{"id":16217,"date":"2019-08-10T16:06:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T20:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=16217"},"modified":"2019-08-10T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T20:06:51","slug":"wayforward-bringing-river-city-girls-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2019\/08\/wayforward-bringing-river-city-girls-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"WayForward bringing River City Girls in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kick butt, take names, and pound punks in this all-new installment of the classic co-op beat-\u2019em-up series!<\/p>\n<p>WayForward recently announced that they are developing the co-op beat-\u2019em-up, <strong>River City Girls<\/strong>! Developed at WayForward and overseen by the fighting-game experts at Arc System Works, this latest entry in the long-running River City (AKA Kunio-Kun) franchise will offer a new generation of old-school action on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC when it arrives on September 5th, 2019.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/40MRASC-Ndw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>River City Girls stars Kyoko and Misako, two street-tough high-schoolers who must fight their way through the six regions of River City to rescue their kidnapped boyfriends, series mainstays Kunio and Riki. Along the way, they\u2019ll utilize an arsenal of combos, counters, throws, and special attacks; battle an assortment of enemies; accept numerous side quests; level up with experience points; interact with NPCs (including guest stars from past River City games); and shop for a variety of items, food, and gear to boost stats and unlock new abilities. The girls can even wield weapons and recruit defeated foes to join them in combat!<\/p>\n<p>The one- or local two-player bare-knuckle brawling is complemented by spectacular 16-bit-style graphics and an epic synth-pop soundtrack (featuring NateWantsToBattle, Chipzel, Christina Vee, and Megan McDuffee!), while the story roars to life via glorious anime cutscenes and manga-style intermissions.<\/p>\n<p>Rated E10+ by the ESRB, River City Girls will be available digitally via the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Xbox Live, Steam, GOG, and Humble Bundle at the price of $29.99 USD, while a physical version will also be available from Limited Run Games (price and release date TBD).<\/p>\n<p>There will be\u00a0Six large city regions to fight through, complete with shops and side quests.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.kuniokun.jp\/rcg\/index.html<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hgtBWpunesg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kick butt, take names, and pound punks in this all-new installment of the classic co-op beat-\u2019em-up series! WayForward recently announced that they are developing the co-op beat-\u2019em-up, River City Girls! Developed at WayForward and overseen by the fighting-game experts at Arc System Works, this latest entry in the long-running River City (AKA Kunio-Kun) franchise will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1530,6,419,586],"tags":[2380,461],"class_list":["post-16217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-switch","category-pc","category-playstation-4","category-xbox-one","tag-river-city-girls","tag-wayforward"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RCG_key_art_horizontal_900.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-4dz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3709,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2013\/09\/wayforward-launches-kickstarter-for-hd-shantae-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":16217,"position":0},"title":"WayForward Launches Kickstarter for HD Shantae Game","date":"September 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"WayForward is the latest game developer to turn to Kickstarter looking to crowd fund their latest project. 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