WayForward’s sneak peek at incoming remaster River City Girls Zero

Getting ready for the next semester

I love the River City Girls. Y’all know that. So I’m stoked to see these early screenshots from WayForward’s upcoming remake/remaster River City Girls Zero, which is currently headed to Nintendo Switch at some point later thi🐲s year.

River City Girls Zero is an updated, English language edition of Super Famicom title Shin Nekketsu Koha: Kunio-tachi no Banka, the game that saw our girls Kyoko and Misako make their Kunio-kun debut. Retitled River City Girls Zero, the new release will feature a fully localized edition of the original 1994 release, but will also sport newly recorded voiceovers, fun manga-esque cutscenes, and a brand new title track from the excellent , whose electro stylings and sultry vocals made the original River City Girls such a charismatic adventure.

As you can see from the new image above, it appears that River City Girls Zero is going full meta, and sees the modern-day incarnations of the terrible twosome sitting down to check out their classic Super Famicom shenanigans. Hope they have an adaptor. If you want to borrow a SNES scart lead, Kyoko, gimme a shout. WayForward also tweeted , with juveniles Kunio and Riki attempting to clear their names after being detained for a crime they didn’t commit. I’m up for fresh Kunio-kun action… even old fresh Kunio-kun action… so I’m looking forward to the release.

River City Girls Zero launches on Nintendo Switch later in 2021. River City Girls 2 is in development for a 2022 release.

River City Girls Zero (aka Shin Nekketsu Koha: Kunio-tachi no Banka), the classic 16-bit beat-'em-up that set the stage for River City Girls and River City Girls 2, is planned for release on Switch later this year. Here are the first in-progress official English screens!

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