Jet Set Radio Future
| Jet Set Radio Future | |
|---|---|
 North American box art | |
| Developer | Smilebit |
| Publisher | Sega |
| Director | Masayoshi Kikuchi |
| Producer | Takayuki Kawagoe |
| Designer | Masayoshi Yokoyama |
| Programmer | Kazuhisa Hasuoka |
| Artist | Ryuta Ueda |
| Writer | Ryuta Ueda |
| Composers | |
| Series | Jet Set Radio |
| Platform | Xbox |
| Release | |
| Genres | Platformer, action, sports |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Jet Set Radio Future is a 2002 action game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Xbox. It is the sequel to the 2000 Dreamcast game Jet Set Radio, and as a re-imaging of the original game, Jet Set Radio Future maintains its predecessor's cel-shaded visuals while introducing refined gameplay mechanics, updated graphics, larger open world environments, new characters, an altered plot, a new soundtrack and multiplayer gameplay. As with the first game, the player controls members of the GG's, a youth street gang that uses inline skates to traverse a futuristic Tokyo, spraying graffiti, challenging rival gangs and evading authorities.
Jet Set Radio Future received acclaim, with praise for its music, art style, gameplay, characters, and replay value. It was nominated and won several awards, including "Best Platformer," "Best Music," and "Best Graphics (Artistic)" from GameSpot. Originally developed for the Dreamcast, it was released as a Xbox launch game in Japan and Europe and was later bundled with Xbox consoles along with Sega GT 2002. Jet Set Radio Future became backwards compatible on Xbox 360 in 2005. Jet Set Radio Future is often named one of the best original Xbox games and one of the best games of the 2000s.
In 2022, Sega announced that a new Jet Set Radio project was in development as part of a revival of previous franchises. Subsequent reports in 2023 and 2024 described leaked development footage and screenshots.