Shenmue and The Fall of Sega

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Published on June 12, 2019 7:00:05 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXwXIkjaMC0

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Shenmue (1999)

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A long time ago, Sega made Shenmue, a weird forklift simulator, and some people didn’t like it, BUT I DID

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Sources:

Euro Gamer: The Rise and Fall of Sega

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-22-the-rise-and-fall-of-sega-enterprises

Polygon Yu Suzuki Interview
https://www.polygon.com/2014/3/19/5527120/yu-suzuki-shenmue-gdc-2014-classic-game-postmortem

Interview where Nagoshi (Yakuza Creator) talks about Shemnue
https://www.gamesradar.com/from-shenmue-to-yakuza-toshihiro-nagoshi-looks-back-on-an-illustrious-career-of-japanese-game-development/

Gamespot Shenmue Review
https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/shenmue-review/1900-2540599/

(This article is a wiki as the original live journal is locked)
https://crappygames.miraheze.org/wiki/Backlash_at_GameSpot%27s_Shenmue_Review

Yu Suzuki talking about Shenmues 16 Chapters:
http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=48975

IGN review

https://ie.ign.com/articles/2000/11/04/shenmue

Blogpost from original 6.8 Shenmue Reviewer about his review
(I could not for the life of me find the original 6.8 review):
https://lbd-nytetrayn.livejournal.com/1166264.html


Dreamcast games on Xbox

"This Month in Gaming History". Game Informer. Vol. 12 no. 105. GameStop. January 2002. p. 117.

http://archive.videogamesdaily.com/features/sega_yu_suzuki_iv_feb06_p4.asp

Old Article from IGN about Virtua Fighter Quest https://web.archive.org/web/19990218041724/http://dreamcast.ign.com/news/5927.html

Shenmue 2 sales
https://web.archive.org/web/20060221044930/http://www.ownt.com/qtakes/2003/gamestats/gamestats.shtm

The disappearance of Yu Suzuki:

https://web.archive.org/web/20121107063936/http://www.1up.com/features/disappearance-suzuki-part-1

https://web.archive.org/web/20150629181949/http://www.1up.com/features/disappearance-suzuki-part-2?pager.offset=4

Why Shenmues voice acting was terrible (Archived version for the way back machine):
https://web.archive.org/web/20100517092309/http://www.shenmuedojo.net/JeremyBlaustein2.shtml


Additional footage from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhIaFY4jVMU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhbTQo9y6Q8

Song List:
https://imgur.com/a/9PaFruX

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