History VideoGame / JetSetRadio

* LetsPlay: [[http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/Jet%20Set%20Radio/ Here]].
** There's also a number of them on Website/YouTube.

* XMeetsY: ''[[TonyHawkProSkater Tony Hawk]]'' meets ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5''.

* AdaptationDyeJob: And how. Tab/Corn goes from brunet to blond (and so does Piranha/Boogie), Yoyo goes from being a redhead to having lime green hair, and Combo goes from having black hair to [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]]. Not to mention everybody changes outfits, and most of the changes are pretty significant, too.

Despite everything, the series was very well received, even to this day, with ''Jet Set Radio'' considered to be one of the Dreamcast's defining games, and ''Jet Set Radio Future'' being considered one of the Xbox's best exclusives. The games have gotten plenty of love from the ''SegaSuperstars'' crossover games, especially ''All-Stars Racing'', which features nothing but ''Future'' representation. The game was also featured in Anime/HisCooolSeHaGirls in late 2014.

* EdibleThemeNaming: Probably unintentional, but some of the rudies have names like Beat(beet), (bubble)Gum, Corn and Garam(Malay for salt）

* RegionalBonus: The North American release of ''JGR'' contains an extra mission, involving frogs [[spoiler:from Poison Jam]] in the Garage, sandwiched between the two run-throughs of Tokyo-to.

* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Captain Onishima (Hayashi in ''JSRF'').

* GeniusSweetTooth: The Noise Tanks are noted to have sworn off health food, subsisting entirely on artificial chemicals and sweeteners.

* NiceHat: In both games, Corn/Tab's eyes are hidden beneath his hat. It even gets some impressive-for-2002 physics added onto it in ''Future''.
** As a gang, the Immortals' gimmick is that they're [[DashinglyDapperDerby bowler hat]]-wearing mummies.

* RegionalBonus: The North American release of ''JGR'' contains an extra mission sandwiched between the two run-throughs of Tokyo-to.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: The final boss of ''JGR'' converts the roof of his office tower into a giant turntable. To defeat him, you must (Anyone?) grind rails to reach the adjoining towers and (Bueller? Bueller?) spray graffiti over his occult symbols.

''Jet Set Radio'' (originally known as ''Jet Grind Radio'' [[MarketBasedTitle in the NTSC U/C region]]) is a platforming/skating game released by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2000, developed by Smilebit, who were made up of previous AM-6 employees, responsible for the ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' series. The game is centered around [[RollerbladeGood roller-blading]] [[GangBangers street gangs consisting of teens and young adults called rudies]], who battle for turf by spraying graffiti around the streets of [[UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} Tokyo-to]]. Meanwhile, the rudies' culture is under attack by an evil corporate conglomerate called the Rokkaku Group which seeks to homogenize the city and whose [[CorruptCorporateExecutive leader]] seeks to take over the world through demonic means. The game [[TropeMaker pioneered the use of]] CelShading to create cartoonish characters and backgrounds using 3D polygon graphics. The game is also remembered for its [[AwesomeMusic/JetSetRadio eclectic soundtrack]].

--> [[TheStinger "What? You think I just made the whole thing up?"]]

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: The final boss of ''JGR'' coverts the roof of his office tower into a giant turntable. To defeat him, you must (Anyone?) grind rails to reach the adjoining towers and (Bueller? Bueller?) spray graffiti over his occult symbols.

* HiddenDepths: Call [[BigBad Gouji]] a CorruptCorporateExecutive all you want, but you ''have'' to admit; having turntablism skills so good that [[spoiler: you can both ''summon demons'' and '''''absorb the souls of Tokyo-to''''']] is ''not'' something to gawk at.

** Gouji's final boss form, A.Ku.Mu, means "Nightmare" in Japanese.

* RedHeadedHero: Beat.

''Jet Set Radio'' (originally known as ''Jet Grind Radio'' [[MarketBasedTitle in the NTSC U/C region]]) is a platforming/skating game released by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2000, developed by Smilebit, who were made up of previous AM-6 employees, responsible for the ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' series. The game is centered around [[RollerbladeGood roller-blading]] [[GangBangers street gangs consisting of teens and young adults called rudies]], who battle for turf by spraying graffiti around the streets of [[UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}} Tokyo-to]]. Meanwhile, the rudies' culture is under attack by an evil corporate conglomerate called the Rokkaku Group which seeks to homogenize the city and whose [[CorruptCorporateExecutive leader]] seeks to take over the world through demonic means. The game [[TropeCodifier pioneered the use of]] CelShading to create cartoonish characters and backgrounds using 3D polygon graphics. The game is also remembered for its [[AwesomeMusic/JetSetRadio eclectic soundtrack]].

* BlondGuysAreEvil: With the exception of snipers (who are black), most of the Rhinos appear to dye their hair gold.

* GenericGraffiti Averted in ''JGR'', as some of the characters have their own tags. This isn't the case in ''JSRF''.

* ArtAttacker: Well, how else would you fight boss battles?

''Jet Set Radio'' (originally known as ''Jet Grind Radio'' [[MarketBasedTitle in the NTSC U/C region]]) is a platforming/skating game released by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2000, developed by Smilebit, who were made up of previous AM-6 employees, responsible for the ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' series. The game is centered around [[RollerbladeGood roller-blading]] [[GangBangers street gangs consisting of teens and young adults called rudies]], who battle for turf by spraying graffiti around the streets of [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Tokyo-to]]. Meanwhile, the rudies' culture is under attack by an evil corporate conglomerate called the Rokkaku Group which seeks to homogenize the city and whose [[CorruptCorporateExecutive leader]] seeks to take over the world through demonic means. The game [[TropeCodifier pioneered the use of]] CelShading to create cartoonish characters and backgrounds using 3D polygon graphics. The game is also remembered for its [[AwesomeMusic/JetSetRadio eclectic soundtrack]].

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:When Rokkaku sucks you and hundreds of bystanders into his HumongousMecha,]] you are transported into an acid-trip version of Tokyo filled with shadow creatures that constantly run after you. During all this, Rokkaku situates himself on the highest part of his dreamworld where he then transforms himself into a giant monster on skates. You have to grind and jump all the way up in order to fight him.

* BuccaneerBroadcaster: Tokyo's gang activity is reported via a pirate radio station named [[TitleDrop Jet Set Radio]], hosted by DJ Professor K.

* ChekhovsGun: In Chapter 5 of ''Future'' you can see an evil-looking tower in the background. No attention is drawn to it, and no one mentions it, so you'd assume it to just be a background element, right? [[spoiler: Turns out it's the device used by the BigBad at the end of the game to absorb some sort of energy from the people of Tokyo, and sends you and them into an alternate dimension.]]

* DismantledMacGuffin: The Devil's Contract, a vinyl record rumored to [[SummoningRitual summon a demonic entity]]. Somewhere along the line, the record was broken into three shards and scattered between Grind City and Tokyo.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Thinking of tagging up the streets of Tokyo-To? Be prepared to have '''tanks''' and '''helicopters with missiles''' coming after you.

* GraffitiOfTheResistance: This is the premise in the games. Rokkaku and his corporation have bought practically all of Tokyo in the future; your player character is a gang leader who sticks his middle finger to Rokkaku by spraying graffiti all over the town.

* RealIsBrown: JSRF has a brownish tint compared to its predecessor.

* RegionalBonus: The North American release of ''JGR'' contains an extra mission sandwiched between the two run-throughs of Tokyo.

* ThrivingGhostTown: Averted. The game's most important character is Tokyo itself, and is designed to overwhelm the player with the sprawl of the urban landscape, populated by endless terrified [=NPCs=].

''Jet Set Radio'' (originally known as ''Jet Grind Radio'' [[MarketBasedTitle in the NTSC U/C region]]) is a platforming/skating game released by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2000, developed by Smilebit, who were made up of previous AM-6 employees, responsible for the ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' series. The game is centered around [[RollerbladeGood roller-blading]] [[GangBangers street gangs consisting of teens and young adults called rudies]], who battle for turf by spraying graffiti around the streets of [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Tokyo-to]]. Meanwhile, the rudies' culture is under attack by an evil corporate conglomerate called the Rokkaku Group which seeks to homogenize the city and whose [[CorruptCorporateExecutive leader]] seeks to take over the world through demonic means. The game [[FollowTheLeader pioneered the use of]] CelShading to create cartoonish characters and backgrounds using 3D polygon graphics. The game is also remembered for its [[AwesomeMusic/JetSetRadio eclectic soundtrack]].

* CouldntFindAPen / DyingClue: Coin's final instructions to his friends were, fittingly enough, written in graffiti. It's a cryptic mural featuring rhinos, an airplane and arrow pointing to Tokyo-to. Presumably, the Rhinos didn't catch onto its meaning.

* ForTheCelOfIt: The original game was the first to do this with both black outlines, and the use of two-tone shading on characters.

* [[AdaptationalVillainy Adaptational Rivalry]]: The Noise Tanks from the original Jet Set Radio were [[PlayfulHacker]]s who sold software to pay for their hobbies and were responsible for causing a blackout months before the game began. In Jet Set Radio Future, the Noise Tanks are still mischevious, but are [[RetCon Retconned]] into cyborgs created by Rokkaku determined to destroy the [=GGs=].

* [[AdaptationalVillainy Adaptational Rivalry]]: The Noise Tanks from the original Jet Set Radio were PlayfulHackers who sold software to pay for their hobbies and were responsible for causing a blackout months before the game began. In Jet Set Radio Future, the Noise Tanks are still mischevious, but are [[RetCon Retconned]] into cyborgs created by Rokkaku determined to destroy the [=GGs=].

* [[AdaptationalVillainy Adaptational Rivalry]]: The Noise Tanks from the original Jet Set Radio were [[Playful Hacker]]s who sold software to pay for their hobbies and were responsible for causing a blackout months before the game began. In Jet Set Radio Future, the Noise Tanks are still mischevious, but are [[RetCon Retconned]] into cyborgs created by Rokkaku determined to destroy the [=GGs=].

Despite heavy promotion from Sega, neither game sold that well. ''JSRF'' was bundled with new Xbox consoles along with ''SEGA GT 2002'', which did lead to it being better remembered, but didn't enhance sales as much as one would hope.

* XMeetsY: ''[[TonyHawkProSkater Tony Hawk]]'' meets ''SpaceChannel5''.