![]() Misako is the short haired brunette girl with a fiery temper that doesn’t take shit from anyone and is always willing to put her fist right in your face in order to get what she wants.Experience is not shared between the two characters, so in order to level them both up, you’ll need to select them individually and take them out onto the mean streets of River City to punch, suplex, powerbomb, and kick practically anyone or anything that moves. Kyoko is the blonde haired girl with a much more laid back personality, very bubbly at times, and is sometimes presented as quite ditzy. If you’re solo, you have to select between Kyoko and Misako. You don’t need to have knowledge of any previous game to enjoy what WayForward has done with this release, but having played at least River City Ransom will expand your knowledge on the locale and some of the back story that isn’t quite directly thrown into your lap.The game can be enjoyed either by yourself or with a friend through local couch co-op. All part of the Kunio-kun franchise, there’s a plethora of games that are share similar characters, similar settings, and oftentimes similar gameplay. ![]() Roles are reversed here from the original River City Ransom, and it was insanely cool getting to see a different side and perspective to River City. River City Girls puts you into the shoes of Kyoko and Misako, two street-tough high school girls who set out to take anyone down on their quest to save their kidnapped boyfriends, Kunio and Riki. Game Provided By WayForward for the Purpose of This Review The game is freaking magical.Īvailable On: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One When WayForward and Arc System Works announced a spin-off game in the Kunio-kun series by the name of River City Girls, I was instantly hooked by the name and aesthetic shown off in the artwork alone. While it may not be my favorite retro beat-em-up game (that honor still belongs to Streets of Rage 2), it’s certainly up on the list. It had elements of roleplaying games, such as going in to stores and purchasing items, leveling up, and doing side quests. ![]() But one classic series always stood out to me being just a little bit different in the way it handled the aspects of day to day life. It was a staple back in the day on older platforms, with franchises such as Streets of Rage, Final Fight, and pretty much every arcade cabinet you walked up to in your local stomping ground being a beat-em-up in one way or another. The resurgence of the side scrolling beat-em-up genre is something that I truly appreciate and hope continues forward for years to come. ![]()
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