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{{quote|''Kids, if there's one thing you take away from River City Ransom, may it be that violence is the answer to your problems. If you beat a gang member hard enough, he will become an honor student. And if you beat an honor student hard enough, he will give you his lunch money. And the final moral is: it's all about good grades and trips to the mall.''|'''[[Seanbaby]]'''}}
''River City Ransom'', released in Japan as ''Downtown [[Hot-Blooded|Nekketsu]] Monogatari'' (part of the ''[[Kunio
While not the most well-known game on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], it was well received by those who did play it. It offered several different ways to customize your character, was one of the earliest games to blend RPG elements into another genre in a successful fashion, and was noted for its humor in many spots.
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** Even if you have a FULL PARTY, complete his quest and Ivan will still show up here and temporarily join your team.
** The Generic Dudes require Ryan to be absent because his school rivals theirs -- but then you have the ENTIRE 20 PERSON GANG of the Generic Dudes following you around, 3 at a time. When defeated, they're gone for good -- except for their leader, Conan.
* [[Determinator]]: In the original NES version, no matter how much an enemy wails on your limp, prone body (and the Dragon Twins will certainly do that) as long as you have at least 15 Willpower remaining, you will rise to your feet. Each get-up requires another 15 Willpower, but that's all you need in order to heal while in a position to defend yourself back into fighting shape.
** On Hard mode this also applies to the mook gang leader - always has the same face, and has 15 Willpower and will get up one more time no matter how much you beat him down.
** In the GBA version, Willpower is applied more like [[Heroic Spirit]] as if you run out of energy the game automatically converts your Willpower to your stamina as required. You're not done until you're out of Willpower. (Applies to enemies too)
* [[Difficulty by Region]]: The Famicom version has three difficulty levels: Easy, Normal and Hard. The Easy setting was removed in the NES version, while Normal and Hard were renamed Novice and Expert respectively. The NES version also removed the option to disable friendly fire in the 2-Player mode.
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* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Tex and Ivan are hinted to be this. Tex refuses to fight you if he finds out Ivan has made a [[Heel Face Turn]]. {{spoiler|Actually, he has a crush on Ivan's sister, Abby}} Both Ivan and Tex will also fight you simultaneously under certain conditions.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: It's part of the Japanese version's title.
* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Sister]]: [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Implied with]] Ivan, which could explain [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|why he serves as the main gate's guard.]]
* [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]]: In addition to having the standard Easy, Normal, and Hard modes, the GBA version has a [[Easier Than Easy|Wussy]] setting and a [[Harder Than Hard|Crazy]] setting too.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: You can hit people with rocks, trash cans, and tires.
* [[It's All Upstairs From Here]]
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* [[Say It with Hearts]]: Quite a bit in the remake, and parodied when you fight both Tex and Ivan together (Your [[Karma Meter]] must be at it's lowest for this boss fight).
* [[Shout-Out]]: The music from ''[[Double Dragon]]'' plays during [[Dual Boss|the fight against the twins]], and one gang's members are named after classic television characters. The GBA remake takes this further; members of many gangs are named after things such as webcomic artists, rappers, and even the cast of ''[[Disgaea]]''.
** A recursive shout out: Two members of the Japanese gang in the GBA remake are named Kunio and Riki.
** A lot of people who dislike Megatokyo cackled with giddy delight after beating two gang members named [[Megatokyo|Piro and Largo]] with trash cans.
*** Or smacking around [[Final Fantasy VII|Cloud]], [[Gundam Wing|Duo]] and [[Yaoi Guys|Yaoi]]. From a gang called "The Plague", no less.
** There's also an odd sort of shout-out to "Crash n' the Boyz", where an optional team mate will basically tell Alex that "Crash and the Boyz are rooting for you"... despite the fact that Crash is just that game's version of Kunio.
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: To the point that the next boss won't even appear at his turf until the previous boss or bosses are defeated.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Falling into water during the Benny and Clyde fight instantly kills you, regardless of how much stamina you had.
** Averted in the GBA version, due to the fact that the river pitfall was removed in the first area where Benny and Clyde are fought.
** Also averted in ''Downtown Special''. There are many areas with lakes and rivers and your character and enemies can swim just fine. There's even an option to adjust the speed of water currents.
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: Averted. You can start beating on the gang leaders while they're introducing themselves. It hurts your [[Karma Meter|reputation]] in the GBA remake, though.
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