Then we have R and ZR as the buttons used to shield and L and ZL as the buttons used to recruit the last standing enemy on a stage and to also call for their help. To explain, here is the controller layout: Y is your light attack AND action command (talking, picking up items, going through rooms), X is your heavy attack, A is your special attack, and B is your jump. Since I’m new to this genre, the controls felt very awkward and had the possibility of being handled better. This is all pretty simple from the sound of it, but sometimes the gameplay can become a bit frustrating or confusing in terms of design. At the end of every sector of River City, you’ll face off against a boss and then head onto the next area that is suspected to be where Riki and Kunio were taken. With the money you earn from pummeling your enemies and completing missions, you can also buy items and equipment from the various amounts of stores. Although you start with a small set of moves, you’ll earn new attacks as you level up and can purchase more attacks from the dojo. You’ll walk and run through different parts of River City to fight off enemies when you enter any area and grind for money and EXP as more enemies spawn in. Now let’s get into the meat and potatoes, River City Girls is a 2D RPG beat-em-up. It also might not, but this is just to also bring awareness to that possibility. If you destroy all of them, you get something special and it is possible that this could lead to a secret ending. I specifically want to state the normal ending because there are these Sabu stages that are hidden throughout the game for you to destroy. This may be because Kyoko and Misako themselves simply care about getting their boyfriends, not really wanting to spend time focusing on anything else, but as the player – I’m not given a reason as to why I should even care about Kunio and Riki from the beginning of the game to the NORMAL end. While I love the interactions between Kyoko and Misako, the world around them didn’t provide enough for me to enjoy. Is there anything else about him? Not really and that’s how it feels for every other character in this game, including the bosses and their reasons to fight.
Why is he there himself? Because he wanted to buy a limited edition comic book. For example, Hiroshi is a character you’ll meet that will suggest trying to go through the mall. Outside of these three, everyone else that you talk to doesn’t have much to contribute in terms of feeling like a character. Although you never fight them in the game, you’ll learn that they also have an eye for Kunio and Riki. Then there is Hasebe & Mami, they are the rivals of Kyoko and Misako. Sadly these characters aren’t focused on too heavily, except for about three of them: Godai – their creepy neighbor that will ask you to complete certain tasks for the sake of his satisfaction but will heavily reward you for them.
These NPCs serve as a way to guide you through the story by suggesting where you should go, even though their directions are exactly where you should go to beat the game. With the loves of their lives kidnapped, Kyoko and Misako head through River City to fight off goons, students, police officers, and some bosses to find out where their boyfriends are being kept.Īlong the way, you’ll meet various NPCs that are friends with Kyoko and Misako or just people they happen to know. While basking in the boredom of learning in detention, their punishment is immediately disrupted when they receive a text message showing their boyfriends, Kunio and Riki, being shoved into a van. So with thanks to WayForward and ArcSystemWorks for sending us a review code, let’s barge into River City with River City Girls on Nintendo Switch.Īs soon as you start your new file, you’ll be entered straight into a well-drawn and eye-catching comic book cutscene featuring our two main characters: Kyoko and Misako. In addition to the games’ sense of presentation, it is also a joint creation between WayForward and Arc System Works, two developers that create really fun games. Which is why, even though I’ve never played a 2D Beat ’em Up game before, I was so interested in River City Girls. The gameplay matters to me once I’ve obtained the game. If you’ve kept up with many of my reviews through not just on my own channel, but mostly through Source Gaming – I care far more about style when it comes to selling me on a game. PhantomZ2 barges into River City with River City Girls onto Nintendo Switch! Thank you to WayForward and ArcSystemWorks for sending us a review code! River City Girls (Switch) Review – Not That Dope
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