River City Ransom EX
The classic NES game returns with improved graphics and even more role-playing action. As in the original game, River City Ransom for the Game Boy Advance blends action, fighting, and role-playing elements…
River City Ransom EX is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Million, released 26 May 2004 on Game Boy Advance.
What River City Ransom EX is
River City Ransom EX is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Million and released in 2004. It was published by Atlus. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Several months after Kunio defeated Sabu and rescued Hiroshi, twin brothers Ryuuichi and Ryuuji Hattori transfer to Reihou Academy. Within a few months, the brothers take control of the neighboring high schools using powerful fighting techniques, striking fear as the "Double Dragon Brothers". Riki, the banchou of Hanazono High School has no interest in the brothers or what they have been doing. But one day his girlfriend Mami goes missing and he receives a challenge from the academy. Enraged, Riki decides to make his way to the academy alone, but finds Kunio waiting for him outside his school. Kunio wants to help Riki rescue his girlfriend and he begrudgingly agrees.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. 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 Ransom EX is the 53rd of 96 entries we hold in the Kunio-kun series. The next entry was Kunio-kun Nekketsu Collection in 2005. Its critic score of 91 is 23 points above the series average of 68. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
River City Ransom EX holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 21 points above the year average.
What it launched against
River City Ransom EX launched on 26 May 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for River City Ransom EX yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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