Limited Run pre-orders open January 28
[Update:Pre-orders onRiver City Girls Zerophysical editions go live today atLimited Run Games.]
Our two favorite schoolyard roustabouts,Kyoko & Misako, are taking time out from curb-stomping creeps to bring you the good word onRiver City Girls Zero, the incoming remaster of the duo’s 1994 debut. The old-school slugfest is headed to PlayStation, PC, Xbox, and Switch in the near future.
As the dynamic duo explains in this new trailer,River City Girls Zerois a revamped edition of Super Famicom releaseShin Nekketsu Koha: Kunio-tachi no Banka, which is the first title in the legendaryKunio-kunfranchise to feature Kyoko and Misako in action. The new edition ofRCG Zerowill not only see the Japan-only title officially localized for the very first time, but it will receive a fresh coat of paint via all-new manga-style cutscenes, an anime cinematic, and a slick new theme song, composed by the ever-evocativeMegan McDuffee.
For fans of the originalRiver City Girls,RCG Zerowill help flesh out a little of the two tearaways’ backstory, including their relationships with chunky hunks Kunio and Riki, as well as their first encounters with the various good and bad dudes that loiter the streets of the troubled ‘berg. This release will provide a perfect pit-stop for fans as they await the arrival of the all-new sequel,River City Girls 2, which will be winging our way later in 2022.
For physical media heads, Limited Run Games has revealed that it will be dropping hard copies ofRiver City Girls Zeroon PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch. Pre-orders for these editions will open on January 28, exclusively onthe Limited Run Games website. The retro remaster will be made available in three formats, including a standard boxed edition, and two goodie-filledcollector’s editions.Additional merch is also in the works, including apparel such asshirts and sweet baseball caps.
As forRiver City Girls Zero’sofficial launch date? Well, that remains under wraps for now. The game was originally scheduled to drop in late 2021, but anunfortunate delayhas since pushed the release back. WayForward has previously offered a new window of early 2022, so it shouldn’t be too long at all before we can all engage in a much-need bout of cathartic pixel pugilism.
