Yeah, both games used the same graphics and sprites, and I actually like them. Both games from the NES, both fun for the time back then. Here, a quick reminder.
River City Ransom:
Nintendo World Cup:
Well, guess what. Recently, I found this by coincidence, a game for the Nintendo DS.
It's... Chou Nekketsu Koukou Kunio-Kun Dodge Ball Bu. Great !@#$% name, huh? Way spiffier than "Dauntaun Nekketsu Monogatari" (River City Ransom's name) or "Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu: Soccer Hen" (Nintendo World Cup's name), huh?
Wait, what?
...
After some research even while writing this article, I found this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunio-kun_%28series%29The Kunio-kun series (くにおくんシリーズ, The Kunio-kun series?) is a video game franchise started by Technos, the company that made the Double Dragon franchise. (...)
Western video game players who grew up with the NES knew the game series through Renegade, River City Ransom, Super Dodge Ball, Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge and Nintendo World Cup, which were heavily localized versions of the Kunio-kun games. Technos Japan has released over twenty Kunio-kun titles for the Famicom, Game Boy and Super Famicom in Japan.
HOLY JESUS
My mind is blown. I don't know about you. I don't even care. This topic was most educating for me before I
even POSTED it.
I'm glad to find something from my childhood and see that it's still being worked with. And what was actually behind it.
!@#$% THIS IS LIKE THE TIME WHEN I REALIZED THAT HEIDI IS ACTUALLY AN ANIMU
