Shenmue tomfoolery

Shenmue still stands as one of the most hyped games of the last generation, and in my mind is one of the best games to come out of Sega’s stables. That doesn’t mean it’s without its faults – the English dubbing on the localised version of the game swings from acceptable to woeful. These days if I go back and play the game I normally fire it up my Japanese copy of the game – between my mediocre command of the language and having played through the game in English several times, I can normally get through it without any issues.

But as terrible as the dub was, it did give rise to some excellent memes. These are all a bit old hat, but they still make me smile, so I thought I’d share them 🙂

First up is Mega 64’s real-world interpretation of Ryo:

The next two were referred to me by one of the posters on Madman’s forums years back, so I’ve forgotten who the magic individual was. I’m generally not one for prank call entertainment, but I have a special place in my nerd heart for these two:

The best part of these is that it’s given my brother Tank and I more stupid ways to communicate with each other 😀

Now where’s Shenmue 3 Sega? The world needs it! Or at least a delightful bilingual HD remastering of Shenmue 1 and 2 to whet our appetites 😀