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Super Hang-On is the next Sega title to receive the 3DS treatment, following the rather neat Space Harrier 3D. It’s out in Japan next week.

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Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki is thinking of turning to crowdfunding to deliver one of gaming’s more vapourous fables, according to a new report out of France.

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Yu Suzuki is creating an arcade-shooter for iOS and Android, according to a report on Andriasang. Called Gan! Gan! Pirates, Suzuki’s latest was first shown in the latest issue of Famitsu, where it was said the game would feature both social and co-op elements. The game will be free-to-play, and is slated for September.

Creator Yu Suzuki still hasn’t given up on a third core Shenmue game, despite ten years of red lights from publisher Sega.

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Yu Suzuki, one of the most legendary video game designers of all-time, has announced that he will be leaving Sega in September after a 28-year career with the company.

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It has been announced that Yu Suzuki has joined Tokyo-based Premium Agency as an executive game producer at the firm.

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Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki has detailed how Shenmue III would have ended the trilogy. Warning: this is not really true.

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There’s a lot of words out there. Here’s all the smaller stuff coming out of GDC, coupled with loads of smaller stuff thatr isn’t coming out of GDC. It’s like a fusion of smaller stuff.

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Ex-Sega dev legend Yu Suzuki has said that if the chance arose, he’d be allowed to make Shenmue III for the publisher.

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Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki has said he’s “thinking about” a western release of Shenmue Town.

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Think Services has announced that Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki will be the recipient of this year’s Pioneer Award at the Game Developers Choice Awards.

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There. He’s actually come out and said it. Now get on with it, Sega.

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Industry legend Yu Suzuki has said the difference between game development today, and back when he was creating Virtua Fighter, boils down to developers focusing more on visuals than creativity.

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And so did we. In probably the most different way.

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That wound on our heads? That’s from banging the table again.

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Ex-Shenmue sound creator Osamu Murata has said he’s “certain” creator Yu Suzuki “wanted” the series on either PS3 or 360.

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According to this Gamespot story, Yu Suzuki has been be ousted as Sega’s R&D creative officer, and “will stay with company in diminished capacity.”

Suzuki was the “name” behind the likes of Virtua Fighter and frankly insane RPG and bus stop sim, Shenmue.

There’s his full work history through the link.

Following news earlier this week that Yu Suzuki hasn’t been working at Sega for ages, Sega US boss Simon Jeffery has retracted the statement – made in a Gamasutra interview – to say that he was essentially wrong.

“I can safely say that Yu Suzuki is in fact still a Sega employee,” he said, adding that Suzuki “is a Creative Officer of Sega Corp.”

Jeffery said in the original interview that Suzuki was “kind of his own man right now. Every now and again, he’ll come up with an idea, and I don’t think anything has come out of that yet, but we’re still working with him. He’s not an employee any more.”

Shenmue III will release on Dreamcast II in the third quarter.

Everyone else is running this and we don’t want to feel left out. In an interview with Gamasutra, Sega US boss Simon Jeffery has confirmed that Shenmue developer Yu Suzuki doesn’t work at Sega any more. Which is probably why you haven’t heard anything about anything he’s been doing at Sega for the past 3,000 years.

Speaking of names, what has happened to Yu Suzuki?

SJ: Last I heard, he was doing some online stuff in China.

He’s spearheaded an arcade racing title. Is he just really off in his own world?

SJ: Yeah. He’s kind of his own man right now. Every now and again, he’ll come up with an idea, and I don’t think anything has come out of that yet, but we’re still working with him. He’s not an employee anymore, but…

I wasn’t sure if he was still actually a Sega employee.

SJ: Not as far as I know.

There. Now we’re part of the gang.