History YMMV / JetSetRadio

** "Understand, understand, the concept of love!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The chorus of "Concept of Love" gained traction for being repetitive and bizarre when taken out of context.[[/labelnote]]** "Jet Set Radioooooooo!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Professor K yells this at many points during ''Classic''. Fans tend to use it as a substitute for "let's go" or "get hype."[[/labelnote]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In Japan, ''Classic'' was released in an unfinished state on a [[UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast sinking ship]], and ''Future'' was exclusive to the Xbox, which sold much worse than the competition. Neither game appealed to the wants of their Japanese audience at the time of their release either, as the market was geared more towards anime [=RPGs=] and arcade fighters. On the other side of the pond, Western players consider both games [[CultClassic cult classics]] and have been frequently cited as examples of the artistic and aesthetic potential of video games.

** "Understand, understand, the concept of love!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The chorus of "Concept of Love" gained traction for being repetitive and bizarre when taken out of context.[[/labelnote]]
** "Jet Set Radioooooooo!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Professor K yells this at many points during ''Classic''. Fans tend to use it as a substitute for "let's go" or "get hype."[[/labelnote]]

* PortingDisaster: The UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version of the first game was an ambitious effort to put the whole game on inferior hardware, but had several cut tracks, poor controls, and level design which was not always optimized to put the new isometric view into account, leading to many frustrating moments that weren't in the original.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The 2023 game ''VideoGame/BombRushCyberfunk'' is the first (albeit unofficial) new entry to a series that hasn't had a new game since the early 2000s. The fan game ''Butterflies'' (created by Le Crew for mobile/PC) is also heavily inspired by Jet Set Radio. That game has yet to be ported to consoles.

* EvenBetterSequel: ''Future'' irons out nearly every flaw of the original game, with a more interesting story and varied gameplay. Many of the frustrating elements were dropped and the elements that did work were expanded upon with more depth and better control. Even those who have the SeinfeldIsUnfunny reaction to the original game freely admit to having enjoyed the successor.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: ''Classic's'' HD remaster, while still liked, was criticized more than the original Dreamcast version despite being a near-perfect port. A common thread in many reviews was that cel shading's novelty distracted critics from the game's flaws. Compare the Dreamcast version, which scored in the 90s on Metacritic, to the remasters, which usually score 20 points lower.

* SoBadItsGood: The general opinion about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLz3ia7TFqM "Birthday Cake"]] is that it's annoying, deranged and nonsensical. Naturally, it's also one of the game's most memorable songs.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The 2023 game ''Bomb Rush Cyberfunk'' is the first (albeit unofficial) new entry to a series that hasn't had a new game since the early 2000s. The fan game ''Butterflies'' (created by Le Crew for mobile/PC) is also heavily inspired by Jet Set Radio. That game has yet to be ported to consoles.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[spoiler:In both games, Rokkaku's dream world where you fight a giant robot]] because of both fights' vivid, trippy color choices and bizarre scenarios.

* CameraScrew: Both games have pretty miserable cameras, with the only game having an adjustable camera being the HD re-release of the original. Both games require you to reset the camera to move it, which works sometimes and screws you over other times. ''Future's'' camera also snaps to look at your piece while spraying, blocking your view from heading into a BottomlessPit and also managing to screw up your controls.

* {{Fanon}}: Because the manual and guides are obscure, many characters' common interpretations are quite different from canon. Gum has the most stark changes: official resources describe her as energetic and loyal, but she's commonly portrayed as stoic and unamused.

** "The Concept Of Love" from Future samples a Black Panther speech about fighting for one's rights and humanity, which (although most likely unintentionally, due to Hideki Naganuma's then-limited knowledge of English) ties in pretty well to that game's themes about fighting against a CEO who has no qualms about having kids-to-very-young-adults decimated over ''cleanable graffiti,'' and fighting against his oppression against non-conformists in general.

** Most of the citizens are unfazed in the face of wanton police brutality. At best, they could feel too powerless to fight it. At worst, they may have been conditioned to the point of seeing it as acceptable, or even support it.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The upcoming 2023 game ''Bomb Rush Cyberfunk'' is the first (albeit unofficial) new entry to a series that hasn't had a new game since the early 2000s. The fan game ''Butterflies'' (created by Le Crew for mobile/PC) is also heavily inspired by Jet Set Radio. That game has yet to be ported to consoles.

** Naturally, it shares a lot of fans with its spiritual successor, ''VideoGame/BombRushCyberfunk''.