In fact, for the Shimada family, most people probably know that Genji and Hanzo come from here, and then because the DJ can also slide on the wall to the sky, he is also called "Shimada DJ", but everyone should be the same as before, did not specifically put this family into the Overwatch plot universe. And in fact, the Overwatch plot universe is such a feature. Like the twin-city battle next door hit, everyone may suddenly feel: "Wow, their game universe worldview is good and complete." But as a veteran player of the double material public beta of Watchman and the game next door, it can be said that in fact, the construction of the two game universes is a feature, that is, fragmented and complete.
What do you mean by bits and pieces? It is that each hero appears to have a relatively complete character story, so that you can quickly be impressed by the experience of this hero, here take Hanzo Genji as an example, basically watch players have seen the Double Dragon CG, so you know that Genji Hanzo is the brother of the Shimada family, Hanzo hurt Genji, and finally Genji returned to redeem Hanzo. That's some bits and pieces of information. But what does complete say? For example, you only watched Ssangyong CG, and even Genji, which you have played in the game for a long time, but if you do not take the initiative to search for clues in CG and map Easter eggs, you must not think that Genji has been practicing with Zen Yata for a long time before he accepts his mechanical body, and in fact, in the village part of the Nepal map, you can find the room where Genji lived during his practice. Such a fragmentary clue is that Genji was injured by Hanzo and became a reformer and followed Zen Yata to practice in the four directions, during which time he also practiced in Nepal. In connection with Operation Venice and the Homecoming CG, you can see that Genji was once involved in the operation as a member of the Shadow Watch, and then the orangutan summoned the Watch agent and responded to the call again.
For the Timeline of Genji Hanzo, in fact, many people have speculated about the follow-up, of course, the most popular follow-up must be that Hanzo also joined the Overwatch. In fact, I am also a supporter of this faction, but when the map "Tetsusaka" was launched, I had some new views.
First of all, Tetsusaka's map is built under Hanamura, and if you look up at the map, you can find Shimada Castle, in which Hanzo sneaked in, and of course, Mt. Fuji, which is an important part of Japanese culture. Then there's the onion squid machine, which is a bit hilarious here when I turned the paint and found a sticker of the onion squid to play with the onion squid machine... Then in Tetsusaka's letters, he actually reveals the current situation of Shimada Castle. Shimada Castle is now largely an empty city, replaced by another organization to take over the Japanese underworld-related affairs of the Overwatch worldview. The two protagonists of the letter should also belong to their own Shimada old courtiers, and they can also see that they have a great relationship with Genji Hanzo, as if there is also a swordplay teacher who is directly Genji Hanzo. At the same time, it is also mentioned that the two are themselves husband and wife, and intentionally or unintentionally reveal that they have a daughter.
So it seems that the future plot direction of the Shimada family is estimated to be on this daughter, I don't know if she is a new hero or an NPC to join the game, but The experience of Genji Hanzo will definitely change because of the information revealed in this letter. It is reasonable to guess here that Hanzo will indeed join overwatch, and even the daughter mentioned will join along, and the overwatch team will be strong to a certain extent.