Weekly AM2 Volume 15 - Report on Yu Suzuki's Presentation at the Game Developers Conference | 20th March 2000

Vol. 15: 20th March 2000

Hello, this is Takuan.

New content has just been released for Shenmue Passport.

Be sure to check it out… after you finish reading this week’s Weekly AM2, of course.

All right, here we go!

This week's contents:

• “Total Net Ranking” Opens on Shenmue Passport!
• GDC Report from the U.S.A
• Announcement: Japan Game Awards Results
• Masaya Matsukaze’s Advice Corner
• ‘Shenmue Chapter One: Yokosuka - Original Soundtrack’ finally hits store shelves!
• Tokyo Game Show 2000 Spring Information
• i-mode Image Service #4, Now with Color Support

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“Bye-bye, Boy.” | Cathy Wilkins’ Japanese Dialogue in Shenmue

One of the foreign NPCs Ryo can encounter around Dobuita is a woman named Cathy Wilkins. According to her official character profile, she is actually a military police officer attached to Yokosuka's U.S. Seventh Fleet, stationed here to help keep an eye on the drunken sailors who frequent the area.

Cathy Wilkins

Unaware of her mission, Ryo finds that any attempt he makes to strike up a conversation with her tends to end quickly.

Each time Ryo approaches Cathy, she responds with one of several possible lines, followed by a farewell phrase, both selected at random.

Let’s take a closer look at the original Japanese lines.

This post topic was a suggestion by Wandering Through Shenmue!

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Poll Result: Patrons' Choice Topic for March 2026

Every month Phantom River Stone holds a poll among our patrons to choose a topic for the blog in the coming month. After tallying the votes (including accumulated votes from previous months), the winning topic this time is:

"Shenmue II pre-release interview with the Japanese voice actors for Ryo, Ren and Shenhua"

Originally published in the June 22, 2001 issue of the Japanese magazine DoriMaga, this interview features Masaya Matsukaze (Ryo Hazuki), Hazuki Ishigaki (Shenhua), and Takumi Hagiwara (Ren) reflecting on three years of recording, memorable scenes from development, and their expectations just before the release of Shenmue II.

Coming soon to the blog!

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