[quote]Sega's pledge to bring Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network downloaders a hefty chunk of titles from the publisher's final foray into the home console market has brought us such Dreamcast...erm, "classics" as Crazy Taxi, Sega Bass Fishing, Daytona USA, and Space Channel 5: Part 2, which is to say, it hasn't exactly brought us very many of the games people who owned Dreamcasts are actually shouting about when they yell at you regarding how great the Dreamcast was. Fortunately for those who enjoy yelling about how great the Dreamcast was, that's about to change.
It's actually a little disturbing to realize this game is nearly 12 years old now.
Via a vague YouTube video posted on Sega's official blog, the publisher has officially announced its intention to bring the much-beloved Jet Set Radio to XBLA and PSN sometime in the not-too-distant future.
Jet Set Radio (known as Jet Grind Radio in North America) is, of course, the famous Dreamcast game that somehow managed to make rollerblading seem like something other than a misguided holdover hobby from the early '90s. In it, players would take control of a group of rollerblading miscreants hellbent on grinding every available piece of scenery in three distinct districts of Tokyo-to, while spraying graffiti all over everything and staving off rival gangs, cops, and military soldiers in the process. Think of it like Tony Hawk meets Marc Ecko's Getting Up, all wrapped up into a still rad-looking cel-shaded art style from a time before people really knew what the hell cel-shading in video games even was.
While Sega's mystery blog doesn't give any hints as to a time frame for Jet Set Radio's arrival, we can expect that it won't be too far off, if they're already dropping hints about this thing. In any event, it'll be plenty of time for people to start arguing about whether Jet Set Radio, or its sequel, Jet Set Radio Future, had the superior soundtrack (it's totally Jet Set Radio Future). And while you're doing that, maybe say a little prayer that the full soundtrack actually makes it into this HD re-release. After all, it's not like we haven't had to deal with excised licensed tracks in these sorts of games before.[/quote]
[url]http://www.giantbomb.com/news/jet-set-radio-coming-to-xblapsn/4000/[/url]
Oh hell yes.
Oh wow, major memories brought back. I used to play this game all the time back on the original xbox.
[QUOTE=jrj996;34839434]Oh wow, major memories brought back. I used to play this game all the time back on the original xbox.[/QUOTE]
You're thinking of Jet Set Radio Future; this is Jet Grind Radio, its predecessor. Hopefully JSRF will be re-released as well.
Fucking love JSRF! I played it so much that the playtime hour count in the saves were maxed out at 99:99
Jet Set Radio Future was great, I'll most likey get this when it's out. I hope they do JSRF too, probably not though.
[video=youtube;cfDlHdERxrE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfDlHdERxrE[/video]
I love you Sega <3
I might try this out, if its anywhere near as good as JSRF.
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[video=youtube;HSZIej-ZraE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZIej-ZraE[/video]
SHUT UP AND EAT! TOO BAD NO BON APPETIT!
I hope that song is absent. Or was that from JSRF? But I am looking forward to this - JSR was so much better than JSRF.
Also, I hope they release the euro version on XBL. Jet Grind Radio doesn't flow off the tongue (Aussie/Kiwi here, so I got the European release, which was Jet Set)
I preferred it to Jet Set Radio Future.
never mind :downs:
From the OP "Jet Set Radio (known as Jet Grind Radio in North America)"
Jet Set Radio Future and Jet Grind/Set Radio are two different games.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrmBWreLLiw[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4aY8PMaEqw&feature=related[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2HT94t-a5k&feature=related[/media]
The contents of my penis have fired, gentlemen. Lucky for me, I don't have to pay a cent. I still have my working Xbox and fully functioning JSRF CD that I got when I bought the Xbox
except this isn't JSRF
Sega did it again. I hope next one is Sega Rally Championship.
Excited for this.
[QUOTE=Spectre1406;34843218]Sega did it again. I hope next one is Sega Rally Championship.[/QUOTE]
or Shenmue!
GREATEST XBLA RELEASE EVER!
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[QUOTE=Spectre1406;34843218]Sega did it again. I hope next one is Sega Rally Championship.[/QUOTE]
Double this! I have this for the PC, great fun it is.
[editline]23rd February 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=erfinjerfin;34843110]except this isn't JSRF[/QUOTE]
Yea so? This made JSRF basically. Both are great games, but a lot of people say the first is the best.
[QUOTE=erfinjerfin;34843110]except this isn't JSRF[/QUOTE]
It's one step closer.
AWwwwww yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh.
Remembered this game about a month ago and I've been listening to the music ever since, that's amazing news to me, that shit's my childhood and I'm more than glad to welcome it back in my adulthood.
Now we just need SA2 and ToeJam&Earl
Phantasy Star Online would be good as well. And Skies of Arcadia. And Headhunter was pretty decent too.
Oh, and Powerstone. I miss that so much.
dreamcast had so many gems, so glad they're releasing this one on xbla/psn, but a pc release would just be amazing.
Might be time to fire up the dreamcast emulator
Toy Commander next please that's probably the Dreamcast game I've always wanted to play but I didn't have one.
[QUOTE=Spectre1406;34843218]Sega did it again. I hope next one is Sega Rally Championship.[/QUOTE]
[I]Game over yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaah![/I]
It's gonna take me years to clean up the mess I've just made.
I have been playing JSRF recently, and was disappointed upon not being able to play the first game. This is great news.
I hate these re-introduction videos.
[B]FLASHY FLYING TEXT NITTY GRITTY DIRT SOUNDS FLEWCHABAKACPAPOAPOOOPAUO CAPS LOCK BAD FONTS POOR COLOR CHOICE ALL NEW REBOOT GET IT NOW FAGGOTS[/B]
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