Platform Nation: Jet Set Radio can be summed up in three words. Dancing, graffiti and frustration.
While this is the first time I have played Jet Set Radio, the game has developed enough of a reputation over the last several years that I knew what to expect when I finally loaded up the game for the first time. I understand that the game was a Dreamcast game and that in the year 2000 games were completely different, this shows more than ever while playing Jet Set Radio. While some sections are easy, as you progress the game becomes more difficult to cruise through the colourful cities, throw up some paint on a wall and jump around doing backflips without an army of dogs or an insanely accurate helicopter swinging around and blasting you to the ground.
Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio reboot rumours are heating up again as a new SEGA survey points toward a next-gen makeover for these iconic franchises.
I want to see a new ESPN Extreme Games, that first game on PS1 was so funny, and the video segments with that woman mocking you.
For this week's Bring it Back feature, GotGame takes a look back at the Jet Set Radio franchise from Sega and the now defunct Smilebit.
Game just oozed style. Even the games that tried to emulate it never really hit the mark, or nailed that "it" factor the series had.
Still bump the song 'Aisle 10' from time to time when getting up in the morning.
Discussion surrounding Jet Set Radio has always been skewed. As revered and celebrated as this game is among fans of old-school Sega classics, the vast majority of the praise levied towards it revolves around its cel-shaded style, premise, and soundtrack.
