Shenmue Passport (S6:EP5) · Shenmue Dojo Show · Radar

Community News Round-up7:42 – 20:11

7:42

And I think that's a good segue into the news.

7:45

So today we are going to be discussing the Shenmue passport in great detail.

7:51

I'm surprised actually we haven't covered this previously.

7:54

It feels like something we should've done in the first five seasons of the show, but, uh, that's something that we're gonna do today, and I'm looking forward to it.

8:01

But newswise, Matt, uh, let's talk about the Shenmue comparisons that we're seeing in some of these released Crossroads trailers.

8:09

There's been a new one, and-

Matt OliverHost

8:11

Yes

8:11

... it's gained a lot of heat because the, the character that's being teased looks an awful lot like a Mr. Lan Di.

Matt OliverHost

8:18

Oh, man.

Matt OliverHost

8:19

Uh, do you know what, what's really fun with this is there's obviously the hardcore Shenmue community are g- are gonna make those references, right? It's fine.

Matt OliverHost

8:27

But you go wider into gaming and actually there's a lot of people going, "That's Lan Di.

Matt OliverHost

8:34

He moves like Lan Di." Uh, now there's obviously the derivative from the Virtua Fighter RPG and, and, and Tiger Swallow Style coming from Kun Zen, which is Lao style and, and everything else in between.

Matt OliverHost

8:45

But seeing that was just like, okay, there's a lot more Shenmue love here than I think maybe we've realized.

Matt OliverHost

8:53

And actually perhaps SEGA, or I, I don't know, what I think it's doing is giving Shenmue, um, exposure through the backdoor a little bit, which is great, and it can only be a good thing for, for the series.

Matt OliverHost

9:05

And hopefully it gives SEGA a bit of a kick up the backside to go, "Do you know what? Maybe we are gonna do something with this." There is the other argument this might replace Shenmue long term in terms of the feel and what they're going for, although we would, and I would argue that Crossroads and s- the story mode has a very different vibe to a Shenmue game, even in a modern sense.

Matt OliverHost

9:25

Um, but it is looking good.

Matt OliverHost

9:26

It's called Bakunawa Killer, and there's lots of theories going around just online as to who it is.

Matt OliverHost

9:32

I think, I ...

Matt OliverHost

9:34

It won't be Lan Di, to be honest.

Matt OliverHost

9:36

It's probably, um, Li Fei or Lei Fei.

Matt OliverHost

9:39

I can't quite remember how you pronounce the name.

Matt OliverHost

9:41

But yeah, it's looking really sick.

Matt OliverHost

9:44

I'm, I'm really, really impressed with it.

Matt OliverHost

9:46

And of course I did a, a little breakdown video on it and did the-

9:50

Mm