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title: "River City Ransom"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/releases/nintendo-switch/river-city-ransom/"
description: "Play as Alex and Ryan and cross River City to fight street gangsand save your girlfriend from the hands of a bad guy named \"Slick.\""
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2020-04-16 00:00:00"
image: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/river-city-ransom-2.jpeg"
markdown url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/releases/nintendo-switch/river-city-ransom.md"
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River City Ransom | Nintendo Switch Releases | NintendoReporters

 [![River City Ransom](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/river-city-ransom-2.jpeg "River City Ransom")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/river-city-ransom-2.jpeg)## [](#introduction)Introduction

Play as Alex and Ryan and cross River City to fight street gangs

and save your girlfriend from the hands of a bad guy named “Slick.”

Improve your fighting experience by powering-up your characters in River City’s shops,

picking-up items for bonuses and using the trash bins and pipes you will find in its streets.

Come and enjoy the original River City Ransom gameplay, that is still being praised nowadays!

## [](#system)System

Toggle quality-up/original graphics

Suspend Save/Load

Screen Mode(Size, Scanline)

Sound Settings

Control Manual

## [](#quality-up-version-changes)Quality-up version changes

Reduce Lag/Flickering

Bug Fixes

### Release info - River City Ransom

Release date

 2020-04-16 00:00:00

Publisher

 ARC SYSTEM WORKS

Demo available

DLC available

Max players

 2

Age rating

 7

NS Online support

Game code

 HACPAUG6B

Cloud Saves support

Voice Chat support

HD Rumble support

Languages

japanese, english, korean, chinese

 Genres

action, fighting

### Nintendo eShop - River City Ransom

[EUR 4.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/NL/nl/titles/70010000022059/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[EUR 4.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/BE/nl/titles/70010000022059/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[EUR 4.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/DE/de/titles/70010000022059/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[EUR 4.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/FR/fr/titles/70010000022059/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[GBP 4.49](https://ec.nintendo.com/GB/en/titles/70010000022059/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[USD 4.99](https://www.nintendo.com/US/store/products/river-city-ransom-switch/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

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[CAD 6.29](https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/products/river-city-ransom-switch/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[EUR 4.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/IT/it/titles/70010000022059/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[MXN 96.81](https://www.nintendo.com/es-mx/store/products/river-city-ransom-switch/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[EUR 4.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/PT/pt/titles/70010000022059/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[3,49 €](https://ec.nintendo.com/SK/sk/titles/70010000022059/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

[EUR 4.99](https://ec.nintendo.com/ES/es/titles/70010000022059/?utm_source=nintendoreporters.com&utm_medium=releases&utm_campaign=game-price-overview)

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