A modern sequel to Dreamcast's Jet Set Radio may never truly exist, but the radical funktastic torch is borne on by Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, which channels early-2000s vibes with its skatefunk-graffiti-punk, or a new genre we're going to affectionately call "funkpunk".
The new trailer, like all the trailers before it, focuses on the sun-drenched colours and vibrant street art of Bomb Rush's alleyways, along with a new song from the game's composer Hideki Naganuma, who was also the composer for Jet Set Radio.
Check out the trailer above, but don't blame us if you can't stop watching it. We've watched it five times already.
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk comes to Switch as a launch console exclusive in 2022.
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Too much funk, take it back!
funk
All this trailer is missing is a George
Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic track!
literally everyone in the comments:
Game looks great though
Kinda odd for it to lean into funk while having zero funk in the trailer music. Seriously, it sounds like a sample that Robbie Williams would badly dad rap to.
@nessisonett can you kick it?
This is gonna look insane on the Switch OLED
@Moistnado Everybody knows the greatest Robbie Williams ‘bar’ is “Dance like you just won at the Special Olympics”. What an incredible rap artiste he is.
jokes aside, this game does look really funkin' cool.
...wait. oh, funk.
@nessisonett who would have thought he wrote his own lyrics? He's a musical genius.
boom-bap, aah boom-bap
This looks sick, even as someone with no connection to the original franchise
motherfunker
If it doesn’t release on a Friday Night, what’s the point?
I don't even know what funk means. I'm a total stiff...
But this game looks kind of funky and I'm diggin' it.
Spiritual successor to Jet Radio?!?! TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jet Set Ray-Dee-Ohhh!!!!!!
"The new trailer, like all the trailers before it, focuses on the sun-drenched colours and vibrant street art of Bomb Rush's alleyways, along with a new song from the game's composer Hideki Naganuma, who was also the composer for Jet Set Radio" isn't the song in this Agua by Bx'treme? they even say "bx" in the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKt36Vf-9bc
"Dangerously Cheesy."
Get ready for a wave of people repeating "SERIOUS JET SET RADIO VIBES", jokes aside, this game looks really FUNky
@thedudeabides05 They don't have the funk anymore, it is now in the possession of Old Greg, or Alde Griggs.
This continues to look really promising!
That's a Day One purchase for me.
@eleven I'd say there are a few reasons this game has gotten a pass. The main thing is that Team Reptile has been an established developer for a long time now. They established themselves publicly with Lethal League, a distinct, original title, but the look and sound of their games has always clearly derived from JSR, to the point of hiring the same composer for more recent titles. They didn't gain their fame piggybacking JSR, so they come off as fans who, already established, are making a game in place of one they wish they'd gotten. It also helps that SEGA has done nothing with the series and that it isn't immensely popular either. It doesn't read like chasing money or fame, but putting already earned dollars toward a passion project to fill a felt gap.
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