the ending could now be completely different.
I never noticed that before. If the game truly ends in The Forbidden City in Beijing, I'm wondering if the 11th chapter might just be a closing cutscene.
Originally it would be Akira heading West to start a new journey to set-up Virtua Fighter 1 & 2, but now it could be anything.
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Maybe the Luoyang part has been cut from the plot?
But on the other hand :There's also a conversation between Ryo and Shenhua in S3, where Shenhua says she frequently dreams of walking around in the old imperial capital and she sometimes feels like she has already lived for hundreds of years.
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I remember that conversation with Shenhua aswell. Luoyang has always been the area I look most forward to see i future Shenmue games before the E3 announcement I used to think we were going to visit Luoyang in the 3rd game. For some reason I think Yu changed the order of the locations we were goingt visit in the series I don't know i may be wrong.
But on the other hand :There's also a conversation between Ryo and Shenhua in S3, where Shenhua says she frequently dreams of walking around in the old imperial capital and she sometimes feels like she has already lived for hundreds of years.
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I remember that conversation with Shenhua aswell. Luoyang has always been the area I look most forward to see i future Shenmue games before the E3 announcement I used to think we were going to visit Luoyang in the 3rd game. For some reason I think Yu changed the order of the locations we were goingt visit in the series I don't know i may be wrong.
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I remember Yu mentioning in a interview that, in a certain point in the journey, Ryo will lost interest in the revenge. And I believe that is bound to happen. In the recap movie, the narrator says that "Without understanding the last words of his father, Ryo pursues his revenge". So I think eventually Ryo will understand that and change his values.