Shenmue 3 (Kickstarter)

Yu Suzuki will apparently be on Reddit tomorrow for a Q & A. No details on the time yet, but should be interesting!

Q: I have two important questions for you:
Do you know where I can find some sailors?
Would you like to try a game of Lucky Hit?

YS: Yes, but not right now.
Uh, ok.

Made me chuckle.

Jim Sterling having his say on the whole thingy

Looks like it's going to be a slow slog to 4 mil, if it even gets there. Can't see it getting anywhere near the 5 mil mark now.

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Are Polygon & Kotaku leading the charge? :pac:

didnt they start this **** with Yooka Laylee?
You'd think they'd have learned their lesson from that.
Or maybe they just want controversy for clicks and dont care what damage they're doing

Got to love this optimism in a statement released yesterday by Yu Suzuki.

"Of course, like with any Kickstarter, additional funding will only help us make a better game. On top of everything Shenmue 3 will already bring, the Stretch Goals that I have laid out will add extra quests, events, and new gameplay systems that will make the game even more immersive and take the series to the next level. At the $5 million mark, there will be an all new gameplay feature I would be excited to be able to add to the Shenmue legacy. If we should make the $10 million Stretch Goal, a much larger, completely open world will be yours to explore.
Even if these Stretch Goals are not reached, Shenmue 3 will already be a sequel true to its name, and one we can all be proud of. It is my hope though, that together we can make this Shenmue just as revolutionary as the first two were."

As it is it will be lucky to exceed 4 million at this point imo.

Corey Marshall back as the voice of Ryo in Shenmue 3.

Hello Everyone!

Just in! Corey Marshall, the actor who did the English voice acting for the main character Ryo in Shenmue 1 & 2, is now confirmed for Shenmue 3!

The support for Mr. Marshall to reprise his role as Ryo has been just overwhelming!

We would all like to thank Corey-san for coming back, and especially for all the support he has given to Shenmue over the years.

Corey is as excited for Shenmue's return as we all are, and to help out, he has magnanimously offered his voice for a special reward. Yes, that's right--get a personal message from Ryo! Do not miss this opportunity to get a very special message from Ryo himself. Maybe one those classic Ryo one-liners?

The $1,000 Reward for the Corey Marshall as Ryo Voice Message will include the $500 Reward. The Ryo Voice Message will also be included in the Rewards for $2,000 and up.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1283532

You can now get PS4 physical copies as a backer reward for just $60+ so if you're at all interested in this there's no reason to hold off now

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Campaign is now at $4,219,240 and counting
Wasnt it at 3.7 million two days ago? pretty impressive so far.

It was at 3.7-3.8 for almost a week and hardly moved. It was the PS4 physical copy that got things going again.

Still can't believe they have targets up to 11 million.

corcaigh07 wrote: »

How does everybody feel about Shenmue 3 not being the final game? Yu Suzuki confirmed this last week on the Twitch broadcast.

I remember reading in a magazine before the first one was out that it was going to be a five- or six-part release. I wouldn't be surprised if they could stretch a story that far, but whether there'd be a market (or finance) for more games will depend on how this one does.

Pac1Man wrote: »

So what are the chances of the first two being re-released in some form? I've never played them so the storyline will be lost on me and would discourage me from picking up no.3.

Could we see a Yakuza style recap?

The Yakuza Style recap was the first stretch goal

Everyone wants to see 1 & 2 released in HD and I'm reliably informed the work of porting them was already done years ago, it's just a matter of getting sega to agree to it, which might be a bit of a hurdle these days

Yu Suzuki did a Q&A yesterday on twitter. This was one of the questions:

Were there any gameplay elements for Shenmue 1 and 2 that had to be cut due to budget constraints?

And the anwser from Yu:

Yes. I wanted the ramen noodles to be soggy after some time, but I couldn't include it. I wanted to include details like that to make it real.

Its entering it's last couple of days so if you want to get those collectables it's your last shot

fans are running a quick time event for the last few days and giving out prizes to people who take part

Pac1Man wrote: »

I'm still on the fence about ordering the physical copy for the PS4. We'll have to wait about 2.5 years or more and what if it turns out to be bad? Anyone have any words to sway me?

We could be on PS5s again this is actually released. I have a digital copy ordered, I then upgrade to the physical copy and have now dropped back to the €30 offer. If it reached all the milestones for extra content I would have paid 60 but not when I see what is being left out.