It has been revealed in the latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu that Arc System Works is creating a follow up to Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki da yo Zenin Shugo - better known as River City Ransom in North America and Street Gangs in Europe - and it will be released on the Japanese 3DS on May 28th, 2015. The sequel is entitled Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki and is set several years after its NES predecessor.
Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki is a brand new entry in the Kunio-kun Hot-Blooded High School series. It's a brawler with RPG-like character levelling that will include a story mode, mission mode and Battle Royale mode - the latter of which allows up to four gamers to play together, now armed with swords.
We're sure we're not the only ones with fond memories of this from the NES days, but the question is, do you want Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki to come to the west? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
[source gematsu.com]
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I remember playing the original as a kid. A true sequel would be great!
there's a GBA remake for those who don't want to play the original NES version.
but... but... River City Ransom Underground?
I'm always up for a good Beat 'em Up! Arc System Works is behind the Guilty Gear series right? Sounds promesing.
I love Kunio and his many outings, but every time I hear a new one is coming, it is never released over here in the west. Some publisher should step up!
These games are a large part of why I own a Japanese 3DS.
To this day, i have no clue why this isnt one of the most sought after IPs from a publishers standpoint.
Its extremely versatile, highly exploitable and, lets face it, hugely popular, even though many people dont even know the core franchise behind games like Nintendo Worldcup, Disgeball or River City Ransom.
Kunio and his clique is a one of a kind mascot.They can be both goofy and serious, work with pretty much every genre there is, as long as it involves beating a dude with another dude and are not some kind of animal or fantasy creature thingy (among mascots a rarety)
Should release it worldwide. It will be in my system if it does.
Awesome! I hope this comes west.
Jidaigeki was actually the sequel to River City Ransom. I think the name is something like "Kunio's Period Piece". Originally released on Famicom and Game Boy, but never released in the west. Fan translation called it "Technos Samurai".
Wait, this isn't River City Ransom Underground...
@ryanrybot Underground hasn't been released yet as far as I know. It was suppose to release for PC last summer. With this news and a lack of news from Underground it does make you wonder if Underground is even coming at all now.
I would buy this for sure if it came out here in the West. RCR is one of my favorite NES games of all time.
BARF!!
Was this the project that was being worked on back for WiiWare? Well, in any case, PLEASE bring it over!
I have been playing the original on my 3ds. Man this game was ahead of its time. I hope they release the remake outside of Japan.
The independent RCRU is still updating their [fantastic] Kickstarter page. About 6 mos. delayed.
This sequel news is very confusing. I thought we'd heard the last of Kunio-kun outside of Conatus Creative's project.
@nilcam same here first thing I did when I got mine was download and beat the entire series. Still trying to unlock everyone in battle mode in Riki and special!! Any tips?
Would defiately get this. Even in 2011, me and my buddies had a lot of fun playing the original and watching X-Strike Studios awesome RIver City Rampage film.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaase release this here to!
Nice
Great news! Hopefully we actually get this over here. Nobody ported the Renegade remake for some reason, so I'm worried about this.
I'll keep an eye on this... I'll likely import it at some point.
I'm always happy to see a new beat-em-up, especially if it's either a cheap e-shop game so my friend(s) can play co-op, or a retail game with download play for the same reason. I'm hoping for some sort of localization for this one
@Captain_Gonru Yup, licensing was always the series main villain...that, and budget.
And if im correct, the original mother company is now defunct, meaning it would take even more efford to get all the "OKs" for a rerelease now.
Maybe Atlus can pick up the series? They did solid work with the GBA River City Ransom and Double Dragon.
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