OMG Sega just announced Shenmue 3

[Howard Alan Treesong]

APRIL

FOOLS

BITCH

[Great Rumbler]

lmao

[Joe Molotov]

[Yulwei]

i laughed so hard i sharted

[Phoenix Dark]

iOS exclusive 2016

[Your Stalker]

post if you're still alive, himu-chan

[Himu]

Gonna play some FFX and GTAO and not care.

[Tasty]

Himu later tonight:

[Lucretius]

Shenmue III

Free-to-play, card based battle system. 
Facebook exclusive.
In-app purchases of card booster packs.
In-app purchases of virtual quarters to play Outrun and Space Harrier. 

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(Virtual quarters cost $1.99.)

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Send out mass messages to your entire friends list asking "Please help me find sailors!" 
Amazing voice acting…

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in Japanese only with no subtitles because Sega doesn't localize their RPGs anymore.

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Amazing story…

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that ends in a huge cliffhanger teasing Shenmue IV which will never get made.

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[Rahxephon91]

God that would be so amazing for Shenmue 3 to get made and have an actual cliffhanger.

[Lucretius]

If Shenmue III were released in 2014, the fan translation patch wouldn't be done until 2023.

[The Sceneman]

Shenmue III

Free-to-play, card based battle system. 
Facebook exclusive.
In-app purchases of card booster packs.
In-app purchases of virtual quarters to play Outrun and Space Harrier. 

spoiler (click to show/hide)

(Virtual quarters cost $1.99.)

[close]

 
Send out mass messages to your entire friends list asking "Please help me find sailors!" 
Amazing voice acting…

spoiler (click to show/hide)

in Japanese only with no subtitles because Sega doesn't localize their RPGs anymore.

[close]

 
Amazing story…

spoiler (click to show/hide)

that ends in a huge cliffhanger teasing Shenmue IV which will never get made.

[close]

This would actually be awesome

[recursivelyenumerable]

The GIA has a lot to answer for, given their Final Fantasy-themed April Fools' jokes pretty much set the subsequent direction of the franchise. 

[Positive Touch]

we never did get that ff8 follow-up, though

[magus]

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-x-button/2014-03-26

"final fantasy gaiden?"

http://thegia.com/archive/news/n990401b.html

jesus howard what horrible taste in jokes,like that would ever happen

[Takao]

Shenmue 3 review: http://www.gamesradar.com/shenmue-3-review/

sounds really good

[Great Rumbler]

OMG Amazon just announced Shemnue 3 exclusively for Fire TV!