Sega All-Stars

Sega All-Stars, initially known as Sega Superstars at first, is a series of crossover games that are developed by multiple studios and published by Sega. Its first game was Sega Superstars. The Jet Set Radio series has had content featured in said games starting from Sega Superstars Tennis.

History

Sega Superstars

The first game in the series was Sega Superstars, however no content from the Jet Set Radio series was present in this release.

Sega Superstars Tennis

The second game in the series, Sega Superstars Tennis, developed by Sumo Digital, was the first game from the series to feature content from Jet Set Radio and Jet Set Radio Future. Superstars Tennis leaned more towards the former as characters such as Beat and Gum, who made their playable debuts, appear in their Jet Set Radio attires. Other characters such as Tab, Combo, Piranha, DJ Professor K and the police also appear in their Jet Set Radio attires as well, Captain Onishima is also name-dropped via Beat. The Jet Set Radio court is also based on Shibuya-cho's bus terminal area. Jet Set Radio Future is represented by some graffiti pieces on the court and two songs, "Jet Set Station #2" and "Fly Like a Butterfly". Other songs include "Let Mom Sleep" and "Everybody Jump Around".

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

The third game, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, leans more on representing Jet Set Radio Future over Jet Set Radio as Beat appears in his JSRF attire and other characters such as Cube, Garam, Rapid 99, and Hayashi all make appearances on the Rokkaku Hill racetrack. Other courses include Shibuya Downtown, an area based on Shibuya Terminal, and Highway Zero, a course that is based on 99th Street, but incorrectly named after Highway Zero. Songs in the game are also from Jet Set Radio Future as well, with "Fly Like a Butterfly" returning, and bringing along "The Concept of Love", "Funky Dealer", "Let Mom Sleep (No Sleep Remix)", and "Sneakman (Toronto Mix)". Despite the bias towards JSRF, Jet Set Radio would be represented in Beat's character profile as it incorrectly refers to the events of the game by mentioning him joining Gum and Tab to form the GG's and having to deal with Captain Onishima.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

The fourth, and currently latest game, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, features content from both JSR games as the stage Graffiti City was confirmed to take place in Shibuya-cho, taking place in Jet Set Radio's universe, while Shibuya Downtown made a return, representing JSRF. Beat and Gum once again appear as playable characters, showing up in their JSR appearances, like in Sega Superstars Tennis. Other characters include DJ Professor K, as a sticker and cameo on the Graffiti City circuit along side the S.W.A.T. Team, Tab, Piranha, Garam, Slate, Mew, and Yo-Yo all appear in their JSR designs as stickers, along with the Graffiti Soul of the first game. Jet Set Radio Future is not only represented via Shibuya Downtown and the remix of "Let Mom Sleep", as Cube, Yoyo, and Rhyth all appear on the Graffiti City circuit as well.

Representation

In the Sega All-Stars series, Jet Set Radio has been prominently featured since the second game, Superstars Tennis, here is a breakdown of the representation between both games.

Jet Set Radio

Characters

• Beat - As a playable character in Sega Superstars Tennis and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• Gum - As a playable character in Superstars Tennis and All-Stars Racing Transformed; mentioned in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Corn/Tab - Cameos in Superstars Tennis and All-Stars Racing Transformed; mentioned in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Combo - Cameo in Superstars Tennis.
• Garam - Cameo in All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• Mew/Bis - Cameo in All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• Yo-Yo - Cameo in All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• Piranha/Sugar - Cameos in Superstars Tennis and All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• Slate/Soda - Cameo in All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• DJ Professor K - Cameos in Superstars Tennis and All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• The GG's - Mentioned in Superstars Tennis and Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Police - Cameos in Superstars Tennis and All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• Captain Onishima - Mentioned in Superstars Tennis and Sega All-Stars Racing.

Songs

• "Let Mom Sleep" in Superstars Tennis and All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• "That's Enough" in All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• "Everybody Jump Around" in Superstars Tennis and All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• "Grace & Glory" in All-Stars Racing Transformed.

Locations

• Tokyo-to and Shibuya-cho via the Jet Set Radio court in Superstars Tennis and Graffiti City in All-Stars Racing Transformed.

Jet Set Radio Future

Characters

• Beat - As a playable character in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Gum - Cameo in Sega Superstars Tennis.
• Yoyo - Cameo in All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• Rhyth - Cameos in Sega All-Stars Racing and All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• Garam - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Boogie - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Cube - Cameos in Sega All-Stars Racing and All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• Pots - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• DJ Professor K - Mentioned in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Rapid 99 - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Love Shockers - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Police - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing; mentioned in Superstars Tennis.
• Hayashi - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Kigurumi - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Gouji Rokkaku - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• Fortified Residential Zone Citizens - Cameo in Sega All-Stars Racing.

Songs

• "The Concept of Love" in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• "Fly Like a Butterfly" in Superstars Tennis and Sega All-Stars Racing.
• "Funky Dealer" in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• "Let Mom Sleep (No Sleep Remix)" in Sega All-Stars Racing and All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• "Sneakman (Toronto Mix)" in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• "Jet Set Station #2" in Superstars Tennis.

Locations

• Tokyo via the racetracks in Sega All-Stars Racing and Shibuya Downtown in All-Stars Racing Transformed.
• The Shibuya District via Shibuya Downtown in both Sega All-Stars Racing and All-Stars Racing Transformed; based on Shibuya Terminal.
• The Rokkaku-dai District via Rokkaku Hill in Sega All-Stars Racing.
• The 99th Street District via the Highway Zero/99th Street circuit in Sega All-Stars Racing.

Errors

One thing about the Jet Set Radio series inclusion in the Sega All-Stars series is the attempt to combine both games as if they are set in one universe. While admirable, this flat out wrong as both Jet Set Radio and Jet Set Radio Future take place in separate universes and as such information from both games should be separated unless stated otherwise (e.g.: Corn being labeled as a genius and Yoyo's liar trait carrying over from the first game). This can result in incorrect information relating to both titles.

In Sega Superstars Tennis, the police are referred to as the "Rokkaku Police". While it is possible that this was done to give them a distinct name, this does not ring true in the original game as the police are not owned by the Rokkaku Group in the slightest in the first game and are still a part of the Tokyo-to government, who are working with the Rokkaku Group. Despite being set in the Jet Set Radio universe, the tennis court features various things from JSRF which clashes with the court and its supposed location of being in Shibuya-cho, Tokyo-to.

In Sega All-Stars Racing, Tokyo is incorrectly referred to as "Tokyo-to". More than likely a similar reason for the Rokkaku Police mention in Superstars Tennis, but this is still false as Tokyo is never referred to as "Tokyo-to" in Jet Set Radio Future, nor is it refer to it in anything else such as guides and manuals. Additionally, Beat's bio is also incorrect as while Beat appears in his JSRF attire, his profile mentions the events of the first game specifically, which is not aligned with his design in this game. Also in Beat's bio is the mention of him joining the GG's when various other sources around the game's release implies that he is the leader of the gang and the game showing the formation of the GG's as well.

In All-Stars Racing Transformed, the Graffiti City circuit is set in the original Jet Set Radio universe according to the track profile on the official website. However, the GG's that appear on the track (Yoyo, Rhyth, and Cube) are in their JSRF designs and not JSR, while DJ Professor K is in his Jet Set Radio look, clashing with the GG members who cameo alongside with him. Additionally, DJ-K's lines are taken from JSRF, but are applied to his JSR design, which is still wrong.

Trivia

• Despite being another Sega crossover game, Sega Heroes has no connection to the Sega All-Stars series of games.
• The name, "Sega All-Stars", was most likely reused from Sega's budget line of games on the Dreamcast that was also known as "Sega All Stars".
  • In Japan, the budget line was known as Dorikore, short for Dreamcast Collection. De La Jet Set Radio would be one of the 56 games to be get a Dorikore release.
• The series went under the name Sega Superstars at first, but would later be changed to Sega All-Stars and as such, the first two games in the series have been recognized under the Sega-All-Stars name.

External links

• Sega All-Stars on Wikipedia via the Internet Archive.