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=== Promotion and release === ''Jet Set Radio'' was released in Japan on June 29, 2000.<ref name="JP-release">{{Cite web |url=https://games.yahoo.co.jp/news/item?n=20190629-00000002-ygame_gamedrive |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190925124126/https://games.yahoo.co.jp/news/item?n=20190629-00000002-ygame_gamedrive |title=【6月29日のレトロゲーム】今日は『ジェットセットラジオ』&『ミスタードリラー』の発売19周年! |language=ja |website=[[Yahoo!]] |date=June 29, 2019 |archive-date=September 25, 2019 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> In North America, it was released on October 31 as ''Jet Grind Radio'' due to trademark problems for "Jet Set" in the United States at the time.<ref name="allgamereview" /><ref name="Jet-Set-TM">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/04/12/jet-set-radio-to-receive-name-change-in-america |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908005614/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/04/12/jet-set-radio-to-receive-name-change-in-america |title=Jet Set Radio to Receive Name Change in America |website=[[IGN]] |date=April 12, 2000 |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> The PAL version was released later on November 24 under the original name.<ref name="DC-UK" /> The North American and PAL versions contained two new maps, new songs, and other in-game content designed to increase the game's appeal to Western audiences.<ref name="ODCM-US" /> To promote the North American release, Sega of America held a "Graffiti is Art" competition for contestants to enter their own [[graffiti]] art pieces to Sega.<ref name="SF-contest" /> Sega chose five finalists and flew them into [[San Francisco, California]] on October 21, where they competed to make graffiti art pieces on a canvas within a 3 and a half-hour timeframe for a prize of $5000.<ref name="SF-contest" /> Mayor of San Francisco, [[Willie Brown (politician)|Willie Brown]] discovered the competition and attempted to revoke Sega of America's permit, but was unsuccessful due to obtaining the permit legally.<ref name="SF-contest">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/san-francisco-government-attempts-jet-grind-event-shutdown/1100-2642797 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702091527/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/san-francisco-government-attempts-jet-grind-event-shutdown/1100-2642797 |title=San Francisco Government Attempts Jet Grind Event Shutdown |website=[[GameSpot]] |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/the-man-tried-to-shut-segas-jet-set-radio-graffitti-par-1664892707|title=The Man Tried To Shut Sega's Jet Set Radio {{sic|Graffitti|hide=y}} Party Down|publisher=[[Kotaku]]|first=Mike|last=Fahey|date=November 30, 2014|access-date=December 26, 2020}}</ref>
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