Sega’s recent announcement of Jet
Set Radio‘s
digital return sparked
quite a bit of excitement across the 1UP staff, and the news that it
would also be available on PS Vita only sweetened the news. After
spending some quality time with the Dreamcast classic, I can safely say
that Jet Set Radio Vita plays exactly like you’d imagine Jet Set Radio
playing on the Vita, and that is in no way a bad thing.
There’s something that’s been
on my mind for quite a while, but it wasn’t until i got my hands on the
game — I prefer to use my handhelds as a sort of video game time
machine. Instead of playing original titles made for the device, I
would much rather use it to revisit my favorite games of yore. The GBA
was my own personal SNES that I could keep on me at all times, and now
the Vita is shaping up to be the handheld that harnesses all the titles
I loved through the late ’90s and early aughts. Through games like this
as well as Sony’s announcement that PS1 titles will soon be playable on
the Vita just solidifies the handheld’s role as a preservation unit.
