The official site for Shenmue City has opened up, more info is trickling down. Shenmue City was thought to be a sequel to Shenmue 2, it has been revealed that is not the case. The game will take place in a parallel universe and you will start off where Shenmue 1 started.
Seems that characters exclusive to Shenmue Online (cancelled game) will be used in this title, as well as CGI from the past titles. As far as pricing, the game will be free to play, but you will have to pay for some items.
As for who is making the game, it is not SEGA, they are not developing or publishing the game. The game is being developed by YS NET, an independent studio started in November 2008. The director of this project is Yu Suzuki. Sunsoft is helping with the project.
[Thanks: STORM!]
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FIRST! Totally awesome news. Not the big announcement, but so glad to see Yu Suzuki behind a Shenmue title and hoping things grow from here!
What does this mean for Segas involvment in Shenmue…
Do they still own the IP.
Edit: I see
SEGA(c) YS(c) SunSoft(c) at the bottom of the page so I assume Sega has something to do with the game.
My feelings about this game are very torn, I'm extremely happy to see the Shenmue series being worked on again… But I want to know what kind of involvement Sega and Yu Suzuki has… and how it plays.
In my opinion all Shenmue news is good news, I think this opens up the possibility for more Shenmue talk between fans and Yu and maybe eventually a continuation of the main series.
What the fuck is going on.
I got nothing bad to say about SUNSOFT, a small but dedicated studio.
Loved Batman and Arrow: The Acrobat.
p.s. George it is SUNSOFT not Sunsoft.
Just like SEGA.
Parallel universe?
Shit, the same thing happened to Ecco the Dolphin III… I cannot go through that kind of disappointment, I JUST CANNOT!
Omg, what the fuck does Batman has to do with the greatness that Shenmue is?
Why am I feeling so hyped about it?
Yu Suzuki finally rising from his grave may be the reason 8)
Sunsoft? I thought they had quit making videogames.
Directed by the great Yu Suzuki himself? This might turn out to be something great.
Didn't Storm mention this a while back?
@TREAMCASTER: SUNSOFT made the old Batman game on Nes/Genesis/Snes the one I believe called return of the joker.
It was awesome.
SUNSOFT never stopped making games, they just suspended American Operations, and remained in Japan.
It's too strange that they're going down the "alternate universe" route when they haven't even finished the tale of one universe yet.