Shenmue has been in the news a reasonable amount of times recently after creator Yu Suzuki’s Kickstarter to create Shenmue III . Sega has been uninvolved in all of this thus far, but it’s possible that’s because they were working on a remaster. A leak seems to have appeared on a few different retailers for Shenmue 1 & 2 bundled together.
These games are listed as releasing on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. There are no dates associated with them, other than 2017. The retailers that showed this Shenmue 1 & 2 listing are Alza, Heureka, GetGame, and MadGamer. While these games appear on the websites, it is by no means an absolute confirmation that Shenmue 1 & 2 are going to be remastered and re-released. You have to remember that retailer listings are not sanctioned by the companies developing or publishing said games.
A great recent example of not taking retailer listings too seriously would be the “leaked Target listing” for a Bethesda Game of Thrones title. This turned out to be a complete hoax. Nevertheless, it would be awesome to see a remaster or direct re-release of Shenmue 1 & 2 before Suzuki finishes Shenmue 3 . It would give new interest and players to the series before the title even finishes development.
Would you buy Shenmue 1 & 2, were it released as a bundle pack?
Source: DualShockers