Just when we gave up onShenmue 3, Yu Suzuki has to go and bring it back up. The former Sega man is now heading up online social game Shenmue City, but he talks with Famitsu on why the next game in the series wasn’tShenmue 3.
Suzuki got the social gaming idea in his head after playing the popular online titleMafia Wars. He wanted to try his hand at making a game that would show the world ofShenmuefrom an interesting perspective that didn’t demand the top level of graphics and sound, saysAndriaSang. For him, that game could not beShenmue 3.
“Shenmue has the image of grand scale,” said Suzuki to Famitsu in an interview. “But making something of grand scale requires appropriate preparation. I want to make 3 with the same volume as in the past. There have actually been a lot of requests from fans for 3 as well. There were even petitions signed by by tens of thousands of people. I wanted to carry out my obligations for the series.”
The good news is that Suzuki says that ifShenmue Citygoes well, they want to do additional things with the series in the future. And seeing as how he still hasShenmue 3on the brain, I hope it does go well. Hopefully he’s not thinking smaller, like a Lucky Hit iPhone game.
