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Downtown Nekketsu Story

Downtown Nekketsu Story is the original version of the game known as River City Ransom. The game was first released as Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari, but has since been localized as Downtown Nekketsu Story.

25 April 1989

Downtown Nekketsu Story is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Technos Japan, released 25 April 1989 on Wii U, Wii and Family Computer.

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What Downtown Nekketsu Story is

Downtown Nekketsu Story is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Technos Japan and released in 1989. It was published by Arc System Works. It is available on Wii U, Wii and Family Computer.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Downtown Nekketsu Story is the original version of the game known as River City Ransom. The game was first released as Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari, but has since been localized as Downtown Nekketsu Story.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Kunio-kun series

Downtown Nekketsu Story is the 12th of 96 entries we hold in the Kunio-kun series. The next entry was Super Dodge Ball in 1989.

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What it launched against

Downtown Nekketsu Story launched on 25 April 1989, within three weeks of Adventures of Lolo and Alleyway.

Released around the same time: Adventures of Lolo, Alleyway.

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When did Downtown Nekketsu Story come out?
Downtown Nekketsu Story was released on 25 April 1989 for Wii U, Wii and Family Computer.

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