12 Facts About Shenmue

Shenmue'snmue is an action-adventure game series created, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki.

The original Shenmue was the most expensive video game ever developed at the time, with an estimated production and marketing cost of US$47 to $70 million, though some of the development covered Shenmue II.

In 2010, a social game, Shenmue City, was launched in Japan; it was shut down a year later.

An anime adaptation of Shenmue, co-produced by Crunchyroll and Adult Swim, premiered in February 2022.

Sega advertised Shenmue as belonging to a new genre it termed "full reactive eyes entertainment" or "FREE".

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Shenmue'snmue established his own development company, Ys Net, in 2008 and left Sega in 2011.

The Dreamcast version of Shenmue II allow the player to import their save data from Shenmue, carrying over money, inventory items and martial arts moves.

Shenmue's leads Ryo to a stone quarry on the village outskirts to meet her father, but discovers he is missing.

Shenmue'snmue convinces Sun, a local martial arts master, to teach him a powerful Bajiquan move, and uses it to defeat Yanlang.

Shenmue'snmue is credited for pioneering several game technologies; its large environments, wealth of options and level of detail have been compared to later open-world games including the Grand Theft Auto series, the Yakuza series, Fallout 3, and Deadly Premonition .

Shenmue'snmue is credited for naming and popularizing the quick time event in modern games, which was featured in the Resident Evil, God of War, and Tomb Raider series.

In March 2016, the music of Shenmue was voted into the Classic FM Hall of Fame in 144th place.