Players can collect loot from defeated gang members, and these funds may be spent on various food items and spa treatments which serve to not only revitalize the player's stats, but may also permanently increase attributes like 'Punch' and 'Kick'. These techniques are purchasable as books in shops throughout the city. The characters' effectiveness in battle is determined by their stats in combination with unlockable fighting techniques such as Grand Slam, Stone Hands, and Dragon Feet. Gang members are distinguished by the color of their t-shirt each gang has unique characteristics and attacking patterns. In the original NES version there are nine gangs in total, with names such as 'The Generic Dudes', 'The Frat Guys', 'The Jocks' or 'The Squids'. Along the way, they battle gangs of students and their gang leaders, latter of which act as bosses. The plot follows high school students Alex and Ryan as they cross River City in an attempt to reach River City High and rescue Ryan's girlfriend Cyndi from the clutches of a villain called 'Slick'. The player can also use items such as brass knuckles, steel pipes, and trash cans as melee weapons or throw them at enemies. The fighting style is very similar to Double Dragon, in that the player can move freely around the screen while pressing buttons to punch, kick, or jump. The game is non-linear, allowing players to explore an open world in a sandbox manner. River City Ransom is a beat 'em up game with action role-playing elements. It was released again with the launch of Nintendo Switch Online on September 18, 2018. It was also released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in PAL Regions on July 25, 2013, on November 14 in North America. The NES version was re-released for the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console in 2007 and the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console in October 2015. Remakes have been released for the Sharp X68000, PC-Engine Super CD-ROM², and Game Boy Advance. It was the first console game published by the developer's North American subsidiary American Technos.

Like its predecessors, the game underwent great changes in its storyline and visuals during localization to make it more palatable for Western markets. River City Ransom is the third game in Technos' Kunio-kun series released for the NES, preceded by Renegade and Super Dodge Ball. The game was developed by Technōs Japan and released in Japan on April 25, 1989. It is an English localization of Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari for the Famicom. Because 250-300 stamina takes a lot of trips to the sauna or onion rings to refill.River City Ransom, known as Street Gangs in PAL regions, is an open world action role-playing beat 'em up video game originally for the Nintendo Entertainment System. They also show up inside shops, and you cant use the shops till you kill them (Hello, multiple abobo recolors).īasically, don't go to Merv's office building (Itself an amazing segment) until you are ready to rush the end bosses while your money lasts right after it. The stray Men In Black or normal enemy will still drop cash, but that's not much help when usually it's just screens of enemies not dropping anything when they die.Īlso, they shut down the subway at that point. I've occaasionally seen them drop money, but usually I can kill several screens full of enemies out of spite with not so much as a single coin. Late game the dark clones of normal enemies just don't drop money 99% of the time. Wait enemies don't drop money?! WTF?! That sounds like another bug. But Glen is more convenient for air juggling half the room at once. Level 1 Paul killed stuff for me about as hard as my at the time level 15 Glen. Little point switching to lower level characters when you can't buy them food or moves even after killing fifty enemies, though. Originally posted by ImHelping:If enemies hadn't stopped dropping money 99% of the time, I'd be switching over to paul for some variety, yeah.

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