Limited Run #291: River City Girls Classic Edition (PS4)

Misako and Kyoko punched their way through an entire city to rescue their boyfriends, and this Classic Edition lets you preserve every bruise. Limited Run #291: River City Girls Classic Edition for PS4 is limited to 1,500 copies worldwide and packed with the kind of in-universe extras that make collector's editions actually fun.

River City Girls is WayForward at peak form. A beat 'em up set in the Kunio-kun universe with gorgeous pixel art, a killer soundtrack, and combat deep enough to keep you coming back. The Classic Edition reflects that personality in every included item. You get the PS4 disc, a reversible 18 by 24 inch poster, and an expanded 2-disc CD soundtrack that lets the music breathe outside the game. Then it gets interesting.

A commemorative retro NES cartridge sits in the box. It's non-functional, but it bridges River City Girls back to its Kunio-kun roots in the most tangible way possible. VIP Noize concert tickets, Kyoko and Misako school ID cards, a Hasebe and Mami heart locket, a menu from Merv's Burgers, a kidnapper Polaroid photo, and six character art cards round out the set. These aren't generic pack-ins. They're props from the game's world, the kind of items these characters would actually carry. That in-universe authenticity elevates this from a nice collection of stuff to a curated time capsule of the game itself. At 1,500 copies, the math is simple. More people want this than can have it.