River City Melee : Battle Royal Special

• Steam user Steam user …8353Steam reviews · Mar 3, 2018 · 31 h played

  Before I start this review proper, I will talk about the game's biggest problem, which my review for the previous game, River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~, missed. Both games suffer from frequent crashes and freezes, regardless of connection. It mostly happens during the award ceremony but it can also happen randomly during gameplay and on the menus. It doesn't make the game unplayable, but the only way to quit the game if this happens is to open the Task Manager on a Windows…

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• Steam user Steam user …9849Steam reviews · Oct 19, 2025 · 7 h played

  This Kunio game feels like a joke but sadly, it's not. 25 teams to choose from each with 6 different characters each one having their own special moves. Specials are shared between characters so they repeat. Even though there're plenty folks they all play the same. Only difference are stats. Only 4 stages from which 4 are basically various size of the same level. Might be more fun when you mash buttons with someone but playing with AI is dull and repetitive. Empty stages where some random items…

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• Steam user Steam user …8013Steam reviews · Sep 20, 2020 · 3 h played

  It is a good game but I have no idea why the base price is still higher than Melee Mach (a BARELY DISTINGUISHABLE upgrade over this). Publisher issue??? Just get Melee Mach now if you want the full thing.

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• Steam user Steam user …8758Steam reviews · May 14, 2019 · 23 h played

  Arc System Works has a reputation for making quality fighting games, and this overlooked gem is no exception. "River City Melee : Battle Royal Special" is essentially an remake/sequel to "Nekketsu Kakutō Densetsu," one of the few legitimately good 4-player NES games, and one of the only Kunio-Kun titles not ported to the states. Combat is very similar to that in the beat-'em-up "River City Ransom," with characters able to move in eight directions, jump, and wield weapons as they pummel the…

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• Steam user Steam user …6326Steam reviews · Aug 22, 2018 · 39 h played

  In short: + There are indeed 25 teams playable out of 26 (story line boss team) + Tiger twins, Double dragons & twins are playable! + Several Kunio & Riki alter egos to play with (sorry Alex, You didn't made it, but Ken did.) + Several jokes in story lines and many references to each previous games (even certain basketball event ref. :D! ) + Rage mode + Still fun - It's easly noticebale the lazyness of creators. Not worth it full price, but on sale for at least 50%... - DON'T BUY IT WITHOUT…

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• Steam user Steam user …4020Steam reviews · Oct 19, 2017 · 2 h played

  Buy cuz i love this series since NES, and this is a rare case when the remake is not worse than the original in case of Sports Special. But for now is laggy in a battles(single mode), in cutscenes is all ok with fps. Maybe with patches lags will gone. In Sports Special fps is stable.

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• Steam user Steam user …1544Steam reviews · Jul 17, 2026 · 3 h played

  You can't play online for this game!! DON'T BUY IT

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• Steam user Steam user …0835Steam reviews · Nov 10, 2023

  It's a nice throwback fighting game, fairly similar to some of their other offerings. Get it on deep sale as $20 makes absolutely no sense for this.

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• Steam user Steam user …7101Steam reviews · Jan 17, 2021 · 1 h played

  Good game, Nobody plays online so online achievement almost impossible to get. Buy instead River City Melee Mach!! it got more bang for your buck and wait for sales.

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• Steam user Steam user …0560Steam reviews · Dec 22, 2018

  this game is a meme, therfore i like it. you should too.

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• Steam user Steam user …7365Steam reviews · Mar 17, 2025

  I used to play this game on NES when I was a kid, but what the fu*k mate I don't remember the CPU being so ruthless and chasing me everywhere and only actually fighting each other when I have been defeated. Literally there is always one guy (or gal) just standing still doing nothing when I'm getting beaten by others. Why not beating them instead of chasing me? Why don't let me be the one who did nothing and stole the victory in the end just like the good ol' day?

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• Steam user Steam user …5552Steam reviews · Nov 5, 2024

  BeatEmUps (brawler) = KungFuMaster -> RiverCity (Kunio-kun) -> DoubleDragon

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• Saffy @saffygala.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2023

  Games that I'm excited to play Grandia, PaRappa The Rapper 2, Klonoa 1&2 Games I will play for trophies are Superliminal Daedalus (Why am I gonna play this...) River City Melee Mach!! (No platinum) Jet Moto (I'm not a big fan of this game tbh...) (3/3)

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• Steam user Steam user …3072Steam reviews · Aug 17, 2023 · 5 h played

  even tough i got meele match a slightly upgrade of this game i decide to get this game cause i am fond with the river city series and happy to got it for collection also unlike meele match this one got cards with can be a bonus if you love wallpapers or and badges

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• Steam user Steam user …7300Steam reviews · Aug 21, 2021 · 6 h played

  Great game. Not only is it fun, trading cards have a great market rn and about 6hrs of gameplay got me 50 cents, which doesnt sound like much but its a game not a job lmao

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• Steam user Steam user …1301Steam reviews · Jun 27, 2020 · 3 h played

  Ok, so I've been a big fan of the Kunio games ever since I had my old Micro Genius and played "River City Ransom" for the first time; then again, I suppose that I'm not the only person who can say that. Well, so this game doesn't really have a proper story mode, I mean, it kinda does, but it could've been better? It works like this: When you start the single-player mode, there're several different teams that you can get to select. Each one of them has some sort of story, but come on, there's…

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• Steam user Steam user …8505Steam reviews · May 14, 2020 · 1 h played

  masterpiece from old days this is the stuff

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• Steam user Steam user …5036Steam reviews · Jul 8, 2019

  A good game, but... How do I reconfigure the keyboard controls? The default setting is a bit weird. Don't forget to speed up the emcee's text in the config to improve the game flow.

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• Steam user Steam user …2943Steam reviews · Jun 29, 2019 · 2 h played

  Good old times some things could be better thou the best game is still riki kunio

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