Jet Set Radio vs Jet Set Radio Future: Which Game Is Better? 

The original JSR had a better soundtrack and a smoother story, but the gameplay improvements alone raise Future over the original for me.

Definitely Jet Set Radio Future!

I love that youtubers are including the bangers that is the sf6 ost in their videos Personally I like JSRF more, I like the smoother gameplay and the open world aspect of it.

Personally, the open layout of Future along with the fluidity of movement make it infinitely more fun to me, and I find it much more fun to replay. OG definitely has it's own charm, that final level was 10/10!

I feel like the only person who likes JSR waayyy more than JSRF and BRC. like no contest imo

I feel like the debate is the same as ME vs Catalyst. The first is more difficult in terms of the steep learning curve, but leads to higher satisfaction when the controls are mastered. The second is designed to remove frustrations, but ends up being TOO easy as a result. The differences in settings, aesthetics, audio, etc also remind me of the debate. Probably why I choose the originals on both fronts.

birthday cake first got me into CIBO MATTO and i will always love that track for that, def up there in the replayed a lot department for jsrf along with aisle 10

both are goats but i personally prefer the aesthetics of the first game but i love the revisions to gameplay/speed/flow of future, its so hard to tell what i like more. I also prefer the soundtrack of JSRF it feels more diverse with less naganuma tracks

i always thought those giant sewer lizards were inspired by the japanese giant salamander

Originally I wasn't feeling Future's soundtrack as much, mainly because I have played it much later on, so I was more used to the OG, but over time I started prefering it. For the visuals I still prefer the original, it's more colorful and brighter. The city looks better. Same goes for the character designs, the originals are more simplistic which makes them more memorable. As for the gameplay, I can't say one is better than the other because they go for a different aproach, but the smoother controls of Future makes it feel better to play. That being said, I still prefer the stages of the original more.

I remember playing OG on my old Ipod touch when I was really young

Great video as always man When it comes to which game is better like you said it’s all preference I’ve played the og game a lot more than Future because I have a bad laptop that can barely run Future, but from what I’ve played of Future I do prefer how it controls compared to Jet Set, but if we do see a third game I’d like them to try and mix the two gameplay styles having that balance between momentum progression of the OG and the accessibility and controls of Future so it feels rewarding but also fun to play.

I was about to click off the video until you identified yourself as a Birthday Cake enjoyer. We are few but we are the only ones who can truly see art. Can't wait to see what other videos you make.

I like the original TAB.

I like Jet Set Radio Future because it doesn't give the time on mission.And Jet Set Radio DC has better music

Outside of the visuals, I can't really see how one could rank OG JSR over JSRF. Wanna say its cause more people have access to the OG since JSRF was never ported. And, I played JSR first. Didn't get JSRF until way later. JSRF was just such a step up in controls and story. The controls had so much more to them and they (along with the animations) felt much more fluid. Felt you could be more stylish in your play. The open areas were cool too. Made you feel the world was connected. But, I do agree JSR had more NPC and boss variety. I didn't notice that. I prefer JSRF having more crowds/people in the areas though since it gave the game more life. The one thing I can say I liked more in the OG JSR is a few of the character designs. I prefer JSRF Beat, but like Gum and Cube had to grow on me. I prefer JSRF Gum now, but Cube I never stopped missing the OG look. lol

Jet Set Radio Future. That game was SICK ❤️❤️❤️❤️

what a wonderful treat to find out how people really feel about both masterpieces in comparison. and thanks for helping bring this info out! I own JSR, the original and re-release on the X360 but feel that at this point we deserve a JSRF port at least 😬

The electric toothbrush hate is egregious lol

i love these analysis videos man, genuinely do love your content and i will continue supporting you, homie

I much prefer arcade games over collection platformers so my answer is obvious Great video

Count latchula hater?? Smh my head u lost subscriber Jk lol cool video

JSR graphics aged much better it’s 2024 the original game still looks fresh

I like pretty much every song from both games. Except Super Brother, that one got on my nerves. Also I love the Latch Brothers songs and Baby T, sue me.

Prob the only one here but I prefer the original. For what it did in 2000 for a system not many owned. I prefer the colors of original too.

Future has better gameplay but the story and platforming sections drag it down for me at points, while they og is pure arcade gameplay and really replayable. Both are good but I'm kinda glad the leaked sequel shots look closer to the og

JSRF is way better it just improves on JSR in so many ways but JSR is def worth a playthrough or 3. The art and music is top notch. The controls and getting all the Jet rankings is a but troublesome though.

One Love! Always forward, never ever backward!! ☀☀☀ 💚💛❤ 🙏🏿🙏🙏🏼

As much as i love JSRF's gameplay for the most part, i gotta give my vote towards JSR. Yes, the game plays like ass in comparison, but once you get the hang of it and understand the specific rhythm you gotta follow to do succesful tricks and maneuvers, it's actually not THAT bad. Also, the music is far better, the graffiti mechanics are more fun (having to pull off those QTEs while being chased is much more fun than just pressing a button near a wall) AND i much prefer it's aesthetic over Future. The Y2K retrofuturistic direction is fun and all, but i think the much simpler and contemporary late 90s vibes are more down my alley.

Hey man, I love your JSR/JSRF content! Keep up the good work! Are you on any other platforms?

JSRF is in my top 3 favorite games of all time. As much as I do love and appreciate the original it doesn't even break the top 10 for me.

I played both and didn’t realize it, but I love future and my fave songs are aisle 10 and BIRTHDAY CAKE!

19:00 wheres that jump? i cant remember taking it ever

JSRF is the better game, but I still prefer some elements from JSR, like the graffiti gameplay and the story. This doesn't mean JSR is bad, I just think Future did a lot of improvements on what was both flawed and already good in the OG game. I know I just said Future is the better game, technically, but I still love both game equally. I just hope the new JSR game follows that pattern. Btw, Piranha looks better in JSR imo.

I personally love electric tooth brush.

I dig the difficulty of the first game. That's one set back for Bomb Rush is that it's way too easy. I never had x box so I'm waiting to play future.... it's been over 20 years now 😢

Future has better control, better design, crisper visuals, a more varied soundtrack and - it's just, like, it's just better. And yet, I still find myself preferring the original. I prefer the level-based high-score structure, I think the level design is better, I like the colourful visuals a lot more than the green-and-brown of Future, and I also prefer the soundtrack over Future's. Plus, I've played the original game enough that I've got way better at it than I used to be - there's a depth of mastery to the original that doesn't exist with Future.

The Boogie rant got me weak 😂😂😂😂😂😂

What’s the difference I only played original is it a remake or a sequel or what

I haven't played Jet Set Radio Future in a long time, at it's only on the X-Box, and I just played Jet Set Radio on steam, and I can't work out the grinding, like this one rail, I went to grind one it, but it never worked, and I needed cans, I ended up walking on it, and just thought it was a grinding rail, near the end of the game, I tried to walk on it, and it started to work as a grinding rail, I was blaming my self, but I don't know if some of the ones I missed was because of me, or the game, can someone explain

Aesthetically, I love Future's designs. So much. Especially Beat with his funky little headphones. But the bright colors and the emphasis on more varied music in the first game is what I personally really enjoy. like Future has a banger soundtrack but then once you beat the game it's the same like 3 music medleys just with the same songs in a different order. in the original game, the soundtrack is much longer and I never got sick of the music. Also in terms of the skating style the first game really feels like how aggressive inline skating is, with it being incredibly difficult to switch grinds in the middle of a rail (This is coming from an actual aggressive inline skater). In future they kept the styles of grinds but made it a lot more flashy, being able to switch grinds to a rhythm. It's fun but it doesn't really feel like aggressive inline skating if that makes sense? (it could also be that I have only been roller blading for about a year now as well lol). The air tricks in the original game are also much more doable, like shiftys (my favorite trick) and like 180s and 360s and 720s, just big spinny tricks. (I love doing midair 360s but they're so hard and I fall a lot) Anyways great video! I can agree that both games are equally as good as each other.

Future is so much better!!! Hands down

please what song starts from 2:50 ? great video btw

I admit I haven't played JSFR and JSR is like my favourite childhood game, so I am very bias, but from what I see from JSRF I still think the more grounded vibe of the original appeals more to me than the sci-fi grindfest of JSRF

Whats the name of the “want to be close” remix that plays through the first quarter of the vid? I like that.

Guys I’m kinda new to jet set radio is dj professor k still alive

You've made the same mistake that I did for years. It's not Teknopathic, its TeknoPathetic. Which, considering the lyrics, makes the title so much much better. Anyhow, onto the rest of the video. Oh and Like this, like that was my favorite song. We always misheard the lyrics and made our own spin on it. "You stink, you're fat, you stink stink, you're fat (oooohhhh)"

I LIKED THAT YOU SHOWED THE EMULATOR VERSION OFF OF JSRF BUT FUTURE IS DEFINITELY THE BETTER GAME ALL AROUND

The original non remix version of the scrappy is sooo weird and it only gets weirder in the last minute or so

Great vid man, but afraid you are wrong about birthday cake, song is trash (jk I don’t like it but it’s totally chill everybody’s tastes are different) much love for keeping the JSR content on RU-vid alive ✌️

Future i think the satellites stage

JSFRF and not gran tourismo but what was it forza that sounds right. they were xbox pack ins

2:36 Persona 5

JSR is the better game. JSRF is the better dream.

Personally I prefer future, but what others like is purely subjective

Future.

I think I prefer gba Jet Set radio, the controls seem wonky at first but it gets really intuitive. The soundtrack is easily the weakest and I prefer Futures soundtrack. But Futures artstyle kinda makes me sick, while gba’s art style is similar to the original games, while still having its own charm. I have the most memory’s and playtime in gba. Which makes me unironically prefer Jet Set gba

Its actually called techno-pathetic! Not "pathic"

I can’t see how in any objective manner JSR beats JSRF lol

The Graffiti from jsrf is better than jsf! 😎

Jsrf is better without a doubt

JSR GBA clears both

How is it a debate? Lol

I love the games and know they are set in tokyo-to but these games definitely arent japanese culture.... this is hip hop..🤷🏾‍♂️

Did he just call 'The Scrappy' garbage?! 🤔 Whats this guy smoking, also the version on future is way better. Actually future is better overall hands down IMO

hahah ayo!!

😓 "promosm"

Couldn't finish video voice was too goddamn annoying and unclear. They're from the same franchise who cares ? Lol

JSRF shits on the OG. Controls are way to stiff and make it a chore to play compared to how smooth Future is. The soundtrack is also >>>