OH MY GOD

Sega is re-releasing Jet Grind Radio for the PSN/XBLA. THIS IS THE BEST NEWS. BETTER THAN ALL OF THE NEWS. The only thing that has me nervous is the soundtrack: while I would be okay with losing the licensed American tracks (Rob Zombie, Jurrasic 5, etc.), having the in-house material is essential. As I recall, those tracks were pretty heavily sample-based. Oh, who am I kidding, I’m totally buying this either way because JET SET RADIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

This might be my favorite videogame of all time, people (along with like, Super Mario 64). Amazing.

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Jet Grind Radio might be my favorite game of all time.

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Dear Sega,

I just realized something. How awesome would it be to have a Jet Set Radio game for Kinect? I don’t have much interest in “being the controller” but if Sega made a game where I could spray some walls with a one-to-one recreation of my hand motions, I might just choke up that $150. Do it, Sega. Do it.

Love,

Marc

CAN I SIGN THIS PETITION PLEASE

I’ve wanted one for the Wii forever.

Don’t feel too bad, though. It’s modern Sega, after all; they’d only fuck it up something awful. All that time wishing for a NiGHTS sequel and all we got was that Wii abomination a few years ago.

In good news, it’s been rumored that Jet Grind Radio is coming to XBLA and PSN in the near future.

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Exactly! It’s almost draining to play. I move so cautiously when I play it, too. Heather Anne Campbell, when she used to write for Play, described it as a very dark, bleak game of D&D with a hardliner Dungeon Master. It’s terrifying. The atmosphere is so well-realized as well. I also need to mention the combat, especially the melee, which just feels really fluid.

I have a feeling that years from now—much like I currently do with the Dreamcast—I’ll be talking about videogames with someone, mention it excitedly, saying “Demon’s Souls…that was a good game, did you ever play that?” And much like with Jet Grind Radio or God Hand, they will most likely say no. The best games are so often ignored, you know?

At least the follow-up to Demon’s Souls, Project Dark, will be multi-platform. That should widen its appeal.

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