River City Ransom: Difference between revisions

* [[Money Spider]]: Justified in part by only fighting human opponents - but isn't it strange how every member of a gang always has the same change in their pockets?

** When you consider everything else about the gangs, no, not really.

* [[Nakama]]: A feature added to the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, defeated bosses could follow you around and fight on your side. Most of the time it required a high reputation (an invisible stat the game keeps track) but sometimes it required talking to certain characters or choosing not to play with both Alex and Ryan. The best examples are the Zombies and the Generic Dudes, because none of them really wanted to work for Slick or Thor.

** Tex is an especially good example. If you have his friend Ivan (he also has a thing for Ivan's sister) with you, he will refuse to fight you even if your reputation has fallen. If you completed the Ivan side quest, he will ask if Ivan left the gang and you confirm it, he leaves too. If you have a good reputation and Ivan, he will join you.

* [[Power Fist]]: The brass knuckles.

* [[Respect the Pipe]]: You can pick up and use a pipe in this game. It's basically a harder-hitting version of the [[Carry a Big Stick|stick]] weapon.

* [[Save Game Limits]]: The original's passwords and the ''EX'' save only keep track of your stats. You start from the beginning every time. (Granted, enough passwords/saves and you'll be able to blitz to Slick, at which point you ''need'' the stats.)

* [[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).

* [[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.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Each gang has its own theme, be it the [[The Mafia|Italian-themed]] Mob or the [[Deep South|cornpone-loving]] Cowboys.

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Benny and Clyde, [[Recurring Boss|recurring bosses]] who fight Alex and Ryan despite not being in any gang or related to the plot at all.

* [[Unwinnable]]: While it isn't likely to happen accidentally, in multiplayer, if an Javelin Man equipped player throws the other to the right in the first Benny and Clyde fight, they fly off into infinity and the game can't proceed.

* [[Violence Really Is the Answer]]: [[Caustic Critic|Seanbaby]] put it best: "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."

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Along with the names and colors, many gangs also have favored weapons they'll bring to the fight.