Vor einigen Monaten habe ich mir (endlich!) eine Dreamcast besorgt, quasi noch rechtzeitig vor dessen zehnten Geburtstag. Eigentlich habe ich mir Segas letzte Konsole nur wegen Shenmue gekauft, dieses legendäre Überspiel, von dem jeder begeistert ist. Quasi ein GTA IV vor GTA IV, nur sehr, sehr japanisch und ohne Gangster und Autoklauen. Oder wie Zelda ohne Dungeons. Oder wie Pong nur besser.

Brandon Wiebe lobpreist Shenmue mit einem ganz besonderen Song:

Und zum Mitsingen gibt’s hier die Lyrics:

my names Ryo
i live in japan
with my dad and my grandma
and some guy named Fuku-San

i got a pretty cool jacket
with a tiger on it
i wear stonewashed blue jeans
if you got it flaunt it

i found a kitten near my house
i got a hoe named Nazomi
when they get outa line
i slap em on the ass and say “blow me”

i got a TIMEX watch
and a toy collection
“let’s get sweaty”
practice makes perfection

im lookin for some sailors
Looking high and low
Im looking for sailors
were did they go
im looking for sailors
looking left and right
yo were you keep the sailors in the middle of the night

i was hangin’ out lookin cool
and some dude just killed my pops
he beat me up too
and my balls and jaw just dropped

now i gotta wear a Band-Aid
wich is cool cuz it makes me look tough
the guy was lookin for a mirror
i guess he realy likes shiny stuff

he had a pretty neat robe
i think his name was Lan Di
yeah, he thinks hes all cool in that robe
but im thinkin hes a pansy

well he got his little mirror
yeah no thanks to me
dad kept it were he liked it
underneath a cherry tree

im lookin for some sailors
Looking high and low
Im looking for sailors
were did they go
im looking for sailors
looking left and right
yo were you keep the sailors in the middle of the night