The RetroBeat: River City Girls is a beat-’em-up delight

I enjoyed my holiday break because it gave me time to play a lot more games than normal. And after spending about 20 hours diving into Dragon Quest VII, a JRPG notorious for its slow pace, I needed something that’s a bit more exciting.

So I jumped on my Xbox Series X and started browsing through its Game Pass titles. That’s when I saw River City Girls. This beat-’em-up debuted in 2019. It’s a spiritual successor to the NES classic River City Ransom (in Japan, it’s a part of a giant series called Kunio-kun that includes other beat-’em-ups and sports games).