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Shenmue On Wii, Anyone? Anyone?

Look, I'm so on the fence about posting this my ass cheeks are dotted with splinters. But hey, it's Shenmue, and there's precendent for this kind of business on the Wii, so who knows. Scandinavian games mag Gamereactor have heard that Sega plan to release Shenmue on the Wii. Not a new Shenmue, however, just Shenmue 1 & 2 bundled together, with added (no doubt waggle-intensive) minigames thrown in. Would it sell? Of course not. Would it get certain areas of the internet all giddy with excitement regardless? Of course it would.

Shenmue Ar Tillbaka! [Gamereactor, via Go Nintendo]

12:00 AM on Fri May 16 2008
By Luke Plunkett
5,055 views, 138 comments

Latest by Malevolentburrito: Shenmue fits in with the 360 or PS3. It is not the type of game that the Wii's fanbase of people with short attention spans would appreciate. more »

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The Most Expensive Game Budget Ever

Shenmue, that was a pricey game! For the past 18 years or so, Yu Suzuki's Shenmue has been the most expensive game ever developed at US $70 million, making the game the current Guinnes World Record holder. According to Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies, Grand Theft Auto IV just might supplant Shenmue. Over a thousand people worked on the game, and Benzies guestimates GTA IV cost roughly $100 million. Just imagine if Tom Cruise had done voice acting work! So, any takers on what Metal Gear Solid 4 cost? I'm betting slightly north of $120 million.
Grand Theft Auto Producer [Times Online via NeoGAF via Sega Nerds]

5:00 AM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
9,182 views, 97 comments

Latest by mullinsmcd: @Aresef: Also you have to consider the amount of middleware that GTA4 has as opposed to Shenmue which was all from the ground up. It costs money for licensing the technology but to build it from the ground up more »

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Amazing Shenmue Stop Motion Wall Painting

This Shenmue mural was painted by Alicja Kowal, and the video was made from 440 photos. The music? That was taken from Beats of Rage. Two words: So awesome. More »

2:30 AM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
4,255 views, 58 comments

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Sega Pulling The Shenmue Plug?

The bastards. They killed the Dreamcast and now Shenmue apparently. Shortly after Shenmue II hit the DC, there were rumblings that a sequel was in the works. We're still waiting. Then, back in early 2006, the game's producer and directo Yu Suzuki stated at event China Joy 2006 that Shenmue Online was *still* in development. (The game was originally announced back in 2004!) This year's China Joy turned up no Shenmue Online, and according to Adam Doree from game site Kikizo site, fat chance on seeing Shenmue III:


As for Shenmue, I would have to say at this stage, it is worth forgetting about... Suzuki's status is, once again, up in the air, which counts Shenmue III totally out of the picture right now. This is confirmed, it seems.

SEGA has yet to provide an official statement on the game. Shame to see the rot set in. Really.

No More Shenmue [VGB]

1:00 AM on Tue Aug 7 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
3,885 views, 93 comments

Latest by VivaLaLazlow: Shenmue was the best video game experience I have ever had. And now it seems I will never have one like it again. more »

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BBC Kicks Off Shenmue III Campaign

Shenmue fans now have the power of the BBC (Scotland... *cough*) behind them. While the rest of us may be ready to face the reality that the series is deader than Ryo's dad after appearing on two different consoles, both regional failures, the Beeb is ready to keep hope alive, in the form of the Shenmue III Appeal...
...the ultimate campaign to force the games industry into finishing the glorious story that was started by Yu Suzuki all those years ago. With the influence of videoGaiden, the power of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and the collective multimedia might of gamers everywhere, how can we possibly fail?
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3:58 PM on Sun Oct 29 2006
By Michael McWhertor
5,006 views, 54 comments

Latest by cam60558: the fact of this matter is that shemmue costs to much to make and has a selective audience, saga is constantly losing to sony and microsoft, they cannot afford to spend another 70 millions on a game that may not more »

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Shenmue Brings Late 1980's Fashion to PC Gaming

At Chinese game show ChinaJoy, Sega unveiled a trailer for the totally logical MMORPG version of the groundbreaking Dreamcast game Shenmue. Called Shenmue Online (so clever!), the game is designed by Sega and super producer Yu Suzuki (Space Harrier, Out Run, Virtua Fighter) for China and Korea. The online version takes scenarios from Shenmue II and lets players join one fo the three in-game clans. Shenmue's free-roaming style should suit online PC gaming in a way that wasn't possible for the Dreamcast's online service. No Western release has been announced. Bummer. Brian Ashcraft More »

7:23 AM on Mon Jul 31 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
2,556 views, 8 comments

Latest by DannoHung: I bet that guy's thinking, "I wonder where I can find some sailors?" more »

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Four Hours Worth of Obsessive Shenmue Fan Movies

If you thought that obsessive Resident Evil 4 fan video was crazy, check this out: Jason Tsui of Gang Entertainment sent along this link to four hours worth of Shenmue I & II movies parodies he created. More »

11:40 AM on Fri Jun 2 2006
By brownlee
130 views, 5 comments