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  • Shenmue500k now 10 000 strong on face book, everybody come and join us!!! #Shenmue #SEGA @Shenmue500K

  • Any fans of Shenmue please join us at the Shenmue500k group. Type it into google and join one of our pages, we want answers from Sega!!!

  • Why don't they sell Shenmue I+II on the Xbox Marketplace ??

  • @raffi3o3

    Microsoft have a 2GB limit for developers who want to have their games published on XBLA, which Shenmue 1 & 2 each far exceed.

  • it actually only cost 47 million

  • @MrCuDaigh

    $47 Million is for development of the Dreamcast Versions . $70 million if for the project as a whole including PR and Saturn development

  • 70m USD

    whow!

    people can donate that :)

  • Shenmue will return at some point. It needs to be the right console/s, the right time, the right way to do it etc. Sega know that it is a game with potential killer app status. Sega need new management though, as their current business strategy is inconsistent and bizarre. But dont worry, we will see Ryo avenge his fathers death.

  • 70 miljon is to much for a game make shenmue cheaper as long as its story ends id be happy

  • @turkmuslim4ever gta 4 100 million..

  • @turkmuslim4ever I wish i could understand your shitty english

  • @davstec3 :) nerd

  • @davstec3 tacohead

    

  • Wait I wanted to learn about the American tiger tank!

  • shenmue was ahead of it time, its inspired all these sandbox like games that we see today and was amazingly cinematic for its time.

    sadly it got pissed on because sega aren't willing to make a gamble. An ambitious project that didn't see closure, a sad shame

  • yu should make a video naming the tittle the shenmue 3 question

  • I would sell half my family for shenmue 3

  • 9 people have never had 70 000 000 dollars in their pockets...

  • the guy from nickelodeon interviewing Yu Suzuki... WUT 0,o

  • My best game for ever

  • What the shit? I wonder why 70 million dollars, what for.....?????

  • i wish they made a psp version of this game...

  • @kabulaz2gan no! PSP..... .please better be released as arcade game on PSN or XBOX live. We don't want to play games on small screen especially the long games. This games needs to be played with all glory on big screen!

  • @capcom23 and to be re list on the wii considering the fact that sega made nights in to dreams and nights into dreams 2 and house of the dead 1, 2 ,3 for the wii so shenmue would be a good add on the wii

  • Shenmue is the Best game ever made. You can`t buy that for 70.000.000.

    I wan`t a Dreamcast 2 with Shenmue 3. If Shenmue 3 cost about 200 Euro i pay it for a single game!!!!!

  • Shenmue was worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY and more. How I wish they would make the third instalment and finally allow Ryo the chance to avenge his father's death and regain the honour of the Hazuki Dojo! I am longing to kick Lan Di's arse!

  • If I have the money, i'll give Suzuki-san the 70 million $ and later, when the game were finished i'll buy it.

  • Maybe he started already shenmue 3 8 years ago, but it is so cool that it takes up 10 years. Maybe, ^^

  • It costed much because there's alot of research been done for shenmue 1 and 2

  • I would contribute at least $100 to a fund for Shenmue III.

    I would then pay another $100 to buy the game.

    It's worth every penny.

  • I WANT SHENMUE END OF STORY

  • this says nothing about shenmue 3

  • man,You are my God 4 EVER,You created something , real interactiv world who exist in US hearts and brains, We are happy,We are crying,We have bad mood because We waiting 10 years for Shenmue 3, every monts Wee finking about this ,and btw: THANK YOU Yu Suzuki for Shenmue 1 and 2, Its was great meet and feel ANOTHER WORLD, always waiting only simple player with lots of milions another players still waiting 4 Your move.Thanks For All

  • i remember buying the European version of this game when it first came out it cost my father $120 us dollars but he knew how much i loved the first one so he bought me the 2nd one also i remember i was like 11 or 12 at the time i was so happy i jumped on him!!!then i put the game on and was hooked for a while my friends was over and watched me play through the whole game damn i miss those days(sigh)but i'll be happy when Shenmue 3 comes out if not i'll make my own version on rpg maker lol

  • i wil pay that much just to finish the story i hate being left in the dark. its like being trapped in a room behind a closed door and all u could do is wonder whats behind that door.

  • The game was a commercial disaster and one of the reasons that bring down Sega. And then the canceled the american Dreamcast version of Shenmue II and realeased it for the Xbox, the WORST choice they could make.

    I agree completely with fungoreview.

  • @tltar253 it was the best choice! Now it will be released on xbox live arcade from what i've heard. Part 1 and 2! There are leaked pictures all over. google it if you like.

  • I wouldn't expect Shenmue 3 to be as technically groundbreaking as Shenmue was at the turn of the century. Obviously modern graphics and more detailed surroundings would be expected but that is well within todays expectations. Look at games like Heavy Rain and Alan Wake - these show that the technology is there, and that the market is there, for fully immersive adventure experiences. What is holding Sega back?

  • WTF is taking them so long to make shenmue 3?! we dont want anymore sonic damnit !! Its like yall scared to make money....hell if thats the case make the damn game and instead of it being 60-70$ make the game 80$ I bet everybody and their mama will buy it ....I love sega for makin shenmue and monkey ball but maan yall pissin me off lol

  • Shenmue 3 would not cost allot to make these days.

  • he ment 7 you dumbass

  • Nice Jacket...

  • It was the games' incredibly high budget and partly America's xenophobia and inability to understand videogames and movies based around Asian culture that caused this game to fail so badly, enough to not finish the series. Not to mention the Dreamcast died and was discontinued, and the game not very widely accepted on Xbox. In an age of shooters and Hollywood action, the intentional slow pacing in the games quickly turned people off.

  • I have to disagree. American gamers are not xenophobes. If anything they love to live inside the skin of another person. I will give you a great example, "Onimusha" and asian title, an asian protagonist. Weird japanese demon folklore. And it spawns tons of sequels. The market is there. But capcom has been able to sell an asian hero with little to no effort. You just need to find the hook. And when shenmue came out on xbox, that was MS attempt to steal the american distribution rights from Sony

  • subtitles please

  • "excuse me, do you know anything about the mad angels?"

  • KISS OFF PUNK!

  • @KILLFELIX

    that great I love to see unscripted roleplay......school boys.lol

    but does anyone know what that sexy girl on shenmue2 said.

    she was on a motorcycle and she said something in japenese.

    it was like kinda in the begining

  • lol thats crazy comparing Assassins Creed with Shenmue, they are nothing alike. Shenmue will always be a gaming masterpiece and simply can not be compared with anything else made. Yu Suzuki created a genius game

  • Fable is just like it. Peter Mollenyoux (I hope i spelled it right) Was Inspired by Shenmue. And that inspiration spawn FABLE. I feel FABLE is more polished and added somewhat of a class to the character. Its like he married 2 games. Shenmue and Bioware's Knights of the old republic (Or neverwinter) Deus Ex was pretty good. But no one bothers to talk about those games. People block everything else that was going on.

  • Yes they should release Shenmue 3 BUT on the Dreamcast!

  • SHENMUE IS A LEGEND in videogames! The game is beyond description and any positive comments! I will wait forever for the sequel... Thank you Yu Suzuki and SEGA for this. It takes AGES to be this good.. It takes AGES to be SEGA! Excellent video! Thanks for the upload guys ;)

  • I just started playing Shenmue again. First time in 7 years. And it felt clunky. The first time that it came out, it was impressive. The things we take for granted like facial expressions was at that time considered EPIC!!

    But gameplay wise, it lost its charm. Amazingly, i played RE:Code veronica and MGS2 these last couple of months and they still hold up. (feeling nostalgic)

    I thought that Shenmue was going to do that but i guess my memory made it out better than what it actually was.

  • No they haven't.

    Shenmue was the father for many many games. After Shemue many games took elements from it. So many games... The QTE, the weather effects, mini games and many more but never no other game was so solid and well made as Shenmue! It was a technical achievement back then that looks awesome even today! These days we have interesting graphics but nothing as BIG as Shenmue was back then. We only care for graphics, Shenmue was deep, it had everything..

  • Have you played Assassin's Creed?

    Or more so Assassin's Creed 2?

  • I own Assasin's Creed Limited Edition and the basic AC2. The first one I got bored of the game after a few hours. We rate games for how much wide open world they have?? The game is the same over and over. Its just jumping around and killing targets.

  • And shenmue isn't repetitive either?

  • The second is even more wide open world with better graphics economics systems :P and the same things again... What does AC has to do with Shenmue! These two games have nothing in common. This is a dumb comparison man sorry I do not mean to offend you.

  • @michiyoyoshiku fuck off dude!

  • hey , does anyone know how many polygons are used in the character models?? I really want to know, I presume it about 2000, also I read somewhere that there was going to be a port of giants citizen kabuto for the dc, is this true? it's suppose the giants pushed a lot of polygons, can the dc handle it??

  • i would actually pay 10 - 20 dollars if someone made a fund like that!

    lets give SEGA 70 000 000 DOLLARS!!! together vi can do it!!

    shenmue is to EPIC to go to waste..

  • If they have enough money to make piece of shit after piece of shit Sonic games .... fuck them lol

  • sega is back again since a long time now ... although i dont like it, virtua fighter 5 is complex and a great -high acclaimed- game.

    and valkyria profile(?) is great too

    i bet there are many more but i care for other things than videogames of today recently.... ^^*

  • Go college, study business. Raise your own capital and then you and other people that share your vision (and are educated) can snatch the Sega/Sammy brand.

    From there, YOU and who ever else is a fan and took the time to get educated can finally make Shenmue.

    My father has a saying, "You'll change before they do." Like saying: "They wont do what you want them to do. You have to take action yourself."

  • Of you buy stock en masse on a hostile take over with other sega lovers.

  • @Baiaii Everyone has 70 000 000 Dollars, why not?

    Lol, I think he´s only too rich and too decayed (I don´t hate Yu Suzuki^^)

    He´s rich enough! It´s too hard to manage such a project, but: WE STILL HOPE!!!

    Maybe it comes out soon^^

  • @Baiaii Good idea, let's create a FB page and regroup people !

  • The game is a masterpiece!!! i can only hope that they release 3 so i can woooop up Lan Di, thats all i ask! i'll donate a £1 n send it to sega! 70,000,000 people and we got Shenmue 3!!!!

  • I'm down!

    Someone should actually start a fund like that.

  • all i wanna ask yu suzki is will shenmue 3 come out of will shenmue 1 and 2 be re releced on another console

  • I love this game!! I hope Yu Suzuki gets off his ass and produce Shenmue III for the Playstation 3/4!!! or PC even!!! That would be just friggin' awesome.

  • I heard he left Sega. So its not going to get made. dude.

  • Funny how people give you negative feedback for stating the truth.

  • Its alright. I love my DC. But the love that most people have for it is not for Sega. But for the games. I look at my library of DC games and the bulk is mostly Capcom games. I only have 3 Sega games. Shenmue, Dynaimate cops and Virtua fighter. The DC has the fame that it has thanks to OTHER companies: DoA2, Soulcaliber, Powerstone, RE:Code Veronica, etc. If anything, Shenmue was so expensive it would have taken each DC owner 2 purchases of the same thing for Sega to break even.

  • he is still with sega

  • I think the fist Shenmue was a pice of art no wall had the seme texture twice all 300 NPC had ther own lives and AI you cud ask someone the same question 5 times and get difrent reactions like when u ask the same thing to a person over and over they wold gat mad or irritated and it was a mix of Action figthing game (Virtual figters moves ) + RPG but it was ment to be a 5 part game they only made 2 and supostly part 3 will be the last

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  • Classic game..70 mil to make WOW that is crazy...I kinda understand why Shenmue 3 is on the edge.

  • Hurry up n make 3 so i can get out this Fucking cave

  • the graphics killed any game at that time!

  • i havent played the 1st but i'm playin the 2nd and i've watched the movie - but i think ryo should get a girl in the third either the girl that loved him in the 1st one or joy in the 2nd somehow they should get that girl there as well(from the 1st game)

  • You have to get the 1st one man

  • easier sed then done the only place it's available is on ebay and it's expensive not only that i dont have a dreamcast.

    personally == they should remake the 1st,2nd, & 3rd for the 360 sell it all in one bundle for X amount of money give me thumbs up if you agree

  • i understand your position. ive known about shenmue for a couple of years, but only recently played the first one(even i cant beleive i took so long). But I didnt have a dreamcast. so i downloaded the emulator and the rom for shenmue. Not the best way of play it but for our situation its the best way to go. let me know, and i could direct you on how to get them.

  • @satmtca It would make more sense to bundle shenmue 1 n 2 so newer fans could understand the story, then release shenmue 3 by itself with next gen graphics. I personally would buy both just to support it.

  • @satmtca

    And PS3... don't dog on us Sony peeps.

  • @satmtca it be cool if their make dreamcast 2 and have the vmu, and shunmue 3

  • did anybody notice hes wearing Ryo's jacket?

  • so sad that such an epic game has no ending

  • I haven't played Shenmue 1 but i had the demo for Shenmue 2 on xbox while i was still young and i thought it was so awesome so i rented it once, then twice because it was so fun.

    If it wasn't for the demo i would've never heard of Shenmue, a few game stores had it when i looked but the cover didn't exactly look appealing.If they can market it better this game could become real successful and i sincerely hope a third is made the second was on of the best games on xbox...Period.

  • the fact that you guys are saying they should put it on the DC instead of ps3 or xbox is just stupid.. no one owns a dc nemore out of 10 people youd probably find one that has it.. wereas ps3 or xbox out of 10 ppl ud find 7 or 8.. id buy an xbox 360 just for shenmue 3 if it comes out! its just a shame that theres no spoilers or hints of shenmue 3

  • hideo kijima should join Yu Suzuki and make a new shenmue that would be fricking awsome

  • If that happens Ryo will be too slick and people will mistake him for Solid Snake.

  • lmao he would go around breaking the necks of people who don't give him enough information

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  • I paid 200 for an Xbox just to play Shenmue II in 480p. I also imported it on DC when they canceled the NA release. I have backup DC systems in case one craps out.

    SEGA needs to realize that although the Shenmue fanbase is small, we are very diehard and would gladly buy a 3rd installment. With digital distribution there's no reason why SEGA can't release a 3rd installment via some site and have it run on a PC through emulation.

  • I'll buy 2 copies if it gets released

  • I'd buy five of them and if they decide to make Shenmue III, wouldn't it be really damn awesome if they did it for the DC? :D

  • what a great idea! Have the game released on the Dreamcast would definitely lower the development cost significantly. In that way Sega would be able to at least cover the development cost if the game doesn't sell well.

  • i say yu suziki go over to another developer and we beg the shit out of everybody to make the game even if it cost billions trillions will buy the games lol

  • it's highly unlikely that Yu Suzuki will beg anybody to make a game..

  • Exactly my point! If they make it for the DC with the same tech as in Shenmue 2 the costs would probably be alsmost nothing compared to if it were to be released on PS3 or the 360.

    We just have to convince Sega that their console is NOT DEAD!

  • GD-ROM production is over a long long time ago. And it isn't that simple. Between hiring programmers and designers and voice actors and many many more stuff, as well as educating the old Dreamcast programming methods to new programmers and all that, it would probably cost Millions again. And it would make no profit what so ever to release it on a console that is dead for 8 years now..

    Don't get me wrong, I think Sega should re-boot production of the Dreamcast. that way it could work =)

  • Yu Suzuki is a true genius.  The simplicity but addictiveness of his earlier games were incredible. . .

  • We want Shenmue 3!!!

  • Easily one of the greatest games of all time in my book. That was the ONLY reason i bought an Xbox like many others here, and it would be the only reason for me to ever buy a 360. This classic need to be continued so that we as fans can finally KILL LAN DI!! And avenge the death of Hazuki Ryo san's father...! I wanna see the ending dammit!! lol...

  • You can't fully appreciate the experience of Shenmue 1 and 2 unless you play it on the system it was intended for -- the Sega Dreamcast.

  • I played the first on on the Dream cast and it was AWESOME!! I still own the original game, and my jet black Dream cast. I would rather have played the second one on DC, but I don't think they released it here in the states. So I bought an X-Box JUST for that reason. And that reason alone... I'll buy any system that supports Shenmue 3... Fans  need to be able to finish this story PERIOD...

  • very true. i played shenmue 1 on the DC and modded my DC to play shenmue 2 PAL version. damn you Yu Suzuki! dont leave us hanging :[

  • not his fault.. Sega simply can't risk losing large amounts of cash again.

    This game cost 70MILLION, but the game sold very few copies to cover that expense.

    Sega can't afford that right now. And I'm not sure if mr. Suzuki would work for another company... And I bet Sega has rights on the Shenmue license :/

  • I've waited 7 fuckin years for Shenmue 3 and sadly no news! Imagine if it was released now. The ENTIRE Shenmue SAGA all 16 chapters, graphics updated, professional voice acting, 5.1 surround sound, 1080p resolution. That experience would probably cost SEGA BILLIONS! Might as well save up your money and travel to Guilin yourself and experience the scenery in real life! I know we've all been patient but realistically will the entire Anthology of Shenmue be released in our lifetime?

  • Dude, you're giving me a hard on... yes, it would seem much cheaper for me to go to Bilu village and track down Ryo myself to see what the hell is going on. This game is a freaking classic, and I don't understand what the hell is going on with getting the 3rd one completed... if it's a money thing... I am sure that all Shenmue fans would pool together to get that situation fixed. BTW, that Nazomi chick is hot.

  • They're busy wasting time and money on a dead franchise, Sonic.

  • i dont know much about this game,but i feel sorry for the guy because of the money.If only this game came to playstation i would have bought it.

  • Shenmue, an epic masterpiece

  • I never minded reading the subtitles

  • Thank you for uploading this. I hadn't seen it before.

  • Shenmue, this game actually made me buy the xbox, thx to shenmue microsoft got another costumer for its console, now own a 360 so if it wasnt for shenmue and only for shenmue, xbox would never had intrested me would have gone to sony as many did at the time, by the way best damn game ive ever played, its story and mechanics took me in entirely

  • ur face is a BiG SHIT u fag!

  • shenmue is true art

  • u hav to read this comment go to the bottom of the page and look at all the part where it says see all these comment look at the number thats probally all shenmue fans and im sure they want to buy no matter how big the price unless its over £/$100 thats only 4 collecters edition lol.

    and go on other shenmue vids and do the same they are all fane we will make more than $70mill especially in the uk :P

  • this game is far much the best !

  • Epic! You're a genius Suzuki-san! But you know what we want..."The 3"

  • You're an asshole.

    Suzuki already made 16 chapters in a way, it's just that there's no money/effort/time etc. for Shenmue III in the current business situation.

    He WANTS to work on a new Shenmue, they just won't let him.

  • well he left sega so i dont think hes going to be doing it

  • He hasn't left Sega entirely, he left AM2 and is now its manager.

    This does mean that Shenmue 3 will be VERY unlikely

  • ur  a fuckin cock

  • it was money well spent

  • HI everybody think about all the shenmue fans worldwide if everybody Donates to sega website it could gathered a hundreds of millons that's enough to make 3 or 4 games projects...GOT ME!^_^

  • Ah the memories. No game since Shenmue has ever given me the sort of magic that I got from this game. The excitement I felt when I found the underground passage under the dojo, the feeling of loss as I watched Toms plane fly away, the sorrow I felt when I saw my girlfriend crying in the park. Shenmue is not a game, its a portal into another existance. I was totally drawn in, and sat up until 4am many a night just to see what happened next. I wish company's still made games like this :(

  • I can't help but to fully agree with you xtreme. its like a movie. Ive never played the first one sadly, but ive watched the whole dvd of the first one. I do not want to see sega fail...I grew up on sega!

  • If u have never played the 1st one you should definatly buy a dreamcast (if you don't already own one) and get yourself a copy of it. If you like shenmue 2 u will love the 1st one.

  • that is not a bad idea at all. I should do that...

  • buy the xbox version, the whole game is on one disc

  • you have us Shenmue 3 promised thus to hold yours to promise also.

    we will also buy it that I can give you in writing, what you believe like many humans on third part to wait.

    thus Mach you to the work yu suzuki san and bring finally that back which over millions of people want

  • Shenmue and Shenmue 2 are absolutely fantastic games. In fact, I'd go so far as to say they're the best games I've ever played.

    In an age of cynicism where shovelware is released more often than genuinely interesting an original games because they are similar to games that sold well, we need games like this to remind us that games can be interesting and we need them to do well to persuade video game companies that they're worth making.

  • agree.

  • Suzuki said in Kikizo (February 2006)that Shenmue story will finish through games.

  • Yu suzuki quit sega so there goes the hope for shenmue 3...

  • No he didn't.

  • he didn't? did sega hire him back? I read in a gaming newsletter a while back that he quit sega. what is he working on now then?

  • I wouldn't even care if shenmue 3 turned out to be a novel, I just wanna know the conclusion. I simply detest cliffhangers!

  • Yu Suzuki and his team are awesome. Its such a shame that the high production costs are too much risk when there is so much game piracy at the moment. Shenmue is brilliant and an immensely absorbing experience Buy a Dreamcast for £20 Ebay, (essential VGA cable £15). Worth the money to play Shenmue 1/2!! Please sign the online petition for Shenmue 3. (Stop downloading pirated games)
  • I bought a DreamCast 5 years ago only to play Shenmue 1 and Shenmue 2.

  • And I bought a Xbox, only to play Shenmue 2! For real, I worked as Cleaner during my schoolholidays only to buy it! And it was damn worth!

  • You have all my respect, pal.

  • you've got my respect too!! someone who doesn't play shenmue, can't talk about it!

  • the best game ever !!! awesome story and characters !

  • This is one of the best games I've ever played.

  • I use to love Shenmue. I still remember it to this day. I was so crushed to find that they would stop making the game. I never got to avenge his father! Noooo!

  • =( thats why saga doesnt want to take that risk..we should start donating now so we can get shenmue 3 in 2010! or even 2009! since they already have the stories develop...and i seriously wouldnt mind playing in the dreamcast graphics..i just want to beat the shit out of lan di!!

  • yea i wouldnt mind playin the dreamcast graphics to they would make so much money if shenmue3 came out

  • I bet all the Shenmue fans around the world can donate a total of 70 million to make Shenmue 3 or maybe at least half of it

  • if there is 30 milion fans in the world and if we all would donate 2 euro/ dollar they would have the money for it. I would love to donate. I really want shenmue 3 and 4! I love this game.

  • the game only sold 1.2 mill :(

  • and $70 MIL TO MAKE -________________- +

  • Virtual white elephant.

  • well at $50 a game, thats 60mil not a profit but still, not a total loss, if the series did make a 3rd one, it would be worth $100 to shenmue fans like myself, i would buy it!

  • yh but in england it's twice the price so here if it was £40 that would be $80

    so wat they should do is sell it in england

    then in usa because it is a big risk so they wont go for it accordin to their caculations so in england they would make more money and make a profit in the usa which is not a risk and they probally forgot about how many fans there are they would sure be lots more than70mil and the will be still enough for U.S.A

  • if everyone threw in $100 and if we had 1m fans, thats 100m dollers, should be enough to make it right!?

  • Nobody is mentioning how great the music was. It was it that made Shenmue so much epic and immersive.

    I still remember the Aberdeen music, my favorite

    one, when I try to remember it, I still can view Ryu running around in that truly impressive environment that felt like real.

    the music in Guilin was great too.

  • Yu Suzuki is one of many legends in the video game industry. This man kept me in the arcades with his badass simulators. Then I finally got to meet him in the late '90s and he signed my imported Shenmue!