Before RIVER CITY GIRLS : The Story of Ransom Underground !

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  • In today's video, we look at River City Ransom : Underground. The last ''big'' release from the franchise since the arrival of River City Girls. Let's look at the history of this 2013 game.
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Komentáře • 76

  • @SnipingIsFun
    @SnipingIsFun Před rokem +52

    Kyoko and Misako may have gotten a push in importance but Kunio and Riki are still the major main characters.

  • @JBgolden
    @JBgolden Před rokem +14

    A point about Conatus or at least some of the team members: Bannon Rudis, who was the lead animator and game designer on RCR:U is now a director at WayForward and was even one of the directors on River City Girls!
    Justin Cyr, who was another animator, currently works at Tribute Games if you're familiar with what they've done.

  • @superblack9570
    @superblack9570 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Anybody else wants a RCR underground 2 with all new characters?? New Story line with more depth for the rpg aspects? Even a character customization mode.

  • @kuyache2
    @kuyache2 Před rokem +11

    Imagine Ryu Ga Gotoku studios making a licensed Kunio game on the Yakuza Dragon Engine or ARC System Works making a proper Kunio 3D Brawler RPG similar to Yakuza 0-6 using unreal engine ^_^ Bash your way through the streets of River City while uncovering the truth about the mysteries of its underworld. Bonus DLC river city girls with their own sub stories.

  • @b2thec
    @b2thec Před rokem +4

    Hey, it's Bannon. I have been so nervous to actually watch this for some reason. Hopping in now

    • @TopHatGamingManChannel
      @TopHatGamingManChannel  Před rokem +1

      Haha, honour to have you watching! I don't believe we wrote anything spicey!

    • @brotherjulias4750
      @brotherjulias4750 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I want you to know that this is my favorite game of all time. Thank you so much for your part in its creation!

  • @RG-zm8sf
    @RG-zm8sf Před rokem +13

    Honestly, I loved this game. It felt just like the original, but even better. The music was also great. The only bad thing was the horrible rushed ending it had. They must've ran out of budget at some point. The final villain came absolutely out of nowhere. Have you covered River City Tokyo Rumble? It's a pretty good game.

    • @michelvanderlinden8363
      @michelvanderlinden8363 Před rokem +1

      one part of this game broke me to the point of not wanting to play it anymore.
      The milk quest. Fuuuuuck that quest, it had no business being in this game.

    • @shelbyherring92
      @shelbyherring92 Před rokem

      @@michelvanderlinden8363 Yeah, the milk quest was beyond dumb, not as bad as combo breakers, but still bad.
      If it were just a side quest, it'd be fine.

    • @packpock4369
      @packpock4369 Před měsícem

      You can tell the love and detail that went into this.

  • @DewMan31
    @DewMan31 Před rokem +2

    I'm glad my childhood favorite is getting the attention it deserves. I flipped out when I saw Provie was in Girls 2! Thanks for shining a light on this relatively unknown classic.

  • @Level857
    @Level857 Před rokem +4

    This game was so awesome when we played it a while back. Wish this was on the console but it just couldn’t happen but one of the best beat ‘em ups I’ve played. 4 players is truly something special 🙌🏾-The 23rd Stal

  • @packpock4369
    @packpock4369 Před měsícem

    Thank you for this video, I always have wanted to talk about how good this is. It's like the original but even better the team did a very good job with the little details with combat and expanding the world and enemies. This is what the series needed and I think it gas helped open the franchise even more for stories especially River City Girls.

  • @Jrome4life
    @Jrome4life Před rokem +1

    I recently started playing river city girls 2 loving it so far I didn’t really know the history was so deep.

  • @IRMaxi
    @IRMaxi Před rokem

    Top hat man been watching for a LOOOOOOOOONG time always love when u post I got the Bell on for ur vids

  • @Unquestionable
    @Unquestionable Před rokem +1

    I've been a huge fan of Kunio ever since the NES and I remember when this game came out and loved that it was paying homage to the Americanized version. The last few years have really been great to the franchise as a whole and I hope it keeps up.

  • @Darkhood45
    @Darkhood45 Před rokem +4

    Still wish Glen, Bruno, Rudy, Mike, and Alexis were featured in river city girls 2 as secret characters. And picture it I would've added more variety. At add the janitor, slick or proto from underground man geez.

    • @triforceriku9135
      @triforceriku9135 Před rokem +2

      At least Chris, Paul, and Wes are hirable assists in RCG2, plus Glen, Mike, and technically Bruno are shopkeepers

    • @Darkhood45
      @Darkhood45 Před rokem

      @@triforceriku9135 but Bruno is nowhere in the game.

    • @triforceriku9135
      @triforceriku9135 Před rokem +1

      @@Darkhood45 Bruno is based on the director of Underground and RCG2, Bannon Rudis
      A character named Bannon is one of the shopkeepers, who's also based on Rudis

    • @Darkhood45
      @Darkhood45 Před rokem

      @@triforceriku9135 oh.....but was Bruno a luchador? Homie didn't look cheerful or nothing.

  • @hank2815
    @hank2815 Před rokem +2

    I was hooked up on this game since 2017 and have always been looking to watch 4p playthroughs of it ever since. Though I'm still furious over the music replacement as the old soundtrack fit the game way better.

  • @iLO80
    @iLO80 Před 8 měsíci

    This RR/Kunio game is so awesome. I haven't finished it yet since I'm still waiting to go through it with a friend of mine. This one deserves more attention that it received.

  • @dragonmasteralex5084
    @dragonmasteralex5084 Před rokem +1

    Didt't you know? Bannon Rudis - the director of River City Ransom Underground was also the co-director of River City Girls and director of River City Girls 2. What are you expecting from Conatus now? There's no Conatus anymore I think.

  • @partofthetribe3277
    @partofthetribe3277 Před rokem +1

    I think rivercity had a dodgeball game also which was amazing actually.

  • @PharoahsKingdom
    @PharoahsKingdom Před 9 měsíci +2

    Get ready. The remake to River City Ransom called RIver City: Rival Showdown is out on October 12!

  • @humpsterthedumpster3653
    @humpsterthedumpster3653 Před rokem +3

    Really miss the original OST, it was much more catchy

  • @johnmecca9008
    @johnmecca9008 Před rokem +3

    What version of Super Dodgeball is this? 0:51

  • @glenhayman8722
    @glenhayman8722 Před rokem

    Would love for you to do a top 10 list amoung all beat em ups in your opinion. I would love to hear how you rank your favorites thanks again

  • @BB-te8tc
    @BB-te8tc Před rokem +2

    I have this in my gaming backlog and I'm a bit reluctant to try it

    • @aweirdredtoad3637
      @aweirdredtoad3637 Před rokem +2

      I'd recommend it while encourage you to find guides about using whatever character you plan on using, because the Ai is different than most of the games in the series. They will generally evade your grabs and attack like a swarm of wasps, especially if you're fighting one enemy and another moves behind you while you're doing a combo. Crowd control is basically an issue in the game and grinding is very necessary more than RCR, since you need to buy all of the moves, items and restores from the sauna to progress through the game. As far as I can remember, it gets harder after the Simon/Slick battle and enemies are more of a task to maneuver especially during quests.(For example: the milk mission)

    • @BB-te8tc
      @BB-te8tc Před rokem +1

      @AWeirdRedToad :3 this is great to know before going in! Thank you!

    • @aweirdredtoad3637
      @aweirdredtoad3637 Před rokem

      @@BB-te8tc No problem, hope you do enjoy your run with Underground because my problems with it are just my own experience with the game. So maybe you'll have a different experience with it, but what I can say is that Rival Showdown is definitely better than Underground even if it doesn't have more than one playable character.

  • @BlueMageWithSoulEdge
    @BlueMageWithSoulEdge Před rokem

    Wow, I didn't know any of this. The only thing I remember reading about this game (while it was in development) was that it was a "Fan game".

    • @Mari_Izu
      @Mari_Izu Před rokem +2

      It was never a fan game, I hate how people spread that lie until this day.

    • @BlueMageWithSoulEdge
      @BlueMageWithSoulEdge Před rokem

      @@Mari_Izu yeah, I can understand you there; that was the reason I ignored the game. I was under the impression that it was some new grounds flash game.

  • @Osiris2994
    @Osiris2994 Před rokem +1

    I wonder if Kyoko's Mom is Cyndi; if so, I'd love to see her in River City Girls 3

    • @Hyperbeaner
      @Hyperbeaner Před rokem

      Isn't Mami the same person? They renamed her Cyndi for the US games.

    • @Osiris2994
      @Osiris2994 Před rokem

      @@Hyperbeaner Yeah; but you gotta remember that the other 3 renditions of Kunio are also in this game

    • @b2thec
      @b2thec Před rokem +2

      @@Osiris2994 So I did put Roxy in River City Girls 2 as a shopkeeper. She looks like a different version of Hasebe and has a valley girl accent bust still the same voice actor. Just as a fun and weird Easter egg.

    • @Osiris2994
      @Osiris2994 Před rokem

      @@b2thec I see. Then I wonder who Kyoko's mom is?

  • @jasonbuff8629
    @jasonbuff8629 Před rokem +4

    It should be considered a crime that the American branch of technos butchered all of those great kunio games and excluded him completely from the American releases. I had alot of fun playing those kunio games in the retro brawler collection. I wish I knew about that series alot sooner. I hope the snes 16 bit kunio games get localized too those games looked so awesome especially the baseball one

  • @Needwagon4Speedwagon
    @Needwagon4Speedwagon Před rokem +4

    When style won over substance. The combo potential in this game was crazy, as well as the moves AND for every character. Was waiting for the return of River City, now I'm waiting for it to return again and get the recognition it deserved

  • @gjergjaurelius9798
    @gjergjaurelius9798 Před rokem

    4:48 that game needs a re release

  • @Machete87
    @Machete87 Před rokem

    lol Abobo makes appearance?

  • @gjergjaurelius9798
    @gjergjaurelius9798 Před rokem +1

    Man I still can’t believe this game is not on modern consoles.🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @packpock4369
      @packpock4369 Před měsícem

      It could have been there was a Kickstarter for it, never reached the mark..

  • @patrickmcloughlin2954

    the graphics don't look better than the NES at first glance, but there's a lot more color and a lot more unique tiles being used than the NES could handle. Not to mention it's freaking widescreen

  • @VictorHernandez-nj2lo
    @VictorHernandez-nj2lo Před rokem +1

    Please talk about dungeons & dragons: tower of doom & shadow over mystara arcade games, the bouncer & urban reign on ps2, mortal kombat shaolin monks, scott pilgrim vs the world game, dragon's crown, & mighty morphin power rangers mega battle

  • @Ueslx.600
    @Ueslx.600 Před rokem +1

    Hi 👋🏿

  • @B8GViews
    @B8GViews Před rokem

    I'm adding this to my list now ❤️

  • @BigK13372
    @BigK13372 Před rokem +2

    Yeah the game is criminally underatted

  • @8wealthyone8
    @8wealthyone8 Před rokem +1

    need switch version!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @tristolliwapistolli1503

    FFFFFIIINNNNNAAAAALLLLLLLYYYY U actually made it, I been asking you to for a year , this one is the best, the best characters are GLEN, RYAN, MIKE, WES, and SENTINAL , ADAM and that janitor lookn guy is cool !

  • @lowerclassbrats77
    @lowerclassbrats77 Před rokem +3

    My favorite Kunio-kun entry is Pussy City Pimps.

  • @amageese8481
    @amageese8481 Před 3 měsíci

    Strange there's no console port...

  • @SpaghettiJoBayBay
    @SpaghettiJoBayBay Před rokem +3

    Finally! Someone is talking about the BEST River City game imo that's stuck on PC. Underground is very underrated and I will never stop telling people to play it. The online is solid and there's a lot of replay value with leveling up every playable character in the game. I wish we lived in a world where it got it respect it rightfully deserves. Nothing wrong with the River City Girls games I just wish people would give the other games a chance especially Underground. If you're a fan of beat em ups or the River City Girls games? Please play Underground, you're really missing out on very fun game that does deserve to be up there with the best. Thank you for making a video about Underground Mr. Top Hat. I really appreciate you bringing attention to games that many probably don't know exist. Still happy you covered the Slam Masters games by Capcom.

    • @aweirdredtoad3637
      @aweirdredtoad3637 Před rokem +1

      Don't get me wrong, Underground wasn't underrated when it came out only until River City Girls came in and improved on what it did. The biggest problems in the game would probably be the enemy AI blocking and evade every other time and the story being slightly confusing after awhile. The game is definitely not for first time players to get into it, but I wouldn't say it's the best out of series. *But* I will say it has potential to be a great game if some of its big flaws were fixed.

    • @snarkycrow
      @snarkycrow Před 4 dny

      @@aweirdredtoad3637as neat and meta as the final act of the story was, I have to admit, it was a bit too out there for me 😅

  • @beece16
    @beece16 Před rokem

    I remember as a kid Super dodgeball first then River city ransom. Dodgeball was a trip, we didn't care about winning or losing only the satisfying thonk as a superball smacked your opponent.

  • @FleXxTheFuture
    @FleXxTheFuture Před rokem

    This was one the best nes games made the graphics & gameplay were was ahead like skate or die

  • @WaldoBagelTopper
    @WaldoBagelTopper Před 14 dny

    So happy I'll never get to play RCR Underground. Especially being a big fan of the ip and all. Ill just keep buying consoles where nothing worthwhile ever releases.

  • @SEABASSTHEGREAT
    @SEABASSTHEGREAT Před rokem +2

    Boujee 💅

  • @Ih8nine
    @Ih8nine Před rokem

    Double Dragon on the Nintendo, and Street Fighter 2 in the arcade is what set it off for me when it comes to brawlers. Brawlers are bad a$$! River City Ransom was a bad a$$ game and games like final fight and streets of rage on the Sega system were also bad a$$.

  • @StarlightEater
    @StarlightEater Před rokem +1

    Bro river city ransom literally has the best soundtrack of any nes game (except Athena)

  • @JBM113
    @JBM113 Před 5 měsíci

    Oh yea, the game that won't make a console release...

  • @marlin1846
    @marlin1846 Před rokem +3

    I'm sorry but river city girls SUCKS!!!. Give me underground part2 geez

    • @aweirdredtoad3637
      @aweirdredtoad3637 Před rokem +4

      Well, RCG is kinda a spiritual successor to Underground.