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River City: Knights of Justice

"River City: Knights of Justice, known in Japan as Nekketsu Mahou Monogatari, is scheduled to launch as a 3DS e-Shop exclusive this summer. Kunio and his friends go medieval in this unique entry to the River…

68 30 April 2014

River City: Knights of Justice is an adventure developed by Arc System Works, released 30 April 2014 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What River City: Knights of Justice is

River City: Knights of Justice is an adventure game developed by Arc System Works and released in 2014. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"River City: Knights of Justice, known in Japan as Nekketsu Mahou Monogatari, is scheduled to launch as a 3DS e-Shop exclusive this summer. Kunio and his friends go medieval in this unique entry to the River City series as they are transformed into heroes and villains that would be at home in any RPG! Players will use swords, staves, and even magic to bring peace back to Riverandia!"
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Kunio-kun series

River City: Knights of Justice is the 68th of 96 entries we hold in the Kunio-kun series. The next entry was Arcade Archives: Renegade in 2014. Its critic score of 68 is almost exactly 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: Knights of Justice holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

River City: Knights of Justice launched on 30 April 2014, within three weeks of Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor, Child of Light and Duck Game. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor, Child of Light, Duck Game.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did River City: Knights of Justice come out?
River City: Knights of Justice was released on 30 April 2014 for Nintendo 3DS.

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