River City Ransom 2 is Finally Happening

A sequel to the classic beat-em-up River City Ransom is in the works at developer Miracle Kidz.

The new game will be out on unspecified consoles in Japan, where it's known as Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari 2, this summer. That will be followed by an online-enabled PC version in 2012. It's being worked on by some of the original team from Technos that made the first game along with certain 'core players' who are being brought in to help with development.

The original River City Ransom (pictured above) was released in 1989 for the Famicom before being localized for the NES in North America in 1990. For those who have never had the opportunity to play it, it's currently available on the Wii's Virtual Console. A Game Boy Advance version known as River City Ransom EX was released in 2004.

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