Shenmue I & II - One Dollar Darts BlueMue 2023-07-08 | Playing darts against Yongmin Wen at the Liverpool Bar for the lowest amount of money possible.Usually the old man will want to play for 10 dollars but if you are low on money he will go down to 5. If you can't even afford that he will then offer to play for just one measly HK$. He only has 3 dollars as rambling in his dialogue for the 1 dollar match. You can't actually play for 3 dollars.Winning with this kind of bet won't exactly get your finances anywhere but hey, at least you get to play Darts 7 for 1 or 2 rounds on the cheap.
Shenmue I & II - Firewood Fail BlueMue 2023-06-17 | Ryo is easily stumped again or maybe just scared of the cave and only very reluctantly collects way too little wood for the campfire.Since time still progresses during this part of the game naturally there is a deadline. You have until 9:30 pm to find enough twigs and if you don't the game will take over with a small but unique cutscene and the continue as normal.
Shenmue I & II - Beta Aberdeen BlueMue 2023-05-14 | A tour around the unused MAP0 area which contains a rough representation of the entirety of Aberdeen.While the representation is indeed rough with its very simple models and textures and no NPCs in sight it is still a bit of a marvel because this map is huge! It has all of Worker's Pier, Fortune's Pier, Queen's Street and Beverly Hills Wharf, all in one piece without the need to load.There are cubes placed around the map which clearly mark the eventual borders of the areas in the final game. It is remarkable how recognizable everything is compared to the final, even with the crude details. The signs show that most stores went where they were planed to go aswell and some even already have their final name. There are some interesting differences here and there however.I got here by loading the map with the debug menu in the Dreamcast Shenmue II Beta and then hex edited the save file to work with I & II. This map doesn't have any music associated with it. So I put the matching music from the final game over the muted endless footsteps.The translation of the signs was originally done by Switch in 2018, when I showed this map on the Dreamcast. I had to add to that myself because I missed two signs in BHW back then.
Shenmue I & II - Test Area BlueMue 2023-05-05 | A small test area hidden in the game files. Just some rocks and NPCs, that's it. I got here by warping to the WBK1 map with the debug menu in the Dreamcast Shenmue II Beta and saved there. Then I hex edited the DC save to work with Shenmue I & II. Normally there is no music associated with this map. I added "Unused 24" from Shenmue II for some flair.
Shenmue I & II - Rikiya Shindo BlueMue 2023-04-12 | Say hello to Rikiya Shindo, the normally inaccessible NPC that is pushing a cart along the street around the harbor.He shares his voice lines with Kazumi Minowa, the jerk with a green jacket and cap. He continuously walks up and down the street, "unloads" and "loads" his cart at the end, waits a whole while and then goes the other way. Note how the sides of the cart change color when it switches state.In order to get up close to Rikiya I removed the clipping with Switch's Cheat Tool.
Shenmue I & II - Ryo vs Ducks BlueMue 2023-01-07 | Who is actually faster around the Wise Mens Qr? Is it Ryo with his endless stamina or the ducks with their sharp and quick legs?Definately a tough race for Ryo as he is up against a duck as quick as the game allows and also the legendary penguin.
Shenmue I & II - What kind of person is Xiuying Hong? BlueMue 2022-12-29 | What kind of person is Xiuying Hong? That is what Ryo is asking everyone around town. Usually players just follow Xiuying to the Da Yuan Appartments and go on with the story. But this is Shenmue so there's a ton of missable and totally unimportant dialogue as usual.Now with 38% more content than before! In part thanks to about 2018% more "I see."Does have everything except for the very generic "don't know" and "won't tell" answers.
Shenmue I & II - Forklift Fail BlueMue 2022-11-12 | Ryo isn't doing so well during the forklift race and the work shift doesn't exactly go any better either.
Shenmue I & II - Shrine Cats BlueMue 2022-09-30 | On the final day of the game, where Ryo notes that you should check with everybody, you can go back to the Yamanose shrine and possibly spot some cats.If you have a good relationship with the kitten, she will be sitting on top of the gate. And when you really cared well for her she will instesad sit on the shrine itself, alongside Shiro. This white cat is presumably the kittens father.
Shenmue I & II - Nozomi Telephone Conversations BlueMue 2022-07-23 | A collection of all the telephone conversations between Ryo and Nozomi that Shenmue has to offer.Besides the generic calls that can happen all the time, there are a lot of calls that are tied to specific moments in the story and they will never repeat. Some of them can be a bit tricky to get because Nozomi's grandma likes to hog the phone.At the end of the video there are a couple of bonus conversations that I constructed from the games' audio files. The way they play out is entirely based on my deduction of what should go together. The subtitle files list the lines by character and the game also reuses certain bits, so it wasn't exactly easy to figure this out and put it together.I wasn't able to trigger any of these conversations and at least some of them are definately unused. If you happen to know how to get any of them, please post in the comments.
Shenmue I & II - Nozomis Flowers BlueMue 2022-07-09 | One of Shenmue's neat but easy to miss cutscenes. This happens when you go home and visit the altar room after talking to Jimmy about the Hong Kong ticket.When you go to Fuku-san there is also a conversation that he will initiate himself. After looking at the flowers you can talk with him some more. And then you can give Nozomi a phone call.Getting her to pick up the phone is not guranteed. During this part of the game her grandma likes to nag you by always picking up the phone. Not sure about all the things that can cause this but in my case I had to cheer up Nozomi in Sakuragaoka Park first, as it was already after christmas in the game.
Shenmue I & II - Warehouse 8 crate BlueMue 2022-03-17 | A neat little thing to explore has been found in old warehouse 8. For some reason this was largely overlooked until recently. Wasn't discovered by me and it's already making the rounds but I wanted to show it anyway.
Sonic The Hedgehog Genesis (GBA) Anniversary Review BlueMue 2021-11-14 | Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis turned 15 and it's high time that I take a stab at it.Watching all the other review videos that already did so, and playing it again and again to beat it with all the chaos emeralds really filled my head with thoughts about this terrible game. I had to let the 15th anniversary of the hedgehog himself pass but I'm not missing my chance to speak up about Sonic Genesis on its 15th anniversary.I hope you enjoy the video! I certainly put a lot of time and effort into making it as entertaining as I can.Background music in order of appearance:Sonic Advance 3 - Main Menu youtu.be/dFI_T2iXlQ4Sonic Advance 2 - Hot Crater Act 1 youtu.be/ELw66cJt_uoSonic Advance - Egg Rocket Zone youtu.be/sK04fwANmJQSonic Battle - Emerald Town youtu.be/CCfZgnKesnASonic Pinball Party - Casinopolis youtu.be/a3e5iu6ZDxASonic Advance - Special Stage youtu.be/gBz6RjX7kUcSonic Advance 2 - True Area 53 youtu.be/moIWpZnLCvcSonic Advance 3 - Special Stage youtu.be/YaHPkCu3rNQSonic Advance 3 - Route 99 Act 1 youtu.be/RoaWkh1kYGQSonic Advance 2 - Egg Utopia Act 1 youtu.be/OgAklC5owWwSonic Advance 3 - Ocean Base Act 2 youtu.be/VFgDCyCz_dQSonic Advance 3 - Staff roll (custom edit) youtu.be/3LiwRneQU9I0:00 Introduction1:43 Title Screen, Menus, Features3:56 Graphics4:31 Screen crunch5:30 Camera issues6:22 Late GBA release7:28 Slowdown9:19 Speed discrepancy10:07 Slowdown II - Music VS No music11:49 Music13:32 Sound effects14:57 Jukebox16:50 Gameplay21:52 Graphical flaws25:32 Summary27:03 Sonic GBA by Stealth28:30 Outro
Shenmue I & II - Man Mo Bistro QTE BlueMue 2021-10-09 | A really nice hidden QTE scene at the Man Mo Bistro that includes some Fangmei action.Provided in both English and Japanese. ......You can only get this after talking to Fangmei enough for her to start saying "Ryo-san". After you took the detour through the Lucky Charm Qr. and met Joy you simply turn around and go back to the Bistro.Audio for Japanese is taken directly from the DC game files for the best quality. Took the liberty to add the little squeek that Fangmei lets off when she's scared of getting hit. It's in the cutscenes files and this recording was definately made for that moment but for some reason the game didn't make use of it.
Shenmue I & II - Wongs Free Dialogue BlueMue 2021-09-05 | Talking to Wong while he leads Ryo to the hiding place of the bag.There are a surprising number of topics in this awkward to maintain free dialogue.
Shenmue I & II - Zhai Xian Lis Questions BlueMue 2021-08-29 | The old homeless man at the Freestay Lodge, Zhai Xian Li, has some interesting and downright philosophical questions for Ryo in return of getting asked something.Shows all the possible answers to each of the three topics. You need to advance the day once while looking for Ren in order to get access to the last one.
Shenmue I & II - Forklift Race in 2:40:57 [WR] BlueMue 2021-08-08 | After about 6 weeks of playing on and off and countless attempts I was finally able to complete the forklift race in undisputed world record time.speedrun.com/shenmue1/Forklift_raceIt only took me a handful of races to reach a time that tops the speedrun.com leaderboard. But that wasn't enough for me as there is still the archived Shenmue Passport leaderboard, wich has way faster runs. So I kept pushing on, refined my steering and line further and further until I finally got the one run where everything worked out done.Passport leaderboards: https://darkgogeta2.beepworld.de/-darkgogeta2-.htmThis record race here has the second fastest lap 1 and fastest lap 3 I've ever done. Only lap 2 is lacking, though it's still the second fastest in a completed race. The sum of my best individual laps would be 2:40:46 but that's a bit too crazy to all be in one race where I don't get stuck on a wall or obstacle.Got these times on the way:2:43:202:41:912:41:782:41:692:41:522:41:452:41:242:41:172:40:97 2:40:952:40:882:40:792:40:76Like all my Shenmue I&II footage, this is recorded with Widescreen Mod and Audio Restauration Project active. These mods only affect aesthetics and give no advantage to the gameplay.
Shenmue I & II - Perfect Double Up Lucky Hit BlueMue 2021-07-14 | Winning big time at the Perfect 3 board with double up option on the 8th floor of the Three Birds Building. It requires hitting the target 8 times in a row but it's worth it, as this is the highest payout of any Lucky Hit board in the entire game.No win at all - 23No double up - 51x double up - 62x double up - 13x double up - 44x double up - 2Total tries - 42
Shenmue I & II - Duck Race in 31:10 [former WR] BlueMue 2021-06-27 | Using a carefully trained duck to go for nothing but the fastest time. The penguin is in there just to have a more consistent starting grid with regular ducks, raising the odds at a good start.......speedrun.com/shenmue2/Duck_raceSlightly brushed against corners twice but this didn't really hurt the time. After the first hit I had to slow down for the upcoming corner anyway and the second one didn't seem to affect my speed at all. Also had some drums in the way that actually "helped" me maintain a tight line and stamina for the final stretch."Careful training" means avoiding contact with other ducks and thus raising Guts. Ducks are limited to a combined stat total of 800 and for the fastest time you want as little Guts and as as much of everything else as possible.All it does is allow your duck to not stumble when hitting stronger ducks. Unfortunately you cannot gain absolute no Guts as it will always go up by 1 no matter what you do.The result is Speed: 255, Stamina: 229, Guts: 57, Turn: 255This isn't perfectly optimized but pretty close to it. Was tedious enough to train it to that since I&II doesn't have the stats display from the original. I had to save and quit every now and then and peek at my save file to see the values and monitor the progress of my duck.The time can only have a 0, 3 or 6 at the end so I got WR by just 2 frames.Noteworthy times I got on the way there: 31:46, 31:36, 31:20Like all my Shenmue I&II footage, this is recorded with Widescreen Mod and Audio Restauration Project active. These mods only affect aesthetics and give no advantage to the gameplay.
Shenmue I & II - Chicken Race Fail BlueMue 2021-06-25 | Ryo actually starts out doing really well but progressively fails harder and harder. Quite a surprising number of outcomes in this QTE scene.
Shenmue I & II - Motorcycle ride in 1:34:166 [former WR] BlueMue 2021-06-22 | Rushing to the harbor down Wish Road at maximum speed. Remaining time is 26 seconds and on screen for 5 frames, giving a time of 1:34:166 wich was world record from June 2021 to May 2022........speedrun.com/shenmue1/Motorcycle#Fastest_timeThis is as far as I was able to push it with my attempts. While working towards this I got 1:36:866, 1:35:966, 1:35:200, 1:35:066, 1:34:900, 1:34:800, 1:34:666 and after I set my PB I got 1:34:633 twice. All within the span of 2 days.Like all my Shenmue I&II footage, this is recorded with Widescreen Mod and Audio Restauration Project active. These mods only affect aesthetics and give no advantage to the gameplay.
Shenmue I & II - Escape the forklift lesson BlueMue 2021-06-19 | Found this by complete accident when I annoyed Mark by honking the horn. I like his reaction to this when instructed to use the lift so I've been doing this for years but somehow I didn't notice that it breaks you free from the lesson. Well this only works in I&II so I didn't just miss this during all the Dreamcast days.You can drive around the whole harbor for as long as you want, though sadly this still doesn't allow you to pass barriers. Mark will only react to you again when you use the lift. You can "steal" his crate and then get him to go on with his lesson by trying to set it down in the warehouse. This requires accelerating forward and spamming the lift button. When Ryo talks while Mark talks you'll get enough time to lower the lift in the warehouse. Otherwise he will complain too early for you to get this done.The second result of this glitch happened when I picked up Mark's crate from the other side. Don't know if this actually affected anything or if it was just a random mishap. In any case this resulted in a soft lock where it would go on forever.
Shenmue I & II - Skip tailing Yuan BlueMue 2021-06-16 | Don't feel like tailing Yuan and watching those drawn-out unskippable cutscenes? Then just don't! Go your own way, the game won't stop you.......This is something that was first shown by JustShanz a few years back and it's baffling how easy this is to do. Just abandon Yuan and walk directly to the Moon Child Bldg. No setup, tight timings, precision or anything needed. You can just very casually skip the cutscenes at the knife shop, Cafe Anna and at the medicine stand.If you want to be fancy, then the map glitch allows you to skip the whole refrigerator scene aswell, saving even more time. You don't need to talk to Ren or buy a map then and there. I just did it because I could / had to. Clearly shows that there is quite some leeway to pull this off. If you do take too long the game will eventually make you fail. Doing this you're just left with the scene at the roof and the diner, wich is not that much of the whole chase thing.This could be considered a glitch but at least the first skip method has nothing but normal gameplay, so it's rather an oversight. It's funny to see this behavior since the game usually takes quite strict measurements to prevent you from doing things and going to destinations that you know about but Ryo does not yet.
Shenmue I & II - Trickster Dentists BlueMue 2021-06-07 | There are two dentists on the 6th floor of the Moon Child Bldg that like to play tricks and do the old switcheroo when nobody is looking. This behavior is due to an NPC placement mistake. There is no dentist present in Golden Dentist and instead two are placed in Kowloon Dentist. This results in some odd behaviour where the game will quite randomly pick one of the models to be waiting in the room. Also, you cannot talk to the one with the glasses.This was already present in the Dreamcast original and the results were even funnier there. The dentists switched places a lot more often and you could even see the game swap the models in front of Ryo's very eyes.
Shenmue I & II Mod - Ryo is a slow decider BlueMue 2021-05-03 | It takes Ryo roughly 10 hours to decide if he wants to do some arm wrestling or not. He really needs to think this one through thoroughly.......This was done with the Shenmue I&II misc tools and the game's time speed set to 10x. The action selector in Shenmue II lasts for one game hour, wich equals six real minutes. At that point it will automatically chose the negative option. Since it will stay on screen for 10 game hours with this mod, it will last beyond nightfall and the curfew, wich is why it immediately sends Ryo to bed.
Shenmue I & II Mod - Ultimate Staredown Battle BlueMue 2021-03-30 | Ryo pushes his stoic self to new heights in this epic staredown battle with a little beggar kid. It's hours of not moving a muscle. Who will win?......This was done with the Shenmue I&II misc tools and the game's time speed set to 10x. The action selector in Shenmue II lasts for one game hour, wich equals six real minutes. At that point it will automatically chose the negative option. Since it will stay on screen for 10 game hours with this mod, it will last beyond nightfall and the curfew, wich is why it immediately sends Ryo to bed.
Shenmue I & II - Dustpan Incident BlueMue 2021-03-22 | A neat little extra scene with Fangmei that is easily missed. Plays after waking up if you don't find out anything about Yuanda Zhu during the first day of carrying books. Video has both English and Japanese.Audio for Japanese is taken directly from the DC game files for the best quality. Adjusted levels for some lines that have vastly higher volume than normal.
Shenmue I & II - Three bosses at once BlueMue 2021-03-08 | Showing off to Terry by taking on his big guys Shingo, Satoshi and Pedro all at once. Ryo is practically indestructable here. This was NOT achieved through cheats but from the game's own adaptive difficulty system. I deliberately lost over and over against the first few guys. Yes, the game will eventually make this fight unlosable!Really don't show the best fighting but it is kinda funny to see Ryo get beat up this hard. Also makes very apparent why I had him invicible for this unique take on the fight.Cut down to just the main event so you don't have to watch endless amounts of avoiding the bosses to take down the regular guys. On a side note, this is running much smoother than on the Dreamcast. That was struggling a bit with these three high detail and animation guys.
Shenmue I & II - Walking Shiquan Glitch BlueMue 2020-11-13 | A funny little glitch with Shiquan that can happen when you use the map glitch to skip carrying the books out.
Shenmue I & II - Random Dialogue 7 BlueMue 2020-10-23 | Another bunch of dialogue from Shenmue that is easily overlooked, interesting or funny.
Shenmue I & II - Fuku-san has strange arms BlueMue 2020-10-13 | This missable scene in the basement has something odd about it. The way Fuku-sans arms are placed when he looks down always looked off. With some simple moving of the camera the entire "magic" behind this scene is revealed.
Shenmue III - Pail Toss Fail BlueMue 2020-05-14 | "Aim for the prize" it is quite literally while Ryo is just trolling the pail toss guy.
Shenmue III - Beyond Bailus Borders BlueMue 2020-04-06 | Going past Bailu Village's invisible barriers on the roads to nowhere with a bit of flying magic.Thanks to @Senpai Gamer for reminding me that there is a bit to show behind the barriers.
Shenmue III - Forklift Fail BlueMue 2020-03-31 | Looks like Ryo lost a bit or two of his forklifting skills since he left Yokosuka.
Shenmue III - Big Merry Cruise Story & Sidequest BlueMue 2020-03-17 | Playthrough of the Big Merry Cruise / Sailing Venture DLC.Includes all important bits of the story and the sidequest. Yes, I really only needed 5 spins on the Big Wheel. No endless retries this time. And yeah, I got the ball stuck TWICE between the second and third Lucky Hit win. Along with those crazy bounces into the pockets I'd say fortune was with me for once!
Shenmue III - Hotel Garden Happenings BlueMue 2020-03-06 | There are some odd things going on behind hotel Niaowu.Even Ryo seems to be rather irritated.You can see them by going up to the highest floor of the hotel going up through the arcade as shown. There are two different scenes, depending on wich direction you approach the corner of the balcony from. They can be retriggered over and over.Since this is really short, I also included Ryo's Japanese reactions.
Shenmue III - Secret Chawan Sign Rewards BlueMue 2020-02-22 | The Story Quest Pack DLC actually manages to put in one thing that Shenmue II missed: Secret scenes for doing the wrong Chawan Sign at the right place at the right time. They are linked to secret trophies in the PS4 version.Raw Oyster - MDDM at I Love Fresh Oyster during first sign taskCrab Shaomai - DUUD at Crazy Dim Sum during second sign taskPeking Duck - MUUD at Peking Duck House during third sign taskMonk Maniac - UDMU at Prize Cafe during fourth sign taskSnake Power - DMUU at Bustling Diner during fifth signCanned Corn - UMDD at Drunk Tank during the search for the hideout
Shenmue III - Story Quest Pack DLC Playthrough BlueMue 2020-02-21 | A complete playthrough of the Story Quest Pack, minus most of all the walking back and forth.If the next part of the Quest doesn't appear you'll likely need to advance the main story a bit.
Shenmue III - Easter Egg Cells BlueMue 2020-02-08 | Taking a peek inside the extra cells of the old castle, wich hold some freaky easter eggs, pretty literally. And since most have already seen these at this point, I also fly into the rooms to take a really close look.
Shenmue III - All Bailu Chan Locations BlueMue 2020-01-22 | The locations of all 120 Bailu Chans from the Battle Rally DLC.Shown in the order they are numbered, so it's easiest to find a particular Chan.Made very compact while showing the surrounding area as good as it allowed. Putting them in this order makes it jump around the areas quite a lot, because two Bailu Chans close to each other often have numbers waaay apart for some reason. I overlayed a static image over the counter in the HUD so at least that doesn't get confusing.Hope this is helpful!
Shenmue III - Battle Rally Easy Ryo Strat BlueMue 2020-01-21 | Running through Course 5 of the Battle Rally with Ryo. I play with a very simple and easy, yet effective strategy that only uses two moves.
Shenmue III - Hidden Area BlueMue 2020-01-11 | There is a somewhat secret area near the end of the game that is inaccessible if you just casually walk around the place. To get to the place behind the pawnshop and under the bridge you have to lose one of the fights up to and including Ge. Upon retry Ryo will be placed in this area that has access to the food stall, vending machines, the pawn shop and most importantly a pretty nice area with tons of herbs.Seems this has been put there as a fail-safe in case the player really runs out of health items to get through the battles. At this point Ryo should be very highly leveled and the player deep enough into the battle system, so failing here is actually a rather rare occurance.For some strange reason, if you save on the stairs after the fight against Ge, after loading your save you will be placed in the area aswell. This is quite a bit more odd than how the area is accessed earlier and might just be a glitch.
Shenmue III - Funny QTE fails BlueMue 2020-01-04 | Shenmue III has some very amusing scenes for when you fail QTEs.Here's a collection of some of my favorites.
Shenmue III - Snowy Bailu BlueMue 2019-12-25 | Merry Christmas everyone with some snowy scenes from Bailu Village!Yes, Shenmue III actually has a snow effect programmed into its weather system. It can be accessed through the debug menu. I also froze time to just before nightfall and disabled the HUD for a pure experience.Not many snow flakes are falling down and nothing ever covers the ground but it's too fitting for these special days to not show it now.See ya in 2020!
Shenmue III - QTE Title 2 Classic Score BlueMue 2019-12-19 | Taking QTE Title 2 up to and beyond the score required for the QTE Title prize in Shenmue. WARNING, this can be very irritating to watch with the rapidly changing camera angles!This was obviously done with the button sequence written down, on wich I made my notes by continuosly playing the machine. This took quite a lot more effort than the Excite QTE 3 one.There is a very strange glitch that always happened to me when I missed one of the prompts where you have to press two buttons at the same time. I have the most severe result of this at the end.
Shenmue III - Excite QTE 3 Classic Score BlueMue 2019-12-12 | Taking Excite QTE 3 up to and beyond the score required for the Excite QTE 2 prize in Shenmue.This was obviously done with the button sequence written down, on wich I made my notes by continuosly playing further and further to make the list grow. Could possibly go on with this for way longer if I wanted. But this is already score overkill considering how far it is above the hi-score.
Shenmue III - Shenhua Conversations BlueMue 2019-12-09 | A complete package of optional conversations with Shenhua at her house. Includes every single choosable answer for every topic. Also put the wake up scenes in to show how they change as you get to know Shenhua more and more.Getting all of this together was quite the task again but unlike Shenmue II at least now you have all the time you need to talk about everything as the story progresses. It's astonishing how Shenmue III manages to live up to its predecessor in terms of content here.
Shenmue III - Wood Chopping in Niaowu BlueMue 2019-12-05 | Chopping wood is still a fun and worthwhile job in Niaowu, with the old lady going crazy cheerleading and a surprise in the music.The first round is just taking in the reactions and "Very Good tune" but in the second round I go extreme again and raise my old Backer Demo record with a new, more aggressive strategy.
Shenmue III - Shenhuas room BlueMue 2019-12-03 | Taking a sneaky peak into Shenhua's room, against Ryo's will.You cannot enter this room during normal gameplay as Ryo refuses to walk in and just turns around instead. With some outside help however, he will go in an has no concerns rummaging through all the drawers.So we have a room that is clearely not meant to be entered, with lacking collision data for the tables and yet... everything is fully detailed, with stuff to open everywhere. And Ryo even comments on the things inside, though sometimes in a weird way.In other words, this is typical Shenmue.
Shenmue III - Wacky Mole BlueMue 2019-12-01 | Playing the Wacky Mole game at Panda Hi-Tech Land in Bailu.Not perfected yet but still a pretty good round.
