River City Girls is a 2019 beat 'em up video game developed by WayForward, and published by Arc System Works. A spin-off in the Kunio-kun franchise, the game stars Misako and Kyoko (originally appearing in Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club: Soccer and Kunio-tachi no Banka respectively) who fight their way through enemies and obstacles to rescue their kidnapped boyfriends, series protagonists Kunio and Riki. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows in September 2019, and for Amazon Luna in October 2020. A PlayStation 5 version was released on January 18, 2022.
Release Date 2019-09-05
Developer(s)
WayForward Technologies, Inc.Publisher(s)
Arc System Works
Crunchyroll GamesRating / Parents' Guide
Fantasy Violence, Language, Mild Blood, Suggestive Themes
This is an action game in which players assume the roles of two high-school students battling to free their kidnapped boyfriends. Players traverse side-scrolling city environments and beat up enemies (e.g., student thugs, wrestlers, zombies) using punches and kicks. Players can also use whips, guitars, yoyos, and chairs to defeat enemies. Battles are highlighted by screen-shaking effects, cries of pains, and impact sounds. A handful of sequences depict small blood stains on the floor; some character portraits depict small, stylized blood stains on characters' whips and batons. The game contains some suggestive innuendo/material in the dialogue (e.g., “They want a woman with meat on her bones. And I got all the meat”; “Didn't you get kicked out of your school for taking secret photos of the girls' volleyball team”; “Have you guys seen Kunio and Riki? / Just like, every day...every night actually.”). The word “a*s” is heard in the game.
System(s)
Amazon Luna
| Nintendo Switch
| Xbox One
| PlayStation 4
| PC
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