In this second part of our maps feature, we will be looking at another map from the 36-page art book  that was available at the Shenmue Prem...

During the 1998/1999 Shenmue Premiere showings in various cities across Japan, ahead of the game's original release on the Dreamcast, a ...

In this post we examine and translate an early Shenmue design document which gives some interesting insight into some design changes made be...

What's Shenmue is the name of a playable demo that was released in Japan in August 1999, shortly before the full release of Shenmue. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ryo approaches Miao Guang Temple. This image is a composite of a screenshot showing content cut from Shenmue 2, and a model of a temple gate...

Welcome to Part Four of our analysis of cut-content screenshots of the mysterious "Miao Village" and temple that were revealed in ...

Previous posts have covered a bicycle riding feature for Ryo that had been shown in promotional footage for Shenmue in the months leading up...