 Originally Posted by hellsing
shemue 3 and the online one were slated for the xbox years back but got dumped cus shenmue 2 wasnt that popular, hasnt stopped dozens of fan petitions though.
Here's a little something I was able to rustle up from the Shenmue Dojo.
07/29/06 - Shenmue Online at China Games Show.
Shenmue Online has made a big splash at the China Games show. We have media from the trailer shown at the show. The game is now expected to be released sometime in 2007.
"As I'm the general director of Shenmue Online, I make a decision on everything. I'd like to create a game that satisfies myself, otherwise the players wouldn't be satisfied. I trust my team, and if we take sufficient time, our ideal work will be completed." - Yu Suzuki
And here's the footage from the expo a few months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjypQp61lxo
Also I found the following information.
Shenmue online will take place where Shenmue 2 took place, specifically, Hong Kong and China. Yu says that without the characters of Shenmue, then it won't be Shenmue, so he promises all the main characters will appear in Shenmue Online as NPC's. They will take part in the story and act as central figures of the game to progress the players of the game.
Players will join 1 of 3 clans lead by Sha Hua, XiuYing, and WuYing, and go through the story by completing tasks given by the leaders. Or course, during the course of the story, each clan will interact with one another in both friendly and hostile situations. LanDi and Ryo will definitely make appearances in those situations as well.
Yu states that even though the Korean company JCE had announced their withdrawal from development, since Shenmue Online is a Sega venture, they will fulfill their duty of completing it. Yu says despite the internet rumors, development is well on its way and following their original goals and target. He adds that Sega Sammy will make an official announcement about it's progress in the future.
When asked about the various activities possible in Shenmue 2 and whether they will make it into Shenmue Online, Yu says that the arcade games will definitely make it in, and 2/3rds of the things like working, collecting capsule toys, etc, from Shenmue 2 will make it into Shenmue Online, along with much more contents exclusive to Shenmue Online. Yu adds that the game will take place not only in Hong Kong and China, but Macao as well, Yu smiled when he was asked what will the players be able to do in Macao. (Macao is Hong Kong's gambling and red light district.)
Yu says that QTE's will make it into Shenmue Online; but conceptually, it is impossible to implement the exact same kind of QTE into an online game. So in Shenmue Online, QTE's will be something geared towards an online MMO game, but since the implementation haven't been finalized yet, he can't go into specifics.
Yu states that Shenmue's world is very suitable for online play. Shenmue Online's world will be much bigger than the home versions thus far, including over 1200 buildings/locations, and it will be possible for each player to have his or her own house. Yu adds that he has always been very fond of Chinese culture, so he is very happy that Shenmue is liked by the Chinese gamers. This is why he is making this game for the Chinese market. But from a game perspective, Shenmue Online will include many things that all gamers will be able to enjoy.
As for Shenmue III, it looks pretty grim on that front. I'm thinking they probably wont abandon it (after all it is regarded as a classic) but the game certainly looks like it's in limbo at the moment. I'll wrap this up with a fake trailer made from the Shenmue Online demo, at least we can pretend it's coming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbIcNWrHWXA
Bummer. 
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) type fee to play so while im a big shenmue fan im still aint gonna hold my breath on this one.
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