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An English localization was released in 2017 under the title River City: Rival Showdown.Ī new officially licensed sequel named River City Ransom: Underground was developed by the Canadian indie developer Conatus Creative. These trailers pretty much tell it like it is. Nekketsu Koha Kunio-Kun SP: Ranto Kyosokyoku, a sequel to both River City Ransom and the original Kunio-Kun game, was released on the 3DS in 2013, later localized to English as River City: Tokyo Rumble in 2016.Īnother remake, Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari SP, was released in Japan for the 3DS in 2016 as part of the franchise's 30th anniversary celebration. However, it lacked a proper 2-player co-op mode and while the English version featured an Americanized script like its NES counterpart, the characters were still drawn with their Japanese school uniforms. Oddly enough America did get the sequel to Soreyuke Dai Undōkai, which was localized as Crash 'n' the Boys: Street Challenge.Ī remake, River City Ransom EX, came out in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance, which added more moves, more gangs, more weapons, more characters (some of them from later Downtown Nekketsu games), and the option to have up to three allies fighting alongside you. The storyline ( but not the gameplay) of River City Ransom was continued in the ( also Japan only) game Downtown Nekketsu Kōshinkyoku: Soreyuke Dai Undōkai. It is less linear, has a proper save system in place of the original's long passwords, allows computer controlled allies in a 1 player game and has a great deal more moves, but replaces the classic "eat food for power" with equipping items and a level up system, restricting food to health regeneration. Has a Japan only sequel/spin-off Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zen'in Shūgō!, which is practically River City Ransom recycled in historical Japan. It offered several different ways to customize your character, was one of the earliest games to blend RPG elements into another genre in a successful fashion, and was noted for its humor in many spots. While not the most well-known game on the Nintendo Entertainment System, it was well-received by those who did play it.

So Alex and Ryan fight their way past gang territories and various malls to get to River City High, take down Slick, and rescue Ryan's girlfriend. The story goes that Ryan's (Riki's) girlfriend gets kidnapped by River City High's top gang leader, Slick (Yamada), who also happens to be the arch-rival of Cross Town High's top punk, Alex (Kunio). The World.River City Ransom, released in Japan as Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (part of the Kunio-kun series, which also included the Super Dodge Ball series, Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge, and the original Renegade) and in Europe as Street Gangs, is a Beat 'em Up with elements of a Role-Playing Game. I can’t say for sure that Underground is the best beat ’em up of all time, but it deserves its place at the table with RCR, Golden Axe, Final Fight, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The look, feel, and humor of the original is here with a new in-depth fighting system that feels fresh yet familiar while being deeper than basically every other game in the genre. River City Ransom: Underground was worth the wait, and hopefully we don’t have to wait nearly three decades for the next one. While I don’t think the tunes here are quite as memorable as the original, I also haven’t played this game over and over for the past 28 years, so it isn’t a fair comparison. The good bits of nostalgia you’d expect to find are here too, like beautiful pixel art with characters and locations that feel like they belong in the RCR world, and a soundtrack by one of my favorite sometimes chiptune based artists, Disasterpeace. Weird how Scott Pilgrim took influence from RCR and now Underground takes some influence from it.

Underground has kept the campy charm of the original game and upped the ante to Scott Pilgrim levels of ridiculousness with at least one boss having one nearly identical move to a character from the game. She also isn’t white, hurray! Most of Provie’s moves are kick based, as you’d imagine, which means lots of moves juggling enemies with your feet, impressive kicks, and blasting them with a boombox. I played as one of the new female characters named Provie, a badass break dancer in a hoodie. Unlike most beat ’em-ups that just feature a few basic moves, Underground gets quite deep to the point that it feels nearly like a fighting game more so than a button masher as you effortlessly pull off long and impressive combos that send multiple enemies flying through the air. You can play as one of ten characters in story mode, each with unique move sets that can be unlocked via dojos scattered around the city.