Remember when Shenmue and Virtua Fighter creator Yu Suzuki was the sh*t? He still is in my book. But back then you would always hear about him being attacked by geeky fans as he got out of Ferrari in a parking lot somwehere. That Ferrari was probably bought with Sega money, money he earned as a R&D creative office for the company. He was like their all-star player.
Now the famed game creator is stepping down, says Gamespot. Sega says that Suzuki will stay on with the publisher in a diminished capacity, still managing the R&D department for Sega's AM Plus division. But probably not much else. It's what we'd call "retired."
Hats off to the creator of some of my favorite games. I still play Space Harrier to this day. And Out Run is a classic that I'll always cherish -- and the sequel is pretty good, too. I think I liked everything he made except for the arcade game Ferrari F355 Challenge -- I could never even finish the first track!
Wait, retiring at age 50? Not bad, man. But if you ask me, you could have held in there a few more years and made Shenmue 3.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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11:40 AM on 04.06.2009
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Deal?
Sad as it may be but, is Yu Suzuki still working on Shenmue Online?
However, Suzuki could die tomorrow and it wouldn't mean the end of Shenmue, so chill out, everybody.