The environments were based on Tokyo shopping districts in Shibuya and Shinjuku, with graffiti designed by artists including Eric Haze. The influence was drawn from late 1990s Japanese popular culture such as the rhythm game PaRappa the Rapper, and the anti-establishment themes in the film Fight Club. The player controls a member of a youth gang, the GGs, as they use inline skates to traverse Tokyo, spraying graffiti, challenging rival gangs, and evading authorities.ĭevelopment was headed by director Masayoshi Kikuchi, with art by Ryuta Ueda.
Parappa the Rapper was stated to be an influence for the creation of Jet Set Radio.Jet Set Radio (originally released in North America as Jet Grind Radio) is a 2000 action game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Dreamcast.The game was also one of the first to feature a large 3D open world.Jet Set Radio was one of the first video games to utilise Cel-Shading, giving the game a very unique style.Complete his challenges and Potts will be a playable character when you return to the garage. After this, a Noise Tank will appear in Chapter 3 or after doing a mission in Grind Square.
Potts - With Poison Jam, Noise Tanks, Love Shockers and Goji Rokkaku unlocked, complete the Monster of Kogane level before Benten Boogie. Goji Rokkaku - Achieve a JET rating for every one of the story levels in Grind City and complete the story once. Love Shockers - Achieve a JET rating for every one of the story levels including the Golden Rhino levels in Shibuya-Cho. Noise Tanks - Achieve a JET rating for every one of the story levels including the Golden Rhino levels in Benten-Cho.
Poison Jam - Achieve a JET rating for every one of the story levels including the Golden Rhino levels in Kogane-Cho. The game is set in a fictional variant of Tokyo, called Tokyo-to, specifically the downtown areas of Shibuya-Cho, Kogane-Cho and Benten-Cho, also including 2 more areas in Grind City, known as Bantam Street and Grind Square. In doing so players can unlock other non GG members to play as. Players can be awarded more points for tricks performed, allowing them to unlock 'Jet' ranking. Players start with only Beat as a playable option, but are challenged by both Gum and Corn before the end of the tutorial giving players a starting roster of three. Upon beating the challenge, the character will become a member of the GG's and be available for all missions afterwards. As the player covers more and more of the landscape in his or her gang's graffiti, the police presence escalates further and further, often ending in tanks or rocket-firing helicopters charging onto the scene.Īlong the way players will be challenged by other 'Rudies' who will challenge the player to complete their mission in order to unlock them as a playable character. Yellow spray cans are worth one spray, blue spray cans are worth five each and red spray cans recover health.Īfter the first few tags, the police show up, usually led by Captain Onishima. After collecting spray cans from various places in the level, the player can then 'tag' a particular spot by using the L button when they draw near or skate past. These spots are indicated with large red arrows and are therefore usually quite easy to locate, but may be difficult to actually reach. In each mission, the player is dropped in a specific area of the region whose missions they are trying to beat and instructed to tag a number of spots with graffiti. Whilst defeating the rival gangs, they notice rudies are being stolen away by well dressed men in mysterious black cars, looking for pieces of a record that can apparently summon a devil. The GG's, are one gang of rudies who compete with rival gangs The Noise Tanks, Poison Jam and The Love Shockers for territory.
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