The Magnificent Madness and Mystery of Jet Set Radio's Stories

[@OnionSprite]

* Kidnaps dog * Modifies dog to walk on skates * Refuse to elaborate further

[@kikicpu]

i always disliked how at the end of jet set radio, dj professor k is just like "the demon isnt real and was inside goujis heart the whole time!" as if we didnt just fight a giant ass rhino on top of a spinning record in the sky. LOL. im so glad you mentioned that!! Great video as usual!!!

[@pikinachu9850]

I think it was metaphorical and meant to show the the dark side of human greed to the youth audience playing the game as a short lesson. Devils aren’t real, but evil greedy people are, and you should be the opposition.

[@kikicpu]

@@pikinachu9850 thats a good way to look at it!

[@derrickhaggard]

The insanity that was JSRF's plot is what made it awesome especially how in the end it goes full on Shonen Anime.

[@RisingSonic17]

That's a perfect way to describe it. It essentially becomes like more of an anime

[@_Jayanky_]

Fun fact: in the original game, poison jam are canonically perverts according to JSR’s manual

[@Fleshpills]

Wait what

[@phatheadproductions7802]

😂

[@Joe-oj4rh]

That's why I loved them so much!

[@ChrisWasNotHere]

there is a fan theory that beat is the rebellious runaway son of gouji rokkaku.

[@robertportis6881]

Actually I think the gouji rokaku in jsrf is actually the son of the one from the first game jet grind radio aka jet set radio due to the first games ending

[@Yuli_Ban]

I was thinking the exact same thing as the video went on. All the signs seemed to point to Beat being Gouji's son (all the way down to Gouji referring to Zero Beat as "his sons"), only for it to turn out to be an aborted arc.

[@etherealhatred]

​@@robertportis6881I think it was confirmed this is impossible since JSRF is supposed to be an alternative future on that universe that is completely separate from the first game (being the reason why the premise is the exact same one just a bit expanded)

[@robertportis6881]

@@etherealhatred yeah you could be right considering a lot of the characters have either there names from the last game or they're identical to there counterparts

[@zero-3DG3]

Most likely might be real since most runaways in Japan at that time disowned their family name. Not to Mention Beat has red hair which is the go to color of rebellion and most Japanese despised changing your hair

[@RetkiEmi]

This just makes me more excited for what will they cook with bomb rush cyberfunk

[@reddbool1ng192]

You just read my mind fr I hope they cook up something real sweet soon

[@chadsaturday3300]

Well I for one heard that the story for BRC isn't really a wholesome one for starters with the main character *literally* losing his head

[@mindofanintrovert2046]

​@@chadsaturday3300welp. Its kinda wholesome

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

Intentionally being vague cause, surprisingly, this is a story worth not spoiling: Loved the story in BRC. I like the on the surface more minimalist approach of the JSR games, but BRC definitely involved me more. Basically, I love JSR characters but never felt very immersed in what they go through as I play, that's not the case in BRC. I like that they didn't try to go too deep and serious with it, just right imo. Still vague but may not wanna read this: Still vague but may not wanna read this: The character I didn't fully get was DJ Cyber, I'm not sure exactly why his plan was the way it was other than plot-device. He compensates by being total a badass, though, and I can at least think of some half baked motives, fine in a story that's okay with being cheesy (in a cool way) imo, cause I did like his role a lot even if I wasn't sure it made sense.

[@linkonthebrink]

AND THEY COOKED

[@christmasanchez1.038]

Yeah, the lore or the plot of the story is very confusing I always thought it is like ," stick it to the man." Kinda of way since your fighting a certain power like Goji, but it truns out to be some demon controlling Goji to take over the world. Which I can only think of it as someone who is over someone or controls a city can be over power hungery and can be greedy and turn into a demon that is all I can put it in perspective in my own eyes. Plus, some parts of the story is like missing and just comes out of nowhere like why is pots turn into a robot anthropomorph animal like why? I mean Nosie Tank made pots this way, but what is the point. Next where does the shadowy figure of Jet comes from and what is his reasoning working with Goji I mean yeah he is like a dark entity work for Goji and all that jazz, but this one entity just like yeah I am working for Gobi cool. Also, what the heck why is Jazz even captured by the Noise tank like you get some snibbits of her, but like why and where the heck did she come from and where did Coin go was Coin part of the whole Golden Rhino thing is he the enemy behind the whole story betraying Cube, Combo and leading the GGs to their doom, because he is gone missing at the end of the story. I mean I like some of the parts missing like it is very mysterious, but it does pull a bunch of questions for a lot of people, again I find it great to not knowing any of the part of the story gives that mysterious air head flavor to the whole story I would say.

[@redhat4363]

hey! i watched your video twice just for the sake of getting the whole story. you did a good job. keep making these kinds of content. the DMC reboot story is good too. i would love to see a vid on that game

[@reddbool1ng192]

I know the whole story just people talking about jsr is so entertaining hopefully this either becomes real life or someone makes a video game again like this 🙏🏾💯☁️

[@Triniidadii_Productions]

This was great!!! I watched a JSRF iceberg video and that ending with Zero beat wasn't mentioned in that 1 hour long vid haha

[@MarioGarcia-io9gj]

I'm so glad corn got an updated look, he was my favorite character. And he is why I got so into the game

[@markcharcas2293]

Since Beat ran away from home and Zero Beat was modeled after Beat in the storyline, what if Beat’s father was Rokaku and he ran away from home because of the insanity he saw in his family. 👀

[@Bearman851]

I imagine that Combo is lying at the end of the game, so no one would search for the Devil's Contract again.

[@RisingSonic17]

That would actually be a pretty smart solution

[@Bearman851]

@@RisingSonic17 Right? I mean, the search for the record is what got one of his closest friends killed. Why would he just reveal "Hey, the record is real! Come get it!"? That could lead to more death and someone worse than Goji to rise up. Him lying could end up saving more lives in the long run.

[@googburger]

Yeah DJ K could have had a bigger role, when I first played the game I originally thought that he was gonna be twist villain or something

[@RisingSonic17]

Which is why I'm glad Future fixes that by making him our navigator

[@brentus668]

Or he's a former rudie himself and is a living legend

[@dedtoot]

Yess the lore analysis Nice

[@screwstonstoner2196]

Great video, loved playing this game as a kid

[@Pnk117]

It's so deep people don't know yet till they play it

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Great video. It's not a sprawling RPG or anything so i get why, but not a lot of jet set videos go into the lore much beyond a quick gloss over. Though, I disagree about some opinions with the og's story. I think it's actually great that the record having powers was a hoax, one of those "poetic justice" things lol. Also just shows how mad and desperate for power a corrupt elite like Gouji is that these rumors were enough to drive him to his actions. If anything, it adds more to the villain imo. As for the giant rhino, I always just figured that was a rokaku mech or some shit and not the demon itself lol. Cause let's be real, the weapon progression of the enemies they've been pulling throughout the game absolutely makes that believable. The previous mission they got dudes with jet packs chasing you after all. Giant flying robots aren't an unbelievable reach. I just figured we were stopping Gouji BEFORE he could finish the summon (ignoring that the record was revealed incapable of that afterwards). Oh yeah and about the main cast not having much in terms of backstory aside from a few, I actually don't mind that at all. Again, this isn't an RPG or visual novel, what we get is just right for this kind of game. Especially from Sega and this era, we got Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia holding down that fort for example. And I think the characters themselves express a lot without saying much in Jet Set's case. They're definitely a case showing a character through animation and design rather than exposition.

[@KagatoAsuka]

Beat is a run away maybe Goji is his dad.

[@Pokaroquai]

weird theory but ok

[@julius44321]

Great video, but question: some of the gameplay you showed had some places played in the daytime/nighttime, like dogenzaka hill being played at night. How do you do that?

[@RisingSonic17]

Oh I modded Future myself to have the skybox be different

[@johnsantos507]

Man, I miss JSRF.😔

[@RisingSonic17]

Not like it went anywhere, lol

[@johnsantos507]

@@RisingSonic17 Well, I did played JSRF in Demo years ago. But I didn't get the fully game.😭

[@TherRealSmoothSoviet]

Does Beat really come from Fukuoka..? I heard it from somewhere..

[@RisingSonic17]

He's the only character with a location that he was somewhere else before being in Tokyo. You can take that as a yes.

[@Kupomasters57]

Huh, interesting. So Beat in future, was an antagonis.

[@RisingSonic17]

Yeah for a total of uh 5 minutes

[@issagus7068]

Question 🙋🏾‍♂️ “Y’all Think A Potential Live Action Series Would Do Thy Justice” ? And Or Animation Like Arcane. 🧐

[@RisingSonic17]

If you want me to be honest, both can do a good job in their own directions. However, the fear of Live Action is them forgetting the absolute insanity of Jet Set Radio. I think a realistic approach could work but it's the most likely to go very wrong if not handled carefully. But I would prefer an animated series for an adaptation

[@lordjugga168]

I want animated like spider-verse

[@KillerKing2k]

does anyone know the song at 24:16 ?

[@paleartist]

Bloody Destiny from Persona 1

[@Mae4Ever]

WAIT. DID I JUST SEE PERSONA SPRAY PAINT IN FUTURE?! Did this game came to PC?!

[@spin08]

Nah bruh. JSRF been on the OG Xbox for 21 years at this point. But there is an OG Xbox emulator for PC that allows widescreen and mods to be installed and applied

[@Mae4Ever]

@@spin08 wow! Where can I find it?

[@hernandez4856]

@@Mae4Everthe emulator is called xemu

[@hernandez4856]

@@Mae4Everand search up vimm lair

[@reddbool1ng192]

Now watching this at the end what if beat was a sacrifice to the Rokoku gang and his dad was the leader so he found out and ran from home and wanted to destroy his dad, so the robot beats was his clones and such you know it does kinda makes sense since beat ran away from him because he was betrayed 😯🤨

[@reddbool1ng192]

On top of what I just said he was pissed because he was in the ggs and found out he was and wanted to cause chaos to manipulate that its wrong to be in that culture

[@fwuffy5876]

Link for skybox mod? :D

[@brandonc3231]

fw u bro keep going

[@OzzieClarke2]

soo ultimately Rokkaku doesn't have a real motive or B story

[@RisingSonic17]

The motive is just to take over Tokyo and the World. Just being evil for the sake of being evil, lol

[@williamcase426]

O yea it all about dj profesor K yo

[@kaitoguy]

it sucks how little the storywriters did with and explained about things, they just put random things in and thats it

[@RisingSonic17]

Maybe they didn't feel a game like this didn't really need a super telling story. I mean, they had interesting ideas and could've done a bit more. Unless you're a nerd like me, no one is probably gonna look to deep into the story for this game.

[@JoelGloade]

when you said "Lets get into the first game" and then persona 4 music started up, it sucked a lot of energy out of me. it made me stop dancing which should never happen cuz dancing's the best

[@akioasakura3624]

I expected these games to be like GTA but for yutes. Cuz GTA is too violent and absolutely unhinged, and that’s not the type of game I’d want to play for hours. I rly like GTA tho I’m not saying I don’t like it, but it’s just not my “default” game u know? It’s not like I pulled those expectations outta mi arse well I kinda did, but see, these dudes keep talking about themselves as “gangs”. Not “crews”, not “the homies” nahh, GANGS. GANG GANG. Blud u ain’t in no gang, all u do is skate and paint buses bruh. I thought that there was gonna be gang fights and violence, bloodz vs crips type shit, references to alcohol and drugs, etc… I expected to see mentions of how Gum is a slut or something like that, cuz the manual tells u she a nasty hoe, but there’s literally nothing about it in the game that makes u think that. For like half of my first playthru expected yo-yo to get splashed or something like that, until I realized that this isn’t that kind of game. And well in the second game something similar happens (spoiler: he gets kidnapped)) I expected the professor to be some evil mafia boss man or something like that. What’s a Jamaican guy from New York doing in Tokyo?? And why does he never leave his studio? Bro got opps? Like bruh he only listens to hiphop and talks to teens, it’s not like he selling coke or kidnapping ppl or whatever… unless he is tho?? btw where does that goofy ahh name come from? Not DJ K, not DJ PROFESSOR K… “the professor” bruh that’s 1000% a mafia name. See this is wat bothers me about jsr/f. It’s not that I’m totally against characters that r like “icons” and not “people”, but they leave u with more questions than answers. For example, the final bossbattle comes, and the guy gets shot down. And ur like, ok, lemme play with the other guy. I simply couldn’t give a shit about any of the characters cuz they’re just icons, 3d models, etc… When I play these games, I’m coming up with fantasy scenarios to make it more fun lively and realistic. And now I’m also writing a fanfic (thx for inspiring me sir) cuz I need a way to offload my thoughts and free up mind space to come up with even more scenarios. If I didn’t like playing games using my imagination, I wouldn’t have finished these games. But hey I guess that’s kinda the magic of JSR, it’s not for everyone. And don’t get me wrong, I think these games r amazing!! 9/10 for sure, but they simply aren’t “street” enough if u feel me?? Anyway sir good video and again thx for inspiring me to make a fanfic

[@hernandez4856]

that’s called the ghetto not the streets