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BEFORE THE INTERNET
I WOULD GET ALL OF MY GAME NEWS
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FROM BARNES AND NOBLE'S MAGAZINE RACK
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I WOULD GO IN THERE AND I WOULD LOOK AT
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GAME PRO AND NINTENDO POWER
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AND PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE AND DREAMCAST MAGAZINE
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AND I CAN REMEMBER SO VIVIDLY
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SITTING IN A BARNES AND NOBLE
LOOKING AT SHENMUE BEFORE IT WAS OUT
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AND I CAN REMEMBER
JUST SAYING THIS IS THIS LOOKS CRAZY
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THIS LOOKS LIKE NOTHING I'VE EVER SEEN
BEFORE
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THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE
LIKE NOTHING LIKE THIS
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HAD EVER REALLY DONE THIS TO THIS SCALE
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THE ABILITY OF SHENMUE
AND WHAT IT PROMISED
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WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING
WE'VE EVER SEEN ON OUR CONSOLE
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UP TO THAT DATE NOT EVEN CLOSE
PEOPLE WERE NOT READY FOR IT
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SHENMUE IS ABOUT A PROTAGONIST
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WHO COMES BACK TO HIS HOME TO FIND THAT
HIS FATHER IS ABOUT TO BE MURDERED
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HE CAN'T STOP THAT
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BUT THEN HE HAS TO BASICALLY
FIND THE IDENTITY OF THE MURDERER
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AND PURSUE HIM
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ALONG THE WAY YOU MEET ALL SORTS OF FRIENDS AND
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ACQUAINTANCES
AND YOU JUST TALK TO THESE PEOPLE
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AND TRY TO GET A GOOD SENSE OF THE CULTURE
AND YOU GET REALLY IMMERSED
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NOT ONLY INTO THE GAME BUT LIKE
THE LIFESTYLE THE GAME CREATES FOR YOU
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THE'RE PRESENTING YOU WITH THIS WORLD
AND THIS STORY
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AND LIKE THERE'S THE MAIN STORY BEATS
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BUT THERE'S SO MUCH HIDDEN
UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE THAT
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EVEN TO THIS DAY LIKE I KID YOU KNOW
I LIKE I'VE PLAYED THAT GAME 20-30 TIMES
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I'M STILL FINDING LITTLE BITS
OF INFORMATION OR A LITTLE CUTSCENES
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AND A LITTLE SECRET THINGS
THAT I JUST DIDN'T FIND WHEN I FIRST
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PLAYED THE GAME BACK IN THE DAY
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I WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN IN THE STORY
THE CHARACTERS
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HOW EVERYTHING WAS TREATED
HOW EVERYTHING WAS TREATED WITH RESPECT
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THE FACT THAT YOU WEREN'T
RUSHED INTO EVERYTHING
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT MESSAGE BOARDS
WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IN PERSON
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WHAT THEY REMEMBER IS THAT ALMOST HYPNOTIC
EXPERIENCE OF INTERACTING
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WITH A PLACE A VERY SPECIFIC PLACE
IN A VERY SPECIFIC TIME
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FOR ME IT CHANGED EVERYTHING
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IT CHANGED HOW I LOOKED AT GAMES
AND THE POTENTIAL
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BUT WHEN EVERYTHING WAS TANGIBLE
LIKE IT WASN'T SHENMUE IT WAS
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PROBABLY THE WATERSHED
MOMENT OF VIDEOGAMES
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NOT JUST SEGA OR NINTENDO OR SONY
BUT THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE
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AND HOW IT'S GROWN
AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IT'S INSPIRED
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THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE
TO PULL THAT OFF IN LIKE 1999
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2000 THAT IS WILD IT IS INSANE
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WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES YOU SO DIFFERENT FROM OTHER GAME
DEVELOPERS
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AND DO YOU FEEL YOU REPRESENT A NEW KIND OF DEVELOPER
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HE DOES NOT NECESSARILY THINK THAT OF HIMSELF
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AS A NEW TYPE OF DEVELOPER
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HE HAS ACTUALLY MET AND SPOKE WITH MANY GAME DEVELOPERS
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BUT HE HAS NEVER MET SOMEONE WHO
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MAKES GAMES THE WAY HE DOES
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AND HE THINKS THAT WATCHING MOVIES OR
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LOOKING UP AT THE SKY OR AT THE SUNSET
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THOSE KINDS OF STIMULATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT
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AND I'D LIKE TO KEEP MAKING GAMES THIS WAY
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YU SUZUKI
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AS WEIRD AS IT IS I ALMOST CONSIDER HIM
THE SHIGERU MIYAMOTO OF SEGA
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THIS GUY JUST HAD REALLY GREAT IDEAS
FOR GAMES
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AND SIMPLE IDEAS BUT THEY WERE FUN IDEAS
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PART OF THE MAGIC OF WHAT YU SUZUKI
BRINGS TO TO GAMES
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ESPECIALLY BACK IN THE ARCADE ERA
WAS THE LEVEL OF THE MELDING OF TECHNOLOGY
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AND GAMEPLAY AND VISUALS
THAT NOBODY WAS DOING AT THE TIME
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AND SO YOU KNEW THAT WHEN YOU SAT DOWN IN THE ARCADE
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AND YOU SAW A NEW GAME FROM SEGA
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PARTICULARLY THAT WAS BEING DIRECTED BY YU-SAN
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IT WAS ALWAYS PUSHING THE LIMIT
AND HE'S A LEGEND IN THE INDUSTRY
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ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
TO HIS CRAFTINESS AS AN ENGINEER
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YU-SAN HAD CREATED SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
OF TRICKING THE HARDWARE
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AND HAVING A GO WAY BEYOND
WHAT IT WAS ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF
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WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG
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THE PLACE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO GO
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THE PLACE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE
THE BEST GAMES
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WAS AT AN ARCADE BECAUSE ARCADES
WERE THESE GIGANTIC CABINETS
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AND THEY WERE CAPABLE OF THINGS THAT YOU
COULD NEVER ACCOMPLISH ON YOUR EIGHT BIT
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NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
OR YOUR ATARI OR YOUR CALICO VISION
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OR YOUR MAGNAVOX ODYSSEY
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IF YOU REALLY WANTED YOU KNOW THE MAJOR
LEAGUE TALENT YOU'D GO TO THE ARCADE
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AND THAT'S EVEN WHERE YOU KNOW
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SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR GAMES FROM
THAT ERA WERE FIRST AVAILABLE
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WHEN I WAS A KID
GOING TO THE ARCADES AND PLAYING HANG ON
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AND MY DAD PUT ME ON THIS
LIKE REALLY BIG MOTORCYCLE,
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AND HE WOULD ACTUALLY SHIP ME BACK
AND FORTH
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BECAUSE I WAS TOO SMALL
TO ACTUALLY SHIFT IT WITH MY OWN WEIGHT
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AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT SEGA WAS ALL ABOUT,
HAVING THOSE KIND OF EXPERIENCES
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IN THE ARCADE WHERE EVERYONE ELSE WAS
STILL KIND OF USING JOYSTICKS AND BUTTONS
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YU SUZUKI KIND OF TAKES IT ONE STEP FURTHER
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HE WAS LIKE, OKAY WELL
IF I AM GOING TO BE IN A CAR DRIVING
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LIKE SURE I HAVE A STEERING WHEEL
I HAVE A CLUTCH WHATEVER
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BUT I WANT TO BE IN A CAR
AND I WANT TO FEEL IT MOVE
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MOTION WAS A BIG THING
THAT HE KIND OF INTRODUCED INTO THE SCENE
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THAT'S WHAT MADE HIM FAMOUS
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FOR THE SAGE OF TITLES
HE SHIED AWAY FROM DOING CONSOLE GAMING
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FOR THE LONGEST TIME
BECAUSE YOU JUST COULDN'T
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HAVE SOMETHING THAT MATCHED THE
PERFORMANCE THEN THE POWERS OF THE ARCADE
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CABINETS GAVE HIM
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I DON'T THINK THAT HE REALLY APPROACHED
GAMES AS TOYS
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HE APPROACHED THEM
AS AS EXPERIENCES AS OPPOSED TO
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HOW MANY POINTS CAN I SCORE
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AND HOW GAMEY AND SILLY
CAN I MAKE THIS?
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HE WAS ALWAYS APPROACHING
FROM A REAL REALISM PERSPECTIVE
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AND THEN REALLY JUST KIND OF FULFILLING
THE FANTASY OF WHAT IT'S LIKE
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AT SOME POINT IN THE LATE EIGHTIES
AND THE NINETIES YOU HAVE THIS CROSSOVER
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BETWEEN ARCADES AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT
OR HOME CONSOLES
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8 BIT CONSOLE CALLED THE MASTER SYSTEM
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THAT WAS IT WAS MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL
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IT ACTUALLY DID PRETTY WELL IN EUROPE
BUT IN THE UNITED STATES IN JAPAN
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IT REALLY FLAMED OUT PRETTY QUICKLY
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SEGA WAS NOT A HOUSEHOLD NAME
CERTAINLY NOT IN MY HOUSEHOLD
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UNTIL THE NINETIES WITH THE
WITH THE SEGA GENESIS
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AND THEN IT BECAME THE BIGGEST DEAL
IN TOWN
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IT BECAME A PART OF OUR IDENTITY
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IT BECAME A PART
OF THE CULTURAL ZEITGEIST
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IT BECAME THE SHORTHAND
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF GAMING
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THIS NEW PRODUCT THIS NEW CONSOLE
THE SEGA GENESIS WAS REALLY THE HAIL
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MARY PASS FOR THE COMPANY
WAS A NEW GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGY
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AND IT COULD REALLY BRING
THE ARCADE EXPERIENCE
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HOME IN A WAY THAT HAD NEVER BEEN POSSIBLE
BEFORE
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I WOULD HONESTLY BELIEVE
THAT SEGA WAS REALLY KIND
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OF PUSHING IT MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE
WITH THEIR HOME BASED CONSOLES
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THEY'RE REALLY GIVING THE BEST GRAPHICS
THAT WOULD LOOK VERY SIMILAR
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TO WHAT YOU WOULD GET IN AN ARCADE
SETTING
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THE ROOTS OF SEGA WHERE MOST OF THESE
GAMES WOULD BE IMPORTED FROM THE ARCADE
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AND SEGA WAS REALLY QUICKLY
BURNING THROUGH ALL OF ITS ARCADE HITS
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AND ONCE THOSE ARCADE HITS
WERE PORTED TO SEGA GENESIS
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THEN WHERE WOULD WE GO NEXT?
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AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE GENESIS SEGA
NEEDED TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER CONSOLE
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TO TAKE THINGS TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND
THEY ENDED UP RELEASING THE SEGA SATURN
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WHAT WAS HAPPENING FOR SEGA?
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SEGA HAD CREATED A BUNCH OF PERIPHERALS
THAT HAD NOT DONE SO WELL IN THE US
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THEY CREATED THE SEGA CD
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THE 32X THE SEGA SATURN
WHICH WAS REALLY REALLY EXPENSIVE
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AND SO PEOPLE WERE LOSING FAITH
IN THE ENTIRE SEGA BRAND
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AND SEGA KNEW THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING
BIG DRASTIC AND INTENSE
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SEGA BACK IN THE DAY
HAD A LEVEL OF INTEGRITY
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THAT WAS ALMOST UNPARALLELED
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SO HAVING PEOPLE LIKE YU SUZUKI
HE WAS ALREADY EXPERIMENTING
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WITH A 3D POLYGON TECHNOLOGY
AND IT GOT EVERYBODY EXCITED
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ABOUT A MORE REALISTIC FIGHTING GAME
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THE VIRTUA FIGHTER
WAS THIS MASSIVE FRANCHISE FOR SEGA
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IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS
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THAT ANYBODY BOUGHT A SEGA SATURN FOR
ESPECIALLY IN JAPAN
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AND SO SEGA SAID
WE NEED MORE VIRTUA FIGHTER GAMES
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YOU SUZUKI YOU MADE THAT FRANCHISE WE WANT SOMETHING ELSE
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FROM YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
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AND THAT'S
WHERE HE GOT INTERESTED IN THE RPG IDEA
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AND HE'S LIKE
ALRIGHT I'LL TAKE VIRTUA FIGHTER
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MY MOST POPULAR THING AND WITH SEGA'S
BLESSING AND I'LL MAKE AN RPG
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AND I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT
AND READING ABOUT THAT YU SUZUKI WAS MOVING
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AWAY FROM ARCADES AND WAS GOING TO MAKE
HIS FIRST CONSUMER FOCUSED CONSOLE GAME
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AND IT WAS A VIRTUAL FIGHTER
RPG OR PROJECT BERKLEY
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WHICH HE WAS CALLING AT THE TIME
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HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TELL THE STORY OF AKIRA
ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF THAT GAME
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THE VIDEO OF SHENMUE ON THE SATURN
IS AMAZING FOR THE SATURN
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THEY GOT FAR ENOUGH ALONG IN DEVELOPMENT
WHERE THE SATURN WAS NO LONGER RELEVANT
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SO THEY'RE LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO RELEASE
THIS GIANT BLOCKBUSTER GAME
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WHEN ALL THAT'S BEING LEFT OUT
THERE IS SPORTS TITLES
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THE SATURN AT THE TIME
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THEY HAD RELEASED IT EARLY BEFORE
ANYBODY KNEW IT WAS ACTUALLY COMING OUT
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SO ITS INITIAL SALES ARE REALLY LOW
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AND THEN WHEN SONY BASICALLY ANNOUNCED
A MUCH CHEAPER CONSOLE
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IT JUST KIND OF DESTROYED THEM
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SO SONY REALLY TOOK THE MARKET
AND JUST DESTROYED IT AND NINTENDO
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WAS STILL RELYING ON CARTRIDGES WHICH WAS
A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE FOR
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SO SONY WAS JUST REELING IT IN
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SO THEY'RE LIKE, WE'LL JUST STOP
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WE'LL START ALL OVER AGAIN
AND WE'LL PUT IT OUT ON OUR UPCOMING
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CONSOLE THE SEGA DREAMCAST
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AND WE'LL USE IT AS THIS BIG FLAGSHIP
TITLE TO BOOST THAT CONSOLE
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ALL THE MISTAKES THEY DID
IN THE PAST WITH THE SEGA CD THE 32 X
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AND JUST MAKING ALL THESE VARIATIONS
OF ADD ONS FOR THE CONSOLES
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THE DREAMCAST REALLY WAS TRYING TO BE
THE THING THAT FIXED ALL THAT
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IN THE FAIRYTALE VERSION OF THE STORY
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YOU'D LIKE TO THINK THAT
IF THE GENESIS WAS THE WESTERN CONSOLE
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THAT WORKED AND THE SATURN WAS THE EASTERN
CONSOLE THAT WORKED THEY'D FINALLY
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FIGURED OUT OH WE CAN GET EAST AND WEST
AND COME WITH THIS WONDERFUL THING
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CALLED THE DREAMCAST
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AND FROM THE COMMERCIALS
AND ALSO FROM MY OWN
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FIRSTHAND PLAYING OF THE DREAMCAST
IT FELT LIKE IT WAS THAT MAGICAL THING
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IT FELT KIND OF WEIRD AND FOREIGN
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AS AN AMERICAN BUT IT ALSO FELT AMAZING
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YOU KNOW THE DRINK HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS
TREMENDOUS SLATE AT LAUNCH
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TREK STYLE HYDRO THUNDER
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A LITTLE LATER JETSET RADIO FUTURE
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I MEAN YOU THINK OF THESE GREAT GAMES
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BUT SHENMUE WAS A
TENTPOLE IN A DIFFERENT WAY
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VIDEO GAMES
IS ALWAYS LIKE A BIG PART OF GROWING UP
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IT WAS LIKE THE ONE ESCAPE THAT I HAD
YOU KNOW BEING KIND OF LIKE
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THE THE QUIET SHY KID
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PLAYED VIDEO GAMES
SINCE I WAS LIKE FIVE YEARS OLD
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AND THEN 2000 2001
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THAT'S THE YEAR I DISCOVERED SHENMUE
AND THAT'S WHEN LIKE YOU KNOW
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THE OBSESSION STARTED
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I REALLY LIKED ANIME
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GROWING UP LIKE LOVED ANIME LOVED JAPAN
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THE IDEA OF IT IT WAS
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IT WAS VERY FOREIGN TO ME
BUT THERE WAS SOME SOMETHING ABOUT IT
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THAT NOT JUST ME BUT A TON OF OTHER PEOPLE
THAT JUST FOUND JAPAN VERY INTERESTING
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AND I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA
THAT WE WERE CONSUMING RIGHT
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LIKE DRAGON BALLZ POKÉMON THAT SORT OF STUFF
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OH THIS IS GREAT ANIME'S AWESOME
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IT COMES FROM JAPAN
I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JAPAN
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THIS IS PRE GOOGLE MAPS PRE ANYTHING
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I THINK YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
GO TO JAPAN LIKE
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OH LOOK CHERRY BLOSSOMS
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IT'S COOL HERE'S A NEAT PICTURE
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OR YOU CAN PLAY SHENMUE AND LIKE DIVE RIGHT INTO THE GAME
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YOU KNOW YOU HAVE REALLY TWO ELEMENTS
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HAPPENING IN SHENMUE AT THE SAME TIME
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YOU HAVE THIS REVENGE STORY
THAT'S KIND OF CLASSICAL JAPANESE
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A LITTLE BIT OF WUXIA CHINESE MYTHOLOGY
STUFF GOING ON WHICH IS FAIRLY TYPICAL
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I MEAN YOU THINK BACK TO THE NES DAYS
ONE OF THE EARLIEST NES GAMES
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KUNG FU IS PRETTY MUCH THAT
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BUT THEN YOU HAVE THIS OTHER THING
YOU HAVE THIS OTHER THING
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WHERE YOU GET TO INTERACT IN A LIVING
BREATHING WORLD
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IN A PLACE AND TIME
THAT IS SO INCREDIBLY SPECIFIC
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YOU'RE LITERALLY LIKE A
AN 18 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL GUY IN JAPAN
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WALKING AROUND EXPERIENCING THINGS
AND YOU'RE LIKE THIS IS DIFFERENT
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THIS APPEALS TO MY INTEREST
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I WANT TO PLAY THIS MARK
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
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THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING THAT ME
A 13 YEAR OLD IS GOING TO GET
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WHO IS STUCK IN NEWMARKET ONTARIO
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THIS IS THE CLOSEST TO JAPAN I'M EVER
GOING TO GET AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE
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SO PETER AND I LANDED IN TOKYO
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WE GOT HERE ON WHAT
LIKE SEVEN DAYS AGO?
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MONDAY SO FIVE DAYS AGO YEAH
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AND ALREADY WE'VE DONE LIKE
SO MUCH YEAH
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AND YOU LIVE HERE YEAH I ALREADY
LIVE HERE YEAH
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BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN TO DOBUITA
BEFORE
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FIVE OR SO YEARS I'VE LIVED IN JAPAN
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AND THE ONE THING WE ALL HAVE IN
COMMON IS LIKE WE'RE HARDCORE FANS
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YEAH HARDCORE HARDEST OF CORES THE HARDEST OF CORES
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WOULD BE IN THE TOP TIER
THE TOP TIER OF SHENMUE FANS
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THE MOST PASSIONATE I'D SAY DEFINITELY
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WHEN I WAS 24 OR 25 I MADE THE DECISION
LIKE HEY I HAVE DISPOSABLE
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INCOME AND I HAVE A NETWORK OF FRIENDS
THAT I'VE MET ONLINE
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THAT ARE HUGE FANS OF THIS GAME
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THAT WANT TO GO TO JAPAN
AND WANT TO GO TO DOBUITA
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IN YOKOSUKA, WHERE SHENMUE IS SET
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IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT SHENMUE FANS HAD DONE
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FOR A VERY LONG TIME I DON'T KNOW WHO THE
FIRST ONE
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TO DO IT WAS BUT YOU START
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WHEN YOU SPEND ENOUGH TIME ON THE FORUM
YOU HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE DO THAT
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AND YOU SEE PICTURES THAT PEOPLE START POSTING LIKE
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HEY I WENT TO THE PLACE WHERE SHENMUE WAS
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BASED OFF OF AND HERE ARE MY PHOTOS
AND HERE WAS MY EXPERIENCE AND AS A FAN
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YOU READ THAT AND YOU'RE LIKE
OH MAN I HAVE TO DO THAT
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LIKE THAT'S LIKE IF I DON'T DO THAT
I'M GOING TO
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I'M GOING TO REALLY REALLY REGRET IT
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SO YEAH I MET SOME PEOPLE
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I GOT ON A PLANE I WENT TO JAPAN
AND I WAS LIKE OKAY LET'S LET'S DO IT
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LET'S GO ON THE SHENMUE PILGRIMAGE
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SO WE'RE IN YOKOSUKA NOW WALKING AROUND
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ALREADY KIND OF GET THAT LIKE VIBE A LITTLE BIT
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YOU CAN KIND OF TELL
I GOT TOO MUCH
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YEAH WELL
THAT'S WHY I HAVEN'T REALLY SPOKEN
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MUCH SINCE I GET OFF THE TRAIN
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AND YEAH IT'S THIS IS LIKE
KIND OF TAKING IT ALL IN ARRIVAL
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IN JAPAN FEELING X10
BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE IT'S
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THIS IS WHERE IT'S ALL LIKE
YEAH THIS IS WHY WE'RE
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EVEN JUST SEEING LIKE A LOT OF LIKE AMERICAN SAILORS
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WALKING AROUND
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YEAH IT'S ALREADY KIND OF SETTLING IN
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IT'S COOL SO WE'RE
HEADING OVER TO DOBUITA STREET NOW
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YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED
IN THE FIRST SHENMUE GAME
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AND HEARING THEIR STORIES
ABOUT WORKING WITH YU-SAN
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IT'S YOU CAN ALMOST SENSE THE FRUSTRATION
IN THEIR VOICE JUST THINKING BACK
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TO THOSE DAYS WHERE THEY'RE HAVING
TO DESIGN THINGS THAT DIDN'T EXIST
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SO THEY COULD PUT IN THIS GAME
AND AT THE TIME THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE
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REALIZED LIKE WHY AM I DOING LIKE WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
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WHY ARE WE SPENDING SO MUCH TIME
AND ENERGY ON THIS?
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LIKE DESIGNING FIVE DIFFERENT DOORS
OR DESIGNING A NIGHT AND DAY SYSTEM
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OR DESIGNING REAL LIFE ELEMENTS
LIKE LIKE A CAPSULE TOY OR SOMETHING
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LIKE WHY ARE THINGS LIKE THIS IN THE GAME?
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THEY SHOWED THAT TO THE OTHER GAME DEVELOPERS
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AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING UNDER THEM
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THEY WOULD PLAY SHENMUE
BUT THEN THEY WOULD GET
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KIND OF ALMOST OBSESSED WITH THE CAPSULE TOYS
AND WANT TO FIND DIFFERENT ONES
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AND KEEP PLAYING AND KEEP PLAYING IT
SO THEY CAN COLLECT THE OTHER ONES
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AND THERE'S ALMOST THAT AHA MOMENT
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THIS IS WHAT YU-SAN MEANS
LIKE THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED
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AND THIS IS WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO ENVISION
THE WHOLE TIME
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WELL, THE GREAT THING SHENMUE IS THAT IT WAS
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BASED ON REAL LOCATIONS
IN JAPAN IN 1986
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AND THE BEAUTY OF IT IS THAT WE CAN COME
AND VISIT THIS GREAT COUNTRY
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BUT AS ME FANS
WE CAN FIND THESE LOCATIONS
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AND WHATEVER RELEVANT PLANS
TO ACTUALLY GO VISIT THEM
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SO IT'S NOT ENTIRELY
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BASED ON THE EXACT LAYOUT OF THE GAME,
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BUT A FEW OF THE PLACES ARE SCATTERED
TOGETHER MAINLY IN YOKOSUKA
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AND AS YOU GET CLOSER
AND CLOSER TO THE DOBUITA
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YOU START TO SEE LITTLE BITS
AND PIECES OF IT THAT YOU'RE LIKE OKAY I SEE
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AND THEN ONCE YOU GET TO LIKE THE STREET
AND THERE'S THAT ONE INTERSECTION
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YOU SEE THAT AND THEN IT SETS TRIGGERING
LIKE ALL THESE MOMENTS OF NOSTALGIA
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IN YOUR HEAD
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SO OF COURSE
YOU HAD THE TOBACCO SHOP OVER THERE
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YOU HAVE TO PAY PHONES RYO COULD
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WALK OVER HERE TECHNICALLY
THERE WOULD BE A BUS STOP RIGHT OVER HERE
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YOU COME THROUGH
THE ARCADE WOULD BE RIGHT HERE
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AND THEN DOBUITA STREET WOULD BE RIGHT HERE
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YOU WILL RUN THROUGH THERE
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AND THEN THERE'S THE HAMBURGER SHOP
JUST DOWN THERE ACTUALLY
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SO YEAH
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SO IT MAKES IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE
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IT'S NOT EXACTLY ONE TO ONE BUT
YOU KNOW
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YOU CAN SEE WHERE YU SUZUKI'S HEAD WAS AT
ESPECIALLY BACK
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IN THE IN THE NINETIES WHEN HE CAME
IN HE CAME THROUGH HERE TO
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LOCATION SCOUTING SO
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OF COURSE THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF SHENMUE
ONE WAS THE MAIN STREET
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WHICH IS DOBUITA STREET
AND NOT TOO FAR FROM THAT IS THE HARBOR
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SO THAT'S THE MAIN TWO SETTINGS
OF THE FIRST GAME YEAH
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AND THE GREAT THING IS THAT
IT'S CONVENIENTLY LOCATED BETWEEN THE TWO
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THAT FINDS THIS PLACE THAT IS ALSO CAN GO
VISIT THEM
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HIS TEAM WOULD GO AND RESEARCH
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WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL
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WEATHER OF THE DAY THAT THE GAME IS SET IN
IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY?
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WHAT WAS THE SOUND?
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WHAT WAS THE SOUND
THAT THE TELEPHONES MADE AT THAT TIME
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WHEN YOU WOULD CALL DOMESTICALLY
WITHIN JAPAN OR WHEN YOU WOULD CALL
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INTERNATIONAL TO CANADA?
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AND WHAT WAS THE RINGTONE IN CANADA
WHEN YOU WOULD CALL HOW DOES THE WIRE ON
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THE TELEPHONE CALL IN A WAY THAT WAS LIKE
IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF 1980S JAPAN
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ONE DAY YOU MIGHT BE WALKING DOWN THE ROAD
AND I KNOW LADIES OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSE
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AND THEN THE NEXT DAY SHE'S NOT
SHE WILL HAVE HER OWN ROUTINE DAY BY DAY
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THAT WILL CHANGE IN WHAT SHE DOES
AND THAT GOES FOR EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER
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YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE WORLD
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IT'S ALMOST UNEXPECTED DAY BY DAY
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ONLY WAY THAT YOU COULD EVER FIND OUT
THAT INFORMATION
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IS IF YOU PICK UP THE PHONE
AND CALL THAT PERSON MULTIPLE TIMES
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00:32:00,126 --> 00:32:03,880
I PROBABLY PLAYED THROUGH THAT GAME
SEVEN OR EIGHT TIMES BEFORE
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I EVEN REALIZED THAT LIKE
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I COULD CALL MY FRIENDS MULTIPLE TIMES
AND LIKE LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM
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THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS
ABOUT THAT GAME
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AND JUST THE WHOLE PROCESS THAT WENT INTO MAKING IT
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00:34:21,517 --> 00:34:26,773
SO AND WE ARE NOW ON ROUTE
TO DOBUITA STREET WE'RE JUST 10 MINUTES AWAY
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WHEN I GOT THERE IN REAL LIFE AND
I WAS WALKING AROUND AND KIND OF SEEING IT
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AND IT WAS JUST TAKING ME BACK TO
WHEN I WAS THAT KID
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WHO DISCOVERED SHENMUE
FOR THE FIRST TIME
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I THINK THAT WAS THE MAGIC RIGHT THERE
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I DIDN'T EVEN THINK
THAT I WOULD EVER FIND MYSELF IN JAPAN
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00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,871
BUT LIKE NOW I'M HERE AND THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT TO DO
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00:34:42,413 --> 00:34:44,957
YEAH JUST I DON'T
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO IT'S LIKE WELL
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00:34:45,374 --> 00:34:47,335
IT'S A SHENMUE FAN I HAVE TO I'M OBLIGATED
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00:34:47,335 --> 00:34:49,295
WHAT'S THE ONE THING YOU WANT TO DO TODAY?
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OH OK THIS DAY
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00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:55,218
IS NOT GOING TO BE COMPLETE
UNTIL I DROP IN ¥130 VENDING MACHINE
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CHUCG A COKE AT THE EXACT SAME
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I'M GOING TO MENTALLY
TIME IT SO I HAVE YOU KNOW THE DRINK DRINK
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IT WAS A COOL FEELING AND I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO DESCRIBE THAT FEELING
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00:35:16,739 --> 00:35:20,451
TO PEOPLE FROM OTHER FAN COMMUNITIES
BECAUSE IT'S SUCH LIKE A THING
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SPECIFIC TO SHENMUE RIGHT LIKE GOING HALF WAY ACROSS
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THE WORLD TO THIS PLACE
THAT WAS IN A VIDEO GAME
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00:35:26,541 --> 00:35:28,251
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN
ANYBODY DO THAT
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00:35:28,251 --> 00:35:31,129
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
THAT MADE US WANT TO DO IT BUT IT'S LIKE
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OKAY, IF THERE'S A PAYPHONE,
LET'S GET A PHOTO OF US
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LIKE TALKING ON THE PHONE OR LET'S BUY
A CAPSULE TOY FROM THE VENDING MACHINE
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WHEN YOU DO THAT PEOPLE
PROBABLY THINK YOU'RE SO WEIRD
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AND SO STRANGE BUT I DON'T KNOW IT
FELT LIKE SOMETHING THAT I NEEDED TO DO
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00:35:42,932 --> 00:35:44,225
LIKE I DON'T KNOW
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00:35:45,017 --> 00:35:48,563
THIS LOOKS LIKE THE SPOT WHERE RYO WOULD
GET ON THE BUS TO GO TO THE HARBOUR
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AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS A PAYPHONE THERE
AND MY FIRST TIME PLAYING THAT GAME
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I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY PAYPHONE
YOU COULD USE IN THE GAME
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I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE
TO MAKE A CALL
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BECAUSE WHEN I WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE
THEY KEPT LEASING ME THERE
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I HAD NO IDEA I COULD USE ONE
THAT HAS A KEY RESIDENCE OR ANYWHERE ELSE
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00:36:06,205 --> 00:36:08,666
SO EVERY DAY
WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR MESSAGE CHEN
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I WANTED TO GET UP RIGHT OUT OF HAZUKI RESIDENCE
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ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE
JUST TO MAKE THAT ONE PHONE CALL
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AND DESPITE ALL THAT
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DESPITE ALL THAT,
I STILL THOUGHT IT WAS THE BEST GAME EVER
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EVEN THOUGH I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST
MAKING ME RUN THE CIRCUS
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YEAH THAT'S MY STORY
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00:36:25,641 --> 00:36:28,728
AND LOOK AT THAT LOOKS THE SAME
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LOOKS JUST LIKE IT
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IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT
AHA MOMENT YOU KNOW
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WE'RE STORYLINE
KIND OF PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE
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BUT WHERE SHENMUE DID IT EVEN BETTER
IS THAT NOT ONLY WAS THIS INCREDIBLE
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STORYLINE GOING ON BUT IT WAS DOING IT
IN SUCH AN INTERACTIVE WAY
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THAT NO OTHER OTHER GAME BEFORE
IT HAD REALLY ACCOMPLISHED
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00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:55,087
AS MUCH AS SHENMUE DID
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MOST RPGS OF THAT ERA
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THAT ULTIMATELY CAME OUT IN THE LATE
NINETIES WHERE ESSENTIALLY TURN BASED
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WHERE YOU HAVE A GROUP OF CHARACTERS
TOGETHER WHO WOULD HAVE TO STOP
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AND THEY'D HAVE FIGHT SOMETHING
AND YOU KNOW YOU USE HIT POINTS ETC
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00:37:05,932 --> 00:37:10,478
THEY'RE ALL VERY VERY MUCH THE SAME THING WHERE
YOU HIDE YOUR STATS YOUR ATTRIBUTES
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00:37:10,478 --> 00:37:13,272
YOU WOULD WALK AROUND
THERE WOULD BE RANDOM ENCOUNTERS
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00:37:13,272 --> 00:37:14,732
YOU WOULD FIGHT MONSTERS
WITH THE PEOPLE IN YOUR PARTY
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00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:17,485
YOU THERE WOULD BE MAGIC
THERE WOULD BE CONSUMABLES
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00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:19,320
THE FORMULA WAS THERE AND IT WAS WORKING
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00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:22,490
BUT HOW DO YOU STEP IN AND CHANGE THAT?
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00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:24,200
RIGHT HOW DO YOU SHAKE THINGS UP?
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00:37:24,659 --> 00:37:26,786
WE HAVE YOU KNOW RIO HAZUKI
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00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:30,206
HIS FATHER IS MURDERED BY PEOPLE
THAT HAVE COME IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY
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00:37:30,539 --> 00:37:33,251
IT'S LIKE SO ALL OF A SUDDEN
HIS WORLD GOES FROM THIS TINY
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00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:36,837
LITTLE HAMLET TO A INTERNATIONAL STORY
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00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:40,549
BUT THEN ON THE PLAYER SIDE IT'S
THIS AMAZING STORY
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00:37:40,549 --> 00:37:44,470
ABOUT THE SUDDEN REALIZATION
THAT VIDEO GAMES DON'T HAVE TO BE ARCADE
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00:37:44,595 --> 00:37:47,848
VIDEO GAMES DON'T HAVE TO BE THIS KIND OF
I HAVE TO BEAT THE GAME
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00:37:48,057 --> 00:37:53,604
VIDEO GAMES SUDDENLY BECAME THIS
INCREDIBLE ALL PROCEDURAL THING
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00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:55,106
IT BECAME AN EXPERIENCE
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00:37:57,233 --> 00:37:59,944
IT WAS REALLY DIFFERENT AT THE TIME
BECAUSE IT WAS A SANDBOX GAME
403
00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:02,947
THE FACT THAT YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE
YOU COULD WALK INTO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE
404
00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:05,950
PICK UP A PIECE OF FRUIT
AND JUST LOOK AT IT
405
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:10,037
AND A STUPID AS THAT SOUNDS
THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL
406
00:38:10,037 --> 00:38:11,330
WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT
407
00:38:11,330 --> 00:38:13,833
A LOT OF PEOPLE
FIND THAT TO BE REALLY BORING AND TEDIOUS
408
00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:16,043
AND I WANT TO SAY I DO TOO
409
00:38:16,043 --> 00:38:16,877
BUT I GET IT
410
00:38:16,877 --> 00:38:19,964
LIKE I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DID IT
BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE
411
00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:21,299
THIS IS A REAL THING
412
00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:24,802
THERE'S A LEVEL OF RESPECT
TOWARDS THE PLAYER THAT I THINK
413
00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:28,639
THAT THAT INSINUATES
THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE AS GAMERS
414
00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:30,433
IT'S LIKE THEY REWARD MY CURIOSITY
415
00:38:30,433 --> 00:38:34,061
FOR OPENING UP THIS CLOSET
THAT I FIND A PLUS 24 SWORD
416
00:38:34,270 --> 00:38:37,606
PROBABLY NOT
BUT I SAW WHAT KIND OF CLOTHES
417
00:38:39,025 --> 00:38:40,067
FUKU-SAN LIKES
418
00:38:40,067 --> 00:38:42,987
I SAW WHAT VIDEO GAMES HE WAS INTO
AND THAT MADE ME UNDERSTAND HIM
419
00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:45,156
AS A PLAYER
A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE GAME
420
00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:48,409
HOLDING MY HAND
TELLING ME HE'S A SEGA FAN
421
00:39:32,661 --> 00:39:35,790
WHENEVER YOU ADVANCE A STORY YOU KNOW
THAT THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE
422
00:39:35,790 --> 00:39:38,793
A CUT SCENE TRIGGERS IN THE GAME
AND THEN IT CUTS AND STARTS
423
00:39:39,168 --> 00:39:41,253
AND THEN YOU START LEARNING MORE
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO
424
00:39:41,253 --> 00:39:44,924
AND WHENEVER THAT HAPPENED
I HAD LIKE THIS PAVLOVIAN RESPONSE TO THE
425
00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:48,094
LIKE I WOULD JUST BE CRAVING THAT
YOU KNOW FADE TO BLACK
426
00:39:48,094 --> 00:39:50,721
AND THEN THE CUT SCENE BECAUSE I'M LIKE
OH YEAH I KNOW I'M DOING SOMETHING
427
00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:53,265
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LIKE
THE DETECTIVE ASPECT
428
00:39:53,265 --> 00:39:56,685
OR JUST LIKE THE FACT THAT I WAS LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THE STORY
429
00:39:56,685 --> 00:39:59,814
AND WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT THAT WAS LIKE
WHAT MADE ME WANT TO KEEP PLAYING
430
00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:40,771
FOR THE FOR THE VISION THAT YU SUZUKI HAD FOR SHENMUE
431
00:40:40,896 --> 00:40:43,566
THE TECHNOLOGY IN GAME ENGINES
DIDN'T EXIST
432
00:40:44,066 --> 00:40:46,235
AND THAT'S WHY HE HAD TO BUILD THIS STUFF
433
00:40:46,235 --> 00:40:47,736
THAT'S WHY IT BECAME SO EXPENSIVE
434
00:40:47,736 --> 00:40:50,990
NO ONE WAS MAKING AN ENGINE THAT WAS
CAPABLE OF DOING WHAT SHENMUE DID
435
00:40:51,323 --> 00:40:54,076
THEY HAD TO MAKE ALL THESE TEXTURES
MAKE ALL THESE ASSETS
436
00:40:54,076 --> 00:40:55,786
DESIGN EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH
437
00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:57,872
REMEMBER BY THE TIME
THIS GAME WAS READY TO GO TOMORROW
438
00:40:57,913 --> 00:40:59,957
THERE WERE 300 PEOPLE
WORKING ON THIS GAME
439
00:40:59,957 --> 00:41:01,709
THIS WAS NOT AN INEXPENSIVE GAME
440
00:41:01,709 --> 00:41:03,836
AND THE THEORY WAS AT THAT TIME
441
00:41:03,836 --> 00:41:07,047
THAT IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE
VIDEO GAME EVER MADE
442
00:42:06,982 --> 00:42:11,153
IT WOULD ON THE FLY AS THE DOORS OPENING
HAVE TO LIKE RENDER A WHOLE ROOM
443
00:42:11,153 --> 00:42:14,114
AND DELETE THE REST OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AND WITHOUT HAVING THE
444
00:42:14,698 --> 00:42:16,867
THE INDIVIDUAL NOTICE
THAT HE WAS COMING UP WITH ALL SORTS
445
00:42:16,867 --> 00:42:20,746
OF PROGRAMING TRICKS AND TACTICS
THAT ARE NOW MUCH MORE HEAVILY USED
446
00:42:39,181 --> 00:42:42,518
WHAT GAME ENGINE WAS
OFFERING A SUCH A COMPLEX WEATHER SYSTEM
447
00:42:42,518 --> 00:42:45,354
THAT TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE
COULD BE PLAYING AT TWO DIFFERENT SEASONS
448
00:42:45,604 --> 00:42:47,731
ONE COULD BE IN WINTER
AND ONE COULD BE IN SUMMER
449
00:42:47,898 --> 00:42:50,192
AND YOU WOULD NEVER CROSS OVER FROM ONE
OR THE OTHER
450
00:42:50,693 --> 00:42:53,279
THERE'S REALLY VERY FEW GAMES THAT OFFER
THAT KIND OF STUFF
451
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:57,074
THE WAY THAT THE WEATHER SYSTEM WORKED
BY ITSELF IS REALLY CRAZY
452
00:42:57,074 --> 00:42:59,034
AND I REALLY DON'T THINK
AN ENGINE OF ANY SORT
453
00:42:59,034 --> 00:43:02,496
THAT EXISTED AT THE TIME WAS CAPABLE
OF REPRODUCING THOSE KIND OF ASSETS
454
00:43:29,857 --> 00:43:32,067
IT SEEMS KIND OF WEIRD LIKE THAT
PEOPLE WOULD FLY
455
00:43:32,568 --> 00:43:36,322
HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD TO COME TO JAPAN
TO GO ON THIS PILGRIMAGE TO JUST LIKE
456
00:43:36,322 --> 00:43:39,366
A SMALL LITTLE TOWN TO THE SMALL LITTLE
TOWN TO SEE LIKE A STREET
457
00:43:39,366 --> 00:43:40,492
AND LIKE HILL
458
00:43:40,492 --> 00:43:43,162
YEAH, MAYBE SOME VENDING MACHINES
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT DO YOU GUYS
459
00:43:43,162 --> 00:43:45,372
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK
WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS TODAY?
460
00:43:45,372 --> 00:43:50,544
I'VE LIVED IN AN AREA PREVIOUSLY
THAT'S A LOT LIKE YOKOSUKA AND DOBUITA
461
00:43:50,961 --> 00:43:54,882
THAT'S IN SOUTHERN JAPAN
BUT IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME
462
00:43:54,923 --> 00:43:56,925
NO MATTER HOW MUCH OF JAPAN YOU'VE SEEN
463
00:43:56,925 --> 00:44:00,721
I THINK THAT WHAT WAS IN THE GAME
464
00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:04,183
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE REMNANTS OF THAT
465
00:44:04,350 --> 00:44:08,562
IT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY THERE'S A JUST
FOR US FANS A MAGICAL FEELING OF
466
00:44:08,812 --> 00:44:11,357
JUST EVEN STANDING THERE
AND BEING THERE ON THAT STREET
467
00:44:11,357 --> 00:44:14,902
WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF LIVE
VICARIOUSLY THROUGH RYO HAZUKI
468
00:44:14,902 --> 00:44:17,780
HOW HE WOULD HAVE WALKED DOWN THAT STREET
469
00:44:17,780 --> 00:44:21,075
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT REALLY A VIDEO GAME
BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT FOR REAL
470
00:44:21,408 --> 00:44:24,119
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ROAD
THAT RYO TAKES ON THE MOTORCYCLE
471
00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:27,665
TO GET TO THE EXPRESSWAY
WHICH WOULD GO TO THE HARBOR
472
00:44:28,165 --> 00:44:31,335
NOW IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS
WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?
473
00:44:33,170 --> 00:44:34,421
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE?
474
00:44:34,421 --> 00:44:39,093
LIKE,
I THINK FOR ME IT'S FOR ME PERSONALLY
475
00:44:39,551 --> 00:44:42,262
BECAUSE I'VE LIVED IN JAPAN
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
476
00:44:43,013 --> 00:44:46,642
AND PART OF THE REASON I CAME TO JAPAN
INITIALLY IN THE FIRST PLACE
477
00:44:46,642 --> 00:44:51,855
IS BECAUSE OF SHENMUE SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A
LIKE A FULL 360 MOMENT
478
00:44:52,064 --> 00:44:55,776
SO THIS LOCATION IS GOING TO HAVE LIKE
SOME KIND OF PHYSICAL EFFECT ON ME
479
00:44:55,984 --> 00:44:57,361
SOME SENTIMENTAL VALUE
480
00:44:57,361 --> 00:44:59,321
YEAH IT'S SENTIMENTAL
481
00:44:59,321 --> 00:45:02,866
I SUNK SO MANY HOURS INTO THIS GAME
JUST WALKING AROUND
482
00:45:02,866 --> 00:45:06,412
AND TALKING TO PEOPLE AND EXPLORING
AND LISTENING TO MUSIC
483
00:45:06,995 --> 00:45:09,665
AND THERE WAS EVEN ONE MOMENT
WHERE I KIND OF JUST LIKE YOU KNOW
484
00:45:09,748 --> 00:45:14,002
POPPED IN MY HEADPHONES WAS PLAYING
THE SHENMUE SOUND SOUNDTRACKS OF THE GAME
485
00:45:14,169 --> 00:45:18,173
AND I WAS JUST LIKE WALKING AROUND
AND KIND OF LIKE TAKING IT ALL IN
486
00:45:28,934 --> 00:45:35,524
WHEN YOU PLAY A VIDEO GAME
YOU BECOME THAT CHARACTER AND THE MUSIC
487
00:45:36,024 --> 00:45:41,447
BECOMES THE SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFE
THAT BECOMES YOUR MUSIC
488
00:45:41,447 --> 00:45:44,575
IT'S NOT INDIANA JONES IT'S MUSIC IT'S
NOT ANOTHER CHARACTER'S MUSIC
489
00:45:44,867 --> 00:45:47,786
IT'S PART OF
YOUR ADVENTURE AND YOUR LIFE
490
00:48:55,933 --> 00:48:59,645
SHENMUE IS DIFFERENT
YOU KNOW WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING GAMES
491
00:48:59,645 --> 00:49:01,980
I ONLY DONE ABOUT TWO OR THREE GAMES
BEFORE SHENMUE
492
00:49:02,814 --> 00:49:07,444
AND IT WAS A LOT OF YOU KNOW COMBAT
FIGHTING AND EXERTION SOUNDS
493
00:49:07,444 --> 00:49:10,906
I THINK ONE OF THE BIG ONES
I DID WAS TAKKEN THREE I WAS PAUL PHENIX
494
00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:14,743
BUT IT'S A LOT OF JUST LIKE YOU KNOW COME ON
495
00:49:16,119 --> 00:49:16,662
KIND OF THING
496
00:49:17,204 --> 00:49:20,707
THEN WHEN I GOT THE SCRIPT FOR SHENMUE
IT WAS JUST
497
00:49:20,707 --> 00:49:25,462
IT WAS BASICALLY WE WERE MAKING
A VERY LONG INTERACT LIVE MOVIE
498
00:49:25,671 --> 00:49:26,880
I WOULD WALK INTO THE STUDIO
499
00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:30,300
THEY LITERALLY GAVE ME A SCRIPT
SOMETIMES LIKE THAT ALMOST EVERY DAY
500
00:49:30,634 --> 00:49:33,387
I WANT TO SAY
MAYBE LIKE A MONTH AND A HALF
501
00:49:33,387 --> 00:49:36,765
I WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH
BACK AND FORTH TO SEGA STUDIOS
502
00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:39,351
IT WAS DEFINITELY A BIG SCALE PROJECT
THAT WAS INVOLVED
503
00:49:39,351 --> 00:49:42,354
WHEN YOU GET TO THE STUDIO
THOSE SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF
504
00:49:42,354 --> 00:49:45,482
PICTURES, DRAWINGS, OR IN THIS CASE,
VIDEO WHICH WAS REALLY NICE
505
00:49:47,192 --> 00:49:49,194
AND THE
SCRIPT AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE MEETING
506
00:49:49,194 --> 00:49:52,239
WITH THE DIRECTOR AND THEY GIVE YOU
A BACKGROUND ON THE CHARACTER
507
00:49:52,364 --> 00:49:56,451
YOU KNOW THEY SAY OKAY THIS GUY'S A REALLY NICE GUY
BUT HE KIND OF GREW UP IN A BROKEN FAMILY
508
00:49:56,868 --> 00:49:59,871
AND THEN LET US KIND OF PLAY WITH IT
AND SAID OKAY WE WANT YOU TO GO
509
00:49:59,871 --> 00:50:03,583
A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER A LITTLE BIT SOFTER
A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE KIND OF THING
510
00:50:04,126 --> 00:50:06,837
AND WHEN WE FOCUSED IN ON THAT ONE SOUND
511
00:50:07,004 --> 00:50:10,507
THAT ONE KIND OF CHARACTER
THEN HE SAID OKAY LET'S LET'S ROLL
512
00:50:10,674 --> 00:50:13,969
AND I REMEMBER READING THE LINES
AND KIND OF GETTING THE CHARACTER
513
00:50:13,969 --> 00:50:16,555
AND MY BRAIN AND KIND OF THINKING
YOU KNOW HE'S LIKE A VERY
514
00:50:16,972 --> 00:50:19,933
YOU KNOW HE WAS A VERY MARTIAL ARTS
DISCIPLINE BACKGROUND
515
00:50:19,933 --> 00:50:21,226
HE'S VERY STOIC
516
00:50:21,226 --> 00:50:23,478
THEY HAD ME READ SOME OF THE OPENING SCENE
517
00:50:23,895 --> 00:50:26,773
THEY HAD ME READ SOME OF THE INTERACTIONS
WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE
518
00:50:27,441 --> 00:50:30,944
AND YEAH
JUST THEY AND I THINK THEY JUST LIKED
519
00:50:31,528 --> 00:50:33,780
FOR SOME REASON
THEY JUST LIKE THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
520
00:50:33,780 --> 00:50:36,283
AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THAT FIT HAZUKI
521
00:51:08,899 --> 00:51:11,943
THEN HONESTLY LIKE IF YOU ASK PEOPLE
WHO ARE MARKETING THAT GAME
522
00:51:12,069 --> 00:51:14,279
I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HAVE TOLD YOU
WHAT IT WAS
523
00:51:14,279 --> 00:51:17,949
THERE'S NO ELEVATOR PITCH FOR WHAT SHENMUE IS IT'S AN RPG
BUT LIKE IT'S
524
00:51:18,075 --> 00:51:22,162
IT'S A IT'S AN OPEN WORLD AND LIKE YOU
FIGHT PEOPLE BUT LIKE YOU DON'T LEVEL UP
525
00:51:22,162 --> 00:51:26,583
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO LIKE I DON'T PLAY
ARCADE GAMES FROM TIME TO TIME
526
00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:29,002
AND IT'S IT'S
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON
527
00:51:29,002 --> 00:51:33,006
THAT YOU CAN'T IN A FEW SENTENCES
DO IT JUSTICE
528
00:51:33,965 --> 00:51:35,634
THIS IS WHAT I WANT OUT OF A VIDEO GAME
529
00:51:35,634 --> 00:51:36,802
AND LIKE MOST
530
00:51:36,802 --> 00:51:38,929
PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT
THEY WANT TO SHOOT
531
00:51:38,929 --> 00:51:40,514
THEY WANT TO FIGHT
532
00:51:40,514 --> 00:51:45,018
I WANT TO LIKE KIND OF LIVE
SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE
533
00:51:45,268 --> 00:51:46,937
A LOT OF PEOPLE FOUND IT BORING
534
00:51:46,937 --> 00:51:51,024
THAT YOU JUST WALKED TO A STORE
AND BOUGHT ITEMS AND WALKED HOME THAT DAY
535
00:51:51,024 --> 00:51:56,571
THEY DIDN'T SEE THAT YOU WERE LIVING
A REAL TRUE LIFE IN JAPAN IN 1986
536
00:51:56,822 --> 00:52:00,450
ASKING QUESTIONS
WITH RYO TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED
537
00:52:00,450 --> 00:52:03,954
WITH HIS FATHER YOU KNOW YOU KNOW
WITH THAT CAR ON THAT FATEFUL DAY
538
00:52:03,954 --> 00:52:05,747
BUT I SEE HOW SOME PEOPLE WOULD BE
FRUSTRATED RIGHT?
539
00:52:05,747 --> 00:52:10,335
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT CONSTANTLY DOING STUFF
IF YOU'RE GOING TO COMPARE SOMEONE
540
00:52:10,335 --> 00:52:13,421
WITH GRAND THEFT AUTO GRAND THEFT AUTO
YOU'RE JUST CAUSING MAYHEM
541
00:52:13,421 --> 00:52:15,549
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
TO KEEP YOU ENTERTAINED
542
00:52:15,549 --> 00:52:17,175
GENERALLY LONG STRETCHES OF TIME
543
00:52:17,175 --> 00:52:20,554
YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE WALKING
AND YOU'RE EXPLORING AND YOU'RE TALKING
544
00:52:20,554 --> 00:52:24,349
TO PEOPLE IN YOUR OPENING DRAWERS
AND LOOKING THROUGH PHONE BOOKS AND STUFF
545
00:52:25,725 --> 00:52:28,103
ALL THESE MUNDANE THINGS
546
00:52:28,103 --> 00:52:31,898
WERE AMAZING BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME
YOU COULD DO IT IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
547
00:52:31,898 --> 00:52:33,608
SO YEAH IT WAS COOL GOING TO THE STORE
548
00:52:33,608 --> 00:52:38,655
IT WAS COOL PLAYING POOL
OR DRIVING AROUND IN A FORKLIFT
549
00:52:38,989 --> 00:52:40,115
IT DIDN'T MATTER
550
00:52:40,115 --> 00:52:43,160
WHAT IT WAS IS BECAUSE IT WAS ALL INSULAR
551
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:45,495
IT WAS YOU WOULD BELIEVE
THAT YOU WERE IN THAT WORLD
552
00:52:45,912 --> 00:52:50,542
WE LOOK AT THAT NOW AND THINK OH WELL
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU DO IN GAMES
553
00:52:50,542 --> 00:52:55,797
SHENMUE REALLY WAS THE FIRST ONE
TO DO THAT IN THAT KIND OF PROSPECT
554
00:52:55,797 --> 00:52:58,884
OF THAT THAT PUTS YOU IN THAT KIND OF
YOU KNOW FIRST
555
00:52:58,884 --> 00:53:02,929
OR REALLY THIRD PERSON ACTION
ADVENTURE TYPE OF GAME
556
00:53:02,929 --> 00:53:05,515
PEOPLE OFTEN LIKE CALL IT
557
00:53:06,224 --> 00:53:08,643
A VIRTUAL JAPAN TOURISM GAME
558
00:53:08,643 --> 00:53:10,729
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN BE A TOURIST IN JAPAN
559
00:53:11,062 --> 00:53:13,773
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CORRECT WAY
TO CALL SHENMUE BECAUSE YOU'RE
560
00:53:13,773 --> 00:53:14,900
NOT A TOURIST
561
00:53:14,900 --> 00:53:16,568
YOU'RE A GUY FROM THERE
562
00:53:16,568 --> 00:53:18,236
YOU HAVE A HOME YOU HAVE FAMILY
563
00:53:18,236 --> 00:53:19,362
WELL ACTUALLY NOT ANYMORE
564
00:53:19,362 --> 00:53:21,740
BUT YOU STILL HAVE LIKE PEOPLE
THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO YOU
565
00:53:22,032 --> 00:53:25,327
MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH SHENMUE
WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE IN HONG KONG
566
00:53:25,327 --> 00:53:28,455
AND IT'S LIKE I HAD FRIENDS FROM HONG KONG
AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE
567
00:53:29,331 --> 00:53:31,791
CHINESE AND HONG
KONG POPULATION IN LONDON
568
00:53:32,125 --> 00:53:34,044
SO I KNEW LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM THERE
BUT I'D NEVER BEEN THERE
569
00:53:34,044 --> 00:53:36,087
AND I DIDN'T SORT OF COULDN'T DIRECTLY
IMAGINE THAT
570
00:53:36,463 --> 00:53:38,715
AND TO BE SORT OF IMMERSED IN
THAT ENVIRONMENT
571
00:53:39,424 --> 00:53:41,760
WAS JUST REALLY EXCITING AND UNUSUAL
572
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:43,470
IN THE FIRST GAME
573
00:53:43,470 --> 00:53:48,308
RYO IS IN HIS HOMETOWN SO IT FEELS COZY
IT FEELS WARM
574
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:53,188
HE HAS HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
ALL THE LITTLE SHOP OWNERS THEY KNOW HIM
575
00:53:53,521 --> 00:53:54,898
SO THERE'S A WARMTH TO IT
576
00:53:56,024 --> 00:53:59,653
AND THEN SHENMUE TWO YOU GO TO MAINLAND CHINA
577
00:53:59,653 --> 00:54:01,238
AND IT DOESN'T FEEL SO GOOD
578
00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:05,200
IT FEELS COLD
THEY STEAL YOUR BACKPACK RIGHT AWAY
579
00:54:05,533 --> 00:54:07,285
AND THAT TRANSLATES TO A PLAYER
580
00:54:07,285 --> 00:54:09,204
YOU ARE A FISH OUT OF WATER
581
00:54:09,204 --> 00:54:14,084
YOU'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE STREETS
I REMEMBER ALWAYS JUST GETTING LOST
582
00:54:14,125 --> 00:54:17,671
NEVER KNOWING WHERE I WAS GOING
NOT TRUSTING ANYONE
583
00:54:19,464 --> 00:54:21,466
SO IT'S NOT A TOURIST SIMULATOR
584
00:54:21,466 --> 00:54:22,676
IT'S A LIVING SIMULATOR
585
00:54:22,676 --> 00:54:26,554
YOU'RE A JAPANESE BOY
THAT LIVES IN JAPAN AND HAS FRIENDS
586
00:54:26,554 --> 00:54:29,182
THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOL
THINGS LIKE THAT
587
00:54:29,975 --> 00:54:33,561
WHEN CHARACTERS ARE INTRODUCED
IN THE FIRST GAME LIKE TOM
588
00:54:33,770 --> 00:54:37,274
WHO GOES TO AMERICA
AND THE NOZOMI WHO GOES TO CANADA
589
00:54:37,774 --> 00:54:39,859
I CAN REMEMBER
THERE'S A SCENE IN SHENMUE TWO
590
00:54:40,277 --> 00:54:44,823
WHEN YOU HAVE THE CHANCE
TO TELL SHENHUA ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS
591
00:54:46,157 --> 00:54:47,659
AND JUST THAT SMALL
592
00:54:47,659 --> 00:54:51,538
MOMENTS OF TELLING HER ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS
593
00:54:51,538 --> 00:54:53,540
I'M GETTING CHILLS RIGHT NOW
THINKING ABOUT IT
594
00:54:53,832 --> 00:54:55,792
BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE REAL PEOPLE
595
00:54:55,834 --> 00:55:00,213
SO I THINK AFTER PLAYING THROUGH SHENMUE ONE
AND TWO I HAD THE FEELING THAT IN MYSELF
596
00:55:00,213 --> 00:55:03,258
THERE WAS A NEW IDENTITY
OF BEING A JAPANESE
597
00:55:03,842 --> 00:55:07,220
SOMETHING THAT NO MOVIE
WOULD BE ABLE TO DO BECAUSE I WAS STANDING
598
00:55:07,220 --> 00:55:11,057
IN THE SHOES OF RYO HAVING TO GO TO CHINA
HAVING TO GO
599
00:55:11,057 --> 00:55:13,101
TO HONG KONG AND THAT WAS SUCH
600
00:55:13,643 --> 00:55:16,479
A MYSTERIOUS FEELING OF ME
BEING A JAPANESE WANDERING
601
00:55:16,479 --> 00:55:17,689
THROUGH HONG KONG
602
00:55:17,689 --> 00:55:22,652
ALMOST LIKE I WAS HAVING THIS WEIRD DREAM
OR LIKE SEEING ONE OF MY OLDER LIVES YOU KNOW
603
00:55:22,694 --> 00:55:26,740
IF WE'RE TALKING PURE ESCAPISM
LIKE YES I THINK THAT'S WHY SO MANY
604
00:55:28,033 --> 00:55:30,327
FANS OF NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE
WERE PLAYING THIS GAME
605
00:55:30,327 --> 00:55:33,997
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S LIKE OH THIS IS A WORLD
THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO SEE
606
00:55:33,997 --> 00:55:36,416
BUT NOW I GET TO SEE IT THROUGH THIS
VIRTUAL LENS
607
00:55:37,584 --> 00:55:39,586
YOU KNOW THE GAMES THAT WERE BEING RELEASED HERE IN
608
00:55:39,586 --> 00:55:43,673
JAPAN BY JAPANESE COMPANIES
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT
609
00:55:43,965 --> 00:55:49,429
HAD LIMITED APPEAL IN THE WEST AND THEY WERE REALLY
STRUGGLING TO SELL GAMES OVERSEAS
610
00:55:49,429 --> 00:55:52,223
AND SO THAT KIND OF WAS A POINT
WHERE IT WAS LIKE
611
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:55,310
FOR A STUDIO HERE IT WAS LIKE
DO WE MAKE OUR GAME FOR
612
00:55:55,310 --> 00:55:56,853
JAPAN OR DO WE MAKE IT FOR THE WEST?
613
00:55:56,853 --> 00:55:58,730
AND THERE WAS A CHOICE
BETWEEN ONE OF THE OTHER
614
00:55:58,730 --> 00:55:59,898
WHAT WE WERE FIGHTING AGAINST
615
00:55:59,898 --> 00:56:03,485
THEM WAS THE FACT THAT THE WORLD WAS
GLOBALIZING WORLD WAS BECOMING SMALLER
616
00:56:03,735 --> 00:56:07,113
THE INTERNET WAS GATHERING STEAM
EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION PEOPLE
617
00:56:07,113 --> 00:56:10,575
HAVING A VOICE UNDERSTANDING
DIFFERENT CULTURES FASTER THAN EVER
618
00:56:10,825 --> 00:56:16,706
THE JAPANESE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY
WAS STILL MIRED IN THE SAME TYPES OF GAMES
619
00:56:16,706 --> 00:56:19,209
THAT WERE HEROIC
GAMES THAT WERE FANTASY
620
00:56:19,209 --> 00:56:23,421
GAMES THAT WERE NOT REALLY REFLECTIVE
OF REAL WESTERN LIFE
621
00:56:23,713 --> 00:56:27,008
AND A BIG PART OF THE CONFLICT
BETWEEN SEGA OF AMERICA AND SEGA OF JAPAN
622
00:56:27,759 --> 00:56:31,346
THAT DID LEAD TO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TIMES
FOR THEM GOING ON
623
00:56:31,638 --> 00:56:36,059
WAS THE FACT THAT THE SEGA OF AMERICA
WAS SO SUCCESSFUL IN THE UNITED STATES
624
00:56:36,726 --> 00:56:43,483
DURING THE GENESIS ERA AND THE 16 BIT CONSOLE
WAS NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL IN JAPAN
625
00:56:43,483 --> 00:56:47,320
AND JAPAN IS WHERE THE PARENT COMPANY WAS THE
UNITED STATES WAS A SUBSIDIARY
626
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:50,198
THEY WERE YOU KNOW
THE CHILD OF THIS PARENT COMPANY
627
00:56:50,198 --> 00:56:52,867
THE JAPANESE STUDIOS WERE BUILT
ALMOST LIKE OLIGARCHS
628
00:56:52,867 --> 00:56:55,620
I MEAN JUST THE
THE DEVELOPMENT HEADS WERE GODS
629
00:56:55,620 --> 00:56:58,581
YOU'D WALK DOWN THE STREET
WITH YU SUZUKI OR YUJI NAKA
630
00:56:58,790 --> 00:57:01,418
OR NAGOSHI-SAN
AND YOU'D BE MOBBED IN AKIHABARA
631
00:57:01,668 --> 00:57:03,628
THESE GUYS ARE GODS
632
00:57:03,628 --> 00:57:06,840
THIS WAS A FASCINATING MOMENT
IN TIME IN OUR INDUSTRY
633
00:57:07,090 --> 00:57:10,552
WHERE WESTERN DEVELOPERS
STARTED TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND
634
00:57:11,594 --> 00:57:11,636
633
01:57:15,319 --> 01:57:19,532
AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING BACK IN
TO TOKYO TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO
635
00:57:15,932 --> 00:57:18,893
TO MY BOSSES IN HANEDA
636
00:57:19,936 --> 00:57:21,438
THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE
637
00:57:21,438 --> 00:57:24,315
THE THE BIG THING
THAT WAS GOING ON WITH SEGA JAPAN IS
638
00:57:24,691 --> 00:57:27,944
THEY WERE BETTING EVERYTHING
ON THE DREAMCAST FINANCIALLY
639
00:57:28,111 --> 00:57:32,323
SO I THINK THEY PUT LIKE $47 MILLION
INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHENMUE
640
00:57:32,449 --> 00:57:34,534
AND IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ONE GAME I BELIEVE IT WAS GOING TO
641
00:57:34,534 --> 00:57:38,496
BE MULTIPLE GAMES I THINK UP TO 12 PARTS
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY
642
00:57:38,538 --> 00:57:42,375
WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THIS
FOUNDATION THIS PLATFORM THIS STRUCTURE
643
00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:47,130
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS GAME
STRETCH INTO ONE TWO THREE AND BEYOND
644
00:57:47,380 --> 00:57:49,048
AND THEN YOU CAN AMORTIZE THE COST
645
00:57:49,048 --> 00:57:52,760
A WELL-FINANCED COMPANY A
WELL CAPITALIZED COMPANY CAN AMORTIZE
646
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:55,638
THE UPFRONT COST
AND SAY FIVE YEARS FROM NOW
647
00:57:55,763 --> 00:57:58,183
THIS THING IS GOING TO BE A MONEY
MACHINE FOR US
648
00:57:58,725 --> 00:58:01,060
THAT WAS THE PLAN WITH SHENMUE
THE NARRATIVE
649
00:58:01,352 --> 00:58:05,148
YOU KNOW
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE STYLE OF CHINA
650
00:58:05,148 --> 00:58:09,194
IN A PARTICULAR ERA WAS GOING TO CONTINUE
BUT IT WAS TIED TO THE PLATFORM
651
00:58:09,611 --> 00:58:12,155
AND IT'S THE PLATFORM
WASN'T GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL THEN
652
00:58:12,155 --> 00:58:13,990
UNFORTUNATELY
THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR IT TO GO
653
00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:15,492
IT WAS WELL-RECEIVED AT THE TIME
654
00:58:15,492 --> 00:58:16,910
IT'S STILL REALLY FUN TO PLAY GAMES
655
00:58:16,910 --> 00:58:19,704
ON THE DREAMCAST NOW
AND THEN YOU GET INTO SORT OF THE
656
00:58:20,538 --> 00:58:25,043
THE DIFFICULT BUT UNDERSTANDABLE
REALITY OF THE GAMING INDUSTRY IS THAT
657
00:58:25,043 --> 00:58:28,922
IT IS A BUSINESS AND THERE ARE BUSINESS
DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE
658
00:58:29,130 --> 00:58:32,634
AND SOMETIMES BAD BUSINESS DECISIONS
THAT ARE MADE THAT IMPACT
659
00:58:33,593 --> 00:58:36,095
YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THE COMPANY
THAT AREN'T BASED ON
660
00:58:36,095 --> 00:58:38,056
WHETHER THE GAME IS GOOD
OR WHETHER THE HARDWARE IS GOOD
661
00:58:38,056 --> 00:58:39,057
BECAUSE I WOULD SAY THAT
662
00:58:39,057 --> 00:58:41,768
THE GAMES WERE VERY GOOD FOR THE DREAMCAST
AND THE HARDWARE IS VERY GOOD
663
00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:44,437
BUT THEY PRICE IT IN A WAY
664
00:58:44,437 --> 00:58:49,025
THAT THEY WERE LOSING TOO MUCH MONEY
WITH EACH CONSOLE SALE AND THEY WEREN'T
665
00:58:49,025 --> 00:58:53,821
ABLE TO EXTEND THEIR REACH AND HAD ISSUES
WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF IT
666
00:58:53,821 --> 00:58:56,074
AND THEY ENDED UP PULLING THE PLUG
667
00:58:56,074 --> 00:58:58,493
ON JANUARY 31ST
668
00:58:58,493 --> 00:59:01,204
IT WAS DETERMINED
WHILE WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE CALL
669
00:59:01,204 --> 00:59:03,581
AT WHICH WE ANNOUNCED
I HAD TO ANNOUNCE THE
670
00:59:03,581 --> 00:59:06,000
THAT SEGA WAS GETTING OUT
OF THE HARDWARE BUSINESS
671
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:09,420
THAT THE HAIL MARY THAT WAS NORTH AMERICA
672
00:59:09,420 --> 00:59:13,091
WHILST WE HAD DONE VERY WELL
WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH
673
00:59:13,091 --> 00:59:16,344
AND THE HARDWARE BUSINESS
IS BUILT ON VOLUME
674
00:59:16,511 --> 00:59:20,014
AND GETTING AN INSTALL BASE
AND GETTING AN ATTACH RATE OF SOFTWARE
675
00:59:20,014 --> 00:59:21,474
TO THAT INSTALLED BASE
676
00:59:21,474 --> 00:59:24,185
BECAUSE IN MOST INSTANCES
YOU'RE LOSING MONEY ON THE HARDWARE
677
00:59:25,103 --> 00:59:28,022
I THINK THAT WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE
WITH THE DREAMCAST
678
00:59:28,481 --> 00:59:32,151
THE DREAMCAST FAILING YOU KNOW IT'S
679
00:59:32,277 --> 00:59:34,445
IT'S A DEPRESSING THOUGHT
680
00:59:34,445 --> 00:59:36,155
IT STILL DEPRESSES ME
681
00:59:41,661 --> 00:59:44,956
EVERYBODY WAS EXCITED THAT THE NEXT
SHENMUE GAME WAS COMING ON THE DREAMCAST
682
00:59:45,331 --> 00:59:48,918
BUT UNFORTUNATELY AT THE LAST SECOND
THEY CANCELED IT
683
00:59:51,212 --> 00:59:54,716
MICROSOFT CAME IN AND SAID HEY WE HAVE
THIS BRAND NEW MACHINE CALLED THE XBOX
684
00:59:55,008 --> 00:59:56,509
WE NEED A JAPANESE GAME
685
00:59:56,509 --> 00:59:58,261
WE'LL GIVE YOU A TON OF MONEY FOR SHENMUE
686
00:59:58,261 --> 00:59:59,512
BRING IT ON TO OUR SYSTEM
687
00:59:59,512 --> 01:00:02,640
SO THEY CANCELED THE DREAMCAST VERSION
BROUGHT ONTO THE XBOX
688
01:00:03,016 --> 01:00:05,935
THEY WERE GIVING IT A SECOND CHANCE
TO MAYBE MEET A BIGGER AUDIENCE
689
01:00:06,185 --> 01:00:08,688
SHENMUE
TWO ENDS ON THIS LIKE MASSIVE CLIFFHANGER
690
01:00:08,771 --> 01:00:10,356
THAT ALL SHENMUE FANS KNOW RIGHT
691
01:00:10,356 --> 01:00:13,985
YOU GET TO THE END OF THAT GAME
IT SETS UP THIS BIG MOMENT
692
01:00:14,569 --> 01:00:18,114
HUGE CLIFFHANGER AND THEN IT JUST ENDS
WITH THE STORY GOES ON
693
01:00:19,324 --> 01:00:20,617
GOING IN THAT CAVE
694
01:00:22,076 --> 01:00:23,453
AND SEEING MAGIC
695
01:00:24,037 --> 01:00:26,331
THERE ARE FLASHES OF MAGICAL LIGHT
696
01:00:26,748 --> 01:00:31,252
THERE'S TWO GIANT ENGRAVINGS
OF THE MIRRORS YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR
697
01:00:31,919 --> 01:00:34,005
AND A NICE MAGICAL SWORD
698
01:00:34,505 --> 01:00:37,467
AGAIN AS A KID IT WAS JUST WHAT
699
01:00:42,930 --> 01:00:47,185
SHENMUE JUST DISAPPEARED
FOR LIKE 14 YEARS
700
01:00:47,435 --> 01:00:50,480
AND THERE'S BEEN SO MANY SITES
TALKING ABOUT IT THAT IT'S COMING BACK
701
01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:52,815
AND EVERYBODY'S LIKE
THIS E3 IT'S COMING BACK
702
01:00:52,940 --> 01:00:57,528
AND I HEARD A RUMOR THAT THE TOKYO GAME
SHOW IT'S COMING BACK AND IT NEVER DID
703
01:00:57,528 --> 01:01:00,615
IF THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A SCHEDULE OR TWO
I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
704
01:01:00,615 --> 01:01:03,618
THE KIND OF FAN OUTRAGE AS THERE WAS
705
01:01:03,743 --> 01:01:05,828
SHENMUE TWO CAME OUT IN 2001
706
01:01:05,828 --> 01:01:08,748
SO I THINK FROM 2001
707
01:01:08,915 --> 01:01:12,251
TO LIKE 2006 or 2007
708
01:01:12,251 --> 01:01:14,879
UNTIL PROBABLY WHEN I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 07
709
01:01:15,296 --> 01:01:17,382
THAT STRETCH OF TIME I WAS ON THE INTERNET
710
01:01:18,049 --> 01:01:23,137
LIKE LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE DAY
LIKE GOING TO IGN GAMESPOT
711
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:27,558
TRYING TO FIND LIKE RUMORS OR NEWS ABOUT
WHEN SHENMUE THREE GOING TO COME OUT WHEN
712
01:01:27,558 --> 01:01:28,851
IS SHENMUE THREE GOING TO COME OUT
713
01:01:28,851 --> 01:01:31,312
YOU SUZUKI IS INCREDIBLY TALENTED DEVELOPER,
714
01:01:32,563 --> 01:01:34,399
BEEN THROUGH
SOME TOUGH TIMES OVER THE YEARS
715
01:01:34,399 --> 01:01:37,318
BECAUSE HE CAN'T SHAKE SHENMUE
716
01:02:02,009 --> 01:02:06,013
IT'S A MYTH IT'S A IT'S AN ODYSSEY
THAT IS NOT YET COMPLETED
717
01:02:06,013 --> 01:02:10,059
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AT TIMES I THINK
PROBABLY A MILESTONE IN AROUND HIS NECK
718
01:02:10,393 --> 01:02:14,480
IT'S A PASSION PIECE
THAT HE HAS TO FULFILL
719
01:02:14,772 --> 01:02:19,277
THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THESE FAN COMMUNITIES
WHO WERE DOING LIKE ONLINE
720
01:02:19,777 --> 01:02:20,695
GAMING ACTIVISM,
721
01:02:20,695 --> 01:02:24,365
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT
BUT THEY WERE RAISING AWARENESS FOR SHENMUE
722
01:02:24,365 --> 01:02:26,659
THEY WERE ANNOUNCING TO THE WORLD LIKE
HEY GUYS WE'RE STILL HERE
723
01:02:26,868 --> 01:02:31,831
WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE STILL HERE
AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL YU SUZUKI MAKES
724
01:02:31,831 --> 01:02:34,542
SHENMUE THEREE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE THAT
GAME
725
01:02:47,096 --> 01:02:47,555
LIKE A LIKE A LOT OF FANS
726
01:02:47,555 --> 01:02:49,474
IT REALLY NAGGED AT ME
I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME
727
01:02:49,474 --> 01:02:52,810
LIKE I WONDER WHAT THIS GUY
THAT I'VE NEVER MET IS GOING THROUGH
728
01:02:52,810 --> 01:02:55,271
AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS SET UP TO CREATE THIS
MASSIVE
729
01:02:56,022 --> 01:02:58,483
STORY IS ONLY BE ABLE
TO TELL THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS OF IT
730
01:02:59,484 --> 01:03:01,277
AND IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN HELP HIM?
731
01:03:01,652 --> 01:03:05,198
SO JUST OUT OF THE BLUE I EMAILED YU SUZUKI
ONE DAY IN 2013 AND I SAID
732
01:03:05,656 --> 01:03:09,452
I KNOW HOW TO HELP YOU MAKE SHENMUE THREE
AND HE WROTE BACK IN AS MANY WORDS
733
01:03:09,452 --> 01:03:12,538
HE BASICALLY SAID,
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
734
01:03:12,538 --> 01:03:15,792
IN 2013 HE HAD MENTIONED THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE
A GDC GIVING A TALK
735
01:03:15,792 --> 01:03:18,169
AND WHEN I BE IN SAN FRANCISCO
AND I SAID YES WE SHOULD MEET
736
01:03:18,544 --> 01:03:21,005
AND SO WE SPENT A WHOLE DAY AT HIS HOTEL
737
01:03:21,631 --> 01:03:25,092
AND I WALKED HIM THROUGH THIS WHOLE IDEA
OF WHAT THIS THING CALLED KICKSTARTER IS
738
01:03:25,384 --> 01:03:29,472
YU-SAN CALLED ME ONE DAY
AND THEN HE'S ASKING ME TO COME OVER
739
01:03:29,472 --> 01:03:34,685
TO HIS OFFICE AND THEN YOU KNOW
HE TOLD ME ABOUT
740
01:03:34,685 --> 01:03:39,482
IDEA OF THE SHENMUE THREE
AND THEN HE TOLD ME ABOUT THAT
741
01:03:39,482 --> 01:03:40,775
HE'S GOING TO
742
01:03:40,983 --> 01:03:43,778
INCORPORATE IT WITH KICKSTARTER
743
01:03:43,778 --> 01:03:45,112
WITH YOUR FAN BASE WITH YOUR PEDIGREE
744
01:03:45,112 --> 01:03:50,159
WITH THE DESIRE FROM EVERYBODY
TO HAVE THIS SEQUEL MADE
745
01:03:50,159 --> 01:03:52,745
SHENMUE THREE I THINK THERE'S A REAL WORLD
WHERE YOU CAN BREAK
746
01:03:52,745 --> 01:03:55,748
RECORDS HAVING THE BIGGEST
CROWDFUNDING GAME OF ALL TIME
747
01:03:55,748 --> 01:03:57,041
AND SURE ENOUGH THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED
748
01:03:57,041 --> 01:04:01,337
I TOLD HIM
YU-SAN LISTEN YU-SAN
749
01:04:01,337 --> 01:04:04,173
THIS IS IT THIS IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN
750
01:04:04,924 --> 01:04:07,927
ONCE YOU MADE A DECISION YOU SHOULD BE
751
01:04:09,428 --> 01:04:11,556
YOU HAVE YOU WILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
752
01:04:12,056 --> 01:04:14,267
AND OBLIGATION TO COMPLETE THE GAME
753
01:04:21,148 --> 01:04:23,693
E3 IS LIKE CHRISTMAS FOR GAMERS
754
01:04:23,693 --> 01:04:29,866
IT IS WHEN ALL OF THE NEWS AND
ALL OF THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY GETS TOGETHER
755
01:04:30,116 --> 01:04:36,038
TO ANNOUNCE WHAT IS NEXT TO SHOWCASE
WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS
756
01:04:36,330 --> 01:04:39,250
AND IT'S JUST IT'S
A CELEBRATION OF THE INDUSTRY
757
01:04:40,084 --> 01:04:43,296
AND PEOPLE'S HARD WORKS
758
01:04:43,296 --> 01:04:46,299
SO I REMEMBER SITTING THERE WATCHING
SONY'S PRESS CONFERENCE
759
01:04:46,299 --> 01:04:49,927
AND THE FIRST THING THEY DID THEY HAD
I THINK IT WAS ADAM BOYES CAME OUT AND HE
760
01:04:50,261 --> 01:04:52,638
SAID THIS IS A GAME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO
761
01:04:54,015 --> 01:04:56,017
AND I WAS LIKE OH SHIT ITS AWESOME OH MY GOSH SHENMUE
762
01:04:56,017 --> 01:04:57,143
AND THEN IT WAS THE LAST GUARDIAN
763
01:04:57,143 --> 01:04:59,353
AND I WAS LIKE YOU
764
01:04:59,353 --> 01:04:59,812
OKAY
765
01:04:59,896 --> 01:05:02,815
AND SO WE KEPT WATCHING ALOING OF THE SHOW
766
01:05:02,815 --> 01:05:04,775
AND THEN THEY WAS LIKE OH HERE'S ANOTHER
767
01:05:04,775 --> 01:05:08,529
BIG FAN REQUESTED PROJECT
AND FINAL FANTASY SEVEN REMAKE COMES IN
768
01:05:08,529 --> 01:05:10,197
EVERYBODY'S LIKE LOSING THEIR SHIT
769
01:05:10,197 --> 01:05:12,575
AND THEN LIKE
I REMEMBER WATCHING SOME OF THOSE
770
01:05:12,575 --> 01:05:14,994
LIVESTREAMS YOU BEING LIKE HOW CAN THEY
TOP THIS? HOW CAN THEY TOP THIS?
771
01:05:15,119 --> 01:05:16,829
AND THEN THEY STARTED
TALKING ABOUT KICKSTARTER,
772
01:05:25,504 --> 01:05:27,423
I SAID OH IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S
GOING TO BE BLOODSTAINED
773
01:05:27,423 --> 01:05:30,635
BECAUSE IT JUST HAD A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL
KICKSTARTER
774
01:05:30,760 --> 01:05:33,095
MY LUNGS TIGHTENED I COULDN'T BREATHE
775
01:05:34,096 --> 01:05:36,849
BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD
WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SEE
776
01:05:37,642 --> 01:05:39,393
AND IT GOES BACK
777
01:05:41,103 --> 01:05:44,482
AND THAT LEAF DROPS
778
01:05:44,482 --> 01:05:46,692
IN RIGHT WHEN IT DROPS
779
01:05:46,692 --> 01:05:50,529
THE SECOND I SEE IT I KNOW
780
01:05:50,655 --> 01:05:53,115
I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE MOMENT
781
01:06:06,462 --> 01:06:09,215
THERE WERE THERE WAS A FLOOD OF EMOTIONS
782
01:06:09,215 --> 01:06:13,219
IT WAS IS THIS REAL? AM I DREAMING
783
01:06:13,719 --> 01:06:16,722
I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
784
01:06:17,598 --> 01:06:19,934
YOU KNOW THE SCREAMING AND SHOUTING
785
01:06:19,934 --> 01:06:23,104
IT WAS REALLY A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE
OF NOISE
786
01:06:39,453 --> 01:06:43,207
LITTERLY THAT LIKE MIND BLOWING LIKE
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
787
01:06:43,207 --> 01:06:46,627
LIKE THE MOMENT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
THIS WHOLE TIME IS FINALLY HAPPENING
788
01:06:46,627 --> 01:06:48,754
LIKE SHENMUE THREE IS GOING TO BE REAL
789
01:06:48,754 --> 01:06:51,549
FOR ME I SAID GOODBYE TO SHENMUE A LONG TIME
790
01:06:51,549 --> 01:06:53,092
IT'S A VIDEO GAME
791
01:06:53,092 --> 01:06:54,093
SCREW IT
792
01:06:54,093 --> 01:06:56,721
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT
IT WAS NOT A FINANCIAL SUCCESS
793
01:06:56,721 --> 01:06:59,432
MONEY DRIVES
THE INDUSTRY GET GOOD WITH IT
794
01:07:00,099 --> 01:07:03,519
SO TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS LIKE
SEEING AN OLD FRIEND THAT YOU THOUGHT
795
01:07:03,519 --> 01:07:05,646
WAS DEAD HE SAID
796
01:07:06,689 --> 01:07:09,734
I WILL RELEASE THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
797
01:07:10,067 --> 01:07:14,196
WHEN THERE IS NO HOPE
WHEN THIS GAME CAN NEVER BE MADE
798
01:07:14,196 --> 01:07:18,367
I WILL TELL YOU THE STORY
AND I WILL RELEASE IT IN SOME CAPACITY
799
01:07:18,534 --> 01:07:20,202
SO YOU CAN HAVE CLOSURE
800
01:07:20,202 --> 01:07:21,996
AND THAT MOMENT NEVER CAME
801
01:07:21,996 --> 01:07:24,665
SO I KEPT HOPE ALIVE
802
01:07:25,916 --> 01:07:29,503
AND SO AT THE MOMENT
I WAS REALLY SURE BECAUSE YOU KNOW
803
01:07:29,503 --> 01:07:32,256
KICKSTARTER PROJECT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
804
01:07:33,883 --> 01:07:36,093
ONE PERSON CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH RIGHT?
805
01:07:36,135 --> 01:07:38,888
BUT THE ONE YOU EXPONENTIALLY
GROW THAT RIGHT
806
01:07:38,888 --> 01:07:42,016
IF YOU HAVE 100,000 PEOPLE
WHO THINK THE EXACT SAME WAY
807
01:07:42,433 --> 01:07:45,853
AND THEY'RE LIKE YEAH LET'S LET'S RAISE
HELL LET'S TAKE TO TWITTER
808
01:07:45,853 --> 01:07:48,314
LET'S MAKE OUR VOICES
HEARD LET'S GET THIS GAME MADE
809
01:07:48,397 --> 01:07:52,777
AND WHEN SHENMUE THREE TOOK KICKSTARTER LIKE IT
LITERALLY BROKE THE WEBSITE IN 24 HOURS
810
01:08:12,505 --> 01:08:15,382
TO HAVE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAPPEN
WHAT WAS GOING TO BLOW UP
811
01:08:15,382 --> 01:08:16,717
THERE'S JUST NO WAY IT COULDN'T HAVE
812
01:08:16,717 --> 01:08:19,595
BECAUSE EVERYONE
EVERYONE WAS JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE IT
813
01:08:19,887 --> 01:08:23,140
I THINK THAT IF A PUBLISHER
WOULD HAVE DONE SHENMUE THREE
814
01:08:23,349 --> 01:08:24,350
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FAILURE
815
01:08:24,350 --> 01:08:26,602
I THINK NO ONE COULD HAVE MADE IT WORK
816
01:08:26,602 --> 01:08:28,062
BUT WITH KICKSTARTER
817
01:08:28,062 --> 01:08:31,899
WE'RE THE PUBLISHER SO
ALL OF US TOGETHER MADE THIS GAME HAPPEN
818
01:08:32,024 --> 01:08:34,235
I THINK THIS GAME COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED
ANY OTHER WAY
819
01:08:39,740 --> 01:08:41,283
THIS COULD FOR ME POSSIBLY
820
01:08:41,283 --> 01:08:45,538
THE CLOSING OF I WOULDN'T SAY CHAPTER
THAT'S TOO SMALL
821
01:08:45,704 --> 01:08:49,375
BUT ONE BOOK OF A VOLUME
THAT'S PROBABLY YOU COULD SAY
822
01:08:49,708 --> 01:08:52,837
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A LONG JOURNEY
FOR THE PAST 15 16 YEARS NOW
823
01:08:53,254 --> 01:08:56,715
AND FROM THAT POINT UNTIL THIS
MY LIFE HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETELY SHENMUE
824
01:08:56,715 --> 01:08:58,676
ORIENTATED ON A DAILY BASIS
825
01:08:58,676 --> 01:09:01,929
SO THE FACT THAT IT'S CULMINATED
FROM ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR IN SHENMUE THREE
826
01:09:01,971 --> 01:09:04,306
FINALLY BEING ANNOUNCED
827
01:09:05,099 --> 01:09:08,310
AND IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME
WE'RE NOW SITTING HERE IN JAPAN
828
01:09:08,602 --> 01:09:11,021
AND ABOUT TO VISIT THE REAL LIFE
LOCATIONS
829
01:09:11,772 --> 01:09:14,233
IT'S A DREAM
COME TRUE ABSOLUTE DREAM COME TRUE
830
01:09:18,487 --> 01:09:20,447
IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY
831
01:09:20,447 --> 01:09:24,076
BUT ITS BEEN POSSIBLY
ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE
832
01:09:24,410 --> 01:09:27,705
THIS IS IT'S
BEEN AN INSANE EXPERIENCE BEING SHOWN
833
01:09:27,705 --> 01:09:32,626
ALL THESE LOCATIONS BY YU SUZUKI
WHICH INSPIRED HIM TO MAKE SHENMUE
834
01:09:33,586 --> 01:09:35,963
SO AND IT'S NOT OVER YET
835
01:09:35,963 --> 01:09:38,048
SO HOPEFULLY
836
01:09:38,048 --> 01:09:39,550
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE HOURS WITH SUZUKI-SAN
837
01:09:39,550 --> 01:09:42,553
AND IT WILL COMPLETE
838
01:09:42,553 --> 01:09:45,055
WHAT WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
839
01:09:45,055 --> 01:09:48,809
WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THE FANS OF SHENMUE
AND WHY THAT SERIES
840
01:09:48,809 --> 01:09:52,271
HAS STUCK WITH PEOPLE FOR SO LONG
AND HAS CREATED SUCH A PASSIONATE FAN BASE
841
01:09:52,605 --> 01:09:55,774
IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEIR MEMORIES
ARE VERY MUCH
842
01:09:57,067 --> 01:10:00,696
STUCK INSIDE THE GAME BECAUSE THE GAME IS
SO MULTI-TEXTURED IT'S SO MULTI-LAYERED
843
01:10:00,696 --> 01:10:02,740
IT BROADENS YOUR PERSPECTIVE
844
01:10:02,740 --> 01:10:05,701
AND I THINK AS HUMANS
WE ARE DRAWN TO STUFF LIKE THAT
845
01:10:05,743 --> 01:10:07,453
WE LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF
846
01:10:07,453 --> 01:10:09,246
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WIRED TO LIKE
847
01:10:09,246 --> 01:10:10,748
IT MAKES US BETTER AS PEOPLE
848
01:10:10,748 --> 01:10:14,752
THERE'S A LOT OF INFLUENCE OFF OF A GAME
LIKE SHENMUE AND A LOT OF GAMES ARE BUILT
849
01:10:14,752 --> 01:10:19,256
OFF OF THE PILLAR THAT THAT SHENMUE PROVIDED
850
01:10:19,506 --> 01:10:21,425
IT REALLY IS KIND OF LIKE
851
01:10:23,052 --> 01:10:25,262
JUST A WONDERFUL PIECE OF ART
YOU KNOW I MEAN
852
01:10:25,304 --> 01:10:28,265
THAT PEOPLE NEED TO GO
AND SEE AN EXPERIENCE
853
01:10:29,266 --> 01:10:32,353
LIKE ANY MEDIUM OF ART GAMES
DON'T EXIST IN A VACUUM
854
01:10:33,854 --> 01:10:38,108
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU KNOW
THE COMPONENTS TO THE EXPERIENCE
855
01:10:38,442 --> 01:10:40,653
BEYOND THAT THERE IS THE FANDOM
856
01:10:40,653 --> 01:10:42,947
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT JUST THE EXPERIENCE
857
01:10:42,947 --> 01:10:47,368
OF PLAYING THE GAME ACTIVELY
BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE GAME
858
01:10:47,660 --> 01:10:50,704
WANTING TO GET BETTER AT THE GAME
WANTING TO MAKE FRIENDSHIPS
859
01:10:50,704 --> 01:10:55,042
AND IF IT ALSO LEADS TO PEOPLE
FEELING INSPIRED OR
860
01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:59,171
HAVING HUMAN EXPERIENCES
THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE HAD
861
01:10:59,171 --> 01:11:04,843
BY MAKING FRIENDS OR WRITING FAN FICTION
OR COSPLAY OR WHATEVER IT IS TO HELP
862
01:11:05,678 --> 01:11:09,306
SOMEBODY FEEL MORE IMMERSED
IN THAT WORLD AND MORE
863
01:11:09,974 --> 01:11:14,019
YOU KNOW LESS ALONE IN OUR WORLD
864
01:11:14,687 --> 01:11:17,231
THROUGH THIS FICTIONAL THING
THAT DIDN'T EXIST
865
01:11:17,231 --> 01:11:19,566
UNTIL SOMEONE THOUGHT OF IT
AND MADE IT HAPPEN
866
01:11:19,858 --> 01:11:20,985
YOU KNOW THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING
867
01:19:30,140 --> 01:19:31,349
Whats up everybody
868
01:19:31,349 --> 01:19:32,768
Barnett A.K.A.
869
01:19:32,768 --> 01:19:34,686
Bruce Wayne 911.
870
01:19:34,686 --> 01:19:36,146
Hey, man, I can't believe it, man.
871
01:19:36,146 --> 01:19:38,190
Our dream came true, man.
872
01:19:38,190 --> 01:19:39,608
We get Shenmue III
873
01:19:39,608 --> 01:19:40,400
And on top of that,
874
01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:42,277
we getin a Shenmue documentary.
875
01:19:42,277 --> 01:19:43,236
I want to give a special
876
01:19:43,236 --> 01:19:44,070
thanks and a special
877
01:19:44,070 --> 01:19:47,073
shout out to Shenmue Dojo dot com a.k.a.
878
01:19:47,073 --> 01:19:47,908
Shenmue Dojo
879
01:19:47,908 --> 01:19:49,785
dot net for covering all things
880
01:19:49,785 --> 01:19:51,787
Shenmue for so long.
881
01:19:51,787 --> 01:19:53,955
I want to give another special thanks
882
01:19:53,955 --> 01:19:55,957
and a special shout out to Adam Corley,
883
01:19:56,333 --> 01:19:57,793
Happy Console Gamer
884
01:19:57,793 --> 01:19:59,336
for always covering any Shenmue
885
01:19:59,336 --> 01:20:00,670
News on their channels,
886
01:20:00,670 --> 01:20:01,421
and I just want to thank
887
01:20:01,421 --> 01:20:03,006
the Shenmue community as a whole.
888
01:20:03,006 --> 01:20:04,549
Man never gave up.
889
01:20:04,549 --> 01:20:06,593
We stuck in their Shenmue
890
01:20:06,593 --> 01:20:08,094
three is finally coming.
891
01:20:08,094 --> 01:20:09,679
Man along with the Shenmue
892
01:20:09,679 --> 01:20:10,931
documentary man.
893
01:20:10,931 --> 01:20:12,098
Hey everybody.
894
01:20:12,098 --> 01:20:14,392
Enjoy, man I'm out My name is Albert
895
01:20:14,392 --> 01:20:16,269
imitation evil
896
01:20:16,269 --> 01:20:17,395
Shenmue was one of those games
897
01:20:17,395 --> 01:20:18,522
I consider to be revolutionary.
898
01:20:18,522 --> 01:20:19,815
Back in its day
899
01:20:19,898 --> 01:20:20,357
its first game,
900
01:20:20,357 --> 01:20:21,608
I was told it incorporated elements
901
01:20:21,608 --> 01:20:22,317
from different genres,
902
01:20:22,317 --> 01:20:23,735
such as RPG,
903
01:20:23,735 --> 01:20:25,904
action, adventure and funny games,
904
01:20:25,904 --> 01:20:27,280
all to create an epic
905
01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:29,074
synergetic experience.
906
01:20:29,074 --> 01:20:29,699
Now, quite frankly,
907
01:20:29,699 --> 01:20:31,326
if it wasn't for Shenmue,
908
01:20:31,326 --> 01:20:32,410
I think my passion for videogames
909
01:20:32,410 --> 01:20:34,412
would have died a long time ago.
910
01:20:34,412 --> 01:20:36,498
So I personally think he uses Yu Suzuki
911
01:20:36,498 --> 01:20:38,500
and the team who developed Shenmue
912
01:20:38,500 --> 01:20:43,171
for rekindling my passion in video games.
913
01:20:43,171 --> 01:20:46,132
To me, Shenmue is more than a game.
914
01:20:46,508 --> 01:20:47,175
It was
915
01:20:48,134 --> 01:20:49,386
it was an experience.
916
01:20:49,386 --> 01:20:49,636
It was
917
01:20:49,636 --> 01:20:51,179
a big part of my life
918
01:20:51,179 --> 01:20:52,389
for a very long time
919
01:20:52,389 --> 01:20:54,349
I remember the day it came out.
920
01:20:54,349 --> 01:20:56,226
I remember the day I first played it
921
01:20:56,226 --> 01:20:58,478
and I was completely emersed in it.
922
01:20:58,812 --> 01:21:00,605
And I remember finishing the game
923
01:21:00,605 --> 01:21:02,983
and I just wanted the second one
924
01:21:02,983 --> 01:21:05,443
and couldn't wait for the second one.
925
01:21:05,443 --> 01:21:08,113
And when that came out a year later,
926
01:21:08,113 --> 01:21:10,156
the same experience continued.
927
01:21:10,282 --> 01:21:12,492
It's just absolutely amazing.
928
01:21:12,492 --> 01:21:13,660
I want to thank
929
01:21:13,660 --> 01:21:16,288
Yu Suzuki, for actually helping
930
01:21:17,330 --> 01:21:20,041
bring this a reality to all the fans.
931
01:21:20,041 --> 01:21:20,917
And I also want to
932
01:21:20,917 --> 01:21:22,669
thank all my fellow fans
933
01:21:22,669 --> 01:21:23,879
because the fact
934
01:21:23,879 --> 01:21:25,088
that we were so passionate
935
01:21:25,088 --> 01:21:28,925
and the fact that we continue to ask and
936
01:21:29,384 --> 01:21:33,013
create campaigns and make our voice heard
937
01:21:33,763 --> 01:21:36,516
is what's made Shenmue III a reality
938
01:21:41,104 --> 01:21:42,606
come every
939
01:21:42,606 --> 01:21:44,649
day without neglect to keep training.
940
01:21:45,817 --> 01:21:49,029
G Judge yourself without conceit
941
01:21:49,029 --> 01:21:51,239
and do not show moves thoughtlessly
942
01:21:52,782 --> 01:21:53,658
done.
943
01:21:53,742 --> 01:21:54,576
Be brave
944
01:21:54,576 --> 01:21:58,204
and stay calm to make the right decision.
945
01:21:58,204 --> 01:22:01,583
Ye to act without hesitation.
946
01:22:01,791 --> 01:22:05,086
To do what is right to forward us.
947
01:22:05,337 --> 01:22:07,505
Thank you for teaching these lessons.
948
01:22:07,505 --> 01:22:07,672
You know,
949
01:22:07,672 --> 01:22:09,382
ever since they announced Shenmue three,
950
01:22:09,382 --> 01:22:10,300
we've been getting messages
951
01:22:10,300 --> 01:22:11,343
from our fans asking
952
01:22:11,343 --> 01:22:12,636
if the gang is going to get back together
953
01:22:12,636 --> 01:22:13,511
to make another movie.
954
01:22:13,511 --> 01:22:15,096
I know, and that's a tough one.
955
01:22:15,096 --> 01:22:16,389
I mean, we were in high school
956
01:22:16,389 --> 01:22:17,474
when we made those
957
01:22:17,474 --> 01:22:19,851
and now we've got jobs, families.
958
01:22:20,310 --> 01:22:21,436
I don't even know if I have time
959
01:22:21,436 --> 01:22:22,896
to play Shenmue three,
960
01:22:22,896 --> 01:22:24,522
let alone make another movie.
961
01:22:24,522 --> 01:22:25,315
That's right.
962
01:22:25,315 --> 01:22:26,942
But we're excited to announce
963
01:22:26,942 --> 01:22:28,485
right here on this documentary,
964
01:22:28,485 --> 01:22:29,361
the launch of Game
965
01:22:29,361 --> 01:22:30,820
Entertainment's Kickstarter
966
01:22:30,820 --> 01:22:32,864
for Shenmue three, the gang edition II
967
01:22:32,864 --> 01:22:34,950
to help us reach our humble
968
01:22:34,950 --> 01:22:36,910
goal of $7 million.
969
01:22:36,910 --> 01:22:39,579
I just might put the jacket on.
970
01:22:39,579 --> 01:22:45,669
again.
971
01:22:45,669 --> 01:22:47,087
When I was at my Sony conference
972
01:22:47,087 --> 01:22:48,338
in the early 2000s,
973
01:22:48,338 --> 01:22:49,464
they were going around the room
974
01:22:49,464 --> 01:22:50,465
asking what everybody's
975
01:22:50,465 --> 01:22:51,716
favorite game was.
976
01:22:51,716 --> 01:22:53,385
And I said, Shenmue
977
01:22:53,385 --> 01:22:55,637
and I was booed for that.
978
01:22:55,637 --> 01:22:57,222
And the reason I was booed was because
979
01:22:57,222 --> 01:22:58,348
Microsoft Xbox
980
01:22:58,348 --> 01:23:00,934
had the exclusive to Shenmue at the time
981
01:23:01,810 --> 01:23:03,186
while I still stuck to my guns.
982
01:23:03,186 --> 01:23:05,563
That Shenmue is my favorite game.
983
01:23:05,563 --> 01:23:07,482
And as of this taping, Shenmue
984
01:23:07,482 --> 01:23:09,025
three is only going
985
01:23:09,025 --> 01:23:11,486
to be on PlayStation and PC.
986
01:23:11,486 --> 01:23:13,154
So I guess karma still comes around.
987
01:23:14,906 --> 01:23:16,241
It's Shenmue that
988
01:23:16,241 --> 01:23:18,243
gave me my love of everything.
989
01:23:18,284 --> 01:23:21,871
Japanese and eventually led to me.
990
01:23:21,871 --> 01:23:24,416
Losing over a hundred K was in word
991
01:23:25,208 --> 01:23:27,669
and then moving halfway around the world.
992
01:23:29,295 --> 01:23:30,964
I never made it to Japan,
993
01:23:30,964 --> 01:23:33,091
but I ended up moving to Thailand
994
01:23:33,091 --> 01:23:33,550
where I'm
995
01:23:33,550 --> 01:23:34,759
now a teacher
996
01:23:34,759 --> 01:23:36,886
teaching English as a foreign language.
997
01:23:37,303 --> 01:23:39,222
And if it wasn't for Shenmue,
998
01:23:39,222 --> 01:23:40,515
that never would have happened.
999
01:23:40,515 --> 01:23:42,434
So I will be eternally grateful
1000
01:23:42,434 --> 01:23:44,936
to Yu Suzuki and the team. Hi.
1001
01:23:44,978 --> 01:23:46,021
My name is Wil Martin
1002
01:23:46,021 --> 01:23:47,355
and as well as being a sound designer
1003
01:23:47,355 --> 01:23:48,189
for video games
1004
01:23:48,189 --> 01:23:49,983
for years,
1005
01:23:49,983 --> 01:23:51,568
I'm the world's biggest Shenmue fan.
1006
01:23:51,568 --> 01:23:53,403
Even going back to five years ago,
1007
01:23:53,403 --> 01:23:54,946
I was interviewed by Eurogamer
1008
01:23:54,946 --> 01:23:56,197
and I even mentioned
1009
01:23:56,197 --> 01:23:58,158
that it would have been my dream job
1010
01:23:58,158 --> 01:23:59,743
to work on Shenmue three
1011
01:23:59,743 --> 01:24:01,036
And now we're so close
1012
01:24:01,036 --> 01:24:02,787
to having Yu Suzuki release.
1013
01:24:02,787 --> 01:24:03,663
Shenmue three
1014
01:24:04,622 --> 01:24:05,665
I can't wait.
1015
01:24:05,665 --> 01:24:06,374
Good luck to you
1016
01:24:06,374 --> 01:24:07,834
and everybody else has worked on it.
1017
01:24:07,834 --> 01:24:09,627
I can't wait to play it
1018
01:24:09,627 --> 01:24:10,545
and keep me in mind
1019
01:24:10,545 --> 01:24:13,298
for working on the next one. Cheers.
1020
01:24:13,298 --> 01:24:14,049
Hello everyone.
1021
01:24:14,049 --> 01:24:15,050
I've been playing Shenmue
1022
01:24:15,050 --> 01:24:17,052
since it came out in 1999,
1023
01:24:17,052 --> 01:24:18,011
and I have to say,
1024
01:24:18,011 --> 01:24:20,430
my most memorable moment ever
1025
01:24:20,805 --> 01:24:22,015
was when I beat the game
1026
01:24:22,015 --> 01:24:23,016
for the first time.
1027
01:24:23,016 --> 01:24:24,434
That is the first Shenmue.
1028
01:24:24,434 --> 01:24:26,352
When I beat the first time,
1029
01:24:26,352 --> 01:24:28,021
I remember sitting there
1030
01:24:28,021 --> 01:24:29,898
watching the entire credits
1031
01:24:29,898 --> 01:24:31,483
and reflecting on everything
1032
01:24:31,483 --> 01:24:32,942
I just experienced.
1033
01:24:32,942 --> 01:24:34,527
And that game was so good
1034
01:24:34,527 --> 01:24:36,488
that I immediately started
1035
01:24:36,488 --> 01:24:39,699
a new save right there in the spot.
1036
01:24:39,699 --> 01:24:40,658
Hi, guys.
1037
01:24:40,658 --> 01:24:43,119
Just wanted to say a big, big, big
1038
01:24:43,119 --> 01:24:46,498
thank you to the Shenmue community.
1039
01:24:46,498 --> 01:24:48,458
Without you all, we wouldn't have got
1040
01:24:48,458 --> 01:24:49,459
where we are now.
1041
01:24:51,419 --> 01:24:53,296
This is where it all started for me.
1042
01:24:53,296 --> 01:24:55,840
It was an absolute life changer
1043
01:24:55,840 --> 01:24:58,426
and a big thank you to Yu Suzuki,
1044
01:24:58,426 --> 01:24:59,803
for creating this masterpiece
1045
01:24:59,803 --> 01:25:00,929
and let's hope
1046
01:25:00,929 --> 01:25:02,388
we can get Sheunmue 4
1047
01:25:02,388 --> 01:25:41,511
Hashtag Let's get Shenmue 4
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