Shenmue's Ryo makes some prank calls

by Justin McElroy { Jun 12th 2008 at 10:00PM }

As much as we'd love to simply enjoy these Tapezilla crank calls, we're a little too busy being irritated we didn't think of it ourselves. Here's all the explanation you need: Soundboard Ryo Hazuki of Shenmue fame calls a gold store in a desperate attempt to find Terry. And just below the jump, he calls a restaurant in an attempt to find Hong Kong, but the non-English speaking owner isn't much help.

If we have one problem with these clips, it's that at no point in them does Ryo attempt to locate any sailors. Seriously, Tapezilla, for shame.

Tags: pranks, shenmue

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Andrew @ Jun 12th 2008 10:09PM

It's "Ryo" not "Ryu"

Dovi @ Jun 12th 2008 10:11PM

Ryu>>>>>>Ryo

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ Jun 12th 2008 10:13PM

I sad that he wasn't looking for some sailors. :(

Frojo @ Jun 12th 2008 10:28PM

that's priceless

RoboChamp @ Jun 12th 2008 10:33PM

LAN-DI!!!!!

Mikey @ Jun 12th 2008 10:49PM

You just cost me 6,000 dollars.

SIX - THOUSAND - DOLLARS

j.howlett @ Jun 12th 2008 10:49PM

i love/hate that game. stupid cat, i was working

Anticrawl @ Jun 12th 2008 10:51PM

I can't believe they didn't use the sailors line.

Batzarro(A.K.A Rap-Rock Cameo) @ Jun 12th 2008 10:51PM

I wanted to be a correcting nag!

Seanross @ Jun 12th 2008 10:56PM

Woulda been nice if they normalized all the sound. but funny stuff indeed

kataztrophy @ Jun 12th 2008 11:24PM

SNK's Ryo > SEGA's Ryo.

DangerMouse @ Jun 12th 2008 11:43PM

WINNER...IS....RYO

UltimateQ @ Jun 12th 2008 11:44PM

I actually got a kick out of that. I thought it would be lame, but it was funny.

Bob Tapezilla @ Jun 13th 2008 12:55AM

Hey guys. Just wanted to clear up a few things regarding these calls. We know - Shenmue's synonymous with sailors, the black car and lucky hit. But that's exactly why we wanted to launch the Tapezilla podcast with calls that didn't have to do with that. Don't worry, though, we've already got some calls lined up that have exactly what you're looking for.