When viewing the "secret" section of the Snapshots menu in Shenmue II, all characters now have new and high quality thumbnails.This is due to these being actual real numbers in Japan, that many Japanese players called when the game was first released. All phone numbers have their last digit removed.Certain licensed names are now altered such as "Sumitomo Bank" being changed to "Yokosuka Bank" and the "Timex" brand items being changed to the "Sega" brand.Now, these are changed to toys of Sega consoles like "Dreamcast" and "Game Gear". In the Dreamcast version of Shenmue, capsule toys of Sega-console mascot characters such as "Dreamcasko" and "Gear-O" that originated from Japanese magazines were obtainable through the Excite Sega World machine.The "Super Ball" capsule toys are now renamed to just "Ball".This is due to the original pictures being stock photos that Sega no longer has the rights to. The majority of cassette tapes and posters around town in Shenmue that have someone's face on it are now altered to resemble NPC characters seen in Shenmue.Full Achievement support for both games on all platforms.New optional post processing effects for both games, such as bloom, AA, etc.Widescreen support for gameplay where the player can control the camera cutscenes are 4:3 letterbox.HD rendering resolution (4K support only on PC).There is also full controller support and configurable mouse and keyboard for PC users. Updated controls there is a new optional modern control scheme, meaning the player can use the analog stick instead of the D-pad to move Ryo, and there is full mouse and keyboard support for PC users.Ability to save anywhere in both games.30 FPS only, due to technical difficulties with the engine.The English subtitles for the Japanese audio also use male pronouns when referring to Yuan. The Japanese audio is uncensored, so Yuan has a masculine voice instead of a feminine voice.English and Japanese dual audio for both games.Saves can be carried over from Shenmue into Shenmue II on all platforms.Shenmue II is ported using the Xbox version, not the Dreamcast version.“Also, it is becoming difficult to secure the talent necessary to make such games, but thankfully, we have managed to gather a very promising team for Shenmue III. “Smartphones have become the mainstream in the Japanese gaming market today, creating an environment where the technology developed for consoles is often underused,” he said. Speaking to Red Bull in 2016, Suzuki said assembling the Shenmue 3 development team was made more difficult by the decline in popularity of open-world console games in Japan. Related: ‘ Game credits are still a broken mess‘.The game’s release today marks the end of a near-20-year wait for the third instalment in the series. Shenmue 3 is the highest funded video game in Kickstarter history, having raised over $6.3 million from 69,320 backers to help bring the project to life. Significantly, Shenmue 3’s lead environment artist worked on Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the game’s sound director is a 30-year veteran of titles such as Streets of Rage (1991), Virtua Fighter (1993) and Lumines (2004). The rest of the game’s staff are a mix of individuals from across the Japanese development scene. The original Shenmue’s main 2D concept and 3D design artists, Kenji Miyawaki and Hideki Kawabata, also worked on Shenmue 3. The Shenmue 3 team in 2016 (credit: Red Bull) Those that did held writing, direction or concept positions on the games, including original writer and director Yu Suzuki, second director Keiji Okayasu, scenario director Takao Yotsuji and writer Junichi Yoshida. Of the 75 people at core developer YSnet, only 10 worked on either of Shenmue’s previous instalments, analysis suggests. None of the staff figures include voice casts.
In comparison, 2019’s Shenmue 3 was made by a core team of around 75 people, according to its staff credits, with around 100 additional art and QA roles outsourced to external companies. Around 250 worked on its sequel, which was released for Dreamcast and Xbox in 20 respectively. Sega famously formed a team of over 300 people for 1999’s Shenmue, a development team and budget that was said to be the largest ever for a video game at the time.
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