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[Spaghetti]

someone just dropped out of the 10k NPC tier

if you've got the money to spare, DO IT DO IT DO IT

 

[Shadowman16]

Back then, that shit blew my mind. I remember in Kowloon I was knocking at every door. There was no gameplay reason for it but the physicality of the world compelled me to explore it.

I did a similar thing. I went door to door in each apartment building in Kowloon and I stumbled upon a couple of cool things - The Tiger something dojo in one of the building, it serves no purpose what so ever to the story but it was a cool little detail to check out. The Mah Jong parlors were cool too, pity there was no playable Mah Jong in Shenmue II (oh well, Yakuza's got me covered in that regard!)

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

What is AU$2k against eternity?

But I just spent about $14,000 dollars on a trip to Greece and about $560 on every volume of the Berserk manga! I....don't think I can spend $2,000 dollars right now. : (

 

[brett2]

Pretty insane to see the appetite among Shenmue fans for high cost tiers.

I'd definitely like to see some new tiers between 500 and 1000 to really get those mid-tier backers.

I'm sitting on $300 and while I probably won't budge, if something really cool pops up under $1K and we are under $6M I could definitely get sucked in. The $500 tier is pretty unappealing - I'm surprised it even has 1K backers.

 

[Rymuth]

The Mah Jong parlors were cool too, pity there was no playable Mah Jong in Shenmue II (oh well, Yakuza's got me covered in that regard!)

Oh lordy, if Shenmue III somehow incorporates Riichi Mahjong in the game then Ryo's quest for vengeance can take a hike. I'll just waste my days with Shenhua and become the local champion.

 

[shinobi602]

I've just gotta say, that Ryo design that appears in the main banner of the OP is ghastly. He looks like something straight out of Glee lol. At least Shenhua looks much improved now.

Lol, definitely an awful design but thankfully Suzuki's aware of it all. Still a ton of time to go until finalization so I'm not worried. I'm picturing something close to the original designs for all characters.

 

[danwarb]

I've just gotta say, that Ryo design that appears in the main banner of the OP is ghastly. He looks like something straight out of Glee lol. At least Shenhua looks much improved now.

Yas, it's so very wrong. No part of it is right. There's an updated image with Ryo's eyes PS'd in. That was a big improvement.

 

[Shadowman16]

Oh lordy, if Shenmue III somehow incorporates Riichi Mahjong in the game then Ryo's quest for vengeance can take a hike. I'll just waste my days with Shenhua and become the local champion.

Yeah, the more I play Mah Jong in Yakuza the longer it takes for me to complete the main quest. Then in a reversal I've wasted loads of time in Yakuza 0 because I'm spending too much time playing Space Harrier at the arcade just like in Shenmue! Hopefully Yu will be able to put some awesome mini games into Shenmue III.

 

[amstradcpc]

Lol, definitely an awful design but thankfully Suzuki's aware of it all. Still a ton of time to go until finalization so I'm not worried. I'm picturing something close to the original designs for all characters.

The eyes shape is quite different from the one in the original games.

 

[Heartfyre]

If I can make a no-stakes bet, I say that the Kickstarter will exceed $5,000,000 by this time next week, and exceed $6,000,000 by the end of the campaign.

 

[Surta]

So.. it sounds like we'll be getting a game the size of Dobuita?

I doubt that the entire game will be the size of Dobuita. More like each of the three main locations of Shenmue 3 will have that scale.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

Shenmue is an official limited edition art print drawn by artist John Sweeney based on the classic Shenmue™ game series. Sweeney made this print under direction of Cook & Becker and with official license from SEGA.

John Sweeney - lead concept artist for Sony's The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 - is a huge Shenmue fan. He will donate his proceeds of any copy of this artwork purchased before July 17 to the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

Sweeney says about his Shenmue artwork: "I'm so excited that Shenmue 3 is finally happening! I wanted to capture the moment just after Ryo's father Iwao is killed by Lan Di. In the game the scene stops with Ryo cradling Iwao and screaming "No!". I wanted to imagine a shot where Ryo is standing just outside the dojo where is father was just killed. It is cold and very early in the morning. Snow is falling. The morning light is still weak and only some of the wood interior is catching light from the outside. Ryo's pose already hints at him seeking revenge."

The normal size, unframed version of this print is printed on a glossy archival photo paper to emphasize the photographic nature of the image. The paper size of this version is 86 x 47.5 cm or 33.8 x 18.7" including a small white border. For all the Dibond mounted finishes we trim those white edges.

 

[M.Steiner]

The Shenmue art print from John Sweeney is now available from Cook & Becker btw. Just saw - https://www.candb.com/en/artwork/1516/shenmue-sega.html
[Edit: Beaten lol]

 

[Trojan X]

Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

It's fantastic.

 

[danwarb]

I doubt that the entire game will be the size of Dobuita. More like each of the three main locations of Shnmue 3 will have that scale.

I'm thinking Baisha would be Dobuita sized, and the othe areas not so fleshed out. So more like Sakuragaoka and Yokosuka Harbor.

 

[Spaghetti]

Official SEGA / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Kickstarter!

that is sweet as hell.

if (when) we go back to yokosuka, i hope it's in the winter. i want to see it in snow again.

 

[shinobi602]

Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

That's fucking awesome. Even better that all the proceeds go towards the Kickstarter.

 

[Carl]

Total has dropped a couple of times in the last hour, people must be backing out of the higher tiers.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

Awesome. What perfect timing!

 

[painey]

Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

It's cool, but the guy looks more like someone from Yakuza than Ryo.

 

[BadWolf]

It's very nice of him to do that but can't say I'm feeling the art itself, he didn't pick the right guy/body type as reference material for Ryo.

 

[Spaghetti]

Total has dropped a couple of times in the last hour, people must be backing out of the higher tiers.

one 10,000k backer went. that'll get filled back in very quickly when people realise. the 'be an npc' tier went quick as hell last time. either way other backers seem to be filling that gap back up pretty quickly.

 

[AlteredBeast]

Total has dropped a couple of times in the last hour, people must be backing out of the higher tiers.

It's all good, still over 24k for the day so far! We are hitting the next tier today for sure!

 

[shinobi602]

It's very nice of him to do that but can't say I'm feeling the art itself, he didn't pick the right guy/body type as reference material for Ryo.

I think the intention was a realistic take on Ryo rather than the gamey 'perfectly formed, leather jacket sticks to your body' design of the games, which is cool by me.

 

[BadWolf]

I think the intention was a realistic take on Ryo rather than the gamey 'perfectly formed, leather jacket sticks to your body' design of the games, which is cool by me.

The legs are what I had the most issue with actually.

 

[AlteredBeast]

The legs are what I had the most issue with actually.

Me, too. This is the 80's,those jeans need to be butt-tight, acid wash. Too loose and dark as is.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

I just finished watching the ending to Shenmue again. Dat soundtrack! That last scene is just so perfect! ;_;

 

[danwarb]

The legs are what I had the most issue with actually.

He isn't trained in the Hazuki style.

 

[Trojan X]

I just finished watching the ending to Shenmue again. Dat soundtrack! That last scene is just so perfect! ;_;

When you go back and look at Shenmue 2 it is actually quite scary how massive the game really is.

 

[Spaghetti]

I just finished watching the ending to Shenmue again. Dat soundtrack! That last scene is just so perfect! ;_;

that foreshadowing for the end of shenmue II is amazing. it's kinda nuts it took a whole other game to reach that point, but it was an amazing ride.

 

[Flandy]

New updated graph, next one in 3/4 days.

Holy crap. Really hope we get as big a jump as Bloodstained. I'm sure we'll get a jump at the end but I'm not sure if it'll even be near Bloodstained's jump considering how weird this kickstarter has been

Grab a dreamcast.



They are already complete. All that's left is for Sega to release them.

The rumour(?) is that the ports exist, is complete, but SEGA doesn't feel it's worth releasing/won't make them back the money it'll cost to print the disc/market it.

On top of whatever legal mumbo jumbos.

Wait, what? Where's this rumor come from? I was heavily considering just emulating 1 and 2 but if there actually is a chance a Remaster will happen I'll just wait for that.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

When you go back and look at Shenmue 2 it is actually quite scary how massive the game really is.

that foreshadowing for the end of shenmue II is amazing. it's kinda nuts it took a whole other game to reach that point, but it was an amazing ride.

Both endings are amazing, but I was talking about the original Shenmue in my post LOL. That moment the music peaks after the narrator and then seeing Shenhua = PERFECTION!

 

[Carl]

one 10,000k backer went. that'll get filled back in very quickly when people realise. the 'be an npc' tier went quick as hell last time. either way other backers seem to be filling that gap back up pretty quickly.

Ah good point, i just saw it drop a couple of times (have the kickstarter and kicktraq pages open all the time lol)

It's all good, still over 24k for the day so far! We are hitting the next tier today for sure!

Yup, should do. Been going at a nice pace since the physical version was announced, hopefully AJ can keep the updates coming to carry this momentum into the last week

 

[danwarb]

Both endings are amazing, but I was talking about the original Shenmue in my post LOL. That moment the music peaks after the narrator and then seeing Shenhua = PERFECTION!

Also those fist clench emotions.

 

[Surta]

Wait, what? Where's this rumor come from? I was heavily considering just emulating 1 and 2 but if there actually is a chance a Remaster will happen I'll just wait for that.

Here's a short IGN article from way back. The original report came from GamerZines (offline, archive here), who spoke to "an anonymous industry source with ties to Sega".
I don't know the source of the "licensing issues" that get brought up here as a reason why it wasn't released in the end.

 

[Spaghetti]

Both endings are amazing, but I was talking about the original Shenmue in my post LOL. That moment the music peaks after the narrator and then seeing Shenhua = PERFECTION!

actually i was talking about the original.

the ending to both games mirror each other actually. that's super smart storytelling.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

actually i was talking about the original.

the ending to both games mirror each other actually. that's super smart storytelling.

....I see....

 

[shinobi602]

Here's a short IGN article from way back.

"The reason for the delay, evidently, has been uncertainty over the series' future and whether Shenmue III would ever happen (short answer: no). "

 

[openrob]

Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

Thanks for the new wallpaper

 

[Spaghetti]

Here's a short IGN article from way back. The original report came from GamerZines (offline, archive here), who spoke to "an anonymous industry source".
I don't know the source of the "licensing issues" that get brought up here as a reason why it wasn't released in the end.

a poster here. but it was never elaborated on or corroborated by anybody else, so i'm starting to think it might not be accurate.

 

[Kiyo]

Here's a short IGN article from way back. The original report came from GamerZines (offline, archive here), who spoke to "an anonymous industry source with ties to Sega".
I don't know the source of the "licensing issues" that get brought up here as a reason why it wasn't released in the end.

The source of the licensing issues was a post here on GAF a while back: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=101432168#post101432168

Afaik, it's mostly due to legal/copyright reasons.

Spoiler

back in '12 you may remember that Sega went into a port spree. JSR, Nights...they thought it was a great idea, with very low risk and nice proft potential since, well, they don't want to fund traditional AAA anymore. Multiple ports were in development, among them was the canceled Skies of Arcadia port.

Shenmue case was special since not many people know this, but apparently the engine for both games uses licensed technology. It's not Bink Video or Sofdec codecs, apparently it's related to the very own engine.

Well, the thing is, according to what I've been told, the owner of those technologies folded years ago, and it's not clear who owns the copyright now.

Someone shown Sega a working Shenmue prototype for Xbox 360...but after disappointing sales by JSR and Nights, they didn't care enough to bother with the legal hassle. So it never went through the prototype stage, and the Skies of Arcadia port was canceled.

And I guess my dream of getting Model 3/later arcade games ports went to shit as well ;(

Afaik it was never confirmed/vetted but that's what everyone references I believe.

 

[Nightengale]

"The reason for the delay, evidently, has been uncertainty over the series' future and whether Shenmue III would ever happen (short answer: no). "

It's not that one that got me, but this.

In their day, the Shenmue games were amongst the most ambitious video games ever made, featuring huge, living cities - Sega's Yakuza series is often considered their spiritual successor. If an HD remake does indeed exist, would Shenmue stand the test of time?

In their day?

Shenmue remains one of the most ambitious video games ever, even in 2015.

Would it stand the test of time?

Keza, pls.

 

[Spaghetti]

incredible. in the space of an hour we made up the 10k difference left by the NPC tier pulling out.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

That's pretty neat.

 

[Surta]

a poster here. but it was never elaborated on or corroborated by anybody else, so i'm starting to think it might not be accurate.

The source of the licensing issues was a post here on GAF a while back: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=101432168#post101432168

Thanks. Sounds plausible, but without confirmation it's just one more rumor. Hopefully Sega can work it out, whatever the issue was.

 

[Axass]

That print is amazing.

I'm pretty sure Star Citizen has reached a very high number of backers as well (in the high 6 figures). There is an element of milking whales, but the overall number are impressive.

The last numbers released said more than $85 millions iirc.

 

[VibratingDonkey]

Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

http://i.imgur.com/NWeMhDM.png[/URL][/QUOTE]

[quote="shinobi602, post: 171059501"]That's fucking awesome. Even better that all the proceeds go towards the Kickstarter.[/QUOTE]
It says "his proceeds", some percentage might go to Sega or Cook & Becker.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Official SEGA Licensed / Shenmue Art Print by John Sweeney now available - All purchase proceeds before July 17th will go towards the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter!

I love that some of the proceeds will go to the campaign, but I'm sorry, the more I look at that the less impressive it is from a conceptual standpoint. It's just really flat and too gritty for a Shenmue print.

But I commend them for doing something and contributing to the campaign!

 

[Spaghetti]

4.4 still coming up. so close i can taste it.

it's crazy how since friday we're up almost .6 million.

 

[addik]

4.4 still coming up. so close i can taste it.

it's crazy how since friday we're up almost .6 million.

I've been following Kicktraq for a while now. They have a little under 10 hours for the rest of the Kickstarter day, but they're earning around 3k an hour. I think they'll reach 4.4m in 10-11 hours.

Just this hour it's up by around 3k so it might even go pass the average.