River City Girls 2
Brawl through River City, breaking guards and launching foes into aerial combos while expanding your attacks at the dojo and recruiting defeated enemies as combat assistants.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.7 / 10
About this game
River City Girls 2 combines street fighting with missions, side quests and routes through the city. Connect a normal hit with a jump to carry the fight into the air, or break an enemy's guard to create an opening. Some defeated opponents ask for mercy and can become assistants you summon into later fights. Leveling expands the attacks available to buy at the dojo, so developing a fighter also means choosing which new moves to purchase. Hideouts let you switch characters, while the city's branching routes and secret areas provide places to explore between objectives. Comic-book cutscenes carry the story, and you can fight alone or cooperate locally.
Collected in series
River City is part of the Kunio-kun family of schoolyard brawls, comic rivalries and unruly sports games. Its street-fighting adventures let you punch, kick and grab weapons, with several entries adding shops and new moves to learn between fights.
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AI review
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Suited to brawler fans who want combo practice to sit alongside character growth and city exploration.
Launches and guard breaks offer different ways to build an opening, while dojo purchases give progression a direct connection to your combat vocabulary. Missions, branching routes and hideouts should appeal most to players who enjoy organizing an adventure around their fights.
Strengths
- Buying newly unlocked moves can give players a practical reason to revisit and develop a preferred fighter.
- Recruiting former opponents adds an assistance choice beyond the active character's own attacks.
Weaknesses
- Players seeking an uninterrupted sequence of fights may find the visits to dojos and hideouts less appealing.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy learning combo routes, purchasing new attacks and exploring a city alone or with a local partner.
Play notes: The Switch version does not support one Joy-Con per player; its local-play instructions specify a Joy-Con L/R pair for each participant.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Level-gated dojo purchases and side quests give progression a stop-and-develop structure that suits players happy to alternate fighting with planning. | Reviewed | 7.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Launching enemies and breaking guards create distinct openings, giving players who like deliberate combo construction useful techniques to explore. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Comic-book cutscenes should fit players who prefer the story to arrive in illustrated episodes between their own actions. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Local group setup needs advance controller planning because the Switch version excludes single-Joy-Con play. | Reviewed | 5.7 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- WayForward
- Publisher
- WayForward
- Release date
- Dec 15, 2022
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Fighting · Primary genreAdventure
- Tags
- CombosExplorationHumorousArcade StyleSide-scrollingLevel ProgressionLocal Co-op2D GraphicsReplayableMelee CombatEquipment-driven ProgressionSolo-friendlyReal-time CombatFast-paced
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Co-opMultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideDec 15, 2022
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com