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* [[Even Better Sequel]]: ''Shenmue II'' was considered by those lucky few who actually played it to be a ''major'' improvement over the already very impressive original: it was ''much'' longer, much faster-paced, the combat system had been refined and deepened, the already stunning graphics were polished to the absolute best the Dreamcast was physically capable of, the Hong Kong setting was considered to be much more interesting than Yokosuka and the plot was much more exciting and engaging.
* [[Fandom Rivalry]]: With ''[[Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night]]'', Koji Igarashi's ''[[Castlevania]]'' [[Spiritual Successor]], which broke the record for the highest funded game on Kickstarter. In the closing hours of the ''Shenmue III'' campaign when the game was nearing $5 million, many fans made it clear they were going after the record set by ''Bloodstained''. When they succeeded, several fans and critics expressed bitterness and some have even gone out of their way to undermine ''Shenmue'''s success altogether. And then there's many of those from both fandoms who wonder why this is even the case since we have two fantastic games to look forward to, both of which were successfully funded, broke records, and are at the helm of two highly respected game developers.
* [[Hype Backlash]]:
** While hailed as a masterpiece that pushed the gaming medium, ''Shenmue'' was also highly criticized by many who didn't expect the most expensive game of its time to be a slower paced reality simulator that encouraged players to take their time and explore its virtual world while having several restrictions placed on them (which wasn't helped when ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' was released soon afterward and changed the perception of the [[Wide Open Sandbox]] genre). There's even a small portion of gamers who blame the game's commercial failure for Sega's departure from the console market, and felt the company would be better off today had ''Shenmue'' not been released.
** As mentioned above, the successful kickstarter campaign for ''Shenmue III'', which broke several records, was also met with derision by critics who felt its success was undeserved.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQa3yGXzGls Sailors.]
** So much that it became an [[Ascended Meme]] in ''[[Sega Superstars|Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' (Mission 22, a timed gate mission as Ryo in the ''[[Super Monkey Ball]]'' Treetops track, outright tells you that you'll find no sailors, but rather lots of monkeys.<ref>Unless you're playing on the [[Wii]], in which case the baby monkeys spectating the track are gone because of the console's inferior processors, natch.</ref>)
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