I played the original Shenmue 1 on Dreamcast when it came out, I was 11 years old. It blew my little kid mind and opened it in many ways. I still remember begging my parents to buy me the "Walkthrough" magazine. Eventually they said yes, and I figured out how to find the Old Warehouse #8. Then the whole game opened up and the rest is history. Love this game. Thank you so much for this great video. You've got a gift!

I loved the Cul De Sac Smash games a lot as a kid though I found a way to completely cheese them by just driving in a circle the entire time

mi cancion favorita de shenmue 1 es la de Nagai Industries, siempre entraba a la oficina para solo escuchar esa cancion jsjsjsjsj

If we don’t get Shenmue IV by the time Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 drops it’ll never happen and if so we will all be too old.

I remember a few weeks ago, playing Scam of the Century and choosing Edd first, and when I got to the segment with the nuts, I thought on-impulse as well as said out loud "HOLY SH|T, THIS GAME HAS A DEDICATED 'DOUBLE DEEZ NUTS' MECHANIC!" And that's what I call it to this day.

Sometimes I imagine my Ed Edd n' Eddy Rétro Future AU* having a video game adaptation, where the main game is based on the console trilogy's playstyles, and it has some extra minigames based on the flash games. For example, since the AU is Y2K/Frutiger sci-fi centered around Cyberspace(which sounds completely unhinged out of context) it could explain Lost in Space as being an actual thing to an extent and not just Edd's dream; since it wouldn't be too out of place in a Cyberspace dimension, and with the addition of retrofuturistic(or, I guess, rétrofuturistic) technology, Eddy might as well get his hands on some kind of spaceship/airship like that. By accidental coincidence, one of the areas is a cave system of tunnels and otherworldly materials, so that could work for a Jawbreaker MIne based minigame. I could go on and on. Candy Machine Deluxe could also work as a basis for customization, in some way. Mainly the UI style, and perhaps have an OST track remixed from the song that plays in it. Maybe the reward for having a high enough style score would be obtaining an apple-and-cinnamon-flavored Chunky Puffs item, if you know what I mean. I[t] could even reference some of the Cartoon Network crossover games that had Ed Edd n' Eddy co-featured in them, not mentioned in this video, like Summer Resort, Bean Bag Tag, and even Tokyo Blows with its... incredibly cursed sumo-wrestler-ified Eddy. My idea for the main game is that it has two modes, one where all of the Eds follow each other like Mis-Edventures, the other that lets you control and place them seperately like Jawbreakers! but more polished obviously. I think a game like that could work, as having them together would be more convenient and obviously more useful, but the separate movement is proven by Lost Vikings/Fireboy & Watergirl to be good for puzzle solving or just in case the non-selected Eds need to be still for a moment for whatever-reason. I'm thinking more of a Metroidvania kind of level progression, though, considering the story of the written material the AU's story is told through. If that ever does happen, however and why-ever it does, I'll probably not include bits from every game, for obvious reasons. I'll definitely leave out the ones that feel like generic games with the show's branding slapped on to it, like Build the Faces Of and (*My fanseries of the show that's an alternate universe, with things like artwork and written material to go with it. I talk about it a lot because I am actively working on it as I type, and I'm also hyperfixated on the show itself currently. I can't help but talk about it, as weird and perhaps "cringe" as it may be.)

As someone else who has anxiety, that analogy you mentioned in that tangent is genuinely really relatable. I might have to keep it in mind next time I have a meltdown

Played Shenmue on Dreamcast back in day and it blew me away. Started 3 but saw 1 and 2 going dirt cheap so stopped and started sm1 again, and it still oozes incredible atmosphere! Even now.❤

Damn i wished i watched this video sooner i am a fan of the series but never player the games but seen many game play videos of these classics on KZfaq and the anime adaptation for Shenmue we had a couple years ago was also well done.

I always thought shemnue online was fan made

I just finished replaying the first game on ps4 HD collection. Haven’t played since probably 2000. I used Japanese with English subtitles and really enjoyed it again. On to part 2, which I finally played the first time on XBox in the last 5 years or so.

No big plot twists?! WHEN I REALIZE REN WAS USING A DOUBLE SIDED COIN ON ME I WANTED TO BASH HIS HEAD LOL

Great video and i am glad that you see shenmue 3 for what really is rather just trash it for like and the views... To me shenmue 3 is better than shenmue 1... And i love this series soo much...

On the full studio logo, that's a ballsack

hoodwinked is a great movie. you should check it out

Nina Cortex

Bandicoot Named Crash

Dr Neo Cortex

Crash the Bandicoot

Evil Crash

This video may be 2 years old but this is one of the most well-researched and informative videos about Shenmue ever. You really know what you're talking about and understand what makes Shenmue awesome.

This may be some false info but iirc one of the VAs who worked on Shenmue III said that they was instructed to make the dialogue readings a little clunky on purpose to try and recreate some of the charm of the first two where some of the VAs just obviously couldn't speak English and were just reading lines as best as they could. Going from memory and can't remember where I saw this so take it with a pinch of salt I suppose. Edit just to add that I thought this was a fantastic video btw, really enjoyed it!

Super video from you, Super Moe, really enjoyed it

Great video Super Moe!

Shenmue RULES 🤘😎

Great video! I loved Shenmue I and II, but Shenmue III was very disappointing.

I’d love if sega got RGG studios to do a shenmue 4 with the OG creator as a consultant

39:22 best bit

Cool narration and your voice is super calming

Incredible video, and a wonderful homage to a project that was ahead of its time but still full of charm and heart. I bought the first game back in 1999 (I still own a japanese Dreamcast) so your video took me on a journey to memory lane ❤

I don't comment much, but I have to say this is the best video on Shenmue I have ever seen. It's my favorite game of all time and you brought things up I hadn't known. Great job!!!

4:09 Relics were planned to be in crash twinsanity?

after watching the video, i noticed that Ed, Edd n' Eddy not only have flash games but also shockwave games my fun fact: for some reason, some humans calls shockwave games as flash games, which does not make sense at all

"Brought to you by Sprite. Sprite it's alright." lol

FMV games had quick time events.

Surprised no mention of the music from Airing out the books. Man that ish is good, almost euphoric.

Just wanted to say thanks for this, it was very well done and there was a ton of things I didn't know. Great job on the overall presentation and pacing.

Shemue would have taken 8 disc for the SAGA SATURN. With the SAGA DREAMCAST they could cut that Data down to hafe with 4 disc:

Hidiki Okumara was a Project Manager and Executive Producer of SAGA who helped develop the SATURN. Hidiki Sato is the owner of SAGA . Yu Suzuki was a video game developer for SAGA and Nintendo he created Shenmue.

Awsome video. Love shenmue. Thak You very much for doing this! 🫶🏼

I had no idea how deep the Shenmue iceberg was. Shenmue 1 is probably my favourite game, playing it in 2000 was like playing something from the future. I even remember still thinking it looked better than most 360 games until at least 2007. I had never heard of Shenmue for the Saturn and Shenmue Online so this video was a really interesting watch. Thank you for all your in depth research, and excellent presentation.

Duck racing? Jesus H . . . how many things have I missed in these games?

Probably the best video ever created on Shenmue. Phenomenal job here. Funny how the video dragging Shenmue 3 has like 1.7 mil views. I backed Shenmue 3 and didn't enjoy it at all, this video is far superior in every way. Human psychology is funny, people would rather watch something negative; then learn the history of it.

This was absolutely excellent. A metric ton of work went into creating this and you have my respect. Bang up job!

Loved your video tho I almost stopped watching a few minutes in it's because you talk way to fast like your running out of time or something 😉 apart from that really enjoyed this as a fan who played shenmue when it came out and just falling in love with it this video brought back a load of great memories so again thank you sir

Thanks, I love shenmue, and I love this video

Yeah that has a very weird story. Basically, they went through the whole Nintendo power review of the game, which bashed the game I believe, and grabbed those 3 words in some paragraph of the article that was talking about something else & printed it like this 😂🤦‍♂️ It's a very sleazy tactic. Also this is why magazine quotes on game cover and art means shit!