Yu Suzuki says an announcement about Shenmue 3 will be made in 2006.

Hi again,
this French site by the looks of things say that Yu suzuki has said there will be an announcement about Shenmue 3 in 2006.
Can someone please translate this for us?
I would like to know about a few other things Yu Suzuki said about Microsoft in this too.
Here' s the link,
http://www.xbox-mag.net/shenmue-3-sera-annonce-en-2006_9515.aspx
i found this at Shenmue Dojo originally.
I think the original poster at the Dojo translated it but i' m not sure and i don' t think he translated all of it.
Here' s the link to the original poster,
http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~shenmuedojo/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28232
what do you guys think about this?

Basically some taiwanese site has interviewd Yu Suzuki and he says its coming and ads about it will start somewhere 2006,and that he seems to be pleased with the 360,and so on,basically pointing out that its coming to 360,and then they add that since shenmue2 to xbox was paid by ms,and that peter moore was a ceo for nothren ameria sega,it looks like its coming to 360.

Very good news,lets hope its true.
And then lets laugh and point at GS who trashtalked kikizo in one of their article.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

I can' t wait for it.

Same here...however i will hold my thumbs...so the official site and magazine hasn' t mixed it up with shenmue online,i mean the french site,who translated the interview...

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

I can' t wait for Shenmue 3, but at the same time I can wait for it because I certainly don' t want it to be rushed.

Yu Suzuki doesn' t rush things ;)

Man, I guess I' m going to have to get a 360 eventually. Still, it seems like a big investment considering how few worthy titles I have for the Xbox. Shenmue would be a deal-clincher though. To me, it should be one of those games that sends consoles flying off retailers' shelves. Still...*glances at Dreamcast*...yeah.

basically pointing out that its coming to 360,

If that turns out to be true then they obviously missed the part where the Xbox360 only sold around 50,000 units in Japan at launch and sold a measly 8 - 9,000 units the following week.... I' m all for catering to your hardcore audience whenever you can but at some point you' ve got to start making some profit-based business decisions!

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Indeed - the Japanese are practically boycotting the 360. Not that I blame them. I' m not a side-chooser or anything, but it says a lot that the GameCube is shifting more units than the 360 (which is underperforming, even by the original Xbox' s standards). Still, the DS' s continued success - it' s just hit the 5 million mark in Japan - gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

In case anyone' s interested, this is exactly how bad the 360 is doing.

what would you do without abasoufiane

L’arlésienne Shenmue 3 refait parler d’elle aujourd’hui. En effet lors d’une interview de Yu Suzuki au site taiwanais GNN, le géniteur de la saga Shenmue aurait affirmé qu’une annonce sera faîte en 2006.
La Xbox 360 pourraît être la console qui accueillera le troisième opus de la saga mondialement appréciée. En effet Microsoft a été le principal artisan du second volet sur Xbox en le finançant en totalité. De plus Yu Suzuki affirme avoir été séduit par la souplesse de la Xbox 360 et il réaffirme être en excellent termes avec la division jeux de Microsoft. Il faut également noter que Peter Moore, un des grands décideurs de la firme de Redmond, a été le CEO de Sega of America de 1989 à 2001 et que Jay Allard était un des meilleurs fans de Sega avant la fin de la Dreamcast.

news about shenmue 3 are showing up again. in fact, during an interview of yu suzuki in a taiwanese site GNN, the creator of the saga shenmue has confirmed that there wil be an annoucement during 2006.
the xbox360 might be the console that will receive the third opus in this worldwide appreciated saga. Microsoft was behind the second part in xbox and it financed it totaly. in addition, Yu Suzuki says to be seduced by the flexibility of the 360 and that he' s in good term with microsoft. Note that Peter Moore, one of the biggest guns in Redemond' s firm was the CEO of sega in america from 1989 to 2001 and that Jay Allard was one of the biggest sega fans before the end of the Dreamcast.

If Microsoft financed Shenmue so much, doesn' t that mean that they practically own the Shenmue franchise now? Shenmue is one of the most expensive games ever done so an exclusive release for the 360 would seem like a waste of money since the 360 is doing so bad i Japan. But then, maybe MS is hoping that the game will attract more japanese gamers...
I' d like to see a PSP remake of Shenmue 1 and 2.

Peter Moore ... was the CEO of sega in america from 1989 to 2001

Ummm... no. You see, this is why the entire world hates all of France. That, and they smell due to the fact that every man, woman and child there smokes.

i don' t hate france and i like this country :)

They fianced the shenmue 2 port to the xbox,not the making the game itself that was btw made for dreamcast and off sega..

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Thanks for the translation, this looks pretty cool.

L’arlésienne Shenmue 3 refait parler d’elle aujourd’hui. En effet lors d’une interview de Yu Suzuki au site taiwanais GNN, le géniteur de la saga Shenmue aurait affirmé qu’une annonce sera faîte en 2006.
La Xbox 360 pourraît être la console qui accueillera le troisième opus de la saga mondialement appréciée. En effet Microsoft a été le principal artisan du second volet sur Xbox en le finançant en totalité. De plus Yu Suzuki affirme avoir été séduit par la souplesse de la Xbox 360 et il réaffirme être en excellent termes avec la division jeux de Microsoft. Il faut également noter que Peter Moore, un des grands décideurs de la firme de Redmond, a été le CEO de Sega of America de 1989 à 2001 et que Jay Allard était un des meilleurs fans de Sega avant la fin de la Dreamcast.

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The of arles Shenmue 3 remade one to talk about her today. In fact at the time of an interview of Yu Suzuki to the site taiwanais GNN, the parent of the saga Shenmue would have asserted that an announcement will be faîte in 2006. The Xbox 360 pourraît to be the console that will welcome the third opus of the universally appreciated saga. In fact Microsoft was the principal craftsman of the second shutter on Xbox while the finance in entirety. Of more Yu Suzuki asserts having been seduced by the flexibility of the Xbox 360 and it reaffirms to be in excellent terms with the division games of Microsoft. It is necessary equally to note that Peter Moore, one of the big decision-makers of the firm of Redmond, was the CEO of Sega of America of 1989 to 2001 and that Jay Allard was one of the better fans of Sega before the end of the Dreamcast.

Games are your best friend as long as you don' t start talking to them.

kombatfighter i think i' ve done the job much better than a free software translator....

kombatfighter i think i' ve done the job much better than a free software translation....

LOL, I was showing people that site in case we don' t have a fine translator like you.

Games are your best friend as long as you don' t start talking to them.

keep up the good job kombatfighter

I was kidding, absoluteflame.

The auto-translaters are always hilarious. They just literally translate each word in order and do not reconstruct the sentence for proper grammar or even structure. For example some languages have their adjectives after the noun, and when literally translated to English it makes sense little (or " sense of small" ). :)

I wrote a short sentence in English and translated it to Chinese for an individual I used to know who was fluent. She was barely able to make it out at all. So don' t go translating your English to Japanese using those things and e-mailing your favorite game developers. They will hate you and ruin your favorite game just to get back at you.

I wrote a short sentence in English and translated it to Chinese for an individual I used to know who was fluent. She was barely able to make it out at all. So don' t go translating your English to Japanese using those things and e-mailing your favorite game developers. They will hate you and ruin your favorite game just to get back at you.

Aha!! So YOU' RE the reason Sega ruined Altered Beast!!! The plot thickens!

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

... so thats why devil may cry 2 sucked ...

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

hi everybody!!

My name is Soufiane, i' m 22 and i' m a VGcoholic (everybody say: Hi Soufiane!!) (that' s for video games yeah i' m sure you figured this out) and i don' t wish to stop playing games ever

Joe redfield i bet you' re american or from uk first : you hate france
second you can' t pronounce my name

Are we doing introductions?

(IS there an introduction thread somewhere?)

Oh hell!

I can' t think of this as good news nor bad. It' s happening but it' s coming to the Xbox360 ? That cancels each other out. Just make the game a multi-platform title.

I would also love to see Shenmue 3, a unique game, on the Revolution console. The makers of innovation. It makes sense. And I' ll probably sell a hell of alot more than 9,000 copies in Japan. (Going by X360 sales). I don' t know what to say.

Sega! This is the reason why the Dreamcast failed in sales. You have terrible marketing skills. And you don' t know how to sell games to the public.

Okay, I' m done.

Jimipoeanix there isn' t you only talk to avatars with very weird nicknames , people like to keep their identities and don' t dare start a thread for this you' ll get 1 answer which is mine lol

Dude, you completely mutilated the second part of my username...but I forgive you.

Well, err, *think on-topic, think on-topic!* soooo, Shenmue 3, eh? I' ll sure be getting that! As if I' d ever really spend my cash on feeding a homeless kitten daily. And coming to visit it. Yeah. I didn' t, I swear! Not once. Really.

you can' t pronounce my name

Yes I can-- Absolute Flame. Easy.

Sincerely,
--Joe Redfield.

Man, I just spent the past 30 seconds laughing. That was hilarious.

May god forgive you Joe or you shall burn in the " absolute flame"
and jimipoenix, i burst laughing when i read your comment , sorry man i promise i didn' t do it in purpose , i know it' s no big deal , we' re all kidding here anyway

shenmue 3, nothing important to say although if it is again about looking for people from place to place well you know...

Shenmue 3 makes a part of me bigger than she does http://sheendigital.com/alba/

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

O god what have you done to Jessica Alba?
Shenmue 3 makes you get bigger?
While playing QTE' s?
I' m kidding.
Joy play with me.
Coolios.

Let' s not start a flamewar here children, that does none of us any good.

What' s most important is that more shenmue might be coming, the xbox 360 seems the most likely canidate, and that' s good for all.
Even if japan sit on the fence about the xbox, microsoft has one thing over both sony and nindy, they are pretty eager to please the japanese audiance.

With such a great game, and attractive price, only the most foolish fanboy would not consider giving the 360 a spin.

I did.

I like all of the consoles,
all of them have good exclusive games on them.
Yeah Microsoft are eager to please the Japanese audience, i' m hoping this results in Shenmue 3.
I would get whichever it' s on, so
if it' s on all 3, i will get it on PS3 becuse of Blu-Ray.
I think they might be able to fit it all on 1 Blu-Ray disk.
That would be so cool.
That just made me drool.
I' m 19, i' m not a kid.
The bottom line is we all want it, all we need is it to come out.
I' ve been dreaming again, Joy got traped in her room this time,
she locked herself out. I saved her.

19 is a kid

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

The country i come from when you turn 18 your called an adult and you can have Alchacol legally.
Which is pretty cool.

Yu Suzuki' s latest comments are like: X360 is like a PC , Revolution is a toy and PS3 is super powerfull home entertainment.

He commented that he wants to make games for the most powerfull system (PS3 in his opinion) and hard programming doesn' t make big difference to him.

That actually means nothing since MS can make a deal with sega and Yu can' t do much to stop it.

I wonder if those Devs referring to PS3 as being so powerful , are the ones who saw the dev kits or the ones who blindly believe what Sony says?

Now im really happy that i bought an Xbox 360! Hopefully this information is true and all of us can play the followup to one of the worlds greatest saga.

The problem is,if YU doesnt allow some of his project to a certain plattform i think SEGA will not go against him even if they can.
Having internal fights at the moment isn' t good.
Look at sakaguchi FF creator who now has left square-enix...

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Well, this is just some comfusion, it`s not Shenmue III, but Shenmue Online that was earlier this year postponed and whoever saw the text on the Korean site must have missed a whole bunch of letters spelling the word ONLINE and been halucinating about a lot of the number 3 instead.

But Suzuki, in the same article talks about a Shenmue III, but not that they will start on it or announce it this year, but when they WILL start working on it, it will be him who is going to direct it, so a new chapter in this great series may still be in development or something like that.

I think Sega should develop a new console which only purpose will be playing Shenmue III on. That way everyone will be happy