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Hello Everyone! Thank you for joining on Friday!
Many of the big questions from the campaign so far were addressed, so here is a rundown of questions and Mr. Suzuki’s responses: Will there be a physical reward for PS4? This is the most requested reward, and one I personaly would like to see the most. For right now though, I would like to ask everyone to hold on a little while yet. How will the funding from the Kickstater be used? There is a Kickstarter Budget Estimate graph on the project page, so please have a look there for the details.
Will we see an improvement in the graphics? Especially concerning Ryo’s face, I am not satisfied with how it looks right now.
We are still in the development stage, and you can expect improvements as we go along. The background images of Ryo are from Shenmue 2 and in the foreground, is the updated version of Ryo. I am still not happy with this current model, and will continue make improvements. Ryo’s personality will come out not only in the character model, but also in how he moves and in his facial expressions. Will the original voice actors for Ryo also be in Shenmue 3?
I think that (Masaya Matsukaze for the Japanese language version, and Corey Marshall for the English version) are the best match for Ryo and I would like to see them back. We are currently in negotiations for them to come back, so please wait a little while until we can give you all of the details. Will payments through PayPal be accepted? Now I am currently looking into PayPay other payment methods to help fund the project. We are still considering other options, but do not have an answer for you right now.
Will there be DRM-free version for Windows PC? We are still looking into that option as well, but it is not something that we can decide on our own, and will need to discuss it with the other parties concerned. Will there be Shenmue 1 and Shenmue 2 HD Remastered versions? I personally would like to see remastered versions come out before Shenmue 3, so fans can really get to know the story and enjoy 3 even more. I really hope this could happen. The rights to Shenmue 1 & 2 belong to Sega, so I am not in a position to comment on it. However I would like to talk to them about it.
What is the Rapport System? It will be a feature that governs Shenhua’s attitude towards you, depending on your conversations or actions you take. I believe it will provide a new twist to Shenmue.
What is the Skill Tree System? There will be many different ways to obtain Technique Scrolls from—from the shops, mini-games, betting games, and quests.
Those technique scrolls will allow you to use those techniques right away in battle as a QTE event. The Advanced Skill Techniques and Arcane Skill Techniques are managed in a tree diagram where you fill up the tree to complete your martial arts learning. What are the Baisha Stretch Goals?
The $5 million Srtetch Goal will focus on the area, Baisha. This will be something new and fun I would like to include for Shenmue 3. It will include siege and infiltration events based off the Warring Kingdoms period in Chinese history.
The events will be very Shenmue-like and will fit into the game naturally and will not be difficult to grasp. There is also the Character Perspective System. It is a character change system, but in Shenmue, it will work a little differently. It will allow you to play as Shenhua or Ren, besides Ryo.
The choices that Shenhua or Ren would make would be different from those of Ryo’s because their personalities are different. It will bring out their individual character and add another element of enjoyment to the game. There are Stretch Goals up to $11 million, and I would like to explain those next week! How will Shenmue 3 be different at $3 million, $5 and $10 million?
At the $3 million level, Shenmue 3 will be more story oriented. Going to $5 million, there will be features not present in 1 & 2, features that I really want to see in Shenmue 3 like the Warring Kingdom scenarios. At the $10 million level, the area Choubu will get a big expansion, and be like Dobuita in Yokosuka where you will have a lot of options to explore and have fun. I hope we can shoot for that goal and make Shenmue 3 more open world like. Is Shenmue 3 the end of the story? The initial story line contains 11 chapters. I thought about condensing the story in 3, but I thought that necessitate cutting too much of the story out, so I decided not to go that route.
Many fans really want to see the whole story. When will the Trail version come out?
The Trial version will require many of the basic systems to be functional first, so it will be released in the latter half of the development process. I would most likely be looking sometime after we get into 2017. There are so many questions that you would like to have answered yet, and we will do our best to answer what we can at this stage of development, so please keep asking away, There will be more Q & A with Yu Suzuki to follow! Hey Awesome Japan! If you really want to fund this project, stop working on new pledges that 100's of fans will buy, and work on a video that will make 1000's of non-fans want to play the game! Show them Shenmue 2 footage with free battles, QTE's, arcade, digital daily life, intrigue.
Who will wanna pledge for leaves in a river and people saying 'Wanna jump?' Besides the fans. There is an alternative youtube video you can use when working on your own video.
Of course, I'd be happy to pledge more for other rewards, but what will help the project will be new players who will send 29$, so please stop losing time. Superbacker I, for one, appreciate the clear and succinct recap of the Q&A, which answered most of my major questions. I appreciate that it was brief, to the point, and easy to understand.
I would also suggest that Ryo's portrait is probably designed to be his 'neutral face' - many games start with a neutral, no-real-feelings face as the base, and then overlay anger/pride/embarrassment/sorrow features by modifying the neutral face. So the fact that it does not show great emotion is probably by design, and in emotional situations it will probably be modified accordingly. He would thus appear more angry/determined/etc. In a typical conflict situation. Just a guess on my part, but I think it is a reasonable one. @Elias Llamas I don't know what to say about that. Yes, I understand your point of view, of course, and in some way I agree with it, but then.
I don't want the story to finish if it's not in it's best way, I don't want Shenmue 3 to see the end of the story, I want Shenmue 3 to see how the storie continues. If it were for me, I would buy up to shenmue 39 if I had to, because for me, shenmue 1 and 2 are the best games I've ever played and in some way I will feel sad the day the storie is closed. Yes, it's been 14 years waiting for shenmue 3, but 14 years of Ryo, Shen Hua, Nozomi, etc. Residing in my heart and making me dreaming about how their lives would be. Ah well, as I said, i have mixed feelings.Will there be a physical reward for PS4? This is the most requested reward, and one I personaly would like to see the most.
For right now though, I would like to ask everyone to hold on a little while yet. Wait after all the money you have received and all the help you're getting from Sony (or at least what we've heard anyway), you guys haven't gotten this ironed out yet?!? Come on, you got Sony to give you a spot at E3 and give you space on PSN, how hard is it to convince them to make some PS4 disks after meeting your goal in a record 9 hours!!.Will we see an improvement in the graphics?
Especially concerning Ryo’s face, I am not satisfied with how it looks right now. We are still in the development stage, and you can expect improvements as we go along.
At first I wasn't too concerned with this, but the more I look at his face, the more he looks too 'western' lol. He kinda looks like his parents were half Japanese and half American;). I liked the way he looked in SM 1&2 more. 100% Japanese in the previous games. Just my 2 cents;). I would like him to look more traditional Japanese, but there are more important things ATM.Will there be DRM-free version for Windows PC? We are still looking into that option as well, but it is not something that we can decide on our own, and will need to discuss it with the other parties concerned.
I REALLY REALLY hope the PC ver. Will be DRM-free!!! Nobody wants to deal with DRM BS, esp. When they pledged $100+ for a 'physical copy', myself included!!.Will there be Shenmue 1 and Shenmue 2 HD Remastered versions?
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I personally would like to see remastered versions come out before Shenmue 3, so fans can really get to know the story and enjoy 3 even more. I really hope this could happen. The rights to Shenmue 1 & 2 belong to Sega, so I am not in a position to comment on it. However I would like to talk to them about it.
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This is and has been the most important thing on my mind since this kickstarter started!! I have been pushing this on here and twitter since the beginning;)! Without the first two games being re-released either in digital form or a bonus disk, this game won't be as strong both financially nor as a way to get fans and newcomers on board for SM3!! You can even charge money for them and we would buy them!! Remake them in HD with 1080p 16:9 support, and people will fight for them!! I'm not asking for you to go through the extra effort of remaking them as well, I would be happy just getting them ported! But if you really want to make people happy, putting in a little extra effort will go the distance!!
I'm glad to hear you're starting to think about this option and will give another go at asking Sega for the rights to those games!! Sega ain't making any money on them any more, so it shouldn't be to hard to convince them to give you Yu the rights for some cash! I mean they gave you the ability to make SM3, all those same characters were in the other games. You should even add it as a stretch goal! Worse comes to worse, couldn't you just remake them if your stretch goals hit 20Mil;)?? Just put some effort into it Yu;).
Thank you Yu for answer.