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 that has been voted this time is:
"Weekly AM2: Translation of Next Issue (Vol. 17)"
The topic selected this time is a continuation of our translations of the official online magazine published by Sega's AM2 team back in the day, the Weekly AM2. This magazine published content about the Shenmue series from December 1999 through to around the release of Shenmue II in 2001, and a link to issues of the Weekly AM2 thereafter became a regular feature of the Shenmue.com website.
This time we will be translating a further edition of the Weekly AM2: Volume 17, published online on 4th April 2000.
Vol. 17 Preview of Shenmue-related content:
Takuan's Dobuita Visit Report (Second Part)
A Guizhang Illustration by Manga Artist Ami Shibata
Tokyo Game Show 2000 Spring Report (Part One)
Shenmue at the Third CESA Game Awards, where it was nominated in five categories
This edition will be translated in a future post on the blog.