<s>
Shenmue	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
( シェンムーオンライン「莎木OL	O
,	O
Shenmū	O
Onrain	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
announced	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
where	O
players	O
participate	O
in	O
scenarios	O
from	O
Shenmue	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
joining	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
clans	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Shen	O
Hua	O
,	O
Xiu	O
Ying	O
,	O
and	O
Wu	O
Ying	O
Ren	O
,	O
all	O
significant	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Shenmue	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
was	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
development	O
in	O
joint	O
venture	O
between	O
Sega	O
Japan	O
and	O
JC	O
Entertainment	O
of	O
Korea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Shenmue	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
was	O
first	O
announced	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
JC	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
the	O
screenshots	O
released	O
were	O
considered	O
by	O
many	O
Shenmue	B-Application
fans	O
to	O
be	O
disappointing	O
graphically	O
,	O
especially	O
as	O
being	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
series	O
that	O
boasted	O
ground-breaking	O
graphics	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
JC	O
Entertainment	O
pulled	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Shenmue	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
as	O
they	O
owned	O
50%	O
of	O
the	O
properties	O
of	O
Shenmue	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
,	O
there	O
was	O
legal	O
debate	O
over	O
who	O
had	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
confirmed	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Yu	O
Suzuki	O
that	O
even	O
though	O
the	O
Korean	O
company	O
JCE	O
had	O
announced	O
their	O
withdrawal	O
from	O
development	O
,	O
since	O
Shenmue	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
Sega	O
venture	O
,	O
they	O
would	O
fulfil	O
their	O
duty	O
of	O
completing	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
shots	O
showed	O
further	O
improvement	O
on	O
graphical	O
issues	O
,	O
comparing	O
the	O
graphics	O
to	O
other	O
MMOs	O
and	O
even	O
home	O
versions	O
of	O
Shenmue	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2007	O
,	O
news	O
about	O
Shenmue	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
has	O
slowly	O
declined	O
and	O
reports	O
of	O
its	O
cancellation	O
have	O
appeared	O
on	O
Destructoid	O
and	O
Wired	O
News	O
.	O
</s>
