Jet Set Radio is back!!!!!!!!!

[nakamura]

Shame it's not the vastly superior Jet Set Radio Future

OH NO! JSRF is great but the dumbed-down spray painting removes a lot from the original.

YES!! This is so true. Future was a frustrating platformer with all the skating feel and painting feel removed. Bar a few technical issues, JSR nailed it.

[Nemesis]

Shame it's not the vastly superior Jet Set Radio Future

OH NO! JSRF is great but the dumbed-down spray painting removes a lot from the original.

YES!! This is so true. Future was a frustrating platformer with all the skating feel and painting feel removed. Bar a few technical issues, JSR nailed it.

I was just about to post the same thing!!!

[DigitalDuck]

YES!! This is so true. Future was a frustrating platformer with all the skating feel and painting feel removed. Bar a few technical issues, JSR nailed it.

I find the platforming in JSR incredibly frustrating, and greatly prefer the speed, control, and fluidity of JSRF.

[DreamcastRIP]

Ooh it's out. Known about this for months

Well there have been internet rumours about this game release for many months now so the announcement is hardly a great surprise.

[RetroMartin]

Didn't enjoy the remixes in JSRF hence my love for JSR more...cracking game, one of the first Dreamcast titles I played!

[DreamcastRIP]

Some updates...

* Sega launches competition to design graffiti art that will feature in the game: http://dl.sega.com.s3.amazonaws.com/jsr/index.html

* The game has been confirmed as a 'port' of the Dreamcast release - it'll be an "upgraded HD version"

* Four officially released screenshots: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012- ... creenshots

* The game will be coming to Windows/PC as well as PSN & XBLA

[Eric]

Not a big fan of JSR but enjoyed the demo on Dreamcast demo disc. From the new screenshots it looks great in widescreen HD, this is how Ports should be done.

[samhain81]

Its good news no doubt, but I'm still going to stick with my 480p, achievment free , original. Can't see myself playing the game on anything but a Dreamcast controller.

[DreamcastRIP]

First 'proper' trailer - http://www.computerandvideogames.com/33 ... t-trailer/

Roll on Summer!

[ShadowMan]

Track list is out:
http://blogs.sega.com/2012/06/01/jet-se ... announced/

Kudos on Sega getting almost all the tracks licensed for the port (its still missing one or two unfortunately), I'm glad that Sega went through the trouble of getting nearly all the music in the game as it was a huge factor of why I originally enjoyed it. Can't wait to grab it on the Vita this summer.

[ShadowMan]

Finally Sega announce a release date:
http://gamersyde.com/news_jet_set_radio ... 49_en.html

September 18th (PS3) 19th (360, PC) and then a month later for the Vita version. I can't wait, assuming the PC port is as good as their recent efforts I'll get it via Steam and then the Vita version when its released in October. For iOs loving gamers on the forum they'll be no doubt pleased to hear that JSR is also coming to iPhone and iPad as well (no release date though I'd guess it'll be around a similar time, source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/20/jet-s ... is-summer/)

[DreamcastRIP]

Maybe the PS Vita could be 'the' version to own. Proper controls plus, I would hope, the option to use the device's touchscreen for when spraying graffiti.

I imagine the game could work well on 3DS too were SEGA releasing it on Ninty's system. Proper controls, a touchscreen (of sorts) for spraying graffiti plus I think playing JSR with made-into-3D retouched graphics might be pretty good. Alas, it's not to be...

[ShadowMan]

Maybe the PS Vita could be 'the' version to own. Proper controls plus, I would hope, the option to use the device's touchscreen for when spraying graffiti.

I imagine the game could work well on 3DS too were SEGA releasing it on Ninty's system. Proper controls, a touchscreen (of sorts) for spraying graffiti plus I think playing JSR with made-into-3D retouched graphics might be pretty good. Alas, it's not to be...

Yep. The Vita version does have all new touch screen grafitti spraying. It'll be interesting to see how well that works. Plus the cell shaded graphics should look really nice on the Vita's screen. Good point about the 3DS, it would have been great to see the game in 3D but its to bad Sega has skipped over the system for whatever reason.

[DreamcastRIP]

Maybe the PS Vita could be 'the' version to own. Proper controls plus, I would hope, the option to use the device's touchscreen for when spraying graffiti.

I imagine the game could work well on 3DS too were SEGA releasing it on Ninty's system. Proper controls, a touchscreen (of sorts) for spraying graffiti plus I think playing JSR with made-into-3D retouched graphics might be pretty good. Alas, it's not to be...

Yep. The Vita version does have all new touch screen grafitti spraying. It'll be interesting to see how well that works. Plus the cell shaded graphics should look really nice on the Vita's screen. Good point about the 3DS, it would have been great to see the game in 3D but its to bad Sega has skipped over the system for whatever reason.

As stated in my post I hope using PS Vita's touchscreen (or rear touch panel) for graffiti spraying is optional. If it doesn't work too well then players would still have the choice of reverting back to like-on-DC controls. Saying that, maybe they'll integrate the console's second analogue stick - which the DC controller of course didn't have.

I agree this 'HD' JSR could potentially look very beautiful indeed on PS Vita's magnificent and large-sized OLED screen.

It'll be interesting to see how the game controls on iOS devices as-is, i.e. without an iCade (if indeed it's iCade compatible). I hope for the best but can quite easily foresee it being a pain to control properly using a touchscreen - although perhaps it'll be a little more manageable using an iPad.

[ShadowMan]

The game is out via Playstation Plus a week before general release and I've just been giving it a try.

Firstly seeing the intro splash screen in HD looks glorious. Sure the game doesn't look as amazing as current gen stuff but the cell shaded look and vivid colours really stand out in HD.

The options screen lets you customise a few bits in the game - turn off graffiti cam so you don't have the camera pan when you spray paint objects (I left it on as I like it) and also disable the camera centering when pressing the L2 (graffiti spray) button which I did turn off as that's always annoyed me about the original. You can also move the camera with the right stick now which is really welcome, makes it more pleasant to play in my opinion.

Otherwise its the same great game that I remember, it looks, sounds and plays the same (but with less slowdown so far when things get busy). I love the soundtrack (and the fact Sega licensed all but one track for the re-release) and as mentioned before the game does look really nice in HD. My only potential complaint is that so far I can't replay levels I previously finish, I really hoped they would change that for the re-release as the DC version never let you replay them either to my knowledge. Hopefully I can do that once I clear the game?