Arc System Works has introduced that River Metropolis: Rival Showdown, the 2016 3DS remake of traditional RPG beat-’em-up River Metropolis Ransom, is heading to PS4, Change, and PC in October. In fact, these variations will not function the 3DS’ stereoscopic 3D, however in any other case, you are getting all the identical enhanced options because the 3DS model had.
In keeping with Arc, River Metropolis: Rival Showdown is basically River Metropolis Ransom “rebuilt from the bottom up”. It takes the traditional beat-’em-up gameplay with RPG parts of the unique and enhances it with higher controls, sharper visuals, and on-line play, in addition to a bonus 2D preventing mode. You’ll be able to take a look at a trailer for River Metropolis: Rival Showdown on fashionable methods right here.
Even in case you’ve performed the unique River Metropolis Ransom to demise, there ought to nonetheless be loads right here to curiosity you. New story occasions, “never-before-seen macho maneuvers”, and improved visuals imply that this should not simply really feel like a rehash of the 1989 title. What’s extra, there’s additionally a model new mode within the type of 2D fighter “Double Dragon Duel 2023”, which incorporates a “bountiful roster of hardened hitters”, with much more unlockable characters awaiting you in case you resolve to search for them.
The River Metropolis sequence has been going robust since 1986, with its newest installment, River Metropolis Ladies 2, having launched again in December final yr. In Japan, the sequence is called Kunio-kun, and consists of video games that weren’t a part of the River Metropolis sequence within the West, like Tremendous Dodge Ball and Renegade.
Newer installments (these launched outdoors of Japan, at any fee) have been principally constant throughout Japan and the West, though River Metropolis Ladies 2, in addition to its predecessor River Metropolis Ladies, had been developed by Western studio WayForward, albeit below Arc System Works’ supervision. Rival Showdown is developed and revealed fully by Arc System Works, although.
You’ll decide up River Metropolis: Rival Showdown when it launches on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Change, and PC on October twelfth.
