History VideoGame / RiverCityGirls

* ApatheticClerk: Justified. Some of the shopkeepers express hostility towards customers who visit their shops, however, those that express hostility are either those who once fought Misako and Kyoko (Shinji), ''Kunio-kun'' characters who are established to be haughty (Todo and Reika), delinquents (Kumiko), or ''particularly'' edgy anti-heroes ([[VideoGame/TheCombatribes Bullova]]).
--> '''Todo''': Please purchase something...\\
'''Bulla''': Who let '''''you''''' in?

* ApatheticClerk: ''Many'' of the game's shopkeepers express hostility toward you as customers, running the gamut from beleaguered bluntness (''"Please purchase something..."'') to outright contempt (''"Who let '''you''' in?"''). It may have something to do with Misako and Kyoko being delinquents, and/or a fair few of said shopkeepers being [[TheCameo cameoing villains from various other Technos beat-em-up titles]].

The 2019 entry to the ''VideoGame/KunioKun'' series developed by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies, ''River City Girls'' is a departure for the franchise. Besides starring the heroines (a callback to the 1994 SNES game ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirlsZero'') and using a new graphical style, it fuses the original's Japanese setting with Western tastes to create a distinct {{Americasia}} outlook. It follows the open-world system in ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', but not without new gameplay additions. Perhaps surprisingly, it only has English voice acting, even though it's still published by Creator/ArcSystemWorks that currently owns the rights to the series. It was released for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, and Android/Apple OS (via from Crunchyroll's Gamevault).

** ''River City Girls 2'' has Marian [[PromotedToPlayable become one of the main playable characters]], after being a Shopkeeper in the previous game. By proxy, she gets more of a role here than the entirety of her ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' appearances outside of the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo fighter.

* AdaptationalBadass: Misako and Kyoko are notably more badass than their first appearance, going from weaker than the boys to being able to throw down on their level. Noticably, in their first game, the girls couldn't grapple enemies. In this one, they're strong enough to [[{{GrievousHarmWithABody}} pick said enemies up and use them as bludgeons]]. [[spoiler: Hasebe and Mami make up a BonusBoss in this game, while both of them were just passive love interests during the rest of the franchise, with Mami even being the DamselInDistress for ''River City Ransom'']].

* AdaptationalJerkass: Both Hasebe and Mami are rude and snotty in this game, with a flashback even going so far as to show that they both bullied Misako and Kyoko since grade school. [[spoiler:In fact, you're going to be really glad when you get to fight them both in the BonusBoss fight. And when you beat them both, they both act like {{Sore Loser}}s, going so far as to accuse you of cheating]].

** [[spoiler: There's quite a bit of meta-humor in the BonusBoss fight against Mami and Hasebe, with Kyoko and Misako wondering why the normal FinalBoss isn't there, and Mami and Hasebe pointing out that Kyoko and Misako's previous game was one that never left Japan (at least until the remake in 2022, which takes the form of the girls actually playing the game)]].

* ReviveKillsZombie: In the TrueFinalBoss (BonusBoss?) fight, when you defeat one of the two bosses, their soul starts flying around and protecting the other; making them invincible. You have to use the same Revive technique on the boss's body as you would a second player partner to break the effect.

The 2019 entry to the ''VideoGame/KunioKun'' series developed by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies, ''River City Girls'' is a departure for the franchise. Besides starring the heroines (a callback to the 1994 SNES game ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirlsZero'') and using a new graphical style, it fuses the original's Japanese setting with Western tastes to create a distinct {{Americasia}} outlook. It follows the open-world system in ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', but not without new gameplay additions. Perhaps surprisingly, it only has English voice acting, even though it's still published by Creator/ArcSystemWorks that currently owns the rights to the series. It was released for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, and Android/Apple OS.

The 2019 entry to the ''VideoGame/KunioKun'' series developed by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies, ''River City Girls'' is a departure for the franchise. Besides starring the heroines (a callback to the 1994 SNES game ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirlsZero'') and using a new graphical style, it fuses the original's Japanese setting with Western tastes to create a distinct {{Americasia}} outlook. It follows the open-world system in ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'', but not without new gameplay additions. Perhaps surprisingly, it only has English voice acting, even though it's still published by Creator/ArcSystemWorks that currently owns the rights to the series. It was released for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows.

* EyelidPullTaunt: When selecting a new game's settings, Misako's pulling her left eyelid down from her perspective, and sticking her toungue out at the player.

* CreatorCrossReferences: To fellow Creator/WayforwardTechnologies game ''VideoGame/CatGirlWithoutSalad'': There's graffiti of the protagonist Kebako:
** Outside the school.
** At the entrance to the Basketball Court in Downtown.