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.
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.
@@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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 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...
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.
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
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.
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.
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...
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/
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!
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!
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
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?
@@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
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
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.
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!
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 :'(
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.
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.
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 :)
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!
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.
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.
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!
Also when it come to Kunio Kun, very few other series have been rebranded for other regions and spun off their own original titles in quite the same quantity as the Kunio titles. Wonder Boy is about the only other one that comes to mind off the top of my head.
Since you asked, I'd personally love to see its "sequels" on the SNES covered. I know of Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun. Both have english patches available.
You say this game wasn't very big but over here in the U.S. all my friends had this game and it was a popular go-to multiplayer NES experience for us, but that's just anecdotal.
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
Since you’ve done River City Ransom, you need to do Scott Pilgrim vs The World, especially with the upcoming re-release. It wears its RCR influences on its sleeve.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
That's on ps4 now.
i will take that advice because i love crash and the boys, and rcr
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.
They made a large number of great games using those characters based on RCR. Great stuff!
I dunno. I never saw it. River City Ransom is the game. Bleh.
if you haven't you should look into the Friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Scott pilgrim is gold
Let us not forget the most important thing here:
BARF!!
Garth says: "Wayne.....I'm gonna ....hurlll!"
Mamaaaa!
There's a 3DS remake of this game, called River City Rival Showdown, definitely the best version so far
@A. MirandaHSR, clearly you forgot about River City Ransom Underground or River City Girls.
@@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
Es verdad eso que dices van hacer un remake???
@@urieltovar8371 Si, salio para el 3DS, River City Rival Showdown
Rival Showdown is amazing
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.
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!
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.
This is the series that inspired Scott Pilgrim vs the World's concept of enemies bursting into coins when defeated.
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.
Never forget, "Sonic the hedgehog" also has (admittedly not coins) Golden Rings burst out of his body.
@@dub2536 Yeah, but that's not a reward
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.
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
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.
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!
There was a crowd funded remake released on steam continuing the story.
@@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...
@@NeioGeo and @XyphonXero, are you both talking about River City Ransom Underground? That game got console ports.
@@paxhumana2015 RCR:U isn't really an official sequel though.
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
such a classic game. Fond memories playing it as a kid with my best mate back in the day
Last week I was playing River City Ransom Underground with some friends. Great stuff. Also recommend the Battle Royale party games
The Flying Dragon series was also confusing for us in the west...
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.
The Flying Dragon series was also confusing for us in the west...
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
I would love to hear about “Stay cool, Kobayashi” and how it fits into the “Kunio kun” series canon.
I bought this brand new at caldors back in the day. It was over 50 bucks .
I went to a Caldor Going Out of Business sale in 1999 and they still had NES stuff
Caldor....now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.
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.
That game is still pricey lol
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.
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...
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/
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!
We still see the influence of this game today, such as in the Yakuza franchise.
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!
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
BARF and MAMAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! Are two of the best sayings in a video game....... Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhh 👍👍
I remember seeing in blockbuster & other rental stores. Never tried it out back then. But good to know of it's legacy, and connection
Probably my favorite Nintendo game of all time !
After finding the hidden shop in the tunnel, i searched everywhere for more .
Great memories !
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.
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?
@@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
I remember instantly liking this game the first time I saw it back in the day. Very appealing in every way.
I’ve always noticed the visual comparisons but didn’t understand the history . Thanks again !
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
And River City Girls kept the Japanese names for Kunio and Rikki
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.
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.
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.
try out the Friends of Ringo Ishikawa, perfect spiritual successor imo
There's actually an amazing remake/reimagining on 3DS called River City: Rival Showdown.
This was my favorite game as a kid, all those songs are stuck in my head t this day
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!
I remember when my friend showed my this game in elementary school and we stayed holed up all weekend playing through it
Also yes, please cover River City Girls!
We'd love to hear what you have to say about it!
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 :'(
Not exactly though, it's not the best in the series.
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.
My brother had NES River City Ransom cartridge cufflinks made for his wedding
@RoyAlWhicheez, was his wife named after one of the women from the game?
Thanks for the video! Its my birthday!🎂
Happy birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Loved it! Shared on the Kunio-Kun Worldwide Facebook group!
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.
The game responsible for my fondness of Sushi.
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 :)
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!
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.
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.
Thank you for clarifying! I've often wondered what's up with this series.
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.
Same here super spike v ball deserves a revival.
Super dodgeball and river city ruled my gaming childhood
To make things even more confusing, river city ransom got its OWN sequel branching from the kunio-kun games, river city ransom: underground!
Kunio sounds and looks like he's one car crash away from becoming a spirit detective.
River City Ransom and Super Dodge Ball are my favorite NES games of all-time.
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!
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
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!
I always thought that the dude on the cover looked like don Johnson, lol
This is what our parents' walk to school was like every morning.
tough neighborhood.
One of my favorites! 🎮💯
Also when it come to Kunio Kun, very few other series have been rebranded for other regions and spun off their own original titles in quite the same quantity as the Kunio titles. Wonder Boy is about the only other one that comes to mind off the top of my head.
My brother & me & our best friend played tf out of this game & the volleyball game. Good times man
Since you asked, I'd personally love to see its "sequels" on the SNES covered. I know of Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka and Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun. Both have english patches available.
You say this game wasn't very big but over here in the U.S. all my friends had this game and it was a popular go-to multiplayer NES experience for us, but that's just anecdotal.
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
I loved this game, consider it one of the top tier games on the NES. Remember having good times with my brother playing this.
Great doc ... loved it, I was there for RCR... GOOD TIMES
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 😁👍
I am glad they released a better translation of this game with the Kunio kun Double Dragon collection. Great game, one of my favorite NES titles
River City Ransom is the greatest beat em up of all time.
Since you’ve done River City Ransom, you need to do Scott Pilgrim vs The World, especially with the upcoming re-release. It wears its RCR influences on its sleeve.
Man that dodgeball game was my childhood.
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.
Removing everything Japanese from the western version of the game. Was River City Ransom made by 4kids?
I'd gather so. The NES was only really targeted at kids. EDIT ohhh by 4kids haha
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.
Westernization is a lost art.
@@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.
@@caiusmadison2996 "Been there done that" kind of mistake myself a while ago.
Another sports title tied to this and Double Dragon:
Super Spike V'ball
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.
Also, I like to think that this series is almost identical to Bully & always wondering that Rockstar may taken the inspiration from this.
I've always been curious by the Kunio series but never dabble much in it, so I'd love further analysis of the series
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.
I like the way that you did that thing that one time that was really good hahaha now we are friends indeed for life
Ah yes the World Cup game, I remember incapacitating my opponents over and over.
Super Dodgeball got me into this series.
You should totally cover Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki da yo Zen'in Shūgō now that Kunio-kun games have been spoken of.
16:29 shoutout to @Whang!
One of my top 10 favorite games of all time.
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.
Already covered World Cup on here, but over 4 years ago lol
Next: Nintendo World Cup. Played it a lot back in the day too.
Keep doing the vids! thanks
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.
There was a GBA remake, as well
One of the very best nes games.
Love the river city games all the way until today
i think super doge ball is one of my all time top 5 nes games
I love the Kunio-Kun games! Excellent retrospective!
This is some great videos! I would like the almost all Japanese-exclusive Kunio-kun titles video next.
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.
i just finished River City Girls so this is appropriate.
Also when you cover River City Ransom EX, you better cover Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari EX Parody Edition. I mean it has bloody Abobo in it!
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.
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.
@@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.