Don't get me wrong: I loved Shenmue and its sequel. I was always a Sega kid, and it was a thrill playing both of these titles, weird stretched texture faces and all. And yes, I would love to play a game of Lucky Hit with you.
But give it up, guys. Sega is not going to give us all the last game of the "trilogy." They're too busy f*cking up Sonic games to do that. As much as I'd love to see a third title come out, it probably isn't happening, and you sending a sh*t ton of capsule toys their way isn't going to change their mind.
Regardless of what I think, Shenmue fans are proceeding with the mass-mailing of toy capsules to Sega in hopes that a huge pile of toys (and accompanying requests) will weigh heavily on their minds. The official MySpace page of this project gives crazed fans everything they need to toy-bomb Sega. The whole thing kicks off on Nov. 27th (Dreamcast's anniversary) and ends on Dec. 29th (Shenmue's 9th anniversary).
Aw, f*ck it. I have some extra gashapon lying around. I'll send one, too. What could it hurt? Maybe Sega could melt them all down and make a huge plastic Shenmue-themed statue or something. I think that's more likely than a new game, but you never know.
[Via ThatVideogameBlog]
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2:20 PM on 11.25.2008
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It's worth a try.
What did they get? A tiny blurb in Nintendo power followed by a teaser in the next month page that ended up being a joke.
But hey, if these people want to waste their money they can go right ahead.
Don't stop believing
Hold on to that feeling
Though it didn't make money... All that matters is tat the game affected my life greatly... and millions of others lives, even if all games aren't art, this game was art.
HECK I actually mailed Yu Suzuki after playing this game, and this game gave me the dream of becoming a game producer like him.
Please... give us the third one please.
If you send them anything, whoevers in charge of this is just going to keep them. KEEP THEM. No weeaboo is strong enough to avoid the call of free plastic toys from Japan to not keep them all for himself.
You peoples is gettin' PLAYED!
How does he plan on keeping them when your sending them directly to sega of japan's offices. Is he gonna sit outside and jump the courier when he delivers the packages?
I would love to see a third game, but it seems so unlikely.
no.
oh ok.
SEGA plz!! Shenmue 3!! Dreamcast2!!
a third one with modern tech would be mind-blowing, don't try to deny it