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River City Ransom sequel coming to consoles summer 2011, PC 2012
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The Take Out Bandit
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It's shameful that RCR gets lumped in with Scott Pilgrim. RCR is still a fantastic game, Scott Pilgrim is a piss poor homage with nice sprite work; but the game really left me cold.
Probably because I can't stand that mash-up of Paul Pope / Animu in the funnybooks.
Probably because I can't stand that mash-up of Paul Pope / Animu in the funnybooks.
The Take Out Bandit said:
As you wish! (j/k) :lol
But frankly, I'm happier with them sticking with just Kunio, now. It certainly beats years ago, where they couldn't make up their damn minds with what they wanted to call him from game to game. Is his name "Alex"? Or is it "Tony"? Or is it "Crash"? Or is it "Sam"? :lol
No thank you. Besides, Kunio was already starting to be known by his real name as early as 1996 and Neo Geo's Super Dodge Ball. Plus it saves the spriters time and money with having to redraw everything, just to suit those who want their damn jeans and t-shirts.
CamHostage
Member
N4Us said:
The ROM for this game on distribution sites often was called River City Ransom 2 back in the day, if I remember right. It's a pretty off misnomer from what I've seen of the game, there's not much of a shopping/power-up system (you level up through fights, there are towns but there doesn't seem to be much to do in them) and the physics-based gameplay is muted quite a bit, so it's just a lot of dialog broken up by some punching. Maybe that's unfair to the game, but I could never get into it. Seemed more like a story-based sequel to Renegade (with its more deliberate combat and less wacky design) to me. Maybe I should finally give it a try with the new translation some day.
ArjanN said:
It's not "RCR2" either even though I've seen ROMs call I think "Shin River City Ransom", bu Shin Nekketsu Koha: Kunio Tachi no Banka is pretty fun... kind of more a Double Dragon or even Combatribes sequel to me (it's a straight-forward punch-em-up with some crazy sequences.)
Either way, neither really attempted to carry on the aspects of Downtown Nekketsu Monagatari that really made that game special. Some of the "Crash n the Boys" games were more RCR than the SNES games that people tried to identify as sequels. Technos liked to use elements of its Kunio-Kun series but then also reinvent even when success was proven. I wish Miracle Kidz the best of luck in returning to River City.
Triple Da G.O.D!
Member
I knew all I had to do was buy Downtown Smash Dodgeball and I get what I really wanted. That also means you go buy it too. Read my post about it so you can get your very own.
*enter Randy Marsh Skeet Skeet GIF here*
But this is wonderful news and ever since discovering that Miracle Kidz were hard at work I knew we get this sooner or later. I have no doubt it'll be crack and if we show our support who knows what can come of this.
I know how you feel about the purity of the series and your stance is understood but why we can't have both? The added throwback feel wouldn't impact the game any and would be a nice bonus treat too. But at the end of the day we get RCR2 so all is right with everything.
*Goes back in the corner and waits for the Power Instinct Collection and Rage of the Dragons*
*enter Randy Marsh Skeet Skeet GIF here*
But this is wonderful news and ever since discovering that Miracle Kidz were hard at work I knew we get this sooner or later. I have no doubt it'll be crack and if we show our support who knows what can come of this.
TreIII said:
I know how you feel about the purity of the series and your stance is understood but why we can't have both? The added throwback feel wouldn't impact the game any and would be a nice bonus treat too. But at the end of the day we get RCR2 so all is right with everything.
*Goes back in the corner and waits for the Power Instinct Collection and Rage of the Dragons*
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Coming to Wii via WiiWare this summer
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/03/25/river_city_ransom_2_platform/
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/03/25/river_city_ransom_2_platform/
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Nice, I feared I'd have to wait for 2012 to get some microtransaction heavy online RCR for my PC but the summer release is coming to a system I own too, good stuff.
Edit: well, assuming it will be released in other regions around the same time of course, otherwise the PC game might come first, lol.
Edit: well, assuming it will be released in other regions around the same time of course, otherwise the PC game might come first, lol.
Oni Link 666
Member
JustAnotherOtaku said:
Honestly, I would rather have it on DS where I can get a physical copy of it but, I guess WiiWare is alright.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
This. So much this.The Take Out Bandit said:
Scott Pilgrim relied way too heavily on stats and levels in a way that I don't think RCR did.
Bay Maximus
Banned
I could be wrong, but wasn't there a sequel of some sort of RCR released in Japan? I wonder if this new game will have any connections to that game...
Cow Mengde
Banned
Bay Maximus said:
It was a spin-off. Most people confuse it for being a sequel, but it's not.
sixteen-bit
Member
Interesting. Gotta pick up some wiibucks by then.JustAnotherOtaku said:
Bay Maximus
Banned
Cow Mengde said:
Ah, got it. In any event, Day.1.Purchase.
Now if we could only get a proper sequel to Street Challenge...
Takamura-San
Member
Do you guys think that a person can enjoy this game without having RCR1 nostalgia?
That's my situation right now.
That's my situation right now.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
I think you have to at least have a love for beat-em-ups.Lord-Audie said:
If you have that, you will probably be able to jump into this and enjoy it.
Bay Maximus
Banned
Lord-Audie said:
Depends on if they make the gameplay and exploration as fun as the original. Also, make sure to have a partner to run through it with. It made the original that much more fun.
Bay Maximus said:
There really was no "true" sequel to Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom) up to now. Probably the best answer one could give before then would be its faux-expansion "Jidaigeki" (Technos Samurai, as it was called in translation circles). Which was basically RCR, the only difference was the setting.
Many things that RCR EX would later incorporate, actually originated in this older game. Least of which being how you could beat up various leaders of other groups and have them join your side. Even one of the Double Dragon twins could join you.
Cow Mengde
Banned
The level design in the original was far too basic IMO. Even by Brawler standards.
This looks much better. Hopefully, RCR2 is more like that.
TreIII said:
This looks much better. Hopefully, RCR2 is more like that.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Go play RCR (or the EX remake) and find out.Lord-Audie said:
The setting was really really different, though. Much easier to get lost than RCR's pretty straight path with only a bit of backtracking necessary.TreIII said:
JoshuaJSlone said:
And to me, that was part of the charm! Less with the set levels in a straight line, and more with you being able to roam all over the countryside (with the opposing gangs being able to do likewise). You could even have brawls in the middle of towns (though nothing stopped you from popping in the shops to refuel before going right back into it!). :lol
If there was anything wrong with this system, it was the notion of how areas connected in weird ways, which made it a headache until you got the means to be able to manually navigate the map. Even so, I'm hoping that DTNM/RCR's sequel, they'll take some of those good ideas that Special fostered, and improve on them.
Triple Da G.O.D!
Member
I'm so glad we know what system this is gonna be on. Will give me an excuse to use some of my Wii Points on something that actually matters. And I think the Dodgeball game that's coming out may be an updated version of the 360/PC game that they did already. But I'm there Day 1 just to show my support and love.
Oni Link 666
Member
They just delayed Super Dodgeball. Maybe we will hear more about RCR2 when they are done with Dodgeball.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/28/super_dodge_ball_delay/
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/28/super_dodge_ball_delay/
CamHostage
Member
User33 said:
You mean the Japanese WiiWare version? The dodgeball game was officially delayed (but it's due out on the 12th, so things are happening,) and RCR2 was never dated, so I would figure they've just been overwhelmed by their ambitions. I don't think this one's too close though, the official site hasn't been updated since the announcement, they may have been overly-ambitious with the summer announcement.
Louis Cyphre
Banned
This game was kick-ass during its time.
cj_iwakura
Member
Still is.
galian beast
Banned
you all fail because no one mentioned the best one
TaroYamada
Member
So, 2012 is over. Canned?
TaroYamada
Member
Well the console versions are 2 years late at this point, I figured if they missed the PC date it was definitely dead in the water.
SpaceDrake
Member
I was just wondering about this the other day, myself. Sad to see it's probably canned.
kyoya
Member
Wait, hold up folks, it appears that development may have been put on hold. There is supposedly insufficient development support along with copyright holder Million to develop it. More details will be coming forth as soon as it's available supposedly. This is what a October 9th, 2012 news update on the Miracle Kidz website reveals:
ダウンタウンシリーズの新作開発に関して ミリオン社と他社間での版権整理が不充分であり 発売日程の延期を回避するため物語２以降の開発を凍結し 完全新作に切り替えることにいたしました. タイトル詳細確定次第改めてお知らせいたします。
Link: http://mkb.sblo.jp/category/690148-1.html
Anyone know Japanese?
ダウンタウンシリーズの新作開発に関して ミリオン社と他社間での版権整理が不充分であり 発売日程の延期を回避するため物語２以降の開発を凍結し 完全新作に切り替えることにいたしました. タイトル詳細確定次第改めてお知らせいたします。
Link: http://mkb.sblo.jp/category/690148-1.html
Anyone know Japanese?