Map Size: 13:29 minutes from end to end!
How Big is the Map in Shenmue II? Let’s walk from the northwest to the southeast to find out. Walking across the map in Shenmue 1 took approximately 6 minutes so this map in Shenmue 2 is like twice the size of its predecessor. What you see is the remastered version.
(release date: september 2001)
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