Shenmue
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Shenmue | |
Developer | Sega AM2, Ys Net |
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Publisher | Sega, Deep Silver |
Platforms | As noted below |
Released | 1999-present |
Added to Museum |
As noted below |
Shenmue (シェンムー) is a Japanese multimedia series created by Yu Suzuki of Sega AM2, and later Ys Net. It consists of video games, a film, a television series, music, books, and comics.
Character biography
Ryo Hazuki was trained by his father, Iwao Hazuki, in the Hazuki-ryū jūjutsu style of martial arts. When Ryo was seventeen, a man named Lan Di who was the leader of a Chinese black market organization known as the Chi You Men came into the Hazuki Dojo seeking vengeance. He claimed Iwao killed his father, so Lan Di killed him out of revenge.
Ryo in turn sought vengeance for the death of his own father and searched Japan and China so that he could get revenge on Lan Di.
Video games in the Shenmue series
Title | Developer | System | Release | Notes |
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What's Shenmue? | Sega AM2 | Dreamcast | 1999 | A demo for the original Shenmue with a story involving the former Senior Managing Director of Sega, Hidekazu Yukawa. |
Shenmue | Sega AM2 | Dreamcast | 1999 | Takes place in 1986, in Yokosuka, Japan. |
Shenmue II | Sega AM2 | Dreamcast, Xbox | 2001 | Takes Place in 1987, in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and in Guilin in China. |
Shenmue City | Ys Net | Mobile (BREW) | 2010 | Released only in Japan in 2010, discontinued in 2011. |
Shenmue I&II | d3t | PS4, Xbox One, Windows | 2018 | Remaster of Shenmue and Shenmue II: Takes place in 1986 in Yokosuka, Japan, then in 1987 in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and in Guilin in China. |
Shenmue III | Ys Net | PS4, Windows | 2019 | Takes place in 1987, in Bailu Village, Niowu, and at a Fortified Castle in China. |
Cancelled Shenmue games
Title | Developer | System | Planned release |
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Shenmue Online | Ys Net | Windows | 2010 |
Films
Title | Studio | Release | Notes |
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Shenmue: The Movie | Sega | 2001 | A machinima film composed of scenes from the original Shenmue. |
Television series
Title | Studio | Release | Notes |
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Shenmue the Animation | Telecom Animation Film | 2022 | An anime based on Shenmue and Shenmue II. |
Other games with Shenmue characters
Title | Developer | System | Release | Notes |
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Segagaga | Hitmaker Thunderstone Japan Toei Animation |
Dreamcast | 2001 | Ryo Hazuki is in the crossover simulation role-playing game with other Sega characters. |
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | Sumo Digital | Android, Arcade, Blackberry, iOS, Java ME, macOS, Nintendo DS, PS3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360 | 2010 | Ryo Hazuki is in the crossover racer with other Sega characters. |
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed | Sumo Digital | Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo 3DS, PS3, Vita, Wii U, Windows, Xbox 360 | 2012 | Ryo Hazuki is available in DLC for the crossover racer with other Sega characters. |
Project X Zone 2 | Monolith Soft | Nintendo 3DS | 2015 | Ryo Hazuki is in this crossover tactical role-playing game with characters from franchises by Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo. |