{"id":115781,"date":"2020-07-24T06:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T06:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/want_a_jet_set_radio_sequel_bomb_rush_cyberfunk_might_be_your_best_shot"},"modified":"2020-07-24T06:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T06:19:00","slug":"want-a-jet-set-radio-sequel-bomb-rush-cyberfunk-might-be-your-best-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/24\/want-a-jet-set-radio-sequel-bomb-rush-cyberfunk-might-be-your-best-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Want A Jet Set Radio Sequel? Bomb Rush Cyberfunk Might Be Your Best Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/940f71293ab86\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/940f71293ab86\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Bomb Rush Cyberfunk\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/940f71293ab86\/bomb-rush-cyberfunk.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/940f71293ab86\/bomb-rush-cyberfunk.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Bomb Rush Cyberfunk\"><\/a><span class=\"image-credit\" title=\"Image Credit\">\u00a9 Team Reptile<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update (Fri 24th Jul, 2020, 07:15 BST):<\/strong> Team Reptile has provided some extra information over on Twitter &#8211; the tweet says Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is on its way to consoles as well &#8211; we&#8217;re guessing this includes the Switch and will let you know if we hear anything else.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bomb Rush Cyberfunk will be coming to consoles as well <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wezCErZBQ6\">pic.twitter.com\/wezCErZBQ6<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Team Reptile (@ReptileGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReptileGames\/status\/1286363527972900864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original article (Thu 23rd Jul, 2020 11:30 BST): Jet Set Radio<\/strong> is a series that deserves better. Sega released the first entry on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2015\/04\/hardware_classics_sega_dreamcast\">Dreamcast<\/a> 20 years ago (sorry if that revelation has made you crumble to dust), and while it swiftly followed it up with an Xbox-exclusive sequel, the franchise has been dormant ever since.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re one of the many people hoping for a new Jet Set Radio entry, then you&#8217;ll be pleased to learn that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/lethal_league_blaze\">Lethal League<\/a><\/strong> developer Team Reptile is creating the next best thing \u2013 a spiritual successor called <strong>Bomb Rush Cyberfunk<\/strong> in which &#8220;self-styled crews are equipped with personal boostpacks,&#8221; and players can &#8220;dance, paint, trick [and] face-off with the cops.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the trailer, the game <em>really<\/em> does nail the feel of Jet Set Radio \u2013 so much so that some people are fearful that Sega might take notice:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Screenshot 2020 07 23 At 11.01.19\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/18ef1faa0246a\/screenshot-2020-07-23-at-11-01-19.original.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/18ef1faa0246a\/screenshot-2020-07-23-at-11-01-19.original.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2020 07 23 At 11.01.19\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Hideki Naganuma, the composer who contributed to Jet Set Radio and <strong>Jet Set Radio Future<\/strong>, is also involved, which makes the link to Sega&#8217;s series even stronger.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only been confirmed for <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1353230\/Bomb_Rush_Cyberfunk\/\">Steam<\/a> so far, but given that Lethal League made its way to consoles (and taking into account the theme and tone of Bomb Rush Cyberfunk) we&#8217;d be willing to wager quite heavily that a Switch release will happen in the fullness of time \u2013 assuming Dr. Serkan Toto&#8217;s rather dire prediction doesn&#8217;t come to pass, of course.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Team Reptile Update (Fri 24th Jul, 2020, 07:15 BST): Team Reptile has provided some extra information over on Twitter &#8211; the tweet says Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is on its way to consoles as well &#8211; we&#8217;re guessing this includes the Switch and will let you know if we hear anything else. 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