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[Hag]

my tears are ready for this

 

[soul creator]

someone photoshop GAF Translator guy (with Cerny's face) in a bathtub

you know you want to

 

[Elvick]

They are old friends who worked together at Sega and he has translated for him in the past with no other significance.

You and your reality.

Thanks for the info.

 

[GG-Duo]

Get your kickstarter money ready, guys...

 

[Empty]

hope we get a video of this. sounds really interesting.

shenmue is masterful and as creatively bold today as it was at release.

 

[marcincz]

I beg you Suzuki/Cerny. Bring me Shenmue 3 and Shenmue 1&2 on PS4. I'll buy 10 copies.

 

[Dark Octave]

Why would Cerny be translating?

There has to be significance there, if there's not it'd be super weird.

Guess we'll see. I wouldn't get hyped if I was a fan though, just in case. I've never played it though, but have been hoping for a HD Collection... ):

Shenmue III and HD collection exclusive to PS4.

 

[Karak]

I want to see the part where they ask for the budget.

This is going to be interesting.

First thing that popped into my head as well.

 

[stn]

I'd buy a PS4 just for Shenmue 3. Honestly, I'd even be fine if the game retained the same graphics and feel of 1 and 2. I just want to finish the story.

 

[EteRnal PAL]

Shenmue 3 pretty much confirmed for PS4... I hope!

 

[Shion]

I want to believe.

 

[chaostrophy]

Yeah, the thing that bugs me when people say Yakuza is the new Shenmue is how drastically different games they are. Yes, they're open world games set in Japan/China. However, Yakuza is a fighting RPG where Shenmue was really a detective game. What made it so immersive was being able to talk to everyone and they all went about their own schedules. You could follow someone around from day to night and see what they got into. That's what made it so groundbreaking. Most of the NPCs in Yakuza are just there, walking back and forth.

Not to mention that Shenmue was family friendly while Yakuza is extremely violent.

Remember though that Shenmue II dropped a lot of the detail in NPC schedules and so forth, probably to make a larger scope possible. In some ways it seems like an intermediate step between the first Shenmue and the Yakuza games. So even if there is a Shenmue III, there's no guarantee it will revert back to the style of the first one.

 

[moltonasty]

I remember last year Yu Suzuki saying he's open to doing a Kickstarter for it.

Hmm, actually I guess it was just in March of this year.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/04/yu-suzuki-thinking-about-crowdfunding-for-shenmue-3/

I would give so much money to this thing.

Even if the Shenmue fanbase is small, I think every fan would contribute so much money that this thing would get funded in hours

 

[dragonbane]

He finally realized there won't be a Shenmue 3 and so he is taking the time to reflect on his magnum opus
Should be interesting though.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

OT, but this has to be the dumbest walk/strut ever. Lol!

On topic, this should be an interesting watch. Even more interesting is going to be watching everyone whipping themselves into a frenzy expecting Shenmue 3.

 

[sixteen-bit]

My childhood is holding out hopes of an HD re-release of the first and second games while they begin developing the third.

I really want them to finish telling this story.

Wasn't Shenmue HD leaked on Partnernet years ago?

 

[Mengy]

I would buy a PS4 if shemue 3 was the only game ever to come out on it

You know, I probably would too. In all honesty, I probably would.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Buying a mop for all of the tears to come in March.

 

[LeleSocho]

I would be totally ok even if it is only an HD collection/remake.

 

[Jcgamer60]

This has a very ominous feeling to it. Cerny present just to translate? Sure...

Since we're on the subject of Shenmue. Here is the Shenmue theme played at a recent video game concert in Germany.

Symphonic Selections: Shenmue Sedge Tree (Cologne Philharmonic Hall)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THvcTyP27To

 

[Raist]

It does seem rather strange that Cerny is translating. I think at best, and I mean at the absolute best, we can hope for an HD collection, as I could see Sony getting exclusive rights to that.

Well, they're friends, and it's always better to have an interpreter with the same background, and not someone completely foreign to VG.
That's why Kaz Yamauchi's translater is a PD team member, for instance.

 

[Pound_lb003]

I would be totally ok even if it is only an HD collection/remake.

Hahaha... So will you still be okay, if it's just what it says on the tin?

 

[Kssio_Aug]

I just dont understand one thing.
These guys know how much the gamers want a new Shenmue... they obviously knows about all the theories and rumours about it from years and years.

Why they will talk 1 hour about Shenmue for nothing?? Not fair!

Hope that, at the end of it, they finnaly announce it!

 

[rvy]

Shenmue means a lot to me and I'm looking forward to see this, what's your problem?

My problem is that it's never happening yet they keep cock-teasing us for no good reason.
Every once in a while someone throws in a little Shenmue bomb for no reason and all that happens is that we get our hopes up and end up getting butt-fucked every single time.

First Boyes puts out the nugget of tons of requests for Shenmue. Nothing will come out of it.
A week later, Suzuki and Cerny are doing a Shenmue post-Mortem.

Talk about pouring salt in the wound. Why can't they just let it die already and leave us alone instead of cock-teasing us for 14 years? That's 14 years too much.
Unless you have something concrete to tell us, don't mention it. Don't keep dancing around the issue like you have for so many years.

 

[Deus Ex Machina]

http://www.nowgamer.com/news/2157082/sony_wants_to_bring_shenmue_to_playstation.html

Sony isn't playing around! gamers for gamers is an understatement <3

 

[Mr. Smiley]

http://www.nowgamer.com/news/2157082/sony_wants_to_bring_shenmue_to_playstation.html

Sony isn't playing around! gamers for gamers is an understatement <3

I'm going to need that Raptor Jesus Rave Gif right about now.

Do magic Sony, please.

 

[AstroN]

My problem is that it's never happening yet they keep cock-teasing us for no good reason.
Every once in a while someone throws in a little Shenmue bomb for no reason and all that happens is that we get our hopes up and end up getting butt-fucked every single time.

First Boyes puts out the nugget of tons of requests for Shenmue. Nothing will come out of it.
A week later, Suzuki and Cerny are doing a Shenmue post-Mortem.

Talk about pouring salt in the wound. Why can't they just let it die already and leave us alone instead of cock-teasing us for 14 years? That's 14 years too much.
Unless you have something concrete to tell us, don't mention it. Don't keep dancing around the issue like you have for so many years.

Since its GDC they will probably talk about the origins of Shenmue starting on the Saturn and how hard it was to develop, the move to dreamcast etc. This is just an inside look at the development of a legendary game and its sequel Shenmue 2. They will probably also discuss how Shenmue 3 will probably never happen unless Sega wants it etc. I don't think its meant to be a tease for Shenmue 3 or meant that way.

 

[KageMaru]

Holy shit this is exciting news! Suzuki doesn't get enough love in this industry anymore.

 

[ComputerMKII]

http://www.nowgamer.com/news/2157082/sony_wants_to_bring_shenmue_to_playstation.html

Sony isn't playing around! gamers for gamers is an understatement <3

Time for a new thread?

 

[4lejandro]

Every time I see the McMahon jif I crack up, the Cerny variant isn't an exception, the other day on

Spoiler

kotaku

they showed a video of a komodo dragon vs japanese lady
"race" and I swear the komodo dragon had the exact same walk, if someone could make an animated .gif of it I would be very grateful and amused.

Shenmue 3 would be big news for PS4, that followed by some TLG news nnnnnhhhggg...

 

[Off-Kilter]

Pardon my ignorance but what exactly does a post-mortem entail in a videogame sense?

 

[Zephyrus]

Time for a new thread?

no because it's an old article. Threads have been made.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Cerny won't be translating from Japanese to English. He will be translating from Japanese to Nerd.

 

[Zep]

Sony will have won me over for the generation if they give us a Yakuza 5+Ishin pack-in, along with Shenmue 3.

 

[gogoud]

Pardon my ignorance but what exactly does a post-mortem entail in a videogame sense?

The end of a game. talking about how it was where it went and where it is now.

Of course we are going to see some nasty bits and pieces. Get your gloves on and dig deep only to find out they're burying a comatose patient and someone forgot to pull the plug. You'll hear screams and shouts and finally someone with a shovel will start digging only to retrieve the still beating heart... It will get bloody and then just then you'll see the magic that the playstation 4 can bring.

 

[JasoNsider]

For those who want a refresher, there's always "Shenmue The Movie" - 90 minute compilation of the major story beats.

It may be blasphemy but I enjoyed the story and world a bit more just watching that rather than playing the game.

 

[Poetic.Injustice]

I remember them both having done a Q&A before at GDC.

Edit - Found it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrSaE2V2N9I

 

[Woffls]

=/

 

[Kastrioti]

I honestly believe this will be an announcement for Shenmue 3 that will get funded somehow by Sony or elsewhere.

Development could be cheap if they retain the DC style graphics.

I would seriously be screaming with joy and running up and down the street when it gets announced.

 

[Phire Phox]

If their is a Shenmue 3, its most likely going to be an Xbone exclusive.

 

[FACE]

Yeah, the thing that bugs me when people say Yakuza is the new Shenmue is how drastically different games they are. Yes, they're open world games set in Japan/China. However, Yakuza is a fighting RPG where Shenmue was really a detective game. What made it so immersive was being able to talk to everyone and they all went about their own schedules. You could follow someone around from day to night and see what they got into. That's what made it so groundbreaking. Most of the NPCs in Yakuza are just there, walking back and forth.

Not to mention that Shenmue was family friendly while Yakuza is extremely violent.

NPC schedules were groundbreaking when Shenmue came out? Ultima 7 had them way back in 1992*, man.

*Not that this takes away from Shenmue's many technical feats, mind you.

 

[jay]

http://www.nowgamer.com/news/2157082/sony_wants_to_bring_shenmue_to_playstation.html

Sony isn't playing around! gamers for gamers is an understatement <3

I have even better news: http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/01/29/shenmue-iii-for-the-x

 

[moltonasty]

If their is a Shenmue 3, its most likely going to be an Xbone exclusive.

cerny to announce xbone exclusive confirmed

 

[AlphaK]

If their is a Shenmue 3, its most likely going to be an Xbone exclusive.

that would make

Spoiler

absolutely no

sense.

 

[Kastrioti]

cerny to announce xbone exclusive confirmed

Lol

 

[gogoud]

If their is a Shenmue 3, its most likely going to be an Xbone exclusive.

Microsoft buying sega confirmed.

 

[dark_prinny]

 

[_Ryo_]

I want to believe but I've been had too many times SADFACE.

 

[RAIDEN1]

For all intents and purposes the franchise is dead and has been for the best part of 11 years..hence the post-mortem...

If they REALLY wanted to bring ShenMue 3 out why have they been dragging their heels over it? ("if the demand is there etc"..and all that crap....)

Now with Sleeping Dogs and Yakuza out I assume they have taken over the ShenMue Mantle so to speak...

 

[synce]

If he cares enough about Shenmue to do this, I think he wants to make Shenmue 3 but Sega doesn't