Will we ever see it?
Do you still even care?

I still care, but I'm not holding my breath. If it comes it comes, if it doesn't then that's life. There are lots of other great games to play.

I'm not sure will we ever see it become reality but if it actually does come out I'll probably have my new favorite game of all time to play.
At least if it's anything like it's predecessors.

We can only hope.

I pray every night that it will come... They cant just stop the story half way, can they? :S

Well...Simon Jeffery (Sega of America) noted at this years E3 that Shenmue III is the most requested game they get from fans....

I dunno. I'd like to think that sooner or later, Yu Suzuki and Sega will get their act together and make just one more Shenmue game.

Seriously Sega.

Stop making all of these terrible Sonic games and make something the fans really want.

I think it will come, they worked on the game and the technology has passed what the game was originally intended for so it could easily be ported to the Wii, assuming that they were close to finishing the game. We knew they lost lots of money developing the game but it must be cheaper now than it was for the Dreamcast. We could see it on the HD consoles but because of the extra tech involved i think they would be able to release it on the Wii like Sega have been doing with their other franchises like Samba Di Amigo and House of the Dead. I would prefer a new game for the new tech, but i just want to see the game out in my lifetime!

"Will we ever see it?
Do you still even care?
"

I'd slaughter an African settlement of innocent men, women and children with my bare hands for a confirmation of Shenmue III.

bethesda is already makin shenmue 3

Another Shenmue game isn't ever going to happen. I'd like to see one, though, so long as it doesn't involve me standing on a corner and asking people if they want to play Lucky Hit.

If you really miss Shenmue, maybe you'll want to check out Yakuza. Not quite the same thing, but a lot of similarities.

We'd like to think that we will see it.  Right now me and and members of ShenmueDojo and SegaNerds are mounting a campaign to convince Sega that Shenmue III is needed.  Or to give us Shenmue: The Complete Saga on one game.  If you love Shenmue, help us out and spread the word.

http://www.myspace.com/legendofshenmue
and
www.shenmuecampaign.com

Next month we will be doing a mass mailing of letters and toy capsules (like those found in Shenmue) to Sega of Japan.  Please join in and start mailing November 27th 2008 thru December 29th 2008 ( the dates are Dreamcast and Shenmue's anniversary

"Will we ever see it?
Do you still even care?
"

i dont think we will ever see it and that pisses me off so much

It shall come one day, oh yes, it shall. Even if we have to wait another twenty years, I'd still forgive Sega for every retarded Sonic bullshit spin-off ever if they released Shenmue III.

There are rumors that they'll end the series with a manga adaptation but I kinda don't care since I played Shenmue a long time ago when I rented as a child. I still don't remember much of it since as a kid I was bored of the game, I'm not sure If I'll like or dislike Shenmue if I'd play it again at my current age.

Oh shenmue.  Shenmue belongs to one of my all time favourite games.

I think the problem is Japanese just don't like Shenmue that much.  I'd rather get Shenmue games than Yakuza series games, but that's not what the Japanese seem to want.

Bah I really want Shenmue 3.

Because the game did so great in the West it's obviously just the East that doesn't want it eh?

"Because the game did so great in the West it's obviously just the East that doesn't want it eh?"

And what do you base demand for the game in the West on? SEGA fanboys in SEGA fanboy forums and the odd reference in a magazine? The Dreamcast as a whole flopped in the West, despite having two Shenmue games, why should they think bringing one more would revive the franchise and actually make profit? It didn't sell much on the Xbox either. It didn't make up for its cost in the East even. It's suicide to do another. Yakuza sells well and is not really the same type of game as it's more of a brawler than an adventure title. I'm sure Yakuza 3 will come to the West eventually, even if it's not a priority for them as the franchise is insanely more successful in the East. I suppose it's their own little Monster Hunter type franchise. SEGA still do creative games and they test the waters in both East and West. Valkyria Chronicles is another example of that. If they do a sequel and they don't bring it here, people will cry foul again, but the original didn't sell well, so much so there may not be a sequel at all. People remember SEGA's greatness with all the wrong timing, always after they have decided their fate by not buying them. All the Saturn classics, all the Dreamcast goodness, many of which got a second chance on other systems later, and more. Then they wonder why all the good SEGA games are merely published by them (Total War, House of the Dead: Overkill, etc) or why they keep making Sonic games (sales, duh).

SEGA is making good money on the Wii right now. If Shenmue III comes, it will most probably be on the  Wii.

"And what do you base demand for the game in the West on? SEGA fanboys in SEGA fanboy forums and the odd reference in a magazine? The Dreamcast as a whole flopped in the West, despite having two Shenmue games, why should they think bringing one more would revive the franchise and actually make profit? It didn't sell much on the Xbox either. It didn't make up for its cost in the East even. It's suicide to do another. Yakuza sells well and is not really the same type of game as it's more of a brawler than an adventure title. I'm sure Yakuza 3 will come to the West eventually, even if it's not a priority for them as the franchise is insanely more successful in the East. I suppose it's their own little Monster Hunter type franchise. SEGA still do creative games and they test the waters in both East and West. Valkyria Chronicles is another example of that. If they do a sequel and they don't bring it here, people will cry foul again, but the original didn't sell well, so much so there may not be a sequel at all. People remember SEGA's greatness with all the wrong timing, always after they have decided their fate by not buying them. All the Saturn classics, all the Dreamcast goodness, many of which got a second chance on other systems later, and more. Then they wonder why all the good SEGA games are merely published by them (Total War, House of the Dead: Overkill, etc) or why they keep making Sonic games (sales, duh)."

"SEGA is making good money on the Wii right now. If Shenmue III comes, it will most probably be on the  Wii."

Flopped = didn't earn as much as they needed really. The Dreamcast should have done waaaaaay better considering what games they had available even before the PS2 reared its overhyped head. But everyone waited for that and its fabled emotion engine and super realism and true next gen instead of experience the next gen with what was already in front of them ready to be bought, ie Shenmue, Soul Calibur, and others. It took the PS2 at least a year after its release to catch up to the visuals the DC was already displaying, yet people still fell for Sony's hype machine believing it's a system 10x more powerful or something. Sure, SEGA did some pretty crappy decisions also, especially in marketing, but they had the advantage in games for a long time, which is what should have mattered in the end. It didn't.

As for Yakuza 3 not coming to the West, oh well, if 2 flopped as you say then that's natural I suppose, though I thought being a new gen and all they'd give it another shot. I guess I had the wrong impression that the Yakuza games sold OK enough in the West.

I really wonder why Shenmue did cost so much to make.  The game started development on Saturn (AFAIK), but many games have much longer legacies and only cost a fraction to make.  Kameo started on N64, STALKER took 10 years or so.  It's this kind of failure in the business level that was always Sega's failing.

id love a new shenmue myself, as long as the movement is more refined im all for it.

"Meowayne said:

"SEGA is making good money on the Wii right now. If Shenmue III comes, it will most probably be on the  Wii."

I would be surprised if it was not released on the PS3 since, as Al3xand3r mentioned, Yakuza is a similar game in many aspects and doing well. Perhaps we'll see Shenmue 3 on PSN ala the new Siren episodes."

Actually I said they're different. Diamond thinks they're similar. ...

Actually I said they're different. Diamond thinks they're similar. I think Yakuza is more of a brawler while Shenmue 3 was an adventure franchise more than anything else, and the bits with too many fights were actually its worst parts (1 on 1 was fun when it also served story purposes), while for Yakuza they're its best. They share a similar graphics engine and the fighting is obviously inspired by Virtua Fighter for both franchises, which makes them appear more similar then they really are to me. Anyway I don't know if I'd even like 3. They sure fucked up Shining Force. And with Shenmue 2's end it seemed they were going for a more supernatural side, perhaps as absurd as they displayed it in those Shenmue Online CG videos, and I wouldn't have liked that as much."

Well I don't have Yakuza 3, if it's more like Shenmue then great.

Your ending is teh suq. Ryo needs to get it on with Nozomi already. Man did it suck to have no phone calls in 2.

Your ending is teh suq. Ryo needs to get it on with Nozomi already. Man did it suck to have no phone calls in 2.

Why would he have a fit of anger? He's been doing great and learning so many things during his journey. He'd be a better person than that! If he was just another angry fool then he'd never be friends with all these people, they wouldn't help him and he'd fail. I guess I should also note I liked the original far more than the second. It was less game perhaps, but more experience. The second had more game but lost some of the atmosphere, charm and soul. Also, no forklifts is fail. Both are epic overall though.

"Why would he have a fit of anger? He's been doing great and learning so many things during his journey. He'd be a better person than that! If he was just another angry fool then he'd never be friends with all these people, they wouldn't help him and he'd fail. I guess I should also note I liked the original far more than the second. It was less game perhaps, but more experience. The second had more game but lost some of the atmosphere, charm and soul. Also, no forklifts is fail. Both are epic overall though."

We don't know how and why. It's possible it was an accident he was forced into to stop an evil man's intentions. He doesn't seem to be a murderer from how everyone knows him. Ryo could do the same with Lan Di. Shenmue's far too light hearted to turn this depressing imo. It's not Yakuza! Also, only Lan Di claims Iwao killed someone anyway, maybe he has his facts all wrong, blinded by hate and ambition.