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- Nov 21, 2019
Has Yu Suzuki done any interviews regarding story changes and retcons? Because it feels like a lot of things have changed.
Yuan's letter at the end of S2 implies he's dead, which is pretty massive. Remember his illness? S3 doesn't. S3 would have been an entirely different game if he was.
The Sword of the Seven Stars, and its magical, floating, light beam shooting nature is never once spoken about despite again, being pretty massive. (I know the sword was shortened so they could carry it around). It's also been removed from the intro cutscene.
The tapestries of Luoyang and the mountains no one ever returns from have disappeared from Shenhua's house. Why?
The Shenmue tree doesn't appear to be anything special, and in fact there's now 2 of them...it's not even unique anymore. We're not going back to Bailu, so it looks like that's it.
What exactly is the point of the mirror carvings in the cave?
Maybe i'm remembering wrong, but i'm sure S1 and 2 strongly imply the mirrors are ancient, not 80 years old. Speaking of the mirrors, they don't appear to be a map anymore?
The other 2 Chi You Men leaders aren't explicitly cut, but given Niao Sun's assertion that the CYM belong to her now and they haven't been mentioned once in 3 games, leads me to believe they have been. Same for Tentei. Especially for Tentei.
The nature of the "treasure". Is it literally just monetary treasure now? Master Chen says Lan Di will try to make use of both mirrors, but even he doesn't know what he will try. This statement makes no sense if it's just a bunch of gold and shit.
Basically, it seems to me that all of the mystical elements have been retconned, bar Shenhua's thing, and even then i don't think she's gonna be doing Project Berkeley style kamehamehas.
Yuan's letter at the end of S2 implies he's dead, which is pretty massive. Remember his illness? S3 doesn't. S3 would have been an entirely different game if he was.
The Sword of the Seven Stars, and its magical, floating, light beam shooting nature is never once spoken about despite again, being pretty massive. (I know the sword was shortened so they could carry it around). It's also been removed from the intro cutscene.
The tapestries of Luoyang and the mountains no one ever returns from have disappeared from Shenhua's house. Why?
The Shenmue tree doesn't appear to be anything special, and in fact there's now 2 of them...it's not even unique anymore. We're not going back to Bailu, so it looks like that's it.
What exactly is the point of the mirror carvings in the cave?
Maybe i'm remembering wrong, but i'm sure S1 and 2 strongly imply the mirrors are ancient, not 80 years old. Speaking of the mirrors, they don't appear to be a map anymore?
The other 2 Chi You Men leaders aren't explicitly cut, but given Niao Sun's assertion that the CYM belong to her now and they haven't been mentioned once in 3 games, leads me to believe they have been. Same for Tentei. Especially for Tentei.
The nature of the "treasure". Is it literally just monetary treasure now? Master Chen says Lan Di will try to make use of both mirrors, but even he doesn't know what he will try. This statement makes no sense if it's just a bunch of gold and shit.
Basically, it seems to me that all of the mystical elements have been retconned, bar Shenhua's thing, and even then i don't think she's gonna be doing Project Berkeley style kamehamehas.