A former Shenmue developer has shared a brief but amusing anecdote in response to a tweet from Shenmue Forever that praised Shenmue II's intricate duck racing Easter Egg.
In his tweet, the developer that revealed that the entire duck race event was in fact created secretly by the Game Director* and staff without Yu Suzuki's knowledge!
An image of the original tweet is shown below.
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| Source tweet |
About Satoru Tsuji
Satoru Tsuji (Twitter account mame_XPERIA) was one of the member of SEGA's 7-person Event Planning team on the Shenmue II project. He mentions that he was in charge of the fortune tellers in the game.
* Note: Tsuji's tweet about the duck race partially censors the Game Director's name as "Oka***". At first I assumed this might be (Keiji) Okayasu, however the Shenmue II end credits confirm this refers to Yoshihiro Okabayashi, who both headed the Event Planning team and was one of Shenmue II's two Game Directors.
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| Shenmue II End Credits: Event Planning team |
Guide to Duck Racing in Shenmue II
Video: Shenmue Fans channel
Ha wow! Certainly one of the most memorable parts of the series!!
ReplyDeleteVery thankful it was left in!
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