Arc System Works has introduced that River Metropolis: Rival Showdown, the 2016 3DS remake of basic RPG beat-’em-up River Metropolis Ransom, is heading to PS4, Change, and PC in October. In fact, these variations will not function the 3DS’ stereoscopic 3D, however in any other case, you are getting all the identical enhanced options because the 3DS model had.
In keeping with Arc, River Metropolis: Rival Showdown is basically River Metropolis Ransom “rebuilt from the bottom up”. It takes the basic beat-’em-up gameplay with RPG components of the unique and enhances it with higher controls, sharper visuals, and on-line play, in addition to a bonus 2D preventing mode. You may try a trailer for River Metropolis: Rival Showdown on trendy programs right here.
Even should you’ve performed the unique River Metropolis Ransom to dying, there ought to nonetheless be loads right here to curiosity you. New story occasions, “never-before-seen macho maneuvers”, and improved visuals imply that this should not simply really feel like a rehash of the 1989 title. What’s extra, there’s additionally a model new mode within the type of 2D fighter “Double Dragon Duel 2023”, which contains a “bountiful roster of hardened hitters”, with much more unlockable characters awaiting you should you resolve to search for them.
The River Metropolis sequence has been going robust since 1986, with its newest installment, River Metropolis Women 2, having launched again in December final 12 months. In Japan, the sequence is named Kunio-kun, and contains video games that weren’t a part of the River Metropolis sequence within the West, like Tremendous Dodge Ball and Renegade.
More moderen installments (these launched exterior of Japan, at any fee) have been principally constant throughout Japan and the West, though River Metropolis Women 2, in addition to its predecessor River Metropolis Women, had been developed by Western studio WayForward, albeit underneath Arc System Works’ supervision. Rival Showdown is developed and revealed solely by Arc System Works, although.
You can decide up River Metropolis: Rival Showdown when it launches on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Change, and PC on October twelfth.