{"id":163854,"date":"2022-12-21T03:56:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T03:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/river-city-girls-2-is-the-beat-em-up-that-dreams-are-made-of-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T03:56:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T03:56:09","slug":"river-city-girls-2-is-the-beat-em-up-that-dreams-are-made-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/river-city-girls-2-is-the-beat-em-up-that-dreams-are-made-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"River City Girls 2 Is The Beat ‘Em Up That Dreams Are Made Of"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the year began, there were only a handful of video games that piqued my interest, and chief among them was the spin-off to the classic beat ’em up series Kunio-Kun<\/em><\/span> (or River City<\/em>). River City Girls 2<\/em> finally arrived in the US on December 15 after shifting release dates all year, and the game not only lived up to the high expectations set by its predecessor, but exceeded them.<\/p>\n

River City Girls 2<\/em>developed by Wayforward, is a pixel art action beat ’em up that takes place right off the heels of the first game<\/span>. In its opening moments, the rough-and-tumble sukeban duo of Misako<\/span> and Kyoko<\/span> kick the yakuza-affiliated boss, Sabuko out the window of her skyscraper. However, when Sabuko survives the fall and reports back to her incarcerated father, he decides to take matters into his own hands by breaking out of prison and seizing control of River City. His first step, hilariously, is to order his son to beat up Misako and Kyoko and get them suspended from school for their fisticuffs. Unsurprisingly, Kyoko and Misako use their newfound free time to play a bunch of video games at Kyoko’s for two months straight.<\/p>\n