River City: Rival Showdown Coming To Switch October 2023

Publisher Arc System Works and developer APlus Games have announced River City: Rival Showdown for Switch and other platforms.

The game is an updated port of 2016 3DS game River City: Rival Showdown, itself a remaster of the original River City Ransom. It is planned to launch on October 12th 2023 for Switch. PC and Playstation 4 with English, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language options. The game will also receive a physical release in Japan, which comes with the  River City: Rival Showdown Original Soundtrack DX CD as a pre-order bonus.

Check out the trailer below, along with some additional details:

About

The 1989 retro classic River City Ransom has muscled up and doubled down on modern innovation! Tightened controls, improved backgrounds, and even online play—this version has it all and more! Throw in a 2D fighting game mode to the mix, and River City has never been more action-packed!

Key Features

• Craft your own story and unlock various endings in single player mode!
  • Brand new story events await as you battle through three days of hot-blooded high school hostilities!
  • Characters and dialogue change with each completed event, culminating in a variety of unique endings.
  • Uncover sinister plots and protect your turf at all costs! The fate of River City is in your hands!
• Utilize flashy new special techniques to send your adversaries packing!
  • Stone Hands, Dragon Feet—Kunio already has quite an arsenal up his sleeve.
  • Bring even more bravado to the brawl with an array of fresh, never-before-seen macho maneuvers!
  • And that’s not all! Ultra moves make their return, with enough firepower to bring any would-be challengers to their knees!
• Play against friends in the 2D fighting game mode!
  • Double Dragon Duel 2023 (or DDD for short) is an all-new 2D fighting game bundled in at no extra cost.
  • Select from a bountiful roster of hardened hitters and connect with friends both near and far to see who is the top dog on campus!
  • And the word on the street is that even more unlockable characters await those who can find them…!

* This product is a port of the 2016 title River City: Rival Showdown.

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