I has dreams and screenshots of Shenmue 3

I've been wanting a new Shenmue game for so long. The first two games were flawed to Osama's hideout and back, but they were great games which played unlike no other. The first game sucked me in completely. And I failed assignments and starved myself down to a size 1 for the second. If I were to have a list of recommended games to play before you die, Shenmue 1 and 2 would most definitely be on it.

The ending to Shenmue 2 somehow managed to go all mystical and Final Fantasy-like to the point where I seriously expected Shen-hua to summon an Aeon. But it cliff-hung in a way which was so abrupt, WTF?-worthy and made me want the next game so badly - that I dropped my controller on the floor, which sent my VMU flying underneath a bookshelf. Resulting in me having to do the entire final section again because my save messed up. I wanted Shenmue 3 to take me whilst I was on all fours scrambling to find my VMU and just give it to me there and then. That's how bad I wanted and still want Shenmue 3.

There's as much chance of Sega releasing Shenmue 3 now as there is somebody at Nintendo admitting they made Gunpei Yokoi's life a living hell after the Virtual boy fiasco. But what continually pisses me off is that I'd seen shots of Shenmue 3. I kid you not. Shots exist. GameMaster printed them millions of years ago before the first game even came out. It was only upon completing the second game I'd realized it: Wait? I didn't see tha- *gasp!* It was the third game!!!

I have said GamesMaster issue. I have a scanner. You know what time it is, and it's not to meet Fuku-san or kick it with your n***a Tom in Dobuita. Be thankful this blog does not feature smell-o-vision. Because this is in my top 20 list of magazines / issues to take with me during my time of reign on the porcelain throne.

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Who is that little girl with the awful bangs? Who is that woman with the big titties who looks like a Chinese version of Lisa from Sister, Sister? Where the hell is the town in which it snows?! What are Ryo and Shen-Hua talking about!? Will Ryo ever come out and declare that he really just wants Lan-Di to drill him in the same spot he killed his father!? These questions will never be answered. But I'll continue to hope in the denial that they eventually will be.

Yu Suzuki, please make this game. You have no idea of the things I'm willing to do and the depths I'm willing to plummet to get Shenmue 3 off the ground.

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