Random Shenmue Thoughts

Listening to a new Peter Moore interview by Gamertag Radio; he claims Shenmue 2 was never coming out in NA (which I find bullshit since the NA cancellation was such a late announcement and PAL version came out soon after, on-time). As we all very well know, MS was looking for Japanese games for Japan and courted Sega a lot and very publicly. One small, specific bombshell he mentioned was--more than an exclusivity buy out--they actually directly funded development with Yu and the AM2 team in Haneda.

Makes the theory of Shenmue 2x being a different build fork and not a direct port even more logical.


Shenmue is early on within the first 20 minutes.

EDIT @James Brown
 
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Been thinking a lot about Ryo’s mother and how little we know about her other than that she died when Ryo was very young (three years old iirc). I’m now thinking that Ryo’s mother was a woman that Iwao met in China and she died during childbirth. Not with Ryo, but with his younger sister.
 
Stiz said:
I finally beat chai in the arcade and won first place in fork lift race. ??

now to finish off the game I guess.
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Me too! I have never beaten chai and have been stuck in that arcade for a while. I was so excited I took photos of the tv and sent them to my bro :LOL:. It's my birthday tomorrow so I consider this an early birthday present.
 
Three thoughts on Tony and Smith:
-While Ryo can clearly beat them to a pulp, I never focused on the fact that, aesthetically, you pull up in the forklift to call them out about the Long Zha. It's the first time you go to the Mad Angels and show them you're in charge.
-Though I always thought of Charlie as a gadfly encountered by accident, I've never really dwelt upon the fact that they're nuisances all the way from Heart Beats to the build up of the 70 man battle.

Lastly, can someone please remind me of the situation in which this music is used in S2? I know it's with Ren in Kowloon, but the mind is fuzzy tonight; I never knew it was first in the original.
 
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Alexey said:
I wonder what picture is better to choose with Nozomi. Where are they together or separetly? I've always chosen where they are together but I am not sure now. It seems like no difference at all. Maybe it supposed to affect in the further?
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I always chose the one of them apart so that Nozomi got to keep the one of them together. I think the ‘correct’ choice is to choose the one of them together though and iirc, this is reflected in the photo that is carried over to S2 if you don’t use an old save file.
 
Yeah; in fact, another trailer showing off the daily routines and 24 hour clock cycle shows her (or another home owner) walking out onto their upper balcony in Sakuragaoka. Unfortunately, I've never witnessed it in-game. Preusmably was a tiny cut from the final build. Always wanted to just see her chilling up there, let alone speak.
 
How about for a community push for Shenmue 3, we collaborate on releasing Shenmue: Mario Maker Edition!?

Creators got around the lack of a built-in SMW map, surely we could creative with the game....
 
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So, I was just randomly watching a video of the Forbidden City in China, where I noticed a small detail...give it a listen:
It's got to be a sample directly from Shenmue II, unless that motif is just from a traditional Chinese piece of music. I've messaged who I think is the composer to find out. Interesting.

Here is the full track. Royalty free for just a license fee: https://www.themusicase.com/track/20248/
 
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