Sega's pledge t' bring Xbox Live Arcade 'n PlayStation Network downloaders a hefty chunk a titles from the publisher's final foray into the home console market has brought us such Dreamcast...erm, "classics" as Crazy Taxi, Sega Bass Fishing, Daytona USA, 'n Space Channel 5: Part 2, which be t' say, it hasn't exactly brought us very many a the games people who owned Dreamcasts be actually shouting about when they yell at ye regarding how great the Dreamcast be. Fortunately for those who enjoy yelling about how great the Dreamcast be, that be about t' change.
it be actually a little disturbing t' realize this game be nearly 12 years old now.
Via a vague YouTube video posted on Sega's official blog, the publisher has officially announced it be intention t' bring the much-beloved Jet Set Radio t' XBLA 'n PSN sometime in the not-too-distant future.
Jet Set Radio (known as Jet Grind Radio in North America) be, a course, the famous Dreamcast game that somehow managed t' make rollerblading seem like something other than a misguided holdover hobby from the early '90s. In it, players would take control a a group a rollerblading miscreants hellbent on grinding every available piece a scenery in three distinct districts a Tokyo-t', while spraying graffiti all over everything 'n staving off rival gangs, cops, 'n military soldiers in the process. Think a it like Tony Hawk meets Marc Ecko's Getting Up, all wrapped up into a still rad-looking cel-shaded art style from a time before people really knew what the hell cel-shading in video games even be.
While Sega's mystery blog doesn't give any hints as t' a time frame for Jet Set Radio's arrival, we can expect that it won't be too far off, if they be already dropping hints about this thing. In any event, it'll be plenty a time for people t' start arguing about whether Jet Set Radio, or it be sequel, Jet Set Radio Future, had the superior soundtrack (it be totally Jet Set Radio Future). 'n while ye're doing that, maybe say a little prayer that the full soundtrack actually makes it into this HD re-release. After all, it be not like we haven't had t' deal with excised licensed tracks in these sorts a games before.
Finally, please enjoy this original trailer from the game's original press cycle back in 2000, 'n remind yourself how adorably unpretentious video game trailers be back then.
