The premiere issue of GMR (the new game mag co-published by Electronics Boutique and Ziff Davis Media) has done a short interview with Yu Suzuki. This is what was asked about Shenmue:
GMR: With Shenmue II completed, can you tell us about Shenmue III? We know you had to compress multiple chapters into Shenmue II because of cost constraints. Will you have to further condense the series?
Suzuki: The series will continue, but I think we will go with a different approach for Shenmue III. I'd like to make the next chapter into a movie.
GMR: A CG movie, kind of like the one on the free DVD that comes with Shenmue II?
Suzuki: Yes.
GMR: Is it true that Shenmue originally began life as a Virtua Fighter RPG?
Suzuki: That's something of an urban myth. When we were first planning the game, Akira (from Virtua Figher) was scheduled to be the main character, and the working title was Akira's Quest. As development progressed, we felt it would be better to start with a brand-new character.
This interview was sent in by Protomic in which he also scanned the "magazine cover" and "interview". ~HellRaiser~
Oh fucking fuck shit mother fucker fuck shit fuck fuck fuck!!!!!! By "chapter" I certainly hope he doesn't mean the entire rest of the series... there were three chapters in Shenmue II, so maybe he meant that only the first chapter will be a CG movie and that the rest of Shenmue III will be fully playable... PLEASE OH GOD TELL ME THAT I'M RIGHT!!!!!!!
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Alright, here's the new thread all for the new Zelda game!
I think for now we can just post who has pre-ordered it so far.
First off, after checking various places, I find that Software Etc. does indeed do pre-orders, and the manager confirmed that indeed they are also going to give out the free OOT and URA disks the second they come out. So, I got me some preorder goodness.
In fact, by the time I got there, about 50 or so people had already been to that store and pre-ordered it themselves. I'm certainly glad I did this early.. OB1 is just trying to make sure none of us pre-orders before him with all these scare tactics!
Wow! 0-60 in 3.85 seconds, quarter mile in 11.9 seconds. Top speed 196 mph. (With quick gear ratios changes howver, that could go 200 for sure, but the acceleration would be slower)
Powered by a 3.6 liter flat 6 cylinder engine with twin turbochargers. The engine makes 456 horsepower, which is a lot. More than a shitty Corvette or Viper (except the 2003 Viper, although this car is still faster)
A cool thing about it and all 911 Porsches is that the engine is houses in the rear of the car. Luggage goes under the normal hood. Plus direct power given to the rear axle without a drive shaft.
NOTE: (in a V6 the cylinders are lined in two groups of three like this \ /. in a flat they are fallened sideways like so _ _)
Honestly, I hate Microsoft. They have to create they're own file for their operating system in time for the boom of the internet so they can further attempt to take control.
*sigh* Is there a program out there that can convert wma files into mp3s?