Yoyo (ヨーヨー Yōyō?) is a playable character in Jet Set Radio Future. He is a member of the GG's.
Overview[]
Appearance[]
Yoyo wears a light blue hoodie (with the hood down) with an orange strap around it that goes diagonally across his chest. He wears a pair of narrow red sunglasses with black lenses and has an angular grin. Compared to his Jet Set Radio counterpart, he is much thinner and taller. He also wears brown cargo pants that appear to be rolled up to the knee and has brown fingerless gloves with blue cuffs. His rollerblades are solid yellow. In addition, he has short, bright green hair that's parted to the left.
Personality[]
DJ Professor K describes him as "a guy who'll blow your mind with his silver tongue". In the English JSRF manual, Yoyo is described by DJ Professor K as "A newcomer to GG. He loves to tell a lie more than anything else." In the Japanese JSRF manual, he's described as a "self-proclaimed liar" and a "rambunctious hooligan". The official Japanese JSRF website calls him "cocky", while the Jet Set Radio Future Perfect Guidebook calls him a "brat".
Role in Jet Set Radio Future[]
Yoyo is the first playable character, and is the one used during the tutorial at the start of the game trying to join the GG's. He succeeds at doing so after completing the tutorials that Gum gave him. At the start of chapter 3 it is revealed that Yoyo got kidnapped by the Noise Tanks, and a robotic duplicate known as NT-3000 poses as him for some time while the real Yoyo is kept locked up in the Fortified Residential Zone. Once he's rescued, he goes back to being a playable character. DJ Professor K also reveals the reason why Yoyo got kidnapped was due to him trying to track down the Golden Rhinos by himself.
Yoyo hangs out on the top floor of the garage near Pots when not being played as.
Dialogue and noted interactions[]
Chapter # | Quote |
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Chapter 1 | Debut
After the first police shakedown.
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Chapter 2 |
After Rhyth joins the GG's.
Rapid 99 appears.
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Chapter 3 |
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Chapter 7 | If the player finds Yoyo before defusing all the bombs.
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Chapter 8 | After being rescued.
Before confronting Gouji.
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Chapter 9/Post game | All regions.
Japan only.
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Stats[]
Type | Beginner-1 |
Stamina | Above Average |
G-Stamina | Average |
Spray Cans | 30 Cans |
Graffiti | Very High |
Acceleration | Average |
Cornering | Above Average |
Grind | Very High |
- An underline notates this character's highest skill(s).
- Yoyo, Rhyth, and NT-3000 all have the same stats.
Tricks[]
Latching Stance[]
Left of Ramp | Right of Ramp |
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Farside Stab Soul | Stab Soul |
Mizsou | Farside Mizsou |
Left of Ramp | Right of Ramp |
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Ally-oop Makio | Farside Ally-oop Makio |
Ally-oop Soul | Farside Ally-oop Soul |
Grind Tricks[]
Forward | Backward |
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Soul | Soyal |
Frontside | Porn Star |
Makio | Ally-oop Mistral |
Acid Soul | Ally-oop Makio |
Torque Soul | Ally-oop Soul |
Backslide | Ally-oop Mizou |
Air Tricks[]
Forward X | Backward X |
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Method | Rocket |
Abstract 360 | Abstract 360 |
720 | 720 |
1080 | 1080 |
Forward Y | Backward Y |
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LK 180 | LK 180 |
540 | Method 540 |
900 | 900 |
1260 | 1260 |
Official profiles[]
Jet Set Radio Future website[]
- A new member of GG. Rambunctious and cocky. A self-proclaimed liar.[1]
Jet Set Radio Future manual[]
- A newcomer to GG. He loves to tell a lie more than anything else. Distrustful guy, eh...?
Jet Set Radio Future Perfect Guidebook[]
- Yoyo is a brat who absolutely loves telling lies an saying his catchphrase, "Yo." Easy to handle even for beginners, he's at his coolest when pulling off sweet spinning tricks in the air!
Other appearances[]
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed[]
Yoyo makes a cameo appearance on the Graffiti City course in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
Gallery[]
- For this character's general image gallery, see Yoyo/Gallery.
Trivia[]
- Although there is no real 'main' character in Jet Set Radio Future, Yoyo seems to be the closest to one, given how he is the first character you play as and the only individual member of the GG's to have a real role in the plot beyond his initial recruitment.
- Despite this, it's notable that Yoyo is nowhere to be found on any of the box art.
- When asked about why Yoyo looks skinnier than his JSR counterpart, Ryuta Ueda revealed that Yo-Yo was always skinny, just wore a baggy hoodie.[2]
- Similar to how Gum taught Beat the basics in Jet Set Radio, Yoyo is taught these same basics by Gum in Jet Set Radio Future, making her appear almost as the 'teacher' of the GG's.
- With the exception of "Method" and "Rocket" tricks, most of Yoyo's air tricks consist of him spinning.
- Although he isn't supposed to be reachable in the Fortified Residential Zone until all the red devices in the level have been tagged, he actually has some dialogue if the player reaches him through well-timed jumps while the timer is still going. He says "You know, sometimes, even I can't tell the difference between me and the real Yoyo. But what are you standing around here for? The bomb! Hurry!"
- Yoyo's name was originally going to be spelt as "Yo-yo" according to one of the prototype builds of Jet Set Radio Future. This was changed later on for unknown reasons.
- Yoyo's intro/victory dance is shared between NT-3000 and Pots. However, NT-3000's is a direct copy, while Pots has a slight variation.
- Yoyo and Beat have the same idle dance animation. When Yoyo gets talked to, he does Corn's idle animation from Jet Set Radio.
Credits[]
- Crabbi for documenting and recording the air tricks in game.
- Character trick pastebin by Crabbi.
- Jet Set Radio Future Perfect Guide profile translated by Jamie S.
- Character model reference sheet made by raditact.
- RisingSonic17 for organizing the dialogue, and providing info on character media appearances.
Sources[]
References[]
- ↑ JSRF website character introduction page.
- ↑ Famitsu Xbox 2002-07 via the Internet Archive.
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