Jet Set Radio Future
| Jet Set Radio Future | |
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North American box art | |
| Developer(s) | Smilebit |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Masayoshi Kikuchi |
| Producer(s) | Takayuki Kawagoe |
| Designer(s) | Masayoshi Yokoyama |
| Programmer(s) | Kazuhisa Hasuoka |
| Artist(s) | Ryuta Ueda |
| Writer(s) | Ryuta Ueda |
| Composer(s) | |
| Platform(s) | Xbox |
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| Genre(s) | Platformer, action, sports, extreme sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Jet Set Radio Future is a 2002 action game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Xbox. The sequel to the Dreamcast game Jet Set Radio (2000), it features refined gameplay mechanics, updated graphics, larger open world environments, new characters, an altered plot, a new soundtrack and multiplayer gameplay.
The player controls members of the youth street gang, the GG's, who use inline skates to traverse a futuristic Tokyo, spraying graffiti, challenging rival gangs and evading authorities. Like the original, Jet Set Radio Future uses cel-shaded visuals.
Jet Set Radio Future was very well received by critics. It won several awards and was nominated for many others. It was released as an Xbox launch game in Japan and Europe, and later bundled with Xbox consoles along with Sega GT 2002.Jet Set Radio Future became backwards compatible on Xbox 360 in 2005. In 2023, Sega announced a sequel.