River City: Rival Showdown

If you’ve been on the fence about River City: Rival Showdown, now is the perfect time to jump in. The biggest issue people had at launch—controller compatibility—has already been fixed, and it works much better now. Seriously, you can safely ignore the older negative reviews that mention it. What you’re left with is a really fun, modern take on the classic beat ’em up formula. Fans of the original River City Ransom from the NES era will feel right at home here. The familiar style, humor, and RPG elements are all intact, but with enough updates to keep things feeling fresh. Combat is satisfying, exploration is rewarding, and the branching story paths add replay value that wasn’t present in the original. It’s clear the developers understood what made the classic so special and built on it in a meaningful way. If you grew up with River City Ransom or just enjoy old-school brawlers with personality, this is absolutely worth your time now that the technical issues have been addressed.

[b]Merits:[/b] ▪ A decent story, good humour and good localisation ▪ RPG mechanics with various stats to improve and a ton of moves to unlock ▪ High quality pixelated 3D backgrounds that work well with the original sprites ▪ Extra traditional 1v1 fighting game mode, Double Dragon Duel included ▪ The ability to play the game in co-op mode [b]Flaws:[/b] ▪ It gets tedious and grindy ▪ Requires multiple playthroughs to unlock everything [b]Verdict:[/b] The definitive version of the classic Kunio-kun story, following shortly after Tokyo Rumble. It is still fun today, the sprites look just as funny, with plenty of moves and things to do. If you like beat 'em ups, or you have nostalgia for the original, I can easily recommend it. [b]Rating:[/b] ★★★★☆ - Great

I give this my *wholehearted* recommendation as an entry point to the Kunio-kun franchise, if one isn't opting for the much more modern and sensible River City Girls. Heck I ESPECIALLY recommend this one if River City Girls was your entry point but you'd like to see everything "from the beginning". This is effectively a remake of the original River City Ransom (Downtown Nekketsu). But what's REALLY interesting about it is that instead of just being a series of boss flags you bounce between while figuring where to go, it borrows from Majora's Mask. You have three days to stop the bad guys. If you enter the fourth day without foiling the antagonist's main plot, you're forced into a BRUTAL and overwhelming boss fight against basically all of the bad guys at once. One that on paper you're not supposed to win, but feels amazing to win anyway. But you can reset time at any point and keep your levels/items/etc., just story progress resets so the fail state big brawl isn't a mandatory event. So instead of just exploring to find the story flags, you're also accounting for character schedules and events temporally. I will say that the battle system feels VERY stiff and 1980's and... that's kinda the point. Kunio-kun as a franchise is meant to feel a bit retro. But if you let it charm you, it'll never leave you. Leveling up and getting stronger in a Kunio-kun game (including River City Girls) is uniquely addictive and fun.

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O melhor remake de River City que joguei desde os tempos de nitendinho. Eu recomendo.

Hot garbage. I adored the original, and was pretty excited for this. Plays poorly, and the story additions make basically everyone unlikable. I'm gonna go play River City Girls again instead.

10/10! 100/100! --Why? Because this is a precious part of my childhood!!! And it's really better than the original version. What I want next, is 熱血格鬥傳說sp!!!! The real 熱血格鬥傳說sp!!!!!!!!

Pésimo juego, te dan unos cuantos minutos para completarlo, lo cual es sumamente complicado. Lo divertido de river city era que podías tardarte días jugando una misma partida, descubriendo todo lo que había. Horrible, la peor compra que harás en video juegos