River City Ransom 2 barfing on Japanese WiiWare this summer

A sequel to the teen-brutalizing, coin-collecting, sushi-eating NES classic River City Ransom (pictured) is in the works from the delightfully-named developer Miracle Kidz. It sounds like a pretty authentic follow-up -- right down to its reported launch on a Nintendo platform. According to Andriasang, the sequel will punch its way to the Japanese WiiWare this summer and will be ported to the PC as an "online title" in 2012.

There's been no word on whether Miracle Kidz has plans to localize River City Ransom 2 for North American players, but we like to think that we believe in Miracles. And also... (Continue Reading...)

Joystiq Podcast recording live here at 3:30PM ET

We're sorry.

What else do you want us to say? It's not like we didn't want to podcast your faces off last week; we couldn't! Both Justin and I, ravaged by illness, couldn't summon the vocal fortitude to do what needed to be done. Even this week, we hang on for dear life. Will we survive another 90 minutes of thrilling video game commentary? Who can say, listener ...

If you're the rubber-necking type, listen live after the break. Maybe, if you're lucky, you'll hear someone dying live! (We're not sure what it sounds like either.) If you're not at home and have instead ventured into the germ-filled region we call "outside" then we implore you to listen with the Ustream app on your iPhone, Windows Phone 7, or Android phone. Also, we implore you to get home immediately.... (Continue Reading...)


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