God, what has happened to my game? Shenmue was the pride of Sega, weird stretchy face textures and all. It was a flagship game for Sega's flagship game system. From there the IP slowly crept down in respectability. There was that Xbox release that made me feel kind of icky. More recently, the series creator, Yu Suzuki, made the latest Shenmue game all web-based and frilly. And now there's talk of an iOS port of Shenmue Town? Only Sonic's story is more sad!
Suzuki says that his Japanese Yahoo! portal Mobage PC game has always been considered something that could go multiplatform. He told Gamasutra at GDC that smartphones are the next step for his game: "From the start, I’ve been thinking of this as a multiplatform game." He adds: "So I’m thinking about smartphone strategies right now.”
And then? Crazy talk: "I’m imagining," he added, "since Apple just announced their AirPlay initiative that allows you to play music and send a single out from your phone to multiple devices, that in the future you’ll be able to beam games out of your phone to play on widescreen TVs in massively multiplayer environments. You could play against other people with your iPhone as your controller."
Dude! What does this have to do with a nice game of Lucky Hit? How does this crap relate to the Tomato Convenience Store? What about Bob's Pizza?
Oh, and it's called Shenmue Town now. Not Shenmue City.
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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12:40 PM on 03.01.2011 | 
I just don't want to get my hopes up anymore.
Shenmue and Shenmue 2 were great.
It wouldnt be as expensive as say a Yakuza game and they do pretty well. Just make a trilogy boxset and be done with it. Gamers love a good collection.
Beautiful series, end it for christ sake.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/12/16/mobile_yakuza/
Nope, Yu Suzuki is still with Sega.
When you said that, a catchy tune I had from OC.Remix immediately shot to my head. So I went to get and post the link...
http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00846/
I had no idea that you, Dtoid's very own Dale North, made this mix! I've been playing it for years! XD Congrats on keeping it stuck in my head!
My father was murdered??? Hold on! I've got to stop by my the convenience store, and pick up some dried fish for my pet cat.
Baby boy Ryo! XD