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So I just found out that Baisha was supposed to be the latter chapter after Guilin (yes it's an individual chapter separated from Guilin which is consisted of Bailu Village and Niaowu), at least that's the case when the original script for The Legend of Akira was written.
Earlier today I revisited Game Informer's Inside The Bizarre Development Of Shenmue III article, and there's one picture caught my eye I never noticed before. The original scripts for Virtua Fighter RPG.
Since I can read Kanji, I figured out the texts on the spines.
From top to bottom:
~The Legends of Akira~ Chapter II Hong Kong (~晶の章~ 第二章 香港)
~The Legends of Akira~ Chapter III Suzhou (~晶の章~ 第三章 蘇州)
~The Legends of Akira~ Chapter IV Guilin (~晶の章~ 第四章 桂林)
~The Legends of Akira~ Chapter V Baisha (~晶の章~ 第五章 白沙)
Do you think we will eventually visit Baisha in Shenmue IV?
Or maybe we will visit Xi'an or Luoyang instead (as it's shown on the map in Chai's room) if the the chapter was entirely cut and became a half-hour long area that's Fortified Castle which kinda explained why the ending felt rushed.
By the way, it's also worth mentioning that the word "Baisha" (白沙) literally means "White Sand" or "White Desert" in Chinese which somewhat implies that it could be a snowy place. Speaking of snowy, Niaosun used to show up in a snow scene in an old promotional trailer:
Earlier today I revisited Game Informer's Inside The Bizarre Development Of Shenmue III article, and there's one picture caught my eye I never noticed before. The original scripts for Virtua Fighter RPG.
Since I can read Kanji, I figured out the texts on the spines.
From top to bottom:
~The Legends of Akira~ Chapter II Hong Kong (~晶の章~ 第二章 香港)
~The Legends of Akira~ Chapter III Suzhou (~晶の章~ 第三章 蘇州)
~The Legends of Akira~ Chapter IV Guilin (~晶の章~ 第四章 桂林)
~The Legends of Akira~ Chapter V Baisha (~晶の章~ 第五章 白沙)
Do you think we will eventually visit Baisha in Shenmue IV?
Or maybe we will visit Xi'an or Luoyang instead (as it's shown on the map in Chai's room) if the the chapter was entirely cut and became a half-hour long area that's Fortified Castle which kinda explained why the ending felt rushed.
By the way, it's also worth mentioning that the word "Baisha" (白沙) literally means "White Sand" or "White Desert" in Chinese which somewhat implies that it could be a snowy place. Speaking of snowy, Niaosun used to show up in a snow scene in an old promotional trailer:
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