What's this game all about? Check out the FIRST gameplay details and an incredible video to find out

You know it's going to be a good day when you check your mailbox and find a GD-ROM from Sega containing brand new gameplay footage of Jet Set Radio. Before you do anything else, jump to the bottom of the page and start downloading the AVI movie in another window.

You're back? Good. Judging by the movie, and the brief yet tantalising description of the gameplay included on the GD-ROM, Jet Set Radio is the definitive Sega game. It's packed with attitude, cool characters, tons of action and graphics to die for. It even tackles a certain subject matter that's never been touched before in the gaming industry: tagging.

You read that right. Jet Set Radio is all about in-line skating through Neo-Tokyo, marking your turf by spraying graffiti on buildings and running like hell from the cops. There are plenty of jumps, plus grinds, various aerobatic manoeuvres and "go anywhere" gameplay through massive city set-pieces. And since you're going up against rival skater gangs, the storyline is kind of like a futuristic West Side Story, with rocket skates and lots of police brutality. In short, it's going to be great.

Aside from incredible action, Jet Set Radio has a graphical look that's like no other. The game uses a rendering technique called a cel shader, which draws a black line around designated polygon areas, and the result is characters that have a hand-drawn look, yet seem to take up three-dimensional space.

We'll be ready to report any additional information we get on this game, though we have a feeling its big debut will be at the Spring Tokyo Game Show. Stay tuned!

Download the AVI (10,234k) by clicking here.

Courtesy of IGN.com