History YMMV / RiverCityGirls

** There are also fans that pair Misako and Kyoko with each other. They're great long-time friends and mesh well with each other, so it doesn't take much effort to make the pairing work. The normal ending [[spoiler: which reveal Kunio and Riki and not their boyfriends and ends with Misako and Kyoko punching them into the sky]] helps. Not to mention rough and tumble girls with a retro aesthetic are popular in depictions of LGBT women these days, so they got the treatment even with the knowledge that their love belongs to Kunio and Riki.

* PeripheryDemographic: Has a pretty decent following among several members of the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, due to the in-depth combat system full of hidden mechanics and glitches which a great amount of the development team outright promote using and endorse. It helps that the game is published by Creator/ArcSystemWorks and that two of their characters from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' make cameos in the sequel.

YMMV page for ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls2''

** Vesper once performed a séance with her friends that night. And the result from dabbling with an occult activity? Her soul was taken and came back as a zombie.

** [[spoiler: The boys' ''actual girlfriends'' acting cruel and mocking Kyoko and Misako every time they walk up and lay claim to the two boys makes total sense as well; Mami and Hasebe are definitely bullying the protagonists, but the latter (in the original ending) are being delusional and going on a rampage for a relationship that doesn't exist anymore. Mami and Hasebe suggesting places where the "kidnapped boyfriends" are can also be viewed as just getting these two nutcase brawlers to leave them and the boys alone for a couple of hours]].

** TheReveal makes this even worse, [[spoiler: as Kyoko and Misako aren’t even Kunio and Riki's girlfriends. The two boys don’t even recognize them. This tarnishes any claim of them turning to mass violence to protect their boys, and instead shows they were beating up the whole of River City for the favor of two boys who are actively avoiding them. The Secret Ending since the 1.1 update puts them in friendlier terms but still leaves the implication the girls are impulsively violent. This also re-contextualizes some of the scenes. Kyoko and Misako vent their hatred for Mami and Hasebe, Kunio and Riki's actual girlfriends, whenever they are mentioned. Calling them “Trash girls" and "trash queens" that don’t deserve them, acknowledging that they're not Kunio and Riki's girlfriends. They may have actually done this because they want to be noticed by the boys they love, and partly because of their jealousy]].

* {{Fanon}}: Due to the poorly received initial ending, [[spoiler: the Japanese translation is at least somewhat accepted in that Kunio and Riki acknowledge Misako and Kyoko as their girlfriends, even if they still comment on how hot Hasebe and Mami are as FetishizedAbuser]] This changed with update 1.1 giving a better-received alternate ending.

** [[spoiler:Misako and Kyoko aren't actually Kunio and Riki's girlfriends, but part of the fandom wished they were, especially given their actual girlfriends, Hasabe and Mami, are {{Jerkass}}es]] in this continuity. The 1.1 ending throws a bone to these fans and allows the player to [[spoiler: defeat Hasebe and Mimi and go on a date with Riki and Kunio.]]

** Before the final boss, Mami & Hasebe are encountered and call Kyoko & Misako clueless rejects for thinking Riki and Kunio are actually in love with them. [[spoiler:Turns out they were telling the truth. The boys are dating Mami & Hasebe, giving the implication that Mami & Hasebe use their romantic relationship with the boys as another means to bully Kyoko & Misako.]]

* PeripheryDemographic: Has a pretty decent following among several members of the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, due to the in-depth combat system full of hidden mechanics and glitches which a great amount of the development team outright promote using and endorse. It helps that the game is published by Creator/ArcSystemWorks and that two of their characters make cameos in the sequel.

* BreatherBoss: Abobo, while still no pushover, is considerably easier than [[ThatOneBoss Hibari]] given how telegraphed his moves are, how easy some of them are to dodge and how he can be hit at anytime whereas Hibari couldn't. Hard mode however everts this, Abobo will absolutely refuse to be stun-locked, block almost everything you throw at him, and if you interrupt his attack, he'll break your combo after the third or fourth hit to counter you with a powerful blow.

** Grendel is a former prom king whose face is downright skeletal in nature, the the point that it is evidently toned down in ''2'' to be more human-like (while still retaining his menacing nature)
** Vesper once performed a seance with her friends that night. And the result from dabbling with the paranormal activity? Her soul was taken and came back as a zombie.
** Chaim decided to take a swim inside Sabu's illegal chemical reservoir and the presumed high dosage heavily mutated him that his face has shark-like teeth.
** The Sanwakai assassins, Osamu and Shinobu all suffer from FacialHorror. The former has a skin on his face ''exposed'' that, at first glance, is mistaken for an {{Oni}} mask and the latter has a portion of her skin torn off to resemble a SlasherSmile.
** Special mention goes to Chance, a cursed puppet who happens to have the scariest faces alongside Grendel and Chaim. Possessing frightening fangs, and evokes the look of an Uncanny Valley expression that she lives up to her description as a CreepyDoll.

* NightmareFuel: the deeper into the game you encounter different color schemes for enemies. you encounter an enemy that has dark blue skin, red eyes, and red hair. should you recruit these enemies you are then exposed to what the sprite couldn't show: a decayed, rotten, zombie varient of a common enemy. and the description? just as grisly as the portrait suggests. and the kicker: EVERY enemy type has an undead varient. and all of them are given uniquely morbid descriptions. some of these were school-aged children who were former prom kings.