I've been a fan of Shenmue since it first came out. I still have my Dreamcast and I love replaying both 1 & 2.

I must say first off that I would love a remake for the Wii. I don't need any update to the graphics, I just think the Wii controls would be a perfect match to the whole "Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment" concept of Shenmue. To me they seem like a game and system that were built for each other. I only hope fate has destined them to one day meet.

Before Shenmue, I was pretty easy to please with video games. I was an RPG guy mostly, but to me Shenmue set the bar very high for immersive gameplay. I've not played any other game that measured up.

As far as Shenmue III or Online go...I know they'll very likely never happen at this point. But if they made III, with Dreamcast graphics (if I was a graphics Nazi I wouldn't really be a huge Wii fan would I?) I'd pay. I'd buy it if it were $100+.

I'm used to the fact that I'm almost always outside the majority with most things in life. As the Man in Black said to Inigo Montoya, "Get used to disappointment." I've taken his advice.

If SEGA ever decides to be awesome again...well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. For now, I'll just have to boot up the loud loading Dreamcast and hope I don't get the error screen. And for the record, yes, I would like to try a game of "Lucky Hit."

squall_kitsune

I'd definitely get it since I never played the second one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freespeech

Seriously though, bring it on. I have fond memories of Shenmue, and the fact there is not yet a Shenmue III sucks pretty hard.

Aresef

ryohazuki

M

OtakuboyT

timnasium

Benjo

Poochy

Xcite79

artofwar420

TearsandScreams

questworld

questworld

Mujah

ese

MattB

TheIrishNinja

fearing

2ndopp

LucasKane

Anyway, I hope they fix the original engine's issues (frame rate drops, NPCs popping up in view a few metres away from you) for this release. I don't expect any graphics overhaul (though I suppose they could pump up the lighting effects at least?) but they should at least do that much.

Al3xandr0s

....wait is this 1993?

No?

Oh...geeze, nevermind.

(I've cut and pasted this same line a few times now. Funny how it fits every Sega game in development.)

Godzilla-Sushi

JokesJokes

dumb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freespeech

freespeech

hattori_DONso

Malevolentburrito

CoffeeLove

I think Sega kinda ticked off a lot of people when they refused to commit to Shenmue 3. Possibly claiming they don't have enough money for it =/

I have both Shenmue 1 and 2. It's a beautifully made game. It just sucks me in. And the graphics are amazing (not that it is important in a game). The story line is in depth, and the gameplay is awesome.
When I turn the console off after playing, I have to stop and think "Agh..I'M NOT IN A SHENMUE WORLD O___O!"
That's just how awesome it is, to me <3.

CoffeeLove

Pezdispenser

bluesquareapple

Money changes everything, eh?

What?

Billkwando

ThisCharmingMan

I missed Shenmue on DC so I'd totally buy this. I could even get into using motion controls to brawl.

fuchikoma

MC Double Def DP

Krimmson

kirstpo

Doomstink

crazyorloco

Cabal17

Either way, I'll still buy it though. Come on Sega make Shenmue 3 already.

Cabal17

Jnkzm4

And if they are releasing it, include something that will conclude the whole story, because seriously i NEED TO KNOW HOW IT FINISHES!!!

Please SEGA, release this for Xbox 360 aswell (with some really cool achievements!!!) and tell us how it ends so i can sleep again!

FlagshipFighter

FatalOmega

SDreamer

Anarchist_Gamer

Sintonado

NeoStarr

I assure you it'll be worth it.

Billkwando

JAcK0R

For the past 2 days the whole Gawker network has been broken in Opera Mini, and won't scroll down past the search box.

Their constant improvements are a constant headache for me. My fault for using a phone, I know....

Billkwando

zgrowler2

ichiban1081

MugenNoKaze

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to make me laugh while you say it.

I would most definitely buy any re-release of Shenmue, and you may consider my pants (tentatively) crapped.

I do worry a bit about how the fighting might suffer, but hopefully they would allow use of the classic/GC controllers, with an "original" option.

I do hope that the graphics don't suffer. Let's face it. They may SAY that the Wii is more powerful from the Xbox or the PS2, but the graphics say otherwise sometimes.

I'm not saying it's the hardware's fault, but a next gen game like No More Heroes shouldn't look like someone coated the screen with vaseline and broken glass (as much as I adore NMH).

*Remembers Resident Evil 4's realtime graphics*

Nevermind, I'm not worried anymore.

If this rumor DOES turn out to be true, let's hope that they restore the missing chapter (between 1 & 2) that they originally cut.

I could even see them doing a cool version of Shenmue Passport with WiiConnect24. Maybe even item trading/sending to friends.

Also, let's lay off the spoilers for the people who haven't played it.

Shenmue is basically my favorite game ever. So much charm and atmosphere....scenes flash back in your mind of places in Shenmue, and you remember like you were really there....like it was a real memory of someplace you've been, or something you've done.

It's nothing short of fantastic (unless you live in Japan.....then it's nothing short of what you probably see in your neighborhood)

Billkwando

RamanaMaharshi

string_theory

Tubatic

GravyBoi

MR. FAP☆FAP!

w1ndwaker

I'm in if it's released! TV plugins are a hot commodity, and there is no way I'd plug my DC into my main tv, whereas my wii is happily collecting dust there.

Rookerith

Heyyou27

Heyyou27

If Shenmue 3 comes out only on the Wii I am going to pretend that everyone died in part two due to a virus being unleashed that turned them all into zombies.

Shenmue isn't a game I want to waggle with.

Kanik

segaprophet

creepwood

Crazyreyn

Hellmark

Imagine GTA being Hong Kong, though scaled to be traversed on foot rather than in cars or perhaps sections of various places that can be travelled to via plane or something, but all them people you see on the street can be harassed and random thugs can be comboed to death. No time constraint. Just a sort of laid-back detective kinda game. I'd take it. Just please, no more goddam walks along the beach with Shen Fa.

dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased

It's a crime really.

Humpski

I even bought the XBOX re-release, even though there was little to no change, I didn't care.

@108: I completely agree with you, but at the time I felt there was nothing as wonderfully constructed available (on a console, at least).

If this *does* come out on the Wii, and sales represent hope for a third and final installment then..

"I. think. I'll get. A-noth-er"

Lythium

Wickio

So much shitty-hell Games on the Wii + more and more oldtimer-games reloaded... and the Fanboys are paying...

The only reason why you like Shenmue is because you played it before so power on your Dreamcast and enjoy... and dont say that you want it on Wii too.

z3ntn3l

thaKingRocka

LOLOL ME TOO!

First real job i ever did.

Sufficient t osay, i have a more healthy respect for dock workers.

:)

Onizuka-GTO

OlinFibbionl

Now im all excited...

Shiryu

vantesaur

kubevubin

furiku

TheTimeRanger

akwinters

It's not likely to happen though is it now? Most expensive port ever anyone?

elronathon

TheTimeRanger

Ehetyz

photoboy

JokesJokes

caster

A long time ago i read something that said they were going to put a shenmu bundle on one of the next gen systems and then also release the third game afterwards.

Anyway I think Yu said he finished his share of work on the game and that all of the games graphical elements had been completed.

caster

TrekVogel

Garo

Still, this'll be a nice start to replaying Shenmue and catching up on 2 since I never did get to play it, and hopefully fund the third coming.

Here's to muting the burgerstand guy...

MelodyKitn

mcderek3000

But don't lose hope guys. The fact of the matter is that almost the entire Dreamcast catalog has slowly but surely been making its way to other platforms since the system's premature demise. It's only a matter of time before Shenmue 1 and 2 appear in one form or another on the Wii, PlayStation 3, 360, or PSP.

On the bright side, at least Yakuza 2 is making its way to the U.S. this fall.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

photoboy

Also Jet Set Radio Wii plskthx. Even if it is just JGR with wiimote painting. I don't care! I WILL GIVE YOU MY MONEY.

dynendal

Luke Plunkett

Travezy

And I tell you guys... Gamereactor is full of SHIT! They are professionals in spreading rumors. So don't hope to much.

They also said there would be and remake of Resident Evil 2 for the Wii and that they were the first in Scandinavia playing MGS4. They talk too much.

KaeruSama

Natsu_

Someone wake me up when Capcom gets around to making Viewtiful Joe 3.

TOPolk

Gunloc

i know this is NOTHING new, but any ANY public announcement of anything Shenmue always sparks this little flame in us Shenmue fans' hearts.

my heart is fluttering right now.

theboyfrombrasil

ratix240sx

StrikeGunner

I'm in like no other on this bundle though, even if it has no updates. And I already own and beat both the original and second.

This shit gets me pumped! BRING ON THREE IF THIS SELLS WELL!

VonDante

kadaj24

temporobo

eter

Wanna play a game of lucky hit?

Thassodar

I'm full of tired and dumb. Goin' to bed now.

Lezard

Lezard

argh

KirbySS

Gunloc

themadman123

SpadeAce

phinehas

Ronin_Sixshooter

I heard that the reason they brought it to XBOX rather than PS2 was because the PS2 didn't have the right technical specifications to run it, but then again if they can't make a PS3 game load for 30 seconds for a single line (Sonic)...

AdmiralJonB

ynp7

Dits

Yuki

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

Anyway, Im going to buy these games just because I want to support Shenmue 3. I beat Shenmue 1 and 2 so many times I dont care to beat it again.

The only thing I think Shenmue lacked was fighting. Needs more fighting. All those chances to level up moves and get them to their master form is wasted. Because by the time a few moves get to a high level the game is already over.

Plus the fighting in Shenmue is awesome. I hope it wont change. Its like a Virtua Fighter Beatumup.

I think I talked too much. I probably sound like a fanboy. Or you probably knew that from my avatar.

Ronin_Sixshooter

Reddevil107

Kayeliminal Antithesis

Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy

OK, who do I have to sleep with to make this happen?

ZonalFear

Please, please, pleeeeeeeeeease ^_^

e_iceberg

Agreed. Another great post!

dead_red_eyes

daknight

@BlackStones:
I'm looking for a sailor.

@Dits:
YES, PLEASE.

BPMΣ

Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy

NighTrekr

Pornosaur

And hey, I like this idea. Bring back a very unrated game and finally make the Shen 1-2 compatibility work.

huginn

Remember Joy? :)

RagingAvatar

I'm not saying that it's a bad game; just that, at this point, everything Shenmue did well -- and/or did greatly -- has been done better. Take this to mean "Shenmue was hugely influential!" if you want.

To put a more positive spin on my opinions, you could say that I'm saying "It better be a complete remake, a sequel, or nothing!"

The slightly negative way to put it is to say "Just play it again on the Dreamcast."

Seriously, shoe-horning waggle into there isn't going to be good.

Now, in continuation of my criticism: as a "game designer" myself, Shenmue as a series of "games" went south in the tenement tower in Shenmue II, where you had to climb to the top by crossing rickety wooden planks on each floor, between the up stairs and the down stairs. The "QTE" had been used, until then, as a way to represent cinematic, flashy chase or fight sequences. Making me press the left and right buttons on the D-pad to avoid falling felt so alarmingly tasteless.

Man, I could probably write ten thousand words on Shenmue's intentions and impact re: game design.

108

liba

Kyattsuai

Anyways not interested in picking this up.

KrylonBlue

I am ERROR

Captain Impulse

The DC version of all it's games looks better.

This is great news.

NeoAkira

sofiabudapest

BlackStones

AstroMoth

reddevil3

UNDERSTAR

cornunderscore2x

Dits

I mean, the most exciting thing you can do in the damn games is play After Burner in an arcade, and the second-most exciting thing you can do is hold a plate in front of your face and rotate it around with bizarre wrist motions. You can do both of these things in real life! In fact, the last time I bought a plate at a Japanese plate shop, I did "The Ryo Hazuki Thing" -- just held it between the thumbs and forefingers of my hands and swung it forward and backward repeatedly. I'd planned to do it until someone called the cops, though after about two hours no one had noticed, so I bought the damned thing and went home.

It's so redundant in this age of GTA IV and the Yakuza games; a re-release would be ridiculous.

I mean, GTA IV lets you buy a drink at a vending machine and then drink it while walking. That's evolution, right there.

I say, "don't look back"!

Wouldn't surprise me at all if it happened, though.

Good things about Shenmue: the intimacy of the world surpasses GTA, at least.

Though ultimately, playing as a teenage kid mourning the death of his dad and buying cassette tapes in convenient stores in the process probably isn't as much fun as, say, riding your real-life bike to a landfill and throwing rocks at rats.

It needs snap. You know?

108

bangbangblah

Dits

BoboDaHobo

+ Watch video

TC

UNDERSTAR

SapphireC

Dits

Roto13

Sailorcancer

Or get a Dreamcast and buy them on eBay for some cash-o-la.

RTW

half-beast

ItsHammerTime

MindKiller317

ItsHammerTime

BlinkinPark182

sk

ghibli303

ManjiKengo

TheCleaningGuy