“Shenmue HD is real"

[davenixdorf]

http://www.gamerzines.com/xbox/news-...-finished.html

An HD port of Shenmue is indeed heading to XBLA and PSN, and development on the title has been “finished for well over a year”, according to an industry source speaking to GamerZines. Our source, who wishes to remain anonymous but does have ties to SEGA, told us that “Shenmue HD is real [and has been] finished for well over a year.
“As is Shenmue II HD”.
So, if true, why has SEGA held off on releasing them?

According to our insider, SEGA chose to sit on their release until it had a clearer picture of the future for the Shenmue franchise, namely, whether or not Shenmue III would ever see the light of day.
SEGA teased earlier this week that it “may be working on” an HD port of Shenmue.

An XBLA release has been rumoured since April 2010 when the game allegedly turned up on a secret developer test network.

Is it April 1st already?

[GodofHardcore]

I think more imporantly this is an indirect announcement of Shenmue III

[Shadowlayer]

Riiight, so Sega went and burned even more money revamping the textures to make it HD rather than upscalled, despite the fact there is ZERO chance today's angry birds-infused morons will appreciate the game.

The same Sega(mmy) that was too cheapass to pay royalties for Crazy Taxi, despite that game being an order of magnitude more popular than Shenmue was, or that couldnt even make a 16:9 version of Sonic Adventure for XBLA.

Yeah sure.

[GodofHardcore]

What the hell is wrong with you? You shit on Shenmue's long awaited reissue. Call me a Commie.......seriously WTF

[Keiji Dragon]

I don't know, Sega has been cleaning their act lately.

[APE]

I've always wondered if any dev every did this. My bet is that SEGA didn't have the spare cash to do this unless it was only a barebones "HD" conversion.

[GodofHardcore]

Converting to HD seems like a 2 year job to me

[ave]

there is ZERO chance today's angry birds-infused morons will appreciate the game.

I like Angry Birds, Lol. There are many gamers out there who can do both. Morons today were morons yesterday too, only that they played moronic FPS crap rather than Angry Birds back in 2000, but they already took an unappreciative dump on Shenmue just as they do today.

[GodofHardcore]

TRUE GAMERS will buy Shenmue HD. If Sega Marketed the reissues right (like they Market anything these days) they could remind the Main stream that Assassin's Creed and GTA III on ward would not exist had it not been for Shenmue.

Which is true The Tree game set the mold for all Sandbox games.

[GaijinPunch]

I think more imporantly this is an indirect announcement of Shenmue III

Has any of Sega's HD upgrades resulted in them re-opening the franchise?

[GodofHardcore]

Has any of Sega's HD upgrades resulted in them re-opening the franchise?

SEGA chose to sit on their release until it had a clearer picture of the future for the Shenmue franchise, namely, whether or not Shenmue III would ever see the light of day.

There you go

[Vosse]

It'll probably be just a shitty port/upscale anyway.

But I'd still buy it anyway >:|

[la-li-lu-le-lo]

If they can give Shenmue the same treatment they gave Daytona USA, I'll be a happy gamer. They still probably have all or most of the assets used for Shenmue, so it shouldn't be hard to make a good port. What would be even more awesome is if they included the Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles.

Anyway, it is only a rumor, so I wouldn't put too much thought into it. I'm cautiously optimistic.

I also saw that SEGA announced (officially) that they're releasing House of the Dead 4 on PSN. I don't think it mentioned anything about XBLA. I just hope they include support for Guncon 3.

[Vosse]

Having the Japanese track still won't make the dialogue any less awkward or poorly written honestly imo.

The dialogue/voice acting are the only real flaws of Shenmue(in both games and in both languages,especially the second one). If they decide to finally make Part III they will either make it better, or keep it the same for nostalgia/consistency o.o

[GodofHardcore]

If they can give Shenmue the same treatment they gave Daytona USA, I'll be a happy gamer. They still probably have all or most of the assets used for Shenmue, so it shouldn't be hard to make a good port. What would be even more awesome is if they included the Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles.

Anyway, it is only a rumor, so I wouldn't put too much thought into it. I'm cautiously optimistic.

I also saw that SEGA announced (officially) that they're releasing House of the Dead 4 on PSN. I don't think it mentioned anything about XBLA. I just hope they include support for Guncon 3.

It's Move or GTFO

[Yakumo]

There's one thing they really need to do and that is make the controls a lot more fluid. I was recently playing Shenmue 2 on my Saturn and man, the controls are so stiff and clunky in this day and age. Still a fantastic game but the controls need to be brought up to date.

Yakumo

[Shadowlayer]

An upscale shenmue is possible, and after JSR Sega might throw 16:9 into the mix

But HD is a remake, you need new textures for EVERYTHING on the game, and maybe even models so its not all blocky

Not.Gonna.Happen, shenmue 3 has better odds than a remake of the first 2

There's one thing they really need to do and that is make the controls a lot more fluid. I was recently playing Shenmue 2 on my Saturn

OMGWTFBBQ? ON YOUR SATURN?

[SuperGrafx]

I hope this news is true.
Day one purchase for me

[Anthaemia.]

Sega does... professional rumour control?

https://twitter.com/#!/mikeck/status/180685993316331523

[JamesMichael]

Read this got shot down earlier which tbh I'm sitting on the fence about. Half of me wants them to see HD versions so everyone that didn't have a Dreamcast and couldn't track down a copy of Shenmue back in the day can play it. Whilst the other half just doesn't want it to happen due to them bodging most of the HD remakes so far. Apparently Jet Set Radio wont have all the tracks from the Dreamcast version which is going to be a real shame if true!