After reading the weekly 5 on the homepage it put me into the Shenmue mood. So I am going to borrow the topic of Shenmue for this post, might as well since it’s a hot topic (don't want to steal your thunder just a good time to post this topic). As we all know Shenmue has a lot of NPC’s and all of them have some unique and interesting personalities. My question is what NPC/s in Shenmue is your favorite and/or most memorable. It doesn’t matter if you have one favorite or ten juts post what you like about that polygon person. There is hundreds to choose from!
Ren of Heavens: My favorite NPC is Ren. In Shenmue 2 Ren comes off as a dick at first, he tries to steal all of Ryo’s Hong Kong dollars, after all those hours of lucky hit and crate labor. He is not afraid to play dirty either, he will through sand at you and even try to stab you. But, after this terrible first impression he becomes one of Ryo’s best and closet allies. He is a major part in the Kowloon chapter; the hand cuff part is epic. To make an analogy if Ryo was Sonic, Ren would be his Knuckles.
Jianmin: Got to give love to the old guy who taught Ryo the move I used most in Shenmue 2, "IRON PALM". Jianmin is an old man who practices tai chi in the South Carmin quarter 24/7. I guess he never sleeps. He also helps Ryo out some bit during the game and teaches him some concepts of martial arts. Also he is so bad ass that when he touches trees he makes all the leaves fall off oh yea!!!
Mario: Many fans might not know about this fella, which means you’re probably missing out on the worst stereotype ever. Mario is the owner of Bob’s Pizza in Ryo’s home town, he has possibly the worse Italian accent I ever heard, but regardless to this he has three things that make him bad ass. First is his restaurant, it stands out from all the rest in the town with it European design and the fact that it’s called Bob’s and his name is Mario. Next is his theme song, that’s rite he has his own theme song about eating pizza it loops over and over, you must buy pizza it’s a trick. Last is his goal, his goal in the game is to help Ryo score with Nazomi, he always offers to make pizzas for her to have Ryo gift them. What’s cooler then having an AI’s trying to help you get lucky?
