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* One single moment during the release date reveal trailer for ''Shenmue III'': '''Ryo. Finds. Lan Di.''' At long last, the epic showdown fans have waited for almost 20 years to see will come to pass.

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* In 2015, Yu Suzuki was finally convinced to create a kickstarter project to fund ''Shenmue III'', a project that was by now considered not so much VaporWare as lost forever. The initial ask was for $2 million. ''It hit the first million in less than 2 hours! Shenmue'' is back, baby!
** One hour and forty-two minutes, to be precise...[[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/6/shenmue-3-e3-announcement-kickstarts-crowdfunding-videogame-world-record-385887 a world record]]!
** Something even better? It's completed it's goal of 2 million! '''In less than ten hours.''' After years of the studio suits no doubt telling Suzuki-san that ''Shenmue III'' didn't have enough demand to be financially viable, he decided to ask the fanbase what they thought about it. Their answer: [[SavedByTheFans "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!"]]
** It even temporarily [[https://twitter.com/kickstarter/status/610655219278573568 brought Kickstarter down.]]
** On July 17, 2015 ''Shenmue III'' became [[http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8988117/shenmue-3-kickstarter-biggest-game the most successful video game kickstarter project to date]] when it passed $5.6 million in pledges, breaking the record recently set by ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight''. And that was STILL before it finished- in its last day it has gone WELL past $6 million, with almost 70,000 individual pledges!
*** When the kickstarter finally closed within the same day, it had raised $6,333,295 from 69,320 pledges. '''SHENMUE LIVES.'''

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* One single moment during the release date reveal trailer for ''Shenmue III'': '''Ryo. Finds. Lan Di.''' At long last, the epic showdown fans have waited for almost 20 years to see will come to pass.

!!Meta

* In 2015, Yu Suzuki was finally convinced to create a kickstarter project to fund ''Shenmue III'', a project that was by now considered not so much VaporWare as lost forever. The initial ask was for $2 million. ''It hit the first million in less than 2 hours! Shenmue'' is back, baby!
** One hour and forty-two minutes, to be precise...[[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/6/shenmue-3-e3-announcement-kickstarts-crowdfunding-videogame-world-record-385887 a world record]]!
** Something even better? It's completed it's goal of 2 million! '''In less than ten hours.''' After years of the studio suits no doubt telling Suzuki-san that ''Shenmue III'' didn't have enough demand to be financially viable, he decided to ask the fanbase what they thought about it. Their answer: [[SavedByTheFans "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!"]]
** It even temporarily [[https://twitter.com/kickstarter/status/610655219278573568 brought Kickstarter down.]]
** On July 17, 2015 ''Shenmue III'' became [[http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8988117/shenmue-3-kickstarter-biggest-game the most successful video game kickstarter project to date]] when it passed $5.6 million in pledges, breaking the record recently set by ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight''. And that was STILL before it finished- in its last day it has gone WELL past $6 million, with almost 70,000 individual pledges!
*** When the kickstarter finally closed within the same day, it had raised $6,333,295 from 69,320 pledges. '''SHENMUE LIVES.'''
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* The FinalBoss battle ends with [[spoiler: Chai getting knocked into the water]].

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* The FinalBoss battle ends with [[spoiler: Chai getting knocked into the water]].water.
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** Gui Zhang saving Ryo from an enormous falling steel beam by ''kicking it away''. He is heavily injured for the effort, but the strength it took to do that is quite impressive.
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* The FinalBoss battle ends with [[spoiler: Chai getting knocked into the water]].
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The [[VideoGame/ShenmueII sequel]] now has [[Awesome/ShenmueII its own page]].
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* One single moment during the release date reveal trailer for ''Shenmue III'': '''Ryo. Finds. Lan Di.''' At long last, the epic showdown fans have waited for almost 20 years to see will come to pass.
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* Some thugs in town are bullying a boy and steal his soccer ball. Ryo shows up and beats them up. When the boy retrieves his ball, the boss thug takes him hostage while another punk tries to sneak up on Ryo with a club. The boy drops the ball, so Ryo kicks the ball [[ShootTheHostageTaker right at the boss's face]] while immediately whirling around and [[OffhandBackhand backhanding the punk behind him]] so hard the guy goes spinning across the street.
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* When Charlie and some of his biker buddies attempt to ambush Ryo, two of them drive at him and he jumps out of the way. When the third one approaches, Ryo knocks him off the bike with a flying kick. He chases Charlie down, kicking the second biker off while they're still driving, before cornering Charlie and giving him a well deserved beatdown.
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Lost Forever was being misused. That's not the meaning of the trope. It's for when content inside a videogame can be gotten by Save Scumming or starting over your game.


* In 2015, Yu Suzuki was finally convinced to create a kickstarter project to fund ''Shenmue III'', a project that was by now considered not so much VaporWare as LostForever. The initial ask was for $2 million. ''It hit the first million in less than 2 hours! Shenmue'' is back, baby!

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* In 2015, Yu Suzuki was finally convinced to create a kickstarter project to fund ''Shenmue III'', a project that was by now considered not so much VaporWare as LostForever.lost forever. The initial ask was for $2 million. ''It hit the first million in less than 2 hours! Shenmue'' is back, baby!

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* The BarBrawl in the Heartbeats Bar [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59_GWhz6wqw and the scene leading up to it]].

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Come to think of it, Shenmue III took the record and ended the same day. Also added categories between the games and Kickstarter.


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*** When the kickstarter finally closed on July 18, 2015, it had raised $6,333,295 from 69,320 pledges. '''SHENMUE LIVES.'''

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*** When the kickstarter finally closed on July 18, 2015, within the same day, it had raised $6,333,295 from 69,320 pledges. '''SHENMUE LIVES.'''
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Mentioning it broke Bloodstained\'s record (I love IGA but it\'s still something!) and changed the date format, which hopefully y\'all don\'t mind


** On 17/7/2015 ''Shenmue III'' became [[http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8988117/shenmue-3-kickstarter-biggest-game the most successful video game kickstarter project to date]] when it passed $5.6 million in pledges. And that was STILL before it finished- in its last day it has gone WELL past $6 million, with almost 70,000 individual pledges!
*** When the kickstarter finally closed on 18/7/2015, it had raised $6,333,295 from 69,320 pledges. '''SHENMUE LIVES.'''

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** On 17/7/2015 July 17, 2015 ''Shenmue III'' became [[http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8988117/shenmue-3-kickstarter-biggest-game the most successful video game kickstarter project to date]] when it passed $5.6 million in pledges.pledges, breaking the record recently set by ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight''. And that was STILL before it finished- in its last day it has gone WELL past $6 million, with almost 70,000 individual pledges!
*** When the kickstarter finally closed on 18/7/2015, July 18, 2015, it had raised $6,333,295 from 69,320 pledges. '''SHENMUE LIVES.'''
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Don\'t think we need the 3 to 5 million stuff any longer. It was fun when it lasted!


** It's now at 3 million! Scratch that, it's now past 4 million! Now five!
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** On 17/7/2015 ''Shenmue III'' became [[http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8988117/shenmue-3-kickstarter-biggest-game the most successful video game kickstarter project to date]] when it passed $5.6 million in pledges. And that was STILL before it finished- in its last day it has gone WELL past $6 million, with almost 70,000 individual pledges!

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** On 17/7/2015 ''Shenmue III'' became [[http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8988117/shenmue-3-kickstarter-biggest-game the most successful video game kickstarter project to date]] when it passed $5.6 million in pledges. And that was STILL before it finished- in its last day it has gone WELL past $6 million, with almost 70,000 individual pledges!pledges!
*** When the kickstarter finally closed on 18/7/2015, it had raised $6,333,295 from 69,320 pledges. '''SHENMUE LIVES.'''
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** It's now at 3 million! Scratch that, it's now past 4 million! Now five!

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** It's now at 3 million! Scratch that, it's now past 4 million! Now five!five!
** On 17/7/2015 ''Shenmue III'' became [[http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8988117/shenmue-3-kickstarter-biggest-game the most successful video game kickstarter project to date]] when it passed $5.6 million in pledges. And that was STILL before it finished- in its last day it has gone WELL past $6 million, with almost 70,000 individual pledges!

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** It's now at 3 million!
** Scratch that, it's now past 4 million!

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** It's now at 3 million!
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million! Scratch that, it's now past 4 million!million! Now five!
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** Scratch, that, it's now past 4 million!

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** Scratch, Scratch that, it's now past 4 million!
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** It's now at 3 million!

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*The famous 70 man battle at the climax of the game. Ryo and Gui Zhang vs the ''entire Mad Angels biker gang'' that had been terrorising Yokosuka. It starts with an epic one-on-one fight between the two heroes (Terry, the gang leader, had promised to take Ryo to Lan Di if he beat up Gui Zhang) before Terry intervenes and tries to murder Gui Zhang while he's down, only for Ryo to save him. The deal is ''off'' and every last Mad Angel is going ''down!''
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* In 2015, Yu Suzuki was finally convinced to create a kickstarter project to fund ''Shenmue III'', a project that was by now considered so much VaporWare as LostForever. The initial ask was for $2 million. ''It hit the first million in less than 2 hours! Shenmue'' is back, baby!

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* In 2015, Yu Suzuki was finally convinced to create a kickstarter project to fund ''Shenmue III'', a project that was by now considered not so much VaporWare as LostForever. The initial ask was for $2 million. ''It hit the first million in less than 2 hours! Shenmue'' is back, baby!
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** One hour and forty-two minutes, to be precise...[[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/6/shenmue-3-e3-announcement-kickstarts-crowdfunding-videogame-world-record-385887 a world record]]!
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x-san honorific is usually surname based, so after determining that Suzuki is indeed his surname...


** Something even better? It's completed it's goal of 2 million! '''In less than ten hours.''' After years of the studio suits no doubt telling Yu-san that ''Shenmue III'' didn't have enough demand to be financially viable, he decided to ask the fanbase what they thought about it. Their answer: [[SavedByTheFans "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!"]]

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** Something even better? It's completed it's goal of 2 million! '''In less than ten hours.''' After years of the studio suits no doubt telling Yu-san Suzuki-san that ''Shenmue III'' didn't have enough demand to be financially viable, he decided to ask the fanbase what they thought about it. Their answer: [[SavedByTheFans "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!"]]
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** It even temporarily [[https://twitter.com/kickstarter/status/610655219278573568 brought Kickstarter down.]]

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** It even temporarily [[https://twitter.com/kickstarter/status/610655219278573568 brought Kickstarter down.]]]]
** It's now at 3 million!
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** Something even better? It's completed it's goal of 2 million! '''In less than ten hours.''' After years of the studio suits no doubt telling Yu-san that ''Shenmue III'' didn't have enough demand to be financially viable, he decided to ask the fanbase what they thought about it. Their answer: [[SavedByTheFans "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!"]]

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** Something even better? It's completed it's goal of 2 million! '''In less than ten hours.''' After years of the studio suits no doubt telling Yu-san that ''Shenmue III'' didn't have enough demand to be financially viable, he decided to ask the fanbase what they thought about it. Their answer: [[SavedByTheFans "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!"]]MONEY!!"]]
** It even temporarily [[https://twitter.com/kickstarter/status/610655219278573568 brought Kickstarter down.]]
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** Something even better? It's completed it's goal of 2 million!

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** Something even better? It's completed it's goal of 2 million!million! '''In less than ten hours.''' After years of the studio suits no doubt telling Yu-san that ''Shenmue III'' didn't have enough demand to be financially viable, he decided to ask the fanbase what they thought about it. Their answer: [[SavedByTheFans "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!"]]
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* In 2015, Yu Suzuki was finally convinced to create a kickstarter project to fund ''Shenmue III'', a project that was by now considered so much VaporWare as LostForever. The initial ask was for $2 million. ''It hit the first million in less than 2 hours! Shenmue'' is back, baby!

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* In 2015, Yu Suzuki was finally convinced to create a kickstarter project to fund ''Shenmue III'', a project that was by now considered so much VaporWare as LostForever. The initial ask was for $2 million. ''It hit the first million in less than 2 hours! Shenmue'' is back, baby!baby!
** Something even better? It's completed it's goal of 2 million!
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* In 2015, Yu Suzuki was finally convinced to create a kickstarter project to fund ''Shenmue III'', a project that was by now considered so much VaporWare as LostForever. The initial ask was for $2 million. ''It hit the first million in less than 2 hours! Shenmue'' is back, baby!

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