River City: Tokyo Rumble follows the story of a hot-blooded high school student named Kunio and his good friends. When a nefarious gang moves into Tokyo to try to take it over, it's up to this self-proclaimed "fighter for justice" and his buddies to make sure the streets stay safe! Punch, kick, use weapons such as soccer balls, iron knuckles, chains, and even bicycles to knock some sense into those devious gang members. Take on jobs, level up your abilities, and don't forget to stop on occasion for a snack or two at the local food joints. Luckily, smiles are free!
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Un beat em up muy divertido retomandi todo lo clásico de la saga.
on that grind
Tokyo Rumble is the first game I consider to be a real sequel to the classic River City Ransom. You take the role of the legend character Kunio, father of the beat'em ups, as he is seeking revenge after some hooligans beat up his friend Hiroshi (classic). The mechanics are similar to the 1992 game with a lot of additions to the combat. I know that this is probably not what you were expecting next but I think Tokyo Rumble has an excellent writting and the localization team did an amazing job at it. Because exploration is locked behind story progression, one of the best new features are the jobs you can pick up. They serve as side quest where you can get money and unlock new characters to the Rumble/Dodgeball modes. But they also serve as a good excuse to re-explore the areas and grind, as youre gonna need to if you want to stand a chance to the new areas that you're unlocking. To summarize my views I think Tokyo Rumble is a great way to start in the Kunio-kun series, the combat is better than ever, the artstyle captures the essence of the classic NES game but with a modern look, there's a lot of returning characters in this game and it just feels like a love letter to the franchise, with a really good story that doesnt take itself too serious but in the end you'll end up wanting more of Kunio and his friends.
The problem with Tokyo Rumble is that the only way to gain EXP is by throttling dudes. I don't take too much issue with that in principle though even River City Ransom let you gain EXP by eating food and that came out in 1989. Tokyo Rumble is a shuffle backwards for the series since it doesn't fully double back into Double Dragon/Vigilante and just ends up feeling like a grindier-than-usual River City. Mini-games were fun though!
Short and fairly good beat-em-up for being a River City game, offering the ability to learn new moves along the way among other RPG-lite elements.
It's Kunio-kun. If you're like me and you like a good button masher, this game is that. The music bangs too.