Graffiti

Graffiti (グラフィティ, Gurafiti^?) is a major element of the Jet Set Radio series. Throughout the course of the games players will unlock pieces of them by collecting Graffiti Souls.

Development[]

Initially, there were no elements of graffiti in the early stages of Jet Set Radio's development. However, graffiti was eventually added after the development team realized that running was not enough for the game itself. Additionally, Eric Haze contributed to the game via a recommendation from a producer on the team. Other tags were made by Ryuta Ueda and other artists.^[1]

Appearances[]

Jet Set Radio[]

In Jet Set Radio, graffiti is gained via two ways, by Graffiti Souls, and by unlocking characters. In this game, the tags come in three sizes: S, L, and XL. S sized tags require 1 spray can to complete them, L size tags require 3, and XL tags require 7. In Jet Set Radio there is a total of 102 graffiti tags that can be obtained.

Jet Set Radio Future[]

In Jet Set Radio Future, graffiti makes a come back but is now split into 5 sizes each. SS/S tags require 1 can to complete them, M size tags require 3, L size tags require 6, and XL size tags require 10. Just like before, Graffiti Souls are used to unlock more tags in the game, and in some cases for characters like Poison Jam, are required to be unlocked to complete the full collection.

Sega Superstars Tennis[]

In Sega Superstars Tennis, pieces of graffiti from Jet Set Radio Future appear on the Jet Set Radio tennis court and are a major part of the "Tag Attack" missions, requiring the player to send tennis balls towards the ground to complete tags.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing[]

In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, graffiti from both Jet Set Radio games appear in all racetracks relating to Jet Set Radio Future. For Beat's All-Star Move, "Tag Jamming", he sprays two completely unique tags made for the game, one "Jet Set Radio" tag, and a "Beat" tag as well. His third tag is simply the logo from the first game.^[2]

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed[]

In Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, graffiti appears on the Graffiti City and Shibuya Downtown stages.

Sega Heroes[]

In Sega Heroes, two of Beat and Gum's graffiti tags appear as abilities for them.

Custom graffiti[]

This is about the ability to make tags in the game, for the contests see: Graffiti contests.

Jet Set Radio[]

In Jet Set Radio, the player is given the ability to make their own custom tags, however they are limited to one tag per size, only allowing three custom tags in total. In the Dreamcast release of the game, players were allowed to make and trade their custom artwork, and additionally could download graffiti from the now defunct Jet Set Radio website. Images are also allowed as graffiti in the mobile phone and PS Vita ports of the game. The GBA release only allows the player to make custom small tags, but is rather in depth with more tools at the player's disposal.

Jet Set Radio Future[]

In Jet Set Radio Future, players were given the option to make more custom tags in this game. A total of 280 can be made, doubling the amount of collectable tags already at the player's disposal.