The beat 'em up genre is alive and well on Nintendo's hybrid device. Earlier this week, DotEmu confirmed Streets of Rage 4 for the system and now the girls from the River City series are vying for your attention as they gear up for their big September release.
To ensure you side with Misako and Kyoko in this fight, WayForward and Limited Run Games have now shown off the collector's edition for River City Girls. It contains a physical copy of the game, an original two-disc soundtrack, double-sided poster, commemorative non-functioning retro cart, VIP Noize concert tickets, Kyoko and Misako school ID cards, Hasebe & Mami heart locket, a menu, kidnapper polaroid photo, and six character art cards.
Pre-orders for the standard physical edition and the collector's edition of River City Girls open on 30th August. To get your own hard copy of the game, be sure to visit the Limited Run Games website. The standard copy of the game will set you back $34.99 USD and the collector's edition (limited 2,500 copies worldwide) is $74.99 USD.
If you're not familiar with this upcoming release, check our article where we spoke to the game's director, Adam Tierney.
Will you be adding this game to your physical collection? Strike first in the comments below.
[source limitedrungames.com]
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Awww, can't they just team up with Nicalis???
bonus points for those reading this and imagining childish whining
I'm torn as this is so unnecessarily abundant.
I just want the game and soundtrack.
And I doubt I'll even have the game in my hands until mid 2020.
Why can't WayFoward just release a standard physical copy? Why does it have to be limited time only?
Getting so tired of these Indie studio's going this route.
@N00BiSH Because then we'll get it 2 weeks after it's supposed to launch.
This game looks great so I'll certainly be picking it up sooner or later but I'll stick to the digital version. I prefer games physically where possible but not to the point that I'm willing to spend a fortune on these limited releases. Digital for small indie titles which are priced accordingly is fine by me.
Feels like they threw as much s*** as possible into the box to justify charging $40 more lol. I wouldn't even use or touch most of it. I am gonna try and snag the physical edition, though! The game looks good.
@SCAssassin more like 2 months.
It'd be cool if they actually made a plush for the CE versions of their game, instead of 10,000 other random things, especially for this game. Oh well...
Want! Really think i'll pick up the physical version of this.
@MsJubilee maybe the Asian release on playasia for you with English cover?
On topic: I am absolutely blown away by this CE! Hope I can get my hands on a copy!
@EmmatheBest I would be WAY more inclined to buy a CE with a plushie instead of all this stuff!
I'll be there day one. I can't afford the collectors edition, but I'll totally be getting the standard physical release.
@Steel76 I agree. Personally, I'm more of a fan of things like t-shirts or nice looking figures/statues. Pieces of cardboard and a soundtrack don't appeal to me.
this is cool, but i'll just take the game at this point. super stoked for it tho!
@SCAssassin That’s optimistic, I’ve been waiting for my LRG copy of Celeste since January, and still not even an estimate for shipping...
So I'm guessing this could end up at Best Buy like some of the other LRG games I've bought at Best Buy?
@BenAV Dilly Dilly!
@HeroOfCybertron yep. You can already see best buys exclusive cover on limited runs website.
@XiaoShao
In the case of Celeste, it's not Limited Run Game's fault. It's down to Matt Makes Games wanting to finish the final DLC first, which is taking a very long time.
I have some other stuff held up by my Celeste pre-order that would've arrived months ago were it not for this one item, too.
I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff. I know I won't be using even the soundtrack, but when a game I want comes in a gorgeous edition like this I struggle. After all I preordered Link's Awakening collector's for about the same price and there it's the game, an artbook and a steelcase. Period.
Problem is they should indeed stop making these releases limited and out of conventional stores. Just put them out there but without people having to pay shipping...
By the way, in Play Asia there is supposed to be a standard release. Does anybody know if that one is cheaper than LRG standard?
@RupeeClock I know LRG has made the decision to wait on printing the game until the final DLC is ready, but I interpret that to mean that the game was not ready for preorder, and LRG was premature to put it up in the first place.
@XiaoShao
Fair point. I think they were riding on the game's success having recently won two awards at The Game Awards 2018. Striking whilst the iron was hot as it were.
I really wish they'd just copy NISA's LE preorder model.
That being said, it seems to be mostly paper and I only care about OSTs. Hard Pass!
Just getting a standard copy.
@RupeeClock Yeah, you're likely right. I don't regret buying it, but I've given up even guessing when it might ship!
I know that LRG has made worst but more expensive collector's editions in the past. With this one everybody seems to be complaining, but I bet it will sell out pretty fast. It's the same pattern as always: too expensive, I don't need the stuff in it... Yet it sells out.
Looks like a lot of junk to jack up the price.
@XiaoShao Yeah I am still waiting on my LRG pre-order of the Dragon's Lair collection to ship, placed that early this year.
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