• River City Ransom: Underground Kickstarter

    I know that recently, I’ve been posting a lot of Kickstarter projects. In my defense, that’s because I’ve been backing all of them. This one, just happens to have a fairly good chance of coming out on the Vita. That is, if it gets a whole lot more backing. I’m a huge fan of the original game as well as the GBA remake, so this looks really cool with its 4-player co-op and a slew of new characters. Check it out.

  • River City Ransom EX

    If there’s one series that has a really convoluted history when it comes to American translations, it’s got to be the Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun [“Hot Blooded Tough Guy Kunio”] games. Broken up by several American publishers, it serves as the root for such NES classics as Renegade, Super Dodge Ball, Nintendo World Cup and my personal favorite of the games, River City Ransom: a cult classic and arguably one of the – if not THE – best beat-‘em-ups ever conceived for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. So, imagine my surprise when I heard the game was being remade for the Game Boy Advance. Does that last line seem familiar? Well,…