There's trouble once again on the mean streets of River City, but this time the boys are in over their heads! In this all-new entry in the legendary beat-'em-up series, hot-blooded heroes Kunio and Riki have been captured, leaving it to their hard-hitting girlfriends, Kyoko and Misako, to serve up some payback. All orders are considered final and can not be canceled. Future production updates will be visible on our shipping updates page and through your account page. This product is not expected to ship until 8-9 months after the date of the initial sale.

This item is currently in manufacturing and artwork is subject to change. PLEASE NOTE: There is no purchase limit on this item. Supported Languages: Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Genre: Fighting, Multiplayer, Arcade, Adventure

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The River City Girls Collector's Edition includes: PRE-ORDERS CLOSE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH AT 11:59 PM EASTERN TIME. This is an open pre-order for a limited time. So go find the Misako to your Kyoko, hit your local dojo, and get ready to save your boyfriends.River City Girls is on a region-free physical disc for the PlayStation 5. It’s an excellent matchup of beautiful aesthetics, great music, and satisfying combat. On the other hand, Kunio-Kun diehards will probably love this game. This is a good one of those, but if it’s not your genre, I’m not sure if it’s worth recommending. With all of that said, I think a lot of your personal enjoyment with River City Girls comes down to how you feel about beat ’em ups. I often forgot I had any recruits, and when I did remember, it was often in a moment of desperation. It’s entirely possible that I’m just rubbish at timing the move, but it never felt impactful. You can then toss them out in battle, and they’ll do a special move. Some enemies will beg mercy at the end of a fight, and you can recruit them to your team. There’s also a weird recruiting mechanic that didn’t feel like it added much. You can run past most enemies, but the game will sometimes stop you from doing that by locking the screen, literally. Each area is also immediately repopulated with enemies the second you leave, so you can’t just move through the world uninhibited.

RCG also features quite a bit of backtracking. The fights are certainly doable, but, in my experience, grinding is basically required. I’ve mentioned that it doesn’t feel well-tuned to a single-player experience. River City Girls is absolutely dripping with style. There are tons of callbacks to past games and characters that add to the experience if you’ve played some of the earlier games. And, if you’re a Kunio-Kun fanatic, you’ll surely get much more out of the story. The tale isn’t overly serious, and I laughed out loud multiple times as I fought my way through each of the six stages. Both protagonists are just the right amount of sassy, and the characters, in general, are charming.

I didn’t die a ton, but it was always groan-inducing when I did knowing that I’d have to grind even more. Plus, each time you die, you lose some of your cash. It took a decent amount of grinding to unlock all the moves, and since I couldn’t try them out before buying them, I wasn’t sure what was worth it. For my taste, the game is a little too stingy with cash. You’ll use this to buy even more skills, new accessories that augment your stats, and various food items that heal you. In addition to experience, each enemy you take down will drop cash. It’s mostly a slight annoyance but still worth mentioning.

However, it makes it a little daunting to have someone jump in-and-out because their level doesn’t scale to yours. You could easily play through the game twice and have a second run that feels completely different. In some ways, this is awesome, especially for players playing by themselves. River City Girls is a solid entry point for newcomers and should make Kunio-Kun fans everywhere very happy.Įach character has her own, unique moveset.

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