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River City Girls Zero

River City Girls Zero lets you experience the first time that Misako and Kyoko teamed up with Kunio and Riki to take to the streets in hard-hitting, curb-stomping action. While the graphics, music, and…

65 14 February 2022 ESRB E10+

River City Girls Zero is an adventure developed by WayForward, released 14 February 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What River City Girls Zero is

River City Girls Zero is an adventure game developed by WayForward and released in 2022. It was published by Arc System Works. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on CARBON Engine. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

River City Girls Zero lets you experience the first time that Misako and Kyoko teamed up with Kunio and Riki to take to the streets in hard-hitting, curb-stomping action. While the graphics, music, and gameplay all remain true to the classic 16-bit Super Famicom release, this version marks the first time the 1994 game will be localized for the West. A new opening cinematic, new manga cutscenes, and new theme song by River City Girls composer Megan McDuffee have been added as well. Set out solo or team up with a friend in local co-op and discover how the River City Girls story began!
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Kunio-kun series

River City Girls Zero is the 87th of 96 entries we hold in the Kunio-kun series. The next entry was River City Saga: Three Kingdoms in 2022. Its critic score of 65 is 3 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is River City Ransom EX at 91.

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How it was received

River City Girls Zero holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 9 points below the year average.

What it launched against

River City Girls Zero launched on 14 February 2022, within three weeks of Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2: Stay Human and Vampire Survivors. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Vampire Survivors.

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When did River City Girls Zero come out?
River City Girls Zero was released on 14 February 2022 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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