Shenmue Returns! Well, Kinda.
Ryo gets behind the wheel.Published 07/10/2009 at 16:32 by nofi
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He shall appear from a far eastern land across the sea, a young man who has yet to know his potential… And he’ll be driving a badass motorcycle. Yep, Ryo Hazuki, star of the Shenmue series returns in his first playable appearance since Shenmue 2 to join the ranks of the SEGA All-Stars as part of Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. We couldn’t quite believe it either, but it’s real.
The press release tells us that Ryo, protagonist of the Shenmue series and one of the most requested SEGA characters to make an appearance in All-Stars Racing will be “riding his borrowed motorcycle around classic SEGA themed race tracks”. And when a motorcycle just can’t cut it, Ryo can unleash his All-Star move and is able to swap vehicles to his iconic forklift truck to charge and barge opponents out of the way!
The Shenmue series, the story of a son’s quest for vengeance, began life in 1999 as the killer-app for the SEGA Dreamcast. Originally developed by the legendary Yu Suzuki for SEGA, Ryo has yet to gain his revenge but he’s certainly no stranger to motorcycle racing and is sure to make a formidable adversary for Sonic, AiAi, Dr. Eggman and the other All-Stars.
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ER-nut | 07/10/2009 16:35
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Best Trailer EVER!
nickerton | 07/10/2009 16:40
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Um… Really?
MrBilly | 07/10/2009 21:26
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=/
Jumping Monks | 07/10/2009 16:41
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This looks pretty damned awesome to me.
hazelam | 07/10/2009 16:41
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first time i’ve ever seen anybody racing a forklift.
surprised it’s taken sega this long to make a kart racer.
yobrenoops | 07/10/2009 16:48
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Maybe I should get another
C_S15 | 07/10/2009 16:48
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Give us Shenmue 3 dammit!
ShovellyJoe | 07/10/2009 16:50
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Wow, he just doesn’t fit in at all, with the characters or the landscape.
Ryan1991 | 07/10/2009 16:53
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Wow. Looks.. rubbish
Sympozium | 07/10/2009 16:56
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wow I I’m not why Sega bothered, since there can be only one kart racer. You know what it is
ShovellyJoe | 07/10/2009 17:52
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Please be Crash
Please be Crash
Please be Crash
Please be Crash
So on, so forth…
Sweetums | 07/10/2009 21:36
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Yeh CTR is the only kart racer worth mentioning
BadBoyBoogie | 07/10/2009 17:02
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Forklift racing? I’m surprised they’ve not tried that on Top Gear yet!!
hazelam | 07/10/2009 18:07
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they’ve raced most everything else with an engine. and without.
get the stig round the test track on a forklift, should be fun
Quinlank | 07/10/2009 19:43
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Game looks a bit shit. Plus it seems like Sega are just openly mocking all those fans who have literally been begging them for more Shenmue for the past decade now. It would have been better if they’d just carried on pretending Shenmue never existed, as this is inevitably going to re-ignite the same “They’re gauging interest/testing the waters” crap that gets the poor fans hopes of Shenmue 3 ever happening up every couple of years or so.
Speaking of which… whatever happened to Shemue Online?
FireasBall | 07/10/2009 20:53
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That is typical SEGA, i prefer Crash Team Racing and ModNation Racers
shields_t | 07/10/2009 21:04
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Wow, I got really excited about Shenmue 3 for a bit then, but to no avail sadly. Not too sure about Super SonicKart, next SEGA game I’m looking forward to is the Rebellion Aliens Vs Predator.
MrBilly | 07/10/2009 21:28
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i’ve never really cared for the sega all stars games, on the other hand shenmue 3 would be AWSOME!
3shirts | 07/10/2009 21:33
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There is something about these kinds of racing games that nobody but Nintendo seems to be able to nail. I don’t know why the MarioKart series works so well or why all the pretenders don’t but thems the facts
Badrhino | 07/10/2009 21:54
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This is just rubbing it in the faces of people who want Shenmue 3. Nice one Sega.