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* NamesTheSame: The "Beats of Rage" store in Niaowu shares the same name as a fanmade BeatEmUp game, which itself is a tribute to Sega's own ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, since the first two games were recorded in Tokyo, almost no one from the earlier games returned for both dubs, save for the examples in RoleReprise below.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, since the first two games used English-speaking actors who were recorded living in Tokyo, Tokyo at the time, almost no one from the earlier games returned for both dubs, save for the examples in RoleReprise below.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Prior to the game's release, Eric Kelso (Fukuhara, Guizhang and Ren) and Paul Lucas (Chai and Lan Di) expressed interest in reprising the roles of the characters they voiced in the previous game's English dub. Unfortunately for them and their fans, neither of them were contacted to reprise their roles and [[TheOtherDarrin were replaced instead]][[note]]Speculation is that neither of them live in the United States where the dub for ''III'' was recorded, unlike the previous two games where recording was done in Japan where they both lived at the time[[/note]]. Following the game's PC release, fans reached out to them to redub their characters for the game, and they agreed to do it. ''For free''. Although Chai was not redubbed, fans can use their voices in the game through unofficial mods.
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* RoleReprise: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze and Corey Marshall reprise their role as Ryo for the Japanese and English dub respectively. Creator/TakahiroSakurai also reprises his role as Lan Di in the Japanese dub, and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson returns as Joy in a voice cameo.]]
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* RoleReprise: RoleReprise:
** Creator/MasayaMatsukaze and Corey Marshall reprise their role as Ryo for the Japanese and English dub respectively. Creator/TakahiroSakurai also reprises his role as Lan Di in the Japanese dub, and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson returns as Joy in a voice cameo.]]]]
** An unoffical example, the fans reached out to Eric Kelso and Paul Lucas to reprise their roles as Fukuhara, Guizhang, Ren and Lan Di as unofficial mods for the PC version of the game.
** Creator/MasayaMatsukaze and Corey Marshall reprise their role as Ryo for the Japanese and English dub respectively. Creator/TakahiroSakurai also reprises his role as Lan Di in the Japanese dub, and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson returns as Joy in a voice cameo.
** An unoffical example, the fans reached out to Eric Kelso and Paul Lucas to reprise their roles as Fukuhara, Guizhang, Ren and Lan Di as unofficial mods for the PC version of the game.
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* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/{{Sony|ComputerEntertainment}} is working as a partner with the developers to get the [[http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_sonys_partnering_with_yu_suzuki_on_shenmue_iii_production third game off the ground.]] Or so it was thought. In actually, it's just a publishing a marketing deal, and that Sony wouldn't see any of the development money. It was later confirmed that SEGA had given Yu Suzuki the ''Shenmue'' license, but that he could not do an HD remaster of the original two because SEGA still owns the license to one and two; which thankfully in 2018, SEGA announced a CompilationRerelease of the first two games.
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* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/{{Sony|ComputerEntertainment}} is working as a partner with the developers to get the [[http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_sonys_partnering_with_yu_suzuki_on_shenmue_iii_production third game off the ground.]] Or so it was thought. In actually, it's just a publishing a and marketing deal, and that Sony wouldn't see any of the development money. It was later confirmed that SEGA had given Yu Suzuki the ''Shenmue'' license, but that he could not do an HD remaster of the original two because SEGA still owns the license to one and two; which thankfully in 2018, SEGA announced a CompilationRerelease of the first two games.
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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Two of them.
** Limited Run Games produced a Collector's Edition that included a Light Box, patches, stickers, mini replicas of the Dragon and Phoenix Mirrors, and a Dreamcast-style game case. It was limited to 5,000 copies, pre-orders went live on the Dreamcast's 20th anniversary (9/9/19), and sold out within a couple of hours.
** For the European market, Pix'n Love released their own Collector's Edition that included a special case, the Day-One edition of the game, a 104-page artbook, 4 lithographs and a numbered certificate of authenticity. 2,500 copies were made.
** Limited Run Games produced a Collector's Edition that included a Light Box, patches, stickers, mini replicas of the Dragon and Phoenix Mirrors, and a Dreamcast-style game case. It was limited to 5,000 copies, pre-orders went live on the Dreamcast's 20th anniversary (9/9/19), and sold out within a couple of hours.
** For the European market, Pix'n Love released their own Collector's Edition that included a special case, the Day-One edition of the game, a 104-page artbook, 4 lithographs and a numbered certificate of authenticity. 2,500 copies were made.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, since the first two games were recorded in Tokyo, almost no one from the earlier games returned for both dubs.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, since the first two games were recorded in Tokyo, almost no one from the earlier games returned for both dubs.dubs, save for Ryo as mentioned below.
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* ChannelHop: Creator/DeepSilver takes over as the game's publisher when the previous two games were published and developed by Creator/{{Sega}}. Sega played no role in the game's development but provided Suzuki with assets from the previous games and helped market the game in Japan.
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* SequelGap: The game was released 18 years after ''Shenmue II'', which was released in 2001.
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* SequelGap: The game was released 18 years after ''Shenmue II'', which was released in 2001.2001.
* StudioHop: Creator/DeepSilver takes over as the game's publisher when the previous two games were published and developed by Creator/{{Sega}}. Sega played no role in the game's development but provided Suzuki with assets from the previous games and helped market the game in Japan.
* StudioHop: Creator/DeepSilver takes over as the game's publisher when the previous two games were published and developed by Creator/{{Sega}}. Sega played no role in the game's development but provided Suzuki with assets from the previous games and helped market the game in Japan.
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* ChannelHop: After the second game in the series, the publisher was changed from Creator/{{Sega}} to Creator/DeepSilver.
* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/{{Sony|ComputerEntertainment}} is working as a partner with the developers to get the [[http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_sonys_partnering_with_yu_suzuki_on_shenmue_iii_production third game off the ground.]] Or so it was thought. In actually, it's just a publishing a marketing deal, and that Sony wouldn't see a cent of the development money. It was later confirmed that SEGA had given Yu Suzuki the "Shenmue 3" license, but that he could not do an HD remaster of the original two because SEGA still owns the license to one and two; which thankfully in 2018, SEGA announced a CompilationRerelease of the first two games.
* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, since the first two games were recorded in Tokyo, almost no one from the earlier games returned. The only exceptions are Corey Marshall as Ryo and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson as Joy.]]
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following the Kickstarter announcement, he released a video showcasing a remake of the Hazuki Residence running in the Unreal Engine, which was also recognized by Suzuki, and has since been hired to work on the third game.
* RoleReprise: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze returns as Ryo for the third installment. Corey Marshall, who voiced Ryo in the English dub, also reprises his role for the third game. Creator/TakahiroSakurai also reprises his role as Lan Di in the Japanese dub.
* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/{{Sony|ComputerEntertainment}} is working as a partner with the developers to get the [[http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_sonys_partnering_with_yu_suzuki_on_shenmue_iii_production third game off the ground.]] Or so it was thought. In actually, it's just a publishing a marketing deal, and that Sony wouldn't see a cent of the development money. It was later confirmed that SEGA had given Yu Suzuki the "Shenmue 3" license, but that he could not do an HD remaster of the original two because SEGA still owns the license to one and two; which thankfully in 2018, SEGA announced a CompilationRerelease of the first two games.
* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, since the first two games were recorded in Tokyo, almost no one from the earlier games returned. The only exceptions are Corey Marshall as Ryo and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson as Joy.]]
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following the Kickstarter announcement, he released a video showcasing a remake of the Hazuki Residence running in the Unreal Engine, which was also recognized by Suzuki, and has since been hired to work on the third game.
* RoleReprise: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze returns as Ryo for the third installment. Corey Marshall, who voiced Ryo in the English dub, also reprises his role for the third game. Creator/TakahiroSakurai also reprises his role as Lan Di in the Japanese dub.
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* ChannelHop: After Creator/DeepSilver takes over as the second game in the series, the game's publisher was changed when the previous two games were published and developed by Creator/{{Sega}}. Sega played no role in the game's development but provided Suzuki with assets from Creator/{{Sega}} the previous games and helped market the game in Japan.
* NamesTheSame: The "Beats of Rage" store in Niaowu shares the same name as a fanmade BeatEmUp game, which itself is a tribute toCreator/DeepSilver.
Sega's own ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series.
* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/{{Sony|ComputerEntertainment}} is working as a partner with the developers to get the [[http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_sonys_partnering_with_yu_suzuki_on_shenmue_iii_production third game off the ground.]] Or so it was thought. In actually, it's just a publishing a marketing deal, and that Sony wouldn't seea cent any of the development money. It was later confirmed that SEGA had given Yu Suzuki the "Shenmue 3" ''Shenmue'' license, but that he could not do an HD remaster of the original two because SEGA still owns the license to one and two; which thankfully in 2018, SEGA announced a CompilationRerelease of the first two games.
* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, since the first two games were recorded in Tokyo, almost no one from the earlier gamesreturned. The only exceptions are Corey Marshall as Ryo and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson as Joy.]]
returned for both dubs.
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following the Kickstarter announcement, he released a video showcasing a remake of the Hazuki Residence running in the Unreal Engine, which was also recognized by Suzuki, andhas since been hired was contracted to work on the third game.
* RoleReprise: Creator/MasayaMatsukazereturns and Corey Marshall reprise their role as Ryo for the third installment. Corey Marshall, who voiced Ryo in the Japanese and English dub, also reprises his role for the third game. dub respectively. Creator/TakahiroSakurai also reprises his role as Lan Di in the Japanese dub.dub, and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson returns as Joy in a voice cameo.]]
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Following the release of ''VideoGame/ShenmueII'', Sega expressed no interest in continuing the series following their departure from the console market. Suzuki had always wanted to continue the saga, and has mentioned in interviews that fans would always ask him if the third game would ever be made. At E3 2015, he announced a Website/{{Kickstarter}} crowd-funding campaign to help get ''Shenmue III'' off the ground, which achieved its $2,000,000 goal in nine hours.
* NamesTheSame: The "Beats of Rage" store in Niaowu shares the same name as a fanmade BeatEmUp game, which itself is a tribute to
* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/{{Sony|ComputerEntertainment}} is working as a partner with the developers to get the [[http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_sonys_partnering_with_yu_suzuki_on_shenmue_iii_production third game off the ground.]] Or so it was thought. In actually, it's just a publishing a marketing deal, and that Sony wouldn't see
* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, since the first two games were recorded in Tokyo, almost no one from the earlier games
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following the Kickstarter announcement, he released a video showcasing a remake of the Hazuki Residence running in the Unreal Engine, which was also recognized by Suzuki, and
* RoleReprise: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Following the release of ''VideoGame/ShenmueII'', Sega expressed no interest in continuing the series following their departure from the console market. Suzuki had always wanted to continue the saga, and has mentioned in interviews that fans would always ask him if the third game would ever be made. At E3 2015, he announced a Website/{{Kickstarter}} crowd-funding campaign to help get ''Shenmue III'' off the ground, which achieved its $2,000,000 goal in nine hours.
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* ScheduleSlip: ''Shenmue III'' was originally slated to be released in late 2017, but was pushed back to late 2018. Suzuki claims the reason for the delay was because the modern development tools allowed the developers to do more than what they thought was possible, causing the project to grow bigger than originally intended. It was delayed again to improve the quality and polish of the game, with a set release date of August 2019, and was delayed again to November 2019.
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* ScheduleSlip: ''Shenmue III'' was originally slated to be released in late 2017, but was pushed back to late 2018. Suzuki claims the reason for the delay was because the modern development tools allowed the developers to do more than what they thought was possible, causing the project to grow bigger than originally intended. It was delayed again to improve the quality and polish of the game, with a set release date of August 2019, and was delayed again to November 2019.2019, when it finally released for good.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, no one from the original two games' English casts, who were English voice actors living in Japan, returned for ''III''. The only exceptions are Corey Marshall as Ryo and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson as Joy.]]
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, since the first two games were recorded in Tokyo, almost no one from the original two games' English casts, who were English voice actors living in Japan, returned for ''III''.earlier games returned. The only exceptions are Corey Marshall as Ryo and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson as Joy.]]
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, no one from the original two games' English casts, who were English voice actors living in Japan, returned for ''III''. The only exception to this is Corey Marshall, as noted below.
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following the kickstarter announcement, he released a video showcasing a remake of the Hazuki Residence running in the Unreal Engine, which was also recognized by Suzuki, and has since been hired to work on the third game.
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following the kickstarter announcement, he released a video showcasing a remake of the Hazuki Residence running in the Unreal Engine, which was also recognized by Suzuki, and has since been hired to work on the third game.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, no one from the original two games' English casts, who were English voice actors living in Japan, returned for ''III''. The only exception to this is exceptions are Corey Marshall, Marshall as noted below.
Ryo and [[spoiler: Lisle Wilkerson as Joy.]]
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following thekickstarter Kickstarter announcement, he released a video showcasing a remake of the Hazuki Residence running in the Unreal Engine, which was also recognized by Suzuki, and has since been hired to work on the third game.
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following the
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* RoleReprise: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze returns as Ryo for the third installment. Corey Marshall, who voiced Ryo in the English dub, has also been confirmed to reprise his role for the third game.
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* RoleReprise: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze returns as Ryo for the third installment. Corey Marshall, who voiced Ryo in the English dub, has also been confirmed to reprise reprises his role for the third game.game. Creator/TakahiroSakurai also reprises his role as Lan Di in the Japanese dub.
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* SequelGap: 18 years after ''Shenmue II'', which was released in 2001.
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* SequelGap: The game was released 18 years after ''Shenmue II'', which was released in 2001.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, no one from the original two games' English casts, who were English voice actors living in Japan, returned for ''III''. The only exception to this is Corey Marshall, as noted below.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen. Adding further to this, no one from the original two games' English casts, who were English voice actors living in Japan, returned for ''III''.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Haruka Teru, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen.
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* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Haruka Teru, Creator/HarukaTerui, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen.
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze returns as Ryo for the third installment. Corey Marshall, who voiced Ryo in the English dub, has also been confirmed to reprise his role for the third game.
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* RoleReprisal: RoleReprise: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze returns as Ryo for the third installment. Corey Marshall, who voiced Ryo in the English dub, has also been confirmed to reprise his role for the third game.
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* ChannelHop: After the second game in the series, the publisher was changed from Creator/{{Sega}} to Creator/DeepSilver.
* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/{{Sony|ComputerEntertainment}} is working as a partner with the developers to get the [[http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_sonys_partnering_with_yu_suzuki_on_shenmue_iii_production third game off the ground.]] Or so it was thought. In actually, it's just a publishing a marketing deal, and that Sony wouldn't see a cent of the development money. It was later confirmed that SEGA had given Yu Suzuki the "Shenmue 3" license, but that he could not do an HD remaster of the original two because SEGA still owns the license to one and two; which thankfully in 2018, SEGA announced a CompilationRerelease of the first two games.
* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Haruka Teru, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen.
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following the kickstarter announcement, he released a video showcasing a remake of the Hazuki Residence running in the Unreal Engine, which was also recognized by Suzuki, and has since been hired to work on the third game.
* RoleReprisal: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze returns as Ryo for the third installment. Corey Marshall, who voiced Ryo in the English dub, has also been confirmed to reprise his role for the third game.
* ScheduleSlip: ''Shenmue III'' was originally slated to be released in late 2017, but was pushed back to late 2018. Suzuki claims the reason for the delay was because the modern development tools allowed the developers to do more than what they thought was possible, causing the project to grow bigger than originally intended. It was delayed again to improve the quality and polish of the game, with a set release date of August 2019, and was delayed again to November 2019.
* SequelGap: 18 years after ''Shenmue II'', which was released in 2001.
* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/{{Sony|ComputerEntertainment}} is working as a partner with the developers to get the [[http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_sonys_partnering_with_yu_suzuki_on_shenmue_iii_production third game off the ground.]] Or so it was thought. In actually, it's just a publishing a marketing deal, and that Sony wouldn't see a cent of the development money. It was later confirmed that SEGA had given Yu Suzuki the "Shenmue 3" license, but that he could not do an HD remaster of the original two because SEGA still owns the license to one and two; which thankfully in 2018, SEGA announced a CompilationRerelease of the first two games.
* TheOtherDarrin: In Japanese, Shenhua Ling is now voiced by Haruka Teru, who replaces Hazuki Ishigaki from the first two games. In English, Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker voices her, replacing Akasha Scholen.
* PromotedFanboy: Prior to the third game's announcement, a fan known as [=NoconKid=] attempted his own remake of the first game in hopes to help revive the franchise, and dreamed of working with Suzuki on a ''Shenmue'' game together. Following the kickstarter announcement, he released a video showcasing a remake of the Hazuki Residence running in the Unreal Engine, which was also recognized by Suzuki, and has since been hired to work on the third game.
* RoleReprisal: Creator/MasayaMatsukaze returns as Ryo for the third installment. Corey Marshall, who voiced Ryo in the English dub, has also been confirmed to reprise his role for the third game.
* ScheduleSlip: ''Shenmue III'' was originally slated to be released in late 2017, but was pushed back to late 2018. Suzuki claims the reason for the delay was because the modern development tools allowed the developers to do more than what they thought was possible, causing the project to grow bigger than originally intended. It was delayed again to improve the quality and polish of the game, with a set release date of August 2019, and was delayed again to November 2019.
* SequelGap: 18 years after ''Shenmue II'', which was released in 2001.
