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Shenmue Community Thread | Still lookin' for sailors

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Jcgamer60

Member
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G

Gasmeter

Banned
Hi folks. Peter from the Dojo here. We have been contacted from a rep for a new gaming T-shirt company started up by some talented artists here in the UK. The rep is pushing for the owner to create a Shenmue based T-Shirt, and is trying to highlight this with a petition to show the owner the numbers of Shenmue fans who would be interested. He believes around 100 signatures would be enough, so perhaps we can help him out and possibly have another item to add to our Shenmue collections. Here's the message:

"I'm a part of an independent company (ran by two gamer girls) called Gametee - http://www.gametee.co.uk/

Gametee was founded by two sisters with a life-long passion for video games. With the help of 582 inspirational Kickstarter backers who believed in their dream. Owners of Gametee, A.J. and Lucy Hateley, were able to fund their first production run of high quality, premium t-shirts for video gamers. Since then, Gametee has quickly grown to be the preferred choice of gamers who want to look great, feel comfortable, and wear with pride.

They deeply love what they do, and are committed to good business ethics, sustainable production, and fully supporting the gaming community.

I work alongside Gametee as their official photographer for their products, but also take great pleasure in speaking with the director about potential T-shirt designs. A personal favourite concept which I'd like to see come to fruition, is a Shenmue based design.

Fond memories fill my head from over 14 years ago when I first got my hands on Shenmue and spent hours upon hours of playing an incredible Japanese "slice-of-life" video game. Spending time wandering the streets of 1980's Japan, talking to locals, buying groceries, and trying to complete that extensive gacha machine collection.

The director of Gametee (AJ) also loves this incredible game, and would love to create a new T-shirt design with a subtle reference to this Sega masterpiece. However I need to prove to her that there is an audience willing to invest in such a design. The game (as we all know) is a little obscure, and somewhat of a niche crowd following, however I know from reading Shenmue forums (praying for a Shenmue 3 creation) how passionate the fan base is.

Which brings me to this petition…

I’ve put forward the idea to AJ at Gametee, that if I can find a solid audience of 100 people interested in a uniquely inspired Shenmue T-shirt design, that the director will be willing to put forward a new T-shirt.

Understand this isn’t a contract for you to purchase a T-shirt, just that you’d be interested in one being designed! Show support!

What will the design look like? Only A.J knows. But you only have to spend a few minutes looking at her unique designs and huge support from other artists to know that the design will be nothing short of amazing. What better way to show your love for this incredible game, than with an incredible luxury T-shirt you can wear with pride.

Check out previous T-shirt designs to get a feel for the style of artwork here:
http://www.gametee.co.uk/category/t-shirts
http://www.gametee.co.uk/category/all-art#.VTO1uq1VhHw

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/gameteeshenmue

Sign this petition, help me get an awesome Shenmue T-shirt made. :D

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/gameteeshenmue
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G

Gasmeter

Banned
I'd say keep it simple. Looking at their designs, the phoenix and dragon images would be awesome. Or Ryo fighting Lan Di, and have him in the middle of swinging a roundhouse kick. I honestly think they could have some amazing t-shirts.
 
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ShenmueDojo

Member
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Excite QTA 2 (Quick Time App) has all the same sounds and graphics from the original arcade game found within You Arcade, with a simple online scoreboard.

This Android app is completely free, and contains no advertising of any kind. The aim of this app is to give Shenmue fans a little nostalgia on their phones, while at the same time encouraging support of the #SaveShenmue campaign (please tweet #SaveShenmue on the 3rd of each month).

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.qtt
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astonish

Member
Cross post from the no Sega-E3 post, but I figured it would interest folks here:

On a completely strange tangent, my friend who does audio mastering just Instagram'd that he just finished mastering the original Shenmue soundtrack for pressing on Vinyl

edit: Link and screenshot removed after friend bombarded by Shenmue community with questions. The OST is probably coming out on vinyl soon. Keep your eyes peeled, but I wouldn't go trying to read into this too much.
 
S

ShenmueNextGen

Neo Member
One of the ways to #SaveShenmue is to increase its popularity. Every bit of support (however tiny) to popularize the series, helps cumulatively. Therefore:

GameFaqs.com asks for your favourite SEGA title. - It's our chance to vote for Shenmue, and help its popularization (for this reason, as said).

The poll lasts only for a day, so make your vote count now! :)

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S

ShenmueNextGen

Neo Member
Indeed, that patch is exactly the same as in Ryo's jacket (minus the colours; it looks rather engraved). - However, my hunches tell me and I smell a very sneaky and well made orchestrated hoax.

Something, like, someone made a 3D model of Ryo, petals with I, II and III cuts, then add some SEGA, SQUARE ENIX, PS4, Steam logos and some tiny words, just to make it look like a leaked image. Seems like he took that picture from his TV/PC monitor in his house, not from some private meeting et cetera.

Piece of nasty thing to Shenmue fans, but in the same time this is crazy in a laughable/hilarious way, haha.
 
Acquiescence

Acquiescence

Member
It's so hideously fake that the guy who made it was better off not wasting his time putting it together in the first place. If you're going to do it then go for it and try to make a half-convincing mock-up at least.

Anyway, E3 is approaching. All eyes on Gio Corsi during Sony's conference. There's no reason a HD Collection can't happen if Sony can help Sega work through those licensing issues that are holding its release back. They know we want it after all.
 
R

Ryo Hazuki

Member
Hahahaha, that is one of the worst fakes I've seen in a long time. It even has the off-screen monitor shot going for it. So bad. Looks like some dude's monitor in their bedroom.
 
openrob

openrob

Member
A little update on the Documentary:

https://www.facebook.com/shenmuedocumentary/posts/1581949868731940
Shensters! Friendmues! We have something really awesome to share.
In the very early stages of this project we teamed up with the production company Fauxpop Media. For those of you that do not know, Fauxpop is a production company based out of Goderich, Ontario who create a wide variety of content. They had some recent success with a documentary some of you may have seen called Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which was sold to and released by Paramount.
https://www.facebook.com/TurtlePowerMovie?fref=ts&ref=br_tf
They are now working on two more similar documentaries called A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian, and A Gamer's Journey: The Definitive History of Shenmue.
Thats right, we now have an official title!
You can check out the official page on their website. Feel free to browse their other projects while you are there, they are all very talented individuals who bring many different skill sets to the table. With our collective talents, resources, and connections, we are confident that this will be the film that the fans deserve...and if enough people see it and recognize the games potential maybe we can finally ‪#‎saveshenmue‬
http://fauxpop.com/portfolio/shenmue-a-gamers-journey/
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EDIT: Plus - this video is amazing lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACeXHPUX6A8
 
K

KDash31987

Member
Glad to see that it exists. I was like, "WWHAAATTTT?!?!" when it popped up. I was a bit disappointed that it's just a Kickstarter, but I'm glad that anything exists at all. It's almost halfway to its goal already.

Edit: It broke a million! Less than halfway to go!
 
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Synth

Member
Jo Shishido's Cheeks said:
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Oh just a little game that's coming soon!

WE MADE IT GUYS!!!
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That we did.

We spent years getting mocked for not giving up hope. "It's dead. Let it go." they'd say. "Why do you guys keep doing this to yourselves?".

Well... the thing here is, that we may have been wrong last year, or the year before that. However those that told us it would never happen are now not just wrong this year. They're retroactively wrong for all the years prior, and will remain wrong for the rest of their lives.

Hold that L doubters.
 
A

Agent Unknown

Member
Shenmue III is really happening, incredible. Been subscribing to and reading this thread a long time.

Synth said:
That we did.

We spent years getting mocked for not giving up hope. "It's dead. Let it go." they'd say. "Why do you guys keep doing this to yourselves?".

Well... the thing here is, that we may have been wrong last year, or the year before that. However those that told us it would never happen are now not just wrong this year. They're retroactively wrong for all the years prior, and will remain wrong for the rest of their lives.

Hold that L doubters.
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Yep, the cynics and haters just got served up a giant roasted crow tonight that's been slathered in sauce made from the caramelized, ground up body of another crow.
 
N

nny

Member
Vindication for those that were mocked for hoping for a new Shenmue, for those still believing in TLG...

...what a beautiful day.
 
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