Yu Suzuki has mentioned in past interviews that, in order to realize his vision for  Shenmue , he needed help from people who didn’t even ex...

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 ...

This interview with Yu Suzuki about the upcoming release of Shenmue II for Dreamcast was published in the May 2001 edition of Japan's Do...

In the Spring of 2022, a promotional event was held on location in Yokosuka to celebrate the anime adaptation of Shenmue, Shenmue The Animat...

It is time to add to our Miao Village series with the announcement of an exciting discovery of a working section of cut game play, making th...

Today, we will do a deep dive into an iconic communication method seen in Shenmue: the Chawan Sign, which Ryo first learns about in Shenmue ...

Today we will examine two early-development screenshots of Ryo's arrival in Guilin from a Japanese magazine from the time of Shenmue II...

Last year, we posted an article about an unidentified photo that can be glimpsed at Shenhua's house in Shenmue II. The photo can be par...

A former Shenmue developer has shared a brief but amusing anecdote in response to a tweet from Shenmue Forever that praised Shenmue II's...

It has been a while since our earlier post on the blog in which we looked at changes in appearance to the exterior of Shenhua's house an...

In this post we complete our examination of the Key Story Beats for the Miao Village arc with the final entries 7 to 10, highlighting conver...

Recently, a previously-unseen Shenmue II prototype was successfully purchased at an online auction and, thanks to the generosity of the grou...

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

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

  A Yu Suzuki character model has been discovered among the files of a Shenmue II prototype that has been recently acquired by members of th...

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

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