Pretty awesome. I still would love an actual sequel though.
You would think they would jump on it to make one considering how popular the others games were.
Jet Set Radio HD remake grinds onto Android, iOS
By
Connor Sheridan, News Intern
Summer's re-release of Dreamcast skate-and-paint game will include full content, camera-enabled graffiti.
Jet Set Radio's lighthearted cartoon vandals are on their way to mobile phones and tablets, Sega announced today. The downloadable HD remake of the game--already headed to PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox 360 this summer--will also appear on Android and iOS devices.
The mobile versions will include the same regions to skate and adorn with spraypaint as their console cousins, including the full soundtrack, and will integrate mobile leaderboard support with OpenFeint. Gamers will also be able to upload photos from their devices' cameras into the game for use as personalized graffiti. No mention was made of the price for any of the game's versions.
The original Jet Set Radio for Dreamcast, which was released in 2000 as Jet Grind Radio in North America, was hailed by GameSpot for its unique visual design and balanced gameplay upon its release in 2000.
By
Connor Sheridan, News Intern
Connor Sheridan is the News Intern at GameSpot in San Francisco. He loves Super Metroid and has seen "Weird Al" Yankovic in concert three times.
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WOO, I got this for my Dreamcast. :D This will be sweetness. I'll get it when it comes out. :)
"Gamers will also be able to upload photos from their devices' cameras into the game for use as personalized graffiti."
If said graffiti is traced back to mobile gamers, however, both Verizon and Sprint have announced their intentions to prosecute the offenders to the fullest extent of the law.
2 Like JSRF was just so damn good. I cannot put it into words. If you haven't played it, wait for the HD remake and do so. Dat Tokyo, dat music, dat everything.
2 Like @NuclearPig @Bigbomb94 I think there was Crazy Taxi, Power Stone and other DC ports for PSP, and if the 3DS has more power than the PSP, then yes, the 3DS should be able to run JSR with little trouble :).
The media hypes these HD returns like Max Payne and THPS sky-high, only to give those same games a poor, undewhelming review. Really, what's the point?
4 Like it was one of the (if not "THE") first game to use cel shading in its graphics engine, hence another trend sega started.
@PureDarkness17 @KimCheeWarriorX
there were games that tried to mimic a cel shaded/cartoony look prior to jsr but jsr was the first game that was officially recognized as using cel shading properly. it was the first time a reviewer (it mightve been egm) that mentioned that jsr looked like one of those levi's commercials (most of which used cel shading at the time). look it up yourself if you dont believe me, i stand by my comment.
Hopefully it'll support bluetooth controllers, JGR already had sort of stiff controls on the Dreamcast. I mean, the game played well after you got used to the "stiffness", but I can't imagine such controls making a smooth transition to touch-based controls...
i own the de la jet set radio game on dreamcast and a region unlocker disc wtf do i need a reboot that's missing a few songs for? graphics wooooow cause brighter colors and playing it on a hdtv mean something hey guys i own an hdtv but guess what i paid 30 dollars for a decent sized sdtv to play the original versions of these games moral of this don't be a cheap a** because graphics unless your a eyecandy gamer is which case your doing it wrong and should not be gaming to begin with 720p aint everything it,s marketed to be unless your blind
@cookieleader because it'll play better and not many people have their dreamcasts anymore.
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