Earlier this month, a game rating was spotted for a new title called River City Girls. It has now been officially confirmed the independent game development studio WayForward (responsible for Shantae) and Arc System Works (known for game series like BlazBlue and Guilty Gear) will be collaborating on this brand new River City / Kunio-kun project.
Here's what both parties had to say about the announcement, direct from the PR:
"This is a really wonderful opportunity. Arc System Works is an extremely talented gaming company that we've admired for many years, and we are incredibly happy to be working with them. This new take on the River City universe is going to be a lot of fun." - WayForward Tyrannical Overlord Voldi Way.
"Everyone here is pleasantly surprised by the way the River City series is turning out. I think the River City series has a reputation as a 2D fighting-action game with a lot of male fans, but then River City Girls appears! WayForward’s enthusiasm for a female protagonist won me over."" - Arc System Works Producer Takomi Kaneko.
The River City / Kunio-kun side-scrolling beat 'em up series originally started out on the Famicom and NES. The first entry, River City Ransom, is currently available on the Nintendo Switch Online NES service.
More information about River City Girls - including platforms - is expected to be revealed later on in 2019.
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That's quite the collab! Color me interested.
Shantae as a playable DLC guest character for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle or Skullgirls: 2nd Encore would be nice.
"WayForward Tyrannical Overlord Voldi Way."
Hehe, WayForward are awesome.
Tiresome accusations of WayForward being too “SJW” and getting “woke” incoming. I would like to be proven wrong, but it is the internet.
Did that recent knock off for switch get reviewed yet? It looked very river city ransom.
Yess the more beat'em ups the better.
@Xeawn
Don't mind them - they're just tilting at windmills.
@NotTelevision Your comment is the first that I've read on the matter.
I know both Arc System and WayForward like their sexy outfits (and I certainly don't mind seeing Shantae's belly dancing), but I would love if they used the long skirt type of school uniform for the girls in this game. It looks much scarier than the sexy outfit usually given to "schoolgirls" characters.
#shantae4rivercitygirls
Interesting, this could turn out well.
@NotTelevision This is the first time I've ever heard that honestly because nothing they've done has really ever been that different to what they're always doing.
Don't mind whatsoever that they're using girls as protags but...what is that god awful name. Is that really the best they could come up with rofl.
Heck yeah!!!
Love Kunio Kun games.
As a fan of the Kunio-kun games and Wayforward this news is splendid.
Sounds like a match made in heaven. I love Wayforward, Arc System Works, River City and female protagonists... but I want to see some screenshots and/or videos of the actual game.
Very nice. Love to get down and gritty in river city!
@adh56
Sukeban Shantae would be amazing!
@NotTelevision I think the knee-jerk defensive anticipation is all your going to get. This sounds like a fun project. There's no board trying to break the River City franchise by playing politics. No smoke, no fire - unless you make it with "inb4" comments like yours.
Oh yeah, everyone knows "the River City series has a reputation ... as a game with a lot of male fans." ...Huh?
Ugh, gender politics. Pulling the ol' Ghostbusters move, because apparently female characters aren't interesting enough to have their own franchises.
Even more asinine that this comes from a studio whose leading franchise is Shantae.
Ooh, Wayforward on a Beat Em Up? Looks like I need to pitch R.O.C.K. to them! Man, I groggily saw this and somewhat thought it was Smash news or like a rumor or something.
@SmaggTheSmug can we get the guy from Beelzebub manga to design the girls please?
Never tried the series but they're both great developers, I'll keep an eye on it for sure!
Wayforward is going to have a great 2019!
I love River City games and love these two companies. I expect the result to be great.
I’m really bugged by announcements with no game visuals
Also anyone ever play Ane-San on PCE?
River City? Arc Works? Wayforward? HELL YES. Will Kunio's love interest take center stage, or Shantae in true crossover fashion? Will their respective universes collide? Totally interested and can't wait to hear more.
Very excited to see how this turns out.
@SetupDisk You mean The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa? I hear that game rules.
@Fazermint
Look, I hated that crap movie too but this is nowhere near the same thing.
Cool. I like RCR so this could be fun.
And while you're at it, can we get Double Dragon Neon on Switch too?
This is awesome!.yeasshhh please
Why are beat 'em ups making such an awesome comeback? Seriously this is such a good year for old school series making their return. Metal Slug news and now this. Sign me up!
Looking forward to this. Definitely going to appreciate the presumably cute eye candy Wayforward will come up with.
People accuse WAYFORWARD of pushing "gender politics" and being "SJWs"? Uh... have you seen how they design their female character?
PushSquare headline, June 2019:
WayForward explains why River City Girls won't be coming to PlayStation 4
A thousand points of light
@SmaggTheSmug That looks like a set pic of Hari Pottoru.
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