RIVER CITY RANSOM - The Ridiculous CONFUSING History !?

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Hello ladies and gentlemen, Big Daddy Top Hat here! This week I decided to wrack my brain and consider what is probably the biggest name beat-em-up I am yet to feature on here. Then within minutes, it hit me that the title had to be River City Ransom, one of the most popular games in the genre available on the 8-bit NES.
This game, known as Street Gangs, here in Europe, is amongst the most memorable titles of the late eighties. The non-linear beat-em-up, with RPG elements, is unforgettable in both its gameplay and presentation, even offering two-player co-operative functionality - a rarity on 8-bit platforms. Whilst this is a game that many people had a lot of fun with, I doubt many people are aware of just how confusing the history and genealogy of this game actually is. River City Ransom is part of a very chronologically contrived series of games or even a series of games if any of this makes any sense yet.
Regardless of this, we are going to break the franchise down and make sense of it all today and further analyse the quality and uniqueness this quirky game brings to the table. This ladies and gentlemen is the mad story of River City Ransom and its confusing history. Yeeeeeeaaaaahhh.
To understand the history of River City Ransom, we first have to go back to a man, we have mentioned on this channel many times before - Yoshihisa Kishimoto. In 1986 on behalf of Technos Japan, he would release a revolutionary game known as Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-Kun a title that roughly translates to "Hot-Blooded Tough Guy Kunio".
Kunio is the games star character, who features in the game as a high-school delinquent named who must stand up against a series of rival gangs frequently targeting his classmate Hiroshi. It is said that Kishimoto based the character on himself from his own high school years.
The game was innovative in that offered gameplay whereby the player could travel either right or left but also move towards or away from the background by pressing up or down, a gameplay function that Technos had applied previously with their wrestling game Mat Mania.
Hot-Blooded Tough Guy Kunio established many beat em up genre tropes, however, the playing field was limited to a series of three-screen-wide areas and features no continuous scrolling. So, there was still some way to go.
As awesome as this little game was for Technos to find success internationally with this game, they made the decision to give it an entire graphical overhaul to make it more appealing to Western Markets. The altered version of the game known as Renegade featured a graphical style based off of the movie, The Warriors and subsequently became a smash hit across the globe.
So thus far we have one game, with two different skins but going forward things got a little more crazy. Kishimoto was proud of his game but knew he was capable of creating something even more impressive, so just one year after Kunio’s first adventure. Mr Kishimoto would release the games spiritual sequel, Double Dragon! A title that featured long scrolling stages, but more importantly two-player co-operative action. Pretty much setting the mould for the future of the entire genre.
So now we have one game featuring two skins but also a spiritual sequel Double Dragon. Interestingly going forward, there would not only be countless future Beat Em Ups that would hold the Double Dragon brand. But both Kunio Kun and Renegade would both receive entirely different sequels too.
In terms of Renegade games, futures games would be developed in Europe with Target Renegade being released in 1988. To make matters more confusing there are multiple different games that share this name. The NES version of the title is a completely different game to the one that can be found on home computer formats with the version of the game found on 8-bit micros delivering a superior experience. In fact, the Computer versions of Target Renegade are often considered classics in Europe and the game is still celebrated somewhat to this day as a result.
With Target Renegades success, home computers would also receive a Renegade 3. The game developed by Imagine Software having the subtitle the Final Chapter was a rare occasion, where the marketing was telling the truth as this was the last game to carry the Renegade name.
#DoubleDragon #RiverCityRansom #BeatEmUps

[@SonJazrin]

Let us not forget the most important thing here: BARF!!

[@dub2536]

Garth says: "Wayne.....I'm gonna ....hurlll!"

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

Mamaaaa!

[@lostpunkrock]

I remember being so happy when Scott Pilgrim came out because it was such a spiritual successor to rcr. Always loved that game. Also World Cup was my jam. Argentina with the spinning shot.

[@dub2536]

They made a large number of great games using those characters based on RCR. Great stuff!

[@TinariKao]

I dunno. I never saw it. River City Ransom is the game. Bleh.

[@plasticsaint]

if you haven't you should look into the Friends of Ringo Ishikawa

[@xanadujones843]

Scott pilgrim is gold

[@williamlombardo6908]

Played this game so much as a kid the sound track is permanently engrained in my memory.... Had allot of fun with this title was definitely a great time for home gaming.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I'll never forget the countless hours me and my cousins played this and Double Dragon on the NES! To this day, few games have ever given me this much joy, cept' Streets of Rage 2, Guardian Heroes and of coarse TMNT Turtles in Time!

[@a.mirandahsr]

There's a 3DS remake of this game, called River City Rival Showdown, definitely the best version so far

[@paxhumana2015]

@A. MirandaHSR, clearly you forgot about River City Ransom Underground or River City Girls.

[@a.mirandahsr]

@@paxhumana2015 Read my comment again, you may notice I meant the best version of River City Ransom of the available 3 outside Japan (NES, GBA remaster, 3DS remake) therefore I did not have to mention RCRU or RCG

[@urieltovar8371]

Es verdad eso que dices van hacer un remake???

[@a.mirandahsr]

@@urieltovar8371 Si, salio para el 3DS, River City Rival Showdown

[@jamesmurray4312]

Rival Showdown is amazing

[@DireTribble]

This was honestly my favorite game when I was a kid with an NES. I replayed this game so many times and have been singing it’s praises forever. I’m so glad to see more people talking about it and that it’s getting the recognition it deserves.

[@NeioGeo]

The grandaddy of all modern beat 'm ups. Every single beat 'em we adore now, has something River City established. It's horribly underrated. Here's hoping it'll get it's due one day. Please continue the Kunio Kun beat 'em ups line! Awesome episode!

[@XyphonXero]

There was a crowd funded remake released on steam continuing the story.

[@NeioGeo]

@@XyphonXero I gave to that campaign and bought the game back in the day. I still play it every now and then, and it still holds up. To this day however, there hasn't been a port to any console. River City Girls got ports, but the legit sequel didn't. That's what I mean by I hope it gets its due soon. It isn't as mainstream as many think. Hopefully Arc Systems decides to reboot/remake the original and restart the series for modern audiences some time down the road, though by doing so, it might be compared to Streets of Rage 4...

[@paxhumana2015]

@@NeioGeo and @XyphonXero, are you both talking about River City Ransom Underground? That game got console ports.

[@osakatales9228]

@@paxhumana2015 RCR:U isn't really an official sequel though.

[@TheMaskedheel]

I bought this game at Walmart for $19.99. No one played this game in the day and they seemed stunned when they saw how good it was. It appealed to me because I loved Renegade.

[@plasticbutler]

This is the series that inspired Scott Pilgrim vs the World's concept of enemies bursting into coins when defeated.

[@JazGalaxy]

Yes... but I think it was also just a general commentary on the fact that any game that awards money for combat is essentially doing the same thing, with many games showing it visually.

[@dub2536]

Never forget, "Sonic the hedgehog" also has (admittedly not coins) Golden Rings burst out of his body.

[@osakatales9228]

@@dub2536 Yeah, but that's not a reward

[@thenostalgiabusiness]

More than just that - the system where you walk into stores to buy food and moves is straight out of River City Ransom. It's not just that you do those things, since you do them in lots of games, it's that if you look at everything from how the characters are animated when they enter a store to where they are placed relative to the screen to how the screen transitions, it's a straight tribute to River City Ransom.

[@fefyfona4318]

Speaking of Scott Pilgrim, Crash and the boys street challenge was an American version of the kunio sports series. Which was my introduction to the series

[@thenostalgiabusiness]

If you like Super Dodgeball, World Cup Soccer, and Crash & the Boys, you owe it to yourself to play the Kunio basketball game on Famicom. I believe it's called Ganbare Dunk Heroes. Basketball with punches and kicks, three hoops stacked on top of each other, and super moves where you jump 100 ft into the air... it's their best sports game by far.

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

That's on ps4 now.

[@sabin97]

i will take that advice because i love crash and the boys, and rcr

[@pooboobob]

My suggestion for next game is for the history of Combatribes

[@cyberdelicxp9125]

RcR was so ahead of its time. An action brawler RPG hybrid in the 80s. I loved that game as a kid. It has aged pretty well

[@renslo689]

such a classic game. Fond memories playing it as a kid with my best mate back in the day

[@LupusRexRgis]

The Flying Dragon series was also confusing for us in the west...

[@EatWave]

Flying Dragon/Flying Warriors/Flying Heroes...were they all inter-connected or separate but similar series all developed by Culture Brain? Inquiring minds want to know.

[@adrilit8762]

The Flying Dragon series was also confusing for us in the west...

[@BigMacOrange]

I bought this brand new at caldors back in the day. It was over 50 bucks .

[@TRJ2241987]

I went to a Caldor Going Out of Business sale in 1999 and they still had NES stuff

[@MajorOutage]

Caldor....now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.

[@EatWave]

I bought it at Phar-Mor for $10.00. They were practically giving away their stock of video games. It is no surprise why they eventually went out of business.

[@bumpyroad7239]

That game is still pricey lol

[@cika3leches]

Last week I was playing River City Ransom Underground with some friends. Great stuff. Also recommend the Battle Royale party games

[@glennt69lol]

A game that sticks out in my memory is "The shadow of the beast" on the old Sega master system, it was the hardest Game I've ever played, no continues or saves, no respawn if you die you get sent back to the start of that level, it was super hard and had really cool music

[@Nuggtendo]

Thanks for the video! Its my birthday!🎂

[@lilnoscope2926]

Happy birthday

[@LowellLucasJr.]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

[@duke2go558]

Man. I love this game. I was one who played it as a kid and it's always held a place in my heart. Never owned it, but I wish that I had. Great video as always

[@IamMarkSmith]

I would love to hear about “Stay cool, Kobayashi” and how it fits into the “Kunio kun” series canon.

[@SingerBoxerMartian]

I'd love to see you cover River City Girls and River City Ransom Underground. Of course, on top of EX, which you said you already plan on covering in the future. Keep up the great work! \m/

[@RoyAlWhicheez]

My brother had NES River City Ransom cartridge cufflinks made for his wedding

[@paxhumana2015]

@RoyAlWhicheez, was his wife named after one of the women from the game?

[@AlbertoGonzalez-hi1og]

I played this game to death with my brother/neighbor who had it. It was so much fun we kept talking about it until the late 90s/early 00s and was a must have on the emulator scene on windows back in the days. Nothing like picking up your friend when he was down and throwing both towards the nearest hole on the ground.. Good times!

[@joeyfarris2543]

BARF and MAMAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! Are two of the best sayings in a video game....... Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh 👍👍

[@kadosho02]

I remember seeing in blockbuster & other rental stores. Never tried it out back then. But good to know of it's legacy, and connection

[@tekkensentai]

And River City Girls kept the Japanese names for Kunio and Rikki

[@XRATEDBMC]

Why they don't call the police if their girlfriend been kidnapped

[@BigDaddyCola]

Because it was the 80s!

[@XRATEDBMC]

@@BigDaddyCola regardless they are in high school,so many fatalities aren't necessary.

[@caiusmadison2996]

@@BigDaddyCola it was actually based on the series creators experiences in the 50's/60's. So that's actually supposed to be the time frame. Thus the pompadores

[@BigDaddyCola]

@@caiusmadison2996 the game was made in the 80s though. Which is what I was referring to

[@caiusmadison2996]

@@BigDaddyCola Gotcha, yes it was. Played all of em' on release as I'm getting old. 38 this year.

[@AJNpa80]

This was my favorite game as a kid, was curious if there were any reboots. Haven't actually played any games in years but would consider it for the right game.

[@plasticsaint]

try out the Friends of Ringo Ishikawa, perfect spiritual successor imo

[@user-nr2cs2rq7h]

There's actually an amazing remake/reimagining on 3DS called River City: Rival Showdown.

[@XyphonXero]

There was a fan made remake of River City Ransom called, "River City Ransom: Underground". Fun game to play if you get that Kunio itch.

[@roguerifter9724]

Underground is great but its a sequel not a remake. It is a new story with new characters set long after River City Ransom though some of the characters from the original game including the protagonists appear in it. How is that a remake instead of being a sequel?

[@korysoftout219]

@@roguerifter9724 It was also officially licensed, and according to one of the devs (or a spokesperson for them) the story was "official". Personally, there were some parts of the story I didn't particularly care for so I hope they weren't using "official" to mean "canon". but who knows

[@hdofu]

The game responsible for my fondness of Sushi.

[@marplatense31]

Removing everything Japanese from the western version of the game. Was River City Ransom made by 4kids?

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

I'd gather so. The NES was only really targeted at kids. EDIT ohhh by 4kids haha

[@caiusmadison2996]

Both are fine examples of gaming boys. Nobody realized it was an RPG in my town when I was younger, nor that you had to backtrack a few times to actually get to the end.

[@falsehero2001]

Westernization is a lost art.

[@caiusmadison2996]

@@falsehero2001 totally sent a reply to you by accident that was ment for another post on another channel. Simply mistook what channel I was on. Please disregard.

[@dub2536]

@@caiusmadison2996 "Been there done that" kind of mistake myself a while ago.

[@HE360]

I have to say that River City Ransom is one of the best games I ever played and I'm saying this during a time when we have PS5 and Xbox Series X. I've went on and became a game developer and I made my own game where it features elements inspired from River City Ransom. I won't post a link because of youtube, but it's on my own youtube channel and it's in one of the first videos you'd see on my channel.

[@BrandinZinck]

This is what our parents' walk to school was like every morning.

[@MGillDesign]

tough neighborhood.

[@Elementa2006]

We still see the influence of this game today, such as in the Yakuza franchise.

[@hotblooded2129]

Loved it! Shared on the Kunio-Kun Worldwide Facebook group!

[@loganwhitaker9145]

Kunio sounds and looks like he's one car crash away from becoming a spirit detective.

[@AcornElectron]

I never really played it for any length of time at its initial release but I have played a fair few of the Kunio Kun/Renegade games since. Love them.

[@TooStupidGamerz]

Wow, to think that the River City franchise had so many entries and connections! We love is some brawlers! We just beat River City Girls too. We're gonna have to go back and explore more of these games

[@MegaHarv]

I love seeing River City Ransom videos in 2020. I don't feel like the Magic of the first game has been properly captured since it's original release. Subsequent games like River City Ransom Tokyo Rumble on 3DS has improved fighting, but the shops in that game are boring and the same. River City Girls is a fun multiplayer game with a wicked soundtrack, but you can't do silly things like throw a Tire that your partner is standing on and while your partner is "Log Rolling" on the Tire executing a Dragon Feet technique. The Crazy Combos in River City Ransom was a huge part of the fun. And let's not forget about some other RCR titles such as RCR Underground which actually feels like an RCR sequel with up to 4 player co-op, but is hard as nails. Also "Stay Cool, Kobayashi-San!: A River City Ransom Story" was quietly released like a week after River City Girls came out, which is moreso a Double Dragon style game where you play as Kobayashi (Otherwise Known as Thor, the boss of the Zombies) Also with the re-release of the Scott Pilgram game due out any day now, maybe with a renewed sense of vigor, we might get that River City Ransom sequel the way I want it!

[@tarekmoneimsaid]

It might not be so confusing if you consider Kunio-Kun a mascot, like Mario or Sonic. So the main games are beat-em-ups, but eventually he stars in other genres (think Mario Tennis, Mario Kart, Doctor Mario, Mario Golf, Mario Party, etc). I don't know why it took me so long to figure this out... I guess he's an unusual mascot, and mostly unknown in the Western due to localizations rebranding and removing the Kunio-Kun characters and names...

[@corvettez06usa]

River City Ransom is the greatest beat em up of all time.

[@SpaghettiJoBayBay]

Wah! Please play River City Ransom Underground on steam! Please PLEASE! people sleep on that game so much. I'd argue that it's the best in the series gameplay and content wise. It's insane how much was put into that game and no one talks about it. So much replay value, so many characters to play and level up, you can experience the whole story with your friends online. The online is amazing too. Please don't leave it out :'(

[@osakatales9228]

Not exactly though, it's not the best in the series.

[@jimiseverus]

This was my favorite game as a kid, all those songs are stuck in my head t this day

[@mikebassett9054]

I’ve always noticed the visual comparisons but didn’t understand the history . Thanks again !

[@stevensonchambers5577]

I remember instantly liking this game the first time I saw it back in the day. Very appealing in every way.

[@avace917]

I bought this when it was out. I beat it once, lent it to my cousin and he broke it. Pretty good game. I loved the Dragon Twins and hearing the Double Dragon theme

[@TwoGendersOnly]

I played nintendo world cup soccer so much as a kid. Its still fun to play as a 40 year old. I never even heard of river city ransom back then. But i did notice the sprites are the same. My neighbor had renegade and i played it at his house once but thats about it. If I rented river city ransom as a kid I wouldve been all about it just because the characters wouldve been like the soccer game but played like double dragon!

[@SuprousOxide]

I remember having that world cup game. Easiest strategy was to beat the crap out of the other team and then just freely kick the ball in the goal.

[@TooStupidGamerz]

Also yes, please cover River City Girls! We'd love to hear what you have to say about it!

[@voluspa4448]

Ah yes the World Cup game, I remember incapacitating my opponents over and over.

[@dwats250]

I remember when my friend showed my this game in elementary school and we stayed holed up all weekend playing through it

[@JamesNGames]

One of my favorites! 🎮💯

[@masonasaro2118]

To make things even more confusing, river city ransom got its OWN sequel branching from the kunio-kun games, river city ransom: underground!

[@JGRICH61]

Super dodgeball and river city ruled my gaming childhood

[@Darkness8536]

Call it whatever you want. Thr Nenketsu Kunio world was really cool. It is a funny series, and eventhough River City Ransom was modified from the original game, it was tons of fun.

[@tical2399]

I don't know why, but when I was a kid, I thought this game was some unknown gem that only me and my friends knew about.

[@cpace123]

Keep doing the vids! thanks

[@caiusmadison2996]

15:19 that game. Tragedy, it never came over. I love that game, its my absolute favorite beat em' up! I love the Riki/Kunio series. So good.

[@lendrigangames]

My first Kunio-Kun game was World Cup Soccer (which shared a cartridge with Super Spike V'Ball). It wasn't until much later when I binged on ROMs that I discovered the rich catalog of Technos. My favorite direct sequel to RCR's gameplay is Technos Samurai (throwing a bucket onto someone's head never gets old), and of the spinoffs, Ganbare Dunk Heroes and Nekketsu Fighting Legend are gloriously wild.

[@michaelwhitmire9015]

Same here super spike v ball deserves a revival.

[@justkhail]

River City Ransom and Super Dodge Ball are my favorite NES games of all-time.

[@letsgonow5641]

I found River City Ransom in a discount bin for $10 back when i was a kid. Usually these were the worst of the worse NES games or games no one wanted. Ive learned not to dumpster dive in that bin. Well took a chance with this one and boy was i glad i did. Absolutely loved River City Ransom...My sisters to! Which was rare because they wouldnt go near a console!

[@demgutts]

I always thought that the dude on the cover looked like don Johnson, lol

[@mskiara18]

I thank you for discussing River City Ransom and Kunio-kun, the series is among my top favorites of beat em up games. I hope you can cover The Guardian Legend or Legacy of the Wizard in the future, if you want to of course.

[@x99centfuryx]

Great doc ... loved it, I was there for RCR... GOOD TIMES

[@DENNISMFMENNIS]

Currently playing through most of these on the DD & KK Retro Brawler Bundle for Switch! Can't say a bad thing about "DTN Story" or "HP Drama". Only a couple of the sports titles were a miss for me but overall worth every one of the 20 bucks I spent on sale for it. :) Subscribed off of this vid!

[@DeathToTheDictators]

Ya, do River City Advance! I've just started playing it (just put it on my hacked SNES Classic) and i'd love to hear what you think!

[@jacobprayer8656]

I like the way that you did that thing that one time that was really good hahaha now we are friends indeed for life

[@justinkern1804]

My brother & me & our best friend played tf out of this game & the volleyball game. Good times man

[@iansmith8783]

One of the very best nes games.

[@kinggreatness2355]

Probably my favorite Nintendo game of all time ! After finding the hidden shop in the tunnel, i searched everywhere for more . Great memories !

[@DeviHyuga]

Man that dodgeball game was my childhood.

[@AntonioRodriguezSilver]

Hey! That "bloody dodge ball game" is a damn good video game! Of course an Englishman would love the soccer spin-off lol I had no idea that the European micros got so many sequels to Renegade. Such a weird history behind these titles. But yea, River City Ransom is an amazing title that deserves all the love it gets. We can thank this series for the awesome River City Girls ;) Great content as usual; glad to support your efforts :)

[@SylphidUndine]

i just finished River City Girls so this is appropriate.

[@jasonblalock4429]

As an aside, that recent Kunio-Kun Collection for PS4 and Switch is really well done. It's got both Japanese and International versions of all the NES Kunio-Kun & spinoff games, with new accurate translations for all the Japanese originals. They also went through and did a bunch of bug fixes, and buffed the emulator to mostly get rid of slowdown and flickering. (Although you can play the original buggy versions if you want.) At $40 it's arguably a little pricey for an 8-bit compilation, but they put a lot of work into it.

[@billcook4768]

What to cover? World Cup of course. Be fun to see you cover a sports game. Speaking of which, the ice hockey Kunio Kun game is awesome. Perhaps the best Famicom game to never come west.

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

Already covered World Cup on here, but over 4 years ago lol

[@shaunathome]

So THAT'S why US versions of Japanese games were hard! I would have never guessed it was illegal to rent games in Japan. I guess that's why I never rental stores in Japan... I'd love it if you talk about how River City Girls came into play.

[@markd.7874]

Its about time. Best beat um up for nes!!!!

[@JoKoKilla]

Thank you for clarifying! I've often wondered what's up with this series.

[@ShakinJamacian]

Just a small correction of sorts: when talking about all of the versions of this game, you omitted the 3DS remake. It was titled "River City: Rival Showdown" so I imagine how confusing this series is, the different name might make you think it's a different game, but it's a remake of the game you've covered here. This series gets confusing because what you see are a lot of different genres and what appear to be re-releases, but no, some are remakes, prequels, and sequels. Putting it all in a chronological timeline in-universe seems like a nightmare in my head already.

[@korysoftout219]

There was a GBA remake, as well

[@hikmori7]

Also, I like to think that this series is almost identical to Bully & always wondering that Rockstar may taken the inspiration from this.

[@khaimk4r4su]

16:29 shoutout to @Whang!

[@lowerclassbrats77]

Super Dodgeball got me into this series.

[@moviemetalhead]

Another sports title tied to this and Double Dragon: Super Spike V'ball

[@Kaeldannas]

You didn't mention nekketsu kakutou densetsu nor the ice hockey or basketball versions, those were my favorite. And there was one with olympics games theme too.

[@rabapab23]

Loved this game as a kid! The soundtrack is amazing! For me, get the dragon feet, and you're golden. River City Girls?? That looked fun!

[@estebancruz6194]

Next: Nintendo World Cup. Played it a lot back in the day too.

[@georgecolon9385]

Great video hope to see one on the snes games specifically shodai and shin.

[@papafranku4684]

RCR, Crash and The Boys sports competitions, The Soccer and Dodge Ball game too were the nes games we played that came from this series :D

[@taufanadikurniawan7170]

When you hear double dragon theme in River City Ransom, you know the fight will be epic, the characters will be epic and the game will be epic 😁👍

[@xaxos9273]

The River City timeline is as confusing as the Zelda timeline.

[@Halbared]

I remember this coming out for the Nes in the Uk. I thought it was called River City Ransom at the time. I read Mean Mchines and Club Nintendo at the time but I can’t be sure, I do recall the name though.

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

Definitely Street Gangs, I own a copy. They may have spoke about it under a different name pre-release. I remember when the magazines referred to Pokemon as Pocket Monster.

[@Halbared]

@@TopHatGamingManChannel probably That then. I did t get it because it looked like a Double Dragon copy, now seeing this, I see I would have enjoyed it much more.

[@BladeCuttervita]

Love the river city games all the way until today

[@SmokeyMaxamus]

Superdodge ball has some of the best music.

[@PANTYEATR1]

river city ransom was so dope when it came out. i never did well with it cause i didn't have the manual to know what I was supposed to do. i should have bought my own copy back then

[@rayfincham1595]

I loved this game, consider it one of the top tier games on the NES. Remember having good times with my brother playing this.

[@eribertogonzalez2160]

I loved this game as a kid. It was way better than double dragon imo. I still play if from time to time on the Nintendo Switch.

[@adventuretaco7140]

Hell yeah!! New vid!

[@eddzetarabbit]

I enjoyed playing River City Girls. I wanted to play more River City games, but the previous games (even though they're rereleased) are so westernized that it doesn't make sense to the series. So, River City Girls is what got me to the series.

[@harlonmeeks]

One of my top 3 nintendo games of all time!

[@Halbared]

River City Ransom?

[@harlonmeeks]

Yes lol there really wasn't anything like it at the time

[@Halbared]

@@harlonmeeks After watching the video, it's a better game than I thought it was way back when.

[@arlenparker5138]

4:28, covid tough guys