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Looks like the Jet Set Radio reboot will be an open-world game full of rollerblading and graffiti taggingSee that mountain? You can rollerblade up it
See that mountain? You can rollerblade up it
Image credit:Sega
Image credit:Sega
The reboot of noughties gemJet Set Radioteased with ruthless efficiencyduring The Game Awards has had a smidge of new information revealed. For being such a small detail, though, it’s a very intriguing - if perhaps a tad predictable - one indeed.
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As a reminder, Sega confirmed a proper reboot for the cel-shaded Dreamcast-era classic, marking its first real showing in the more-than-a-decade since the originalsaw a HD re-release in 2012. That’s if you don’t count the clear tribute of modern successorslike this year’s Bombrush Cyberfunk, of course.
While Sega’s TGA tease showed off a scant few split-seconds of gameplay for the new Jet Set Radio, the studio’s parent company Sega Sammy dropped an extra morsel of info in arecent slide deckfrom an internal meeting.
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Under the extremely Business Presentation title of “Utilization of Legacy IPs”, showingcasing Sega’s “Lore & Innovation”, an image of the Jet Set Radio reboot can be seen alongside the other Sega reboots announced. Over the image, description text reads: “‘Counter-Culture’. Tokyo Street Open World.”
It’s not much to go on, but it definitely gestures at an open world to explore at your leisure - and the mention of “creating a movement” has me suddenly hoping for anAssassin’s Creed Brotherhood-style management aspect where I can send out skaters and taggers to take control of Tokyo.
Hopefully we’ll find out more soon, as Jet Set Radio’s developers - who include a number of the original team - work to give thehugely influential seriesits first original game in over two decades.
