posted by Piratero on Apr 7, 2009:
DOES THIS MEAN NO MORE SHENMUE III? :crying:
Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Yu Suzuki retires
Yu Suzuki retires
posted by Nitrosoxide on Apr 7, 2009:
Shit I always wanted them to expand on Shenmue
Shit I always wanted them to expand on Shenmue
Yu Suzuki retires
posted by Gaming on Apr 7, 2009:
At least they should have made Shenmue 3, finish up the saga damn it.
At least they should have made Shenmue 3, finish up the saga damn it.
Yu Suzuki retires
posted by GaijinPunch on Apr 7, 2009:
This defintitely doesn't mean no Shenmue III. That is reserved for all sorts of other reasons.
Piratero said:
DOES THIS MEAN NO MORE SHENMUE III? :crying:
Yu Suzuki retires
posted by Piratero on Apr 7, 2009:
I hope no member at the Shenmue Dojo commits suicides or starts an online patent to force Yu Suzuki to continue working on Shenmue III.
GaijinPunch said:
This defintitely doesn't mean no Shenmue III. That is reserved for all sorts of other reasons.
Yu Suzuki retires
posted by 7Force on Apr 7, 2009:
Not really surprising, it's not like Sega has, bar a few exceptions, cared about making good or innovative games since they went out of the hardware business. They didn't have room for someone who has made some of the best games of all time.
Not really surprising, it's not like Sega has, bar a few exceptions, cared about making good or innovative games since they went out of the hardware business. They didn't have room for someone who has made some of the best games of all time.
Yu Suzuki retires
posted by kendrick on Apr 7, 2009:
I'll say it again... Shenmue was not the result of one man's work. A third game in the series is still possible without Yu Suzuki. There are all sorts of talented programmers, artists, and producers in the industry who currently work for Sega or have worked with Sega before who could be involved in such a project, were it to be initiated. Let's not make him out to be like George Lucas or something; Sega owns the Shenmue property, and not any one individual.
I'll say it again... Shenmue was not the result of one man's work. A third game in the series is still possible without Yu Suzuki. There are all sorts of talented programmers, artists, and producers in the industry who currently work for Sega or have worked with Sega before who could be involved in such a project, were it to be initiated. Let's not make him out to be like George Lucas or something; Sega owns the Shenmue property, and not any one individual.
Yu Suzuki retires
posted by 7Force on Apr 7, 2009:
Is that supposed to be a good thing?
kendrick said:
Let's not make him out to be like George Lucas or something
Yu Suzuki retires
posted by jp. on Apr 7, 2009:
No, this means you don't want a Shenmue III now.
Piratero said:
DOES THIS MEAN NO MORE SHENMUE III? :crying:
Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Yu Suzuki retires
posted by Anthaemia. on Apr 7, 2009:
If the rumours from a few years ago are true, AM2 had a standalone version of Yu Suzuki's entire Shenmue saga complete as far back as 2003 with the only thing left to do choosing what platform the end result should be ported to. This wouldn't really need Suzuki's involvement, and I'm sure Sega would respect its fans by at least getting the original mastermind back on board - even if it's just in a supervisory role to allow his name on the final product somewhere.
Those familiar with the Virtua Fighter franchise will known that Suzuki's tight reign first started slipping with its fourth installment, yet the series hasn't exactly turned out too bad. Sure, instead of evolving from VF3 we've seen a refinement of the (admittedly) more popular VF2 mould, with each new release since giving only minor graphical improvements in contrast with earlier titles. Maybe the reason for Sega's hesitance to "finish" Shenmue or commit to a remake/update announcement is because of fears that it will disappoint unless the resulting game is absolutely perfect and worthy of such a hyped wait?
After all, even the Sega of today must have learned from recent critical and commercial failures starring once reliable characters such as Sonic or perhaps NiGHTS to a lesser extent... despite the fact it's still intent on destroying the former's reputation for good!
If the rumours from a few years ago are true, AM2 had a standalone version of Yu Suzuki's entire Shenmue saga complete as far back as 2003 with the only thing left to do choosing what platform the end result should be ported to. This wouldn't really need Suzuki's involvement, and I'm sure Sega would respect its fans by at least getting the original mastermind back on board - even if it's just in a supervisory role to allow his name on the final product somewhere.
Those familiar with the Virtua Fighter franchise will known that Suzuki's tight reign first started slipping with its fourth installment, yet the series hasn't exactly turned out too bad. Sure, instead of evolving from VF3 we've seen a refinement of the (admittedly) more popular VF2 mould, with each new release since giving only minor graphical improvements in contrast with earlier titles. Maybe the reason for Sega's hesitance to "finish" Shenmue or commit to a remake/update announcement is because of fears that it will disappoint unless the resulting game is absolutely perfect and worthy of such a hyped wait?
After all, even the Sega of today must have learned from recent critical and commercial failures starring once reliable characters such as Sonic or perhaps NiGHTS to a lesser extent... despite the fact it's still intent on destroying the former's reputation for good!