Shenmue 3 Kickstarter

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'M FLIPPING THE FUCK OUT

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I MISSED THE THREE. IT'S SHENMUE THREE. FUCKING INCREDIBLE

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It's a Kickstarter. But still, ALL IN.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Already past $500k, so 1/4th there.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

50 percent

[Droford]

I'm surprised it's ps4

Also the original cost 50 million to make

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'm surprised it's ps4

Also the original cost 50 million to make

Sony are ponying up the rest of the cash, this is really just to make sure the interest is there from more than a vocal minority. Plus, a lot of the cash was used on creating the engine back then.

Only $250k left to go.

[The Mask]

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[The Mask]

Does kickstarted not do debit cards or something

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Does kickstarted not do debit cards or something

Yeah, I usually use a debit card fine.

Best announcement reaction ever. Only needed 3 musical notes and a petal

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[drave]

Awwwww, only PS4? :(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Awwwww, only PS4? :(

PC as well, but yeah, Sony are funding it.

[drave]

FF VII!!!!


FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

FF7 only came up "First for Playstation" though, which makes it sound like it'll come to XB1 and/or PC eventually.

[drave]

I DON'T CARE I CANNOT CONTAIN THE FEELS RIGHT NAO!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

We're at $1,976,125. Just watching it rise in front of me but we should be totally funded within a couple of hours.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It's funded.

$2 million in 8 hours 42 minutes. Fucking incredible.

[OssMan]

I'M FLIPPING THE FUCK OUT

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3

I MISSED THE THREE. IT'S SHENMUE THREE. FUCKING INCREDIBLE

It's a Kickstarter. But still, ALL IN.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3

Already past $500k, so 1/4th there.

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50 percent

I'm surprised it's ps4

Also the original cost 50 million to make

Sony are ponying up the rest of the cash, this is really just to make sure the interest is there from more than a vocal minority. Plus, a lot of the cash was used on creating the engine back then.

Only $250k left to go.

Card declined aksjkajksm

Does kickstarted not do debit cards or something

Yeah, I usually use a debit card fine.

Best announcement reaction ever. Only needed 3 musical notes and a petal

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Awwwww, only PS4? :(

PC as well, but yeah, Sony are funding it.

FF VII!!!!


FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FF7 only came up "First for Playstation" though, which makes it sound like it'll come to XB1 and/or PC eventually.

I DON'T CARE I CANNOT CONTAIN THE FEELS RIGHT NAO!

We're at $1,976,125. Just watching it rise in front of me but we should be totally funded within a couple of hours.

It's funded.

$2 million in 8 hours 42 minutes. Fucking incredible.

I see.....

[Fignuts]

Never played Shenmue. Always wondered what all the fuss was about.

Hope they do an HD version of the first two or something, so I can catch up.

[drave]

It was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of its time really. It was story based, but there were all these side things going on ranging from having a job (which kinda is forced early in the game), playing mahjong in parlors, going to arcades to play "classic" Sega games, etc.

Most of it would seem "commonplace" in an open world game today, but this was 1999.

The story never really complete either, so there's that.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Never played Shenmue. Always wondered what all the fuss was about.

Hope they do an HD version of the first two or something, so I can catch up.

Dreamcast emulation does play them flawlessly now, but I hope so too. Showing how fast this made it to $2 million and almost 3 right at this moment, Sega has to see it and realise that they're leaving money on the table.

The most interesting thing I've heard is that 3 is NOT the conclusion. Yu Suzuki has apparently said it won't be 16 games anymore, but probably 5 games or maybe 4.

[drave]

YAY!!!! I get to pet more kittahs and play moar arcade games :D


Seriously though, I hope they have a decent amount of "classic" titles in the arcade(s) in this game, that would make it more fun.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

YAY!!!! I get to pet more kittahs and play moar arcade games :D


Seriously though, I hope they have a decent amount of "classic" titles in the arcade(s) in this game, that would make it more fun.

Sega have signed over the rights apparently, so they have no involvement in this. They've just retained rights to Shenmue 1 and 2. There might be no classic Sega arcades in there, but I hope I'm wrong.

[drave]

Same programmer though - hopefully he will fight for it. I know he was the original programmer for Space Harrier and Hang On, maybe he will have pull because of that.

HOPEFULLY!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So if 3 is successful and the fans enjoy it, 4 and possibly 5 will finish the story. Works for me.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to series creator, they might add more platforms in the future as stretch goals for the Kickstarer fund while its going to take $10 million minimum raised to make Shenmue III into an actual open world game.

Also hinted he's currently looking at other sources for funding besides just Kickstarer and Sony for the project.

http://www.destructoid.com/shenmue-3-needs-10-million-for-a-true-open-world-294627.phtml

[Emperor Smeat]

Some Good/Bad news:

The good news being the voice actor of Ryo was confirmed to be returning for Shenmue III.

The voice actor who played Ryo in the English versions of Shenmue 1 and 2, Corey Marshall, has been confirmed for Shenmue 3.

"We would all like to thank Corey-san for coming back," says an announcement on the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter page, "and especially for all the support he has given to Shenmue over the years."

"The support for Mr. Marshall to reprise his role as Ryo has been just overwhelming!"

And that's not all. If you've a few thousand dollars just sitting around, donate $1000+ to the campaign you'll get "a very special message" from Ryo himself.


The bad news being the Kickstarter fund has lost a lot of steam since its first day. Raised around $2.6 million after its first day and only another $1.2 million by the half-way point.

Might be able to reach the $5 million stretch mark but doubt its going to hit the real goal of $10 million that the creator desires.

At one point was on track to smash Bloodstained's record but the confusion about the project, Sony's status, and the real amounts needed piling on caused it to lose a lot of momentum.

http://www.destructoid.com/give-1000-to-shenmue-3-kickstarter-get-personal-message-from-ryo-295171.phtml
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Some Good/Bad news:

The good news being the voice actor of Ryo was confirmed to be returning for Shenmue III.




The bad news being the Kickstarter fund has lost a lot of steam since its first day. Raised around $2.6 million after its first day and only another $1.2 million by the half-way point.

Might be able to reach the $5 million stretch mark but doubt its going to hit the real goal of $10 million that the creator desires.

At one point was on track to smash Bloodstained's record but the confusion about the project, Sony's status, and the real amounts needed piling on caused it to lose a lot of momentum.

http://www.destructoid.com/give-1000-to-shenmue-3-kickstarter-get-personal-message-from-ryo-295171.phtml
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3

I don't believe any of that.losing momentum shit. This is Shenmue 3 and the people that wanted it have funded it. There isn't that many people and the it was announced on a stage so everyone heard it about it at once.

Shenmue isn't that popular. Hopefully 3 changes that, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Emperor Smeat]

In case you hadn't heard, Corey Marshall, the English voice actor for Shenmue's Ryo Hazuki, is returning to voice the character in Shenmue 3. As of this week, Masaya Matsukaze has been confirmed as well, meaning both the original Japanese and English Ryo are now on board.

Shenmue 3 is closing in on $5.8 million with just eight hours to go. It surpassed the funding total for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night earlier today, making it the most funded video game project in Kickstarter history.

http://www.destructoid.com/shenmue-3-just-surpassed-the-all-time-video-game-kickstarter-record-296188.phtml

[drave]

awesome.

so far, so great.

[Emperor Smeat]

Ended up dethroning Bloodstained as Kickstarter's most funded gaming project.

The crowdfunding campaign for Shenmue 3 has drawn to a close, raising a total of $6,333,295.

That sum makes the project the most funded video game campaign in the history of Kickstarter, beating out the previous record holder Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and its $5,545,991 total.
http://www.destructoid.com/shenmue-3-raises-over-6-3-million-on-kickstarter-296252.phtml

[drave]

Both of which are great :D

[Sixx]

It was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of its time really. It was story based, but there were all these side things going on ranging from having a job (which kinda is forced early in the game), playing mahjong in parlors, going to arcades to play "classic" Sega games, etc.

Most of it would seem "commonplace" in an open world game today, but this was 1999.

The story never really complete either, so there's that.

That fucking job the worst part of the game. Don't even remember whether it was hard or not, just really boring and time consuming.

[drave]

The physics were kinda wonky, but moreso than anything it was just tedious. DRIVIN A FORKLIFT BABY!

[Maluco]

It is still my favourite game of all time, yeah the forklift stuff was tedious, but the weather changes, the routine, bumping into different people, the music and the story all together were amazing. Can remember it all so well even today

[drave]

Stoked they have the same voice actor too :D

[Sixx]

Stoked they have the same voice actor too :D

Check his imdb page, it's not like he's too busy.

[drave]

Meh, busy or not, it is details like that which will/would be a deal breaker for something of this magnitude.