River City Girls - Nuances and Mechanics

[@AriaMikado]

Hey, everyone! Thanks a ton for the views! I'm grateful people like this and I hope it helped some people! I've done a second combo exhibition for River City Girls, which you can find here! It'll be the last I do, with the sequel coming right around the corner, so hope you like! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5KriHalqr5nhNk

[@dszk1990]

I hate fighting Abobo thanks to this thing with the combo extenders. I just can't ever throw him up in the air, the fight becomes a tedious 1, 2, block. I wonder if it's actually a bug? Because it just sounds like a bad sucker punch to enable something that should be an upgrade and is "sold" to us as one but it actually turns into a bad thing. What's worse is that there's not even a description of what exactly the move is until you buy it.

[@KidAL0]

Yeah, would’ve loved the option to just practice/return moves. Got kinda tedious to purchase a few, then immediately have to open the phone, navigate to the command list, find the new moves and then try to land them on an enemy just to see how they work

[@aiharakotokorulesbluerose4170]

don't need to block, i just use a heavy attack or a special attack before he interrupts me

[@pirajacinto4]

Great guide! I just beaten the game (with secret boss) today and realized how much more potential I had while fighting some enemies. This definitely goes a long way!

[@Tibor0803]

I don't know how you learnt those insane combos but for sure this game needs a training mode.

[@GLEclipseGaming]

So the jump cancel is a known glitch to wayforward, i hope they dont patch it. Very informative video :D

[@AriaMikado]

Glad it helps! :)

[@bonfist7277]

@@AriaMikado I know I’m late as hell, and you might not see this. But, did they patch out this stuff? I can’t seem to get any of it to work.

[@AriaMikado]

@@bonfist7277 None of this has been patched out! It's still possible. Perfect Cancels are difficult to do, but everything still applies!

[@heyfell4301]

As someone who struggled for about 50 minutes just on the second boss, i really need this video. Thanks bro.

[@vasilivros4166]

This video really was deep, good job m8!

[@pacey_808]

You're awesome, this game's sick, I'm happy

[@gamerkingmayathe064th5]

I didnt know this game had some of the cool shit it does and ive 100%ed it TWICE, good video

[@kingnoiseyinfinite6080]

Unofficial training mode is if you select 2 players and keep on friendly fire you can combo the 2nd player, you do have to keep stomping the person to life but its workable

[@MrWholewheat]

Thanks for this, awesome mechanics explanation! I came here to learn about recruits, and I got way more than that.

[@AriaMikado]

I'm glad that this came in handy for you! :)

[@ThreeStarAxe]

Since I brought only crescent kick for Kyoko could I just simple 2 hits -> Volleyball Set -> Spin Kick -> Aero Circus. Combo I using for reference was 1:26 - 1:30

[@box...]

do you have any tips for landing the combo at 1:27? my acro circus always falls short

[@box...]

it also happens around 1:43 and 1:37

[@SleepyChloeFist]

Amazing video, thanks for this!!

[@AriaMikado]

Glad you liked it!

[@ВасилийКотов-о8з]

Nice, waiting for rcg2 !;)

[@MF_Mayushii]

didnt know about perfect cancels. dropping enemies into jab is pretty useful too, but sometimes i feel like it misses enemies. i used to just throw them and dash forward but at end game you run a little too fast. actually now that im trying... buffering the run after a throw really helps because you can run passed the enemy and turn around jab! it took me a while to figure out that to cancel the dab after perfect cancel dab i had to jump. from the video i assumed it would cancel itself. still that timing is way harder than jump canceling unless playing in 144fps affects it. i heard playing the game at high framerate makes some moves harder to pull off such as the volleyball spike/air suplex. sadly a lot of moves that i try to use after perfect canceling dont seem to connect to well for me, but its really cool tech!

[@AriaMikado]

It's definitely harder to do than jump cancelling, since the window is much smaller, but it's very cool to do, and worth it for the style! And yes, framerate affects air throw stuff, apparently. Look up MoArtis' Quality of Life mod for the PC version, which fixes that issue! Also, I personally have both a 100% completion file with maxed stats and another without maxed stats, to test and tinker with a lot of stuff~ Glad to know that you found this useful, though! :)

[@EricMayers102]

1:16 Can you guys explain better to me about buying or not the extensions for basic combo? when you buy them you can just push the buttom 3 times and then do the laucher attack, so it is the same if I didn't buy and do the basic combo (3 hits too, of course) and then do the laucher, it's basically the same, or not? Probably I didn't get what was said in the video so that's why I'm asking 'cuz to me it seems the same

[@AriaMikado]

Okay, so, let's try to explain it this way. Let's say you don't buy the extensions. Your combo is 3 hits. The third and final hit will always knock down an enemy. When you buy the extensions, they add two more hits that don't knock down the enemy before the final hit, and are slightly slower than the usual final hit in your chain. Later bosses, and especially bosses on Hard difficulty, will start blocking your chains if you have the extensions, OR if you try to do two hits, then the launcher, because they're slower than the standard 3 hit chain. Therefore, it's actually best to skip buying the extensions so you can get the final hit instead, which will take bosses off their feet. You can follow that up with a launcher, and from there, you can get lots more damage than usual, if you know how. Hopefully, this helps. :3

[@EricMayers102]

@@AriaMikado ooh ok, now it is more clear to me. Thank you for the explanation :) oh and also I'd like to say that your tutorial videos about River city Girls are very good, I'm learning a lot with them, so thanks about those too

[@KaiaKaito]

Now I just need to be good at the game to do some of those combos

[@Ashtaka22]

Great video, thanks for sharing the games secrets :) Jump canceling i get, its like DMC except you dont have to be in the air. Could you plz elaborate on how to do the "perfect cancel" Also: did ya'll know kyoko's dragon kick can cancel into other moves? You press any other special just before she does the final kick

[@AriaMikado]

You're very welcome. I'm glad you found it useful! :) Perfect Cancels are tricky, so I'll try to explain again. Basically, when you're doing a Jump Cancel, there's a window for you to make the input for it. For a Jump Cancel, that window is pretty wide. To do a Perfect Cancel, you do your launcher, but DON'T Jump Cancel. Instead, do the next move you want to cancel into on the first frame of the Jump Cancel window. If you do it right, you'll know, because the move you cancel into will come out much faster than it usually does, and THAT move will now have an inherent Jump Cancel.

[@Ashtaka22]

@@AriaMikado oh i see, you do the move you want instead of pressing jump after the launcher. Thanks for clarifying :)

[@stefgen6394]

uhhh anyways to un buy the string? Dx i bought all moves

[@MakiMaki.]

Well, I only just started playing the game and it looks like I messed up already buying the combo extenders first. xD

[@HitsuruKun]

I dont know ir its me ir the game hás been patched, but some juggles dont conect like your tutos. But, I learn a lot from you, thanks a lot!!!!

[@AriaMikado]

The game has indeed been patched, but the only thing that doesn't work as consistently as these tutorials show for Kyoko and Misako is the re-stand glitch, since they fixed an issue with walls. Kunio got the biggest changes, like not being able to OTG with his flame upper to infinitely juggle, but they still didn't fix the game crashing bug that he has had since day 1. =x That said, I'm just glad you could get some use out of this!!

[@xavy5293]

Hey I know I'm hella late but I'd like to know how you're doing acro circus without the recovery frame where she falls down and then doing volley ball save? thx!

[@AriaMikado]

Got you covered! Check out my Kyoko tutorial here, where I explain how that works! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3bTkoOpiLqYjJI

[@xavy5293]

Thank you! So you when u cancel spin kick into acro circus it automatically recovers early?

[@AriaMikado]

@@xavy5293 Yup! That's correct -- Spin Kick lifts you off the ground slightly, but you're still in a grounded state, so since you're higher up, Acro Circus isn't low enough to make Kyoko land on the ground, thus eliminating the recovery. :3

[@juandesantos609]

Wow these look so cool, but pretty hard. Do you have your buttons remapped?

[@AriaMikado]

No, I don't. =0

[@snoopyisadog23]

If you already bought the basic extensions, can you turn them off?

[@AriaMikado]

Unfortunately, no -- once you buy them, you're stuck with them. =x

[@seld2040]

Well, you need them for 100% completion, so it's kinda mandatory.

[@cutiko]

This is amazing I have been struggling with the mechanics and was wondering how to do chain more damage. How do I block on this game?

[@AriaMikado]

I don't know which system you're playing on, but typically, the Guard button is R1, or the system's equivalent. :3

[@cutiko]

@@AriaMikado Thanks for the quick reply. I don't mean the button to block, I mean the block mechanics. I have done a counter but like 3 times so I don't understand the timing and apparently, a chain of combos can't be blocked on the half of it, or is it? Also, there are types of enemies I don't understand their attacks so is hard to predict when to block, any tip? How do you know when the rockabillies are going to attack? How can you anticipate the cheerleader wheel? Can you block the sand to the eyes attack? Can you block the cop grenade? Do you use the block? How do you use it?

[@AriaMikado]

@@cutiko Whoa, lots of questions! Okay, let's break this down: - In order to parry, you block at the last moment, JUST as an attack is about to hit you. - To try to better explain the combo stuff, bosses that you fight later, as well as bosses on Hard difficulty specifically, will start blocking your combos past three hits, so it's actually beneficial for you to skip getting the extra hits in your combo strings from the dojo. - The "rockabillies"? Do you mean the enemies with the pompadours? Or the enemies with hammers? If you "catch" an enemy as an assist, you can see in your menu that they DO have names. That would help with your question a little more. :) - Anticipating the cheerleaders doing their cartwheel is a bit weird, because they tend to do it on reaction to you attacking from certain ranges, but they don't do it ALL the time. It's something you just kind of have to be ready for, if that makes sense. =0 - And no, you can't block the sand, or the grenade from the cop. If they hit you, they stun you. Hope this helps!

[@cutiko]

Super helpful and won't need to look at the character names because the rest was enough. One clarification, please. Can Misako or Kyoko block in the middle of an enemy combo?

[@AriaMikado]

@@cutiko It depends on the combo, and whether or not the enemy delays anything in their attacks at all, which doesn't happen often. The easiest thing to do if you want to block when you're being hit is to HOLD Guard. If the enemy leaves enough time for you to recover and block, you won't have to time it -- your character will just block immediately. This can even get you parries sometimes, since all the game wants is for you to block at the last second. :)

[@I2ayzor420]

I can't seem to get a successful jump cancel for the boys, is it not possible with them?

[@dhmapv5470]

Yo dude, I want to know if all these jump cancles, perfect cancles and other nuances and mechanics are still a thing. I just started playing the game 2 days ago.

[@AriaMikado]

*Ma'am, please. :) And yeah, they are still a thing! Perfect cancel stuff has very strict timing, and is quite hard to do consistently, but everything is still possible!

[@dhmapv5470]

@@AriaMikado You mentioned jump cancle is a bug said by the dev, so is it patched? Or they decided to leave it?

[@AriaMikado]

@@dhmapv5470 They actually left it in! The assumption is they probably thought "Well, it isn't breaking the game, and people are finding crazy stuff with it, so screw it~"

[@dhmapv5470]

@@AriaMikado Yo thx for answering all the questions, sis.

[@AriaMikado]

@@dhmapv5470 Of course! Hope it helps! :)

[@TheKrizalid77]

Please somebody can explain me how is the voleiball strike (B + Y)? It's an aerial strike but I can't do it

[@AriaMikado]

The Volleyball Spike is an air throw. The most consistent way I know is to get VERY close to the enemy, and when you press the two buttons simultaneously, make sure you aren't pressing any dire4ctions at all. Pressing directions usually makes your jumping attacks take priority.

[@bakugan2838]

Thanks alot its Awesome combos

[@Kennedy00Louis]

If I already bought the combo extensions, I can still do 2 light hits and then finishing with a heavy/special right?

[@vasilivros4166]

I think so, I'm pretty sure I've been doing smth like that.

[@DenniselAzul]

Thanks for the lesson! But thanks a lot! :D

[@Kira06983]

Great.

[@4747474747bigal]

In sor4 when I knock down a group of enemies I can time my meaty to hit them on the first frame they get up off the floor. (Excluding certain enemies that have an invincible wakeup such as Z, Barbon, Etc...) In RCG this doesn't seem to work at all, every enemy in the game has wakeup invincibility as far as I can tell, and SO MUCH HP that you have to knock down even the basic guys 3-4 times before they die. I don't understand at all and its really really frustrating! It makes all the enemies take FOREVER to ko, same with bosses, Hibari for instance I have to open up around 15 times... its so tedious. Not a beat-em-up scrub either cause I've gotten S-ranks in SoR4 mania but I've never played a river-city and clearly I'm missing something cause I dont understand how this game works.

[@AriaMikado]

Yeah, the River City games have never been done that way. There are plenty of other beat-em-ups as well that give enemies leniency with how you can act around them when they wake up as well, but it just means that you have to apply a little patience in your approach, which isn't a bad thing. That aside, if you're finding enemies to be tedious to fight because they have more health, use the money you earn to buy food items -- it raises your stats (which you can see in the pause menu), so you'll be able to hit harder, move faster, etc. These are RPG elements that have been present since early River City games. In short: River City Girls isn't meant to be played like Streets of Rage. It's a completely different beast, so use a different approach. :)

[@vincently1995]

Misako = Sam Manson (Danny Phantom) Kyoko = Jenny Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot)

[@3rooklyn]

Can you play this with a CPU controlled partner?

[@ivaldi13]

Nope.

[@AlejandroInAustin]

TIL I've been playing RCG wrong.

[@TheDorianTube]

Great video, but I stopped at 2m. Too many boss spoilers. I think that for combo guides and stuff it's best to do only the first or second boss.

[@strollas]

interesting

[@soggybread4583]

That combo extension system is just a bad idea

[@aiharakotokorulesbluerose4170]

eh, i seen many games do it