SHENMUE 3 MIGHT HAPPEN. PROBABLY WON’T THOUGH
During GDC 2011, Yu Suzuki stated that he thinks Sega will allow him to make Shenmue 3, provided he doesn’t get carried away with the budget and can guarantee healthy sales.
So there you have it.
If they don’t make it now, we’ll all be mad and slag them off.
If they do make it, we’ll slag them off anyway and say it’s shit.
It’s your call Sega. Just don’t let Sonic Team anywhere near it please.
filed in "NEWS" on Mar.02, 2011
March 2nd, 2011 on 8:26 pm
Sailors mostly hang around bars. At night.
…About time too. Ryo and Shenhua have been stuck in a cave with a floaty sword for 10 years.
March 2nd, 2011 on 10:11 pm
“…provided he doesn’t get carried away with the budget and can guarantee healthy sales.
So there you have it.”
It won’t get made.
March 2nd, 2011 on 10:52 pm
Oh bugger, does this mean I’ll have to blow the dust off the dreamcast, find my copy of shenmue and actually PLAY the bloody thing in order to catch up before this comes out? How long have I got? Another 10 years? More or less?
March 3rd, 2011 on 12:18 pm
Shenhua will ask Ryo if he would like to drink tea or coffee and the player will select one or the other. Or, Shenhua will ask Ryo a hypothetical question like: ‘There are four animals; a monkey, cat, dog and bird. You are crossing the river but you need to leave one behind. Which one will you leave behind?’ And the player has to choose one.
Isn’t it a travesty that games like Call of Duty continue to make billions and this goes unpublished.
March 4th, 2011 on 2:10 am
If he can guarnatee healthy sales? That’s a pretty big contingency for a series like Shenmue. Will they be modernising it then?
Does that mean it’s going to have 4 different types of zombie in it, all of which require slightly different methods to kill?
Or does it mean that you will have to hold one button down for 5 seconds to lock a crosshairs onto a target whilst simultaneosly holding down another button for 5 seconds to fire a gun until an enemy is dead?
Or will the game patronisingly reward you gamer points for the most facile accomplishments to make you feel like you’re successful and not pissing your precious life away playing games?
March 4th, 2011 on 6:37 am
No, it will reward you with virtual capsule toys from a virtual capsule machine to emphasise the fact you’re pissing your precious life away playing games.
March 4th, 2011 on 2:42 pm
“Just don’t let Sonic Team anywhere near it please.”
Truer words have never been spoken. Ok, so probably some have, but go with it for now.
March 5th, 2011 on 9:26 am
Such a wonderful topic for me.
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March 5th, 2011 on 1:57 pm
Yes, we are getting old, Francence.
March 5th, 2011 on 10:37 pm
Can’t he just write a book or something? I kind of just want to draw a line under the whole thing now. You know, just get on with my life without thinking about how it all ends for Ryo and that. Preferably before I start needing a facial wrinkle remover.
March 5th, 2011 on 10:41 pm
The arcade lives!
http://revolv.in/2007/11/video-gaming-pali-hill-dharavi-and_10.html
From a blog about technology in India, including a $15 PC sold on the streets.
http://revolv.in/
March 6th, 2011 on 11:10 pm
The way he looks longingly at the can towards the end must have been far more relevant when it was a coke can.
Of course, sailors probably love Jet Cola.
March 7th, 2011 on 6:03 am
Mixed emotions.
This can give me reason to waste my life away playing video games instead of adult oriented activities.
March 12th, 2011 on 3:19 pm
So, this announcement comes out and a giant earthquake hits. Clearly, god hates Shenmue.