Jett Rocket is a platform

Platform game

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 video game developed by Shin'en Multimedia, for WiiWare

WiiWare

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. It was released on June 28, 2010 in North America and in Europe on July 2, 2010 for 1000 Nintendo Points. On November 24, 2010, Jett Rocket was made available as a demo version for free on the Wii Shop Channel.

Reception

Jett Rocket was met with mostly positive reviews. Cube3d even noted the game as "a clear contender for WiiWare Game of the Year, if not 2010’s best Wii game in general". Wiiloveit.com thought very highly of it as well, giving it a 28/30, claiming it "knocked Lostwinds off its high horse". However, it was commented that a Time Attack mode of some kind would add much replay value to the eventual sequel. Jett Rocket currently has a Metacritic

Metacritic

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score of 70.

Sequel

A potential sequel of Jett Rocket was first mentioned in May 2011 and was confirmed on October 11th 2011.