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Past Poll Results & Topics Chosen To Date:
- July 2022: Interview w/ martial arts instructor Tetsuya Hattori and Masaya Matsukaze (Dreamcast Magazine, Feb 2000)
- June 2022: Sega's Patent Application for Magic Weather & Magic Rooms
- May 2022: The Secret of Miao Village: Shenmue II Game Jam prototype
- April 2022: What's Shenmue Unused Assets: Mr. Yukawa business card variants
- March 2022: Alternative Letter from Iwao to Ryo (Unused Asset)
- February 2022: "Subtitle the Full Video Footage of the 1998 Shenmue Premiere"
- January 2022: Cut content: the screenshots of Miao village
- December 2021: Interview with Shenhua's Theme song vocalist Ioli
- November 2021: Interview with developer Eigo Kasahara about the Shenmue Passport (translation)
- October 2021: 4Gamer 2010 interview with Yu Suzuki about Shenmue Gai (translation)
- September 2021: Unused Inventory Items Found in Shenmue disc files
- August 2021: Interview with Shenmue sound staff: Yuzo Koshiro, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi (January 2000)
- July 2021: Shenmue III English Lines Compared to the Original
- June 2021: Takumi Hagiwara (Ren): 1999 Interview & Current Whereabouts
- May 2021: The End of Yu's China Journey & Creation of Virtua Fighter 2
- April 2021: Shenmue at Network Jungle II: Digitaliland
- March 2021: Characters in Shenmue Based on Real People
- February 2021: What Dobuita Was Really Like in 1986
- January 2021: Yu Suzuki's Research Trip to China 1994: Part 8
- December 2020: Shenhua's house in Shenmue II vs Shenmue III.
- November 2020: Voice recording for the original Shenmue: interview with Susumu Aketagawa
- October 2020: Where did the road past Sumiya-san's house in Sakuragaoka originally lead?
- August 2020: Yu Suzuki's Research Trip to China 1994: Yu Fractures a Rib
- July 2020: Ryo's Bicycle Riding Ability: What Had Been Planned in Shenmue I and Shenmue II
- June 2020: Memories about working on Shenmue I and II by various Japanese voice actors & project members
- May 2020: The 1999 Digitaliland Exhibition & the "Shenmue Forest"
- April 2020: The character of Izumi Takano in Shenmue II was once considered for Nozomi Harasaki
- March 2020: Unused textures found in Shenmue 1: new drink can flavors
- February 2020: Ryo Hazuki's jacket: do the patches have a special meaning?
- January 2020: Yu Suzuki's Research Trip to China 1994: Part Six
- December 2019: Shenmue Passport Online Features (Dreamcast Magazine 2000)
- November 2019: Dobuita's motorcycle shop Knocking in real life - where is it now?
- October 2019: Yu Suzuki's Research Trip to China 1994: Part Four
- September 2019: "Kiss off twit!" The original Japanese for insults in Shenmue
- August 2019: How Nagoshi brought an end to Shenmue's development (anecdote from 4Gamer interview with Hisashi Suzuki).
- July 2019: Yu Suzuki's Research Trip to China 1994: Part Three
- June 2019: Was South Carmain Quarter” in Wan Chai slightly mis-translated into English?
- May 2019: Hidden Shenmue Passport Feature: F355 Challenge save file analysis: Part One and Part Two.
- April 2019: Yu Suzuki's Research Trip to China 1994: Part Two
- February 2019: Is Master Chen Joy’s uncle?
- January 2019: Dec '99 interview w/ Shenmue Director Keiji Okayasu on Shenmue's development from the Saturn to the Dreamcast
- December 2018: In-game restaurant menus around Dobuita Part One: Manpukuken Ramen
- November 2018: Unused textures found in What's Shenmue: introductory letter from Master Chen
- October 2018: The altar at the Hazuki Residence: Part One and Part Two.
- September 2018: Removing collision detection “on the fly”.
- August 2018: Examining the original Japanese for Ryo’s “Don’t you know that blackmail is waaaayyy uncool?” line in Shenmue 1
- July 2018: Yu Suzuki's Research Trip to China in 1994
- June 2018: Choubu Hostel Plans Translation (Shenmue III)
- May 2018: Interview w/ Yu Suzuki: "15 secrets about Shenmue" 1999 magazine article translation: Part One and Part Two.
- April 2018: "Learning Japanese through Shenmue" series: Lesson One
List of Candidate Topics:
[A] Translations
ID | Description | Votes |
A1 | “50 questions with Shenmue game director Yoshihiro Okabayashi” article (2 parts) [Sega website, Nov 2001] | 0 |
A3 | TGS ‘99 Shenmue Virtual Tour [Dreamcast Magazine, May 1999] | 0 |
A4 | Comments & observations on the “Making Of Shenmue” NHK Special TV documentary [July 1999] | 0 |
A10 | Tweeted anecdotes from Morio Ashizuka, a former developer on the original Shenmue project | 0 |
A11 | What's on the Menu in Dobuita: Yamaji Soba Noodles restaurant | 0 |
A14 | Weekly AM2 - next issue | 0 |
A15 | "X years later" TV show interview: Yu Suzuki on Virtua Fighter + Okayasu on porting VF to the Saturn | 0 |
[B] Culture / Real Life
|
ID |
Description |
Votes |
|
B1 |
Japan’s
economy at the time of Shenmue vs now |
0 |
|
B2 |
Clothes
and outfits in Shenmue 1 |
0 |
|
B3 |
Clothes
and outfits in Shenmue 2 |
0 |
|
B4 |
Vehicles
seen in in Shenmue 1 |
0 |
|
B5 |
Vehicles
seen in in Shenmue 2 |
0 |
|
B6 |
Martial
art styles seen in Shenmue |
0 |
|
B7 |
Historical
basis of the Chawan sign |
0 |
|
B9 |
Field
trip to Dobuita: real-life footage of Dobuita St at night |
0 |
|
B11 |
Japanese
post-boxes & postal delivery |
0 |
|
B12 |
Bowing
in Japanese culture |
0 |
|
B13 |
Ryo’s
daily pocket money |
0 |
[C] Game Hacks
[D] Miscellaneous
|
ID |
Description |
Votes |
|
D1 |
Historical
tweets from the Shenmue Gai official account (retweeted by publisher Sunsoft)
shenmue_gai from:sunsoftgames |
0 |
|
D2 |
How
the characters' names in Shenmue compare: Japanese versus English versions |
0 |
|
D3 |
The
Shenmue 2 comics (unlockable from the Xbox version) |
0 |
|
D5 |
A
survey of Fan-created Shenmue quizzes |
0 |
|
D6 |
A
survey of Fan-created Shemmue apps |
0 |
|
D7 |
Information
about the SoftImage plug-in for Shenmue (and the "Shenmue plug-in") |
0 |
|
D8 |
How
Shenmue's "Chapters" changed over the years (Research Topic) |
0 |
|
D9 |
Shenmue
1 & 2 were originally going to be released together?! (Research Topic) |
0 |
|
D11 |
Shenmue
Piano Tutorial: let's learn to play a tune from Shenmue on the piano. |
0 |
|
D12 |
Analysis
of the E3 trailer "The Hidden Art Returns" |
0 |
|
D16 |
How
the Four Wude came to be |
0 |
|
D18 |
The
significance of the Big Dipper in Shenmue |
0 |
|
D19 |
The
Old Man and the Peach Tree (Early Shenmue Prototype) |
0 |
|
D20 |
What's
Shenmue fan translation project |
0 |
|
D21 |
What
was Shenmue Gai? |
0 |
|
D23 |
Akiko
Kosuge 小菅
昭子
(palm reader, and MC at the original Shenmue promo events) |
0 |
|
D37 |
Aug
2021 Yu Suzuki interview about the movie Free Guy with IGN Japan (add English
subtitles) |
1 |
|
D41 |
Shenmue
II intro's recycled NPCs |
0 |
|
D42 |
Joy's
motorbike model Honda Blackbird CBR1100XX |
0 |
|
D43 |
Shenmue
Premiere event - who was present / what was shown etc |
0 |
[E] Japanese Magazine Articles
|
ID |
Date |
Description |
Votes |
|
E1 |
20-Nov-98 |
Project
Berkley: comments from Yu Suzuki [3 pages], Premiere scheduled |
0
|
|
E2 |
27-Nov-98 |
Project
Berkley: overview, comments from Yu Suzuki [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E3 |
4-Dec-98 |
Project
Berkley: 3D character modeling, comments from Yu Suzuki [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E4 |
11-Dec-98 |
VF3tb
disc, Shenhua, Shenmue Premiere announcement [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E5 |
18-Dec-98 |
Shenmue
Premiere (what to expect), Ren, animals in Shenmue [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E6 |
25-Dec-98 |
Shenmue
Premiere (what to expect), Niao Sun, aerials in Shenmue [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E7 |
1-Jan-99 |
Shenmue
Premiere venue in Yokohama: layout, how to get there [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E8 |
8-Jan-99 |
Shenmue
Feature: the Hero and other Characters |
0
|
|
E9 |
8-Jan-99 |
Shenmue
Feature: It's Magic! Special Effects and Production |
0
|
|
E10 |
8-Jan-99 |
Shenmue
Feature: Interview with Yu Suzuki |
0
|
|
E11 |
22-Jan-99 |
Recap
of the Shenmue Premiere in Yokohama: merchandise, attendee survey results [3
pages] |
0
|
|
E12 |
22-Jan-99 |
Recap
of the Shenmue Premiere in Yokohama: opinions & comments from attendees
[1 page] |
0
|
|
E13 |
22-Jan-99 |
Recap
of the Shenmue Premiere in Yokohama: things that were said during from the
presentation [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E14 |
22-Jan-99 |
Shenmue
Premiere in Yokohama: still frame digest of the video shown [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E15 |
5-Feb-99 |
Shenmue
Premiere & features of the game [10 pages] |
0
|
|
E17 |
19-Feb-99 |
Interview
w/ Shenhua actress Hazuki Ishigaki | [6 pages] |
0
|
|
E18 |
26-Feb-99 |
Interview
w/ Ryo actor Masaya Matsukaze [4 pages] |
0
|
|
E20 |
12-Mar-99 |
Free
Battle system [4 pages] |
0
|
|
E22 |
2-Apr-99 |
Preview:
Shenmue at Tokyo Game Show Spring '99 [6 pages] |
0
|
|
E23 |
9-Apr-99 |
TGS
'99 Flash Report [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E24 |
19-May-99 |
TGS
'99 Interview w/ Yu Suzuki & Ohji Hiroi [7 pages] |
0
|
|
E25 |
19-May-99 |
Preview:
Shenmue at Network Jungle II: Digitaliland [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E26 |
19-May-99 |
Q&A
w/ Shenhua actress Hazuki Ishigaki [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E28 |
4-Jun-99 |
Interview
w/ Ryo actor Masaya Matsukaze [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E29 |
11-Jun-99 |
Face
portrayal in Shenmue; Hazuki residence rooms; YOU Arcade games [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E30 |
11-Jun-99 |
Interview
w/ Ryo actor Masaya Matsukaze [1 page] |
0
|
|
E31 |
18-Jun-99 |
Interview
w/ Shenhua actress Hazuki Ishigaki [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E32 |
25-Jun-99 |
Interview
w/ Yu Suzuki [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E33 |
9-Jul-99 |
Shenmue
Eidan Subway stamp rally [1 page] |
0
|
|
E34 |
9-Jul-99 |
Interview
w/ Ryo actor Masaya Matsukaze [1 page] |
0
|
|
E35 |
30-Jul-99 |
Transcript
of Yu Suzuki panel chat at IDCA design event [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E36 |
17-Sep-99 |
NHK
documentary "Making Of Shenmue" recap [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E37 |
1-Oct-99 |
Shenmue
intro cut scene recap & start of gameplay [4 pages] |
0
|
|
E38 |
1-Oct-99 |
Interview
w/ Shenhua actress Hazuki Ishigaki in Dobuita [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E39 |
15-Oct-99 |
Shenmue
Passport disc features [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E40 |
15-Oct-99 |
TGS
Autumn '99 report: Yu Suzuki talks on stage [1 page] |
0
|
|
E41 |
15-Oct-99 |
TGS
Autumn '99 report: actors for Ryo, Shenhua and Nozomi talk on stage [1 page] |
0
|
|
E42 |
5-Nov-99 |
Shenmue
Key Events Timeline: from the Tower of Babel demo to the "Shenmue
Zanmai" campaign & release date delay announcement |
0
|
|
E43 |
17-Dec-99 |
Interview
w/ Yu Suzuki: Special Report [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E44 |
24-Dec-99 |
Interview
w/ Shenmue Director Keiji Okayasu part I [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E45 |
24-Dec-99 |
Basic
Shenmue controls [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E46 |
24-Dec-99 |
Shenmue
systems (Magic Weather, Character Routines, Time Control) [1 page] |
0
|
|
E47 |
24-Dec-99 |
Shenmue
Q&A (Making phone calls, saving games, buying goods etc) |
0
|
|
E48 |
24-Dec-99 |
The
Shenmue world (Yamanose, Sakuragaoka, Dobuita) [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E49 |
24-Dec-99 |
Shenmue
Story digest part I [4 pages] |
0
|
|
E50 |
24-Dec-99 |
Hazuki
Residence floorplan & room descriptions [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E51 |
24-Dec-99 |
Interview
w/ Shenmue designer Masanori Oe [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E52 |
31-Dec-99 |
Countdown
to Release: a day in the life of Ryo [1 page] |
0
|
|
E53 |
31-Dec-99 |
Countdown
to Release: free battles [5 pages] |
0
|
|
E54 |
31-Dec-99 |
Countdown
to Release: Shenmue Story digest part II [4 pages] |
0
|
|
E55 |
31-Dec-99 |
Countdown
to Release: Interview w/ the actors for Ryo and Nozomi (Masaya Matsukaze,
Megumi Yasu) [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E57 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: basic controls & interactions [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E58 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: mini-games & vehicles [1 page] |
0
|
|
E59 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: Passport Disc guide [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E60 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: Story digest for discs 1 & 2 [6 pages] |
0
|
|
E61 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: Map of Dobuita & shop information [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E62 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: Map of Yamanose & Sakuragaoka [1 page] |
0
|
|
E63 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: Thumbnails of all characters [1 page] |
0
|
|
E64 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: In-game observations ("stalking" a character; what happens
if you have no money for the bus etc) |
0
|
|
E65 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: Shenmue Q&A (Is there a "game over"?, Does the outcome
of the QTEs and battles affect the
story?, Is the weather random? Etc) [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E66 |
7-Jan-00 |
Shenmue
Special: Interview /w Shenmue development staff: Yu Suzuki, Manabu Takimoto,
Keiji Okayasu, Masanori Oe, Eigo Kasahara, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E68 |
4-Feb-00 |
Shenmue
Special Part 2: Story digest for disc 3 [5 pages] |
0
|
|
E69 |
4-Feb-00 |
Shenmue
Special Part 2: Free battle strategy guide [4 pages] |
0
|
|
E72 |
11-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 1: Disc 3 story and events guide [4 pages] |
0
|
|
E73 |
11-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 1: Disc 3 battle strategy [1 page] |
0
|
|
E74 |
11-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 1: Map of Shin-Yokohama Harbor [1 page] |
0
|
|
E75 |
11-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 1: Motorbike & forklift racing [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E76 |
11-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 1: Q&A (What became of Ryo riding a bicycle as seen in the
promo video?, What happens if you try
dialing Nozomi's phone number in real life?, What fighting style do Guizhang
and Chai use? Etc) [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E77 |
11-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 1: Interview with Megumi Yasu (Nozomi actress) [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E78 |
18-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 2: Flowchart of Disc 1 [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E79 |
18-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 2: Flowchart of Disc 2 [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E80 |
18-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 2: Flowchart of Disc 3 [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E81 |
18-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 2: Complete maps of the Shenmue world [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E82 |
18-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 2: Free battle advanced guide [4 pages] |
0
|
|
E83 |
18-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 2: List of all characters and items [8 pages] |
0
|
|
E85 |
18-Feb-00 |
Strategy
Guide Part 2: Did you Know…? (People, Battle, Articles) [1 page] |
0
|
|
E86 |
3-Mar-00 |
Photo
shoot: Yasu Megumi cosplays as Nozomi [1 page] |
0
|
|
E87 |
24-Mar-00 |
Photo
shoot: Yasu Megumi cosplays as Nozomi & mini interview [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E88 |
19-Jan-01 |
Shenmue
II: Interview with Yu Suzuki [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E89 |
25-May-01 |
Shenmue
II Special: evolved QTEs, free battles, Magic Maze, Map, following a
character [3 pages] |
0
|
|
E90 |
25-May-01 |
Shenmue
II Special: a message from Yu Suzuki [2 pages] |
0
|
|
E91 |
22-Jun-01 |
Shenmue
II: interview with actors Masaya Matsukaze, Hazuki Ishigaki, Takumi Hagawara
[2 pages] |
0
|
|
E92 |
22-Jun-01 |
Shenmue
II: preview of features and starting area [1 page] |
0
|
|
E93 |
13-Jul-01 |
Shenmue
II: Interview with Yu Suzuki [1 page] |
0
|
|
E94 |
10-Aug-01 |
Shenmue
II: Shenmue Collection feature [1 page] |
0
|
|
E95 |
10-Aug-01 |
Shenmue
II: VF4 special disk [1 page] |
0
|
|
E96 |
7-Sep-01 |
Shenmue
II Special: interview with Yu Suzuki, Masaya Matsukaze, Hazuki Ishigaki | [2
pages] |
0
|
|
E104 |
28-Jan-01 |
Project
Berkley trailer analysis [Dengeki Dreamcast Vol. 27, 2 pages] |
0
|
|
E103 |
1-Feb-01 |
Shenmue:
The Movie |
0
|
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