River City Girls
Take Misako and Kyoko across River City to rescue Kunio and Riki, chaining attacks, learning moves in shops and recruiting defeated enemies to assist your fights.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.4 / 10
About this game
Misako and Kyoko set out to rescue Kunio and Riki in a beat-'em-up that combines street fights with character growth. Chain quick attacks, finish with a heavier blow or spend the special gauge on a special move. Some defeated enemies beg for mercy; recruiting them brings their assists into later fights. City regions contain shops and side quests. Levelling improves your abilities and can open new moves, while money also buys items and techniques. You can play with a local partner and choose whether attacks can hurt each other. Pixel-art action is accompanied by manga panels and animated story scenes as the rescue unfolds.
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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A good conceptual fit for brawler fans who want their fighting options to grow with the journey.
Quick attacks, heavier finishers and gauge-based specials give each encounter different commitments. Shops, levelling and recruited assists add reasons to think about how your character develops between fights.
Strengths
- New moves and recruitable assists can broaden the decisions available beyond the basic attack chain.
- Local cooperation with optional partner damage lets a pair choose how carefully to coordinate their attacks.
Weaknesses
- Players seeking an uninterrupted arcade run may be less interested in the shopping and character-growth layer.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy learning combos, developing a character and sharing a local beat-'em-up with a friend.
Play notes: Enabling partner damage makes attack placement matter to your teammate as well as to enemies.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Shopping, side quests and levelling could give street fights a sense of accumulating progress, with more intervening decisions than a purely continuous brawl. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Fast chains, slower heavy attacks and a special gauge create room to weigh immediate pressure against a more committed move. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Pixel-art play and manga-and-animation storytelling could appeal to players who enjoy switching between arcade imagery and comic-style character scenes. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The optional partner-damage setting gives local pairs a concrete way to adjust the coordination demands of cooperation. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- WayForward
- Publisher
- WayForward
- Release date
- 2019
- 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
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- Solo-friendly3D GraphicsMain Story 10–20 HoursStory-drivenLinear LevelsPuzzle SolvingSlow BurnExplorationThird PersonInvestigation
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle playerCo-op
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2019
Game gallery
Sources
- www.kuniokun.jpSource revision: 1
- www.kuniokun.jp