A game that is on my wishlist for a very long time because I felt in love with it when we played at my friend's house in hotseat. A remake based on the localization of a game, "really?", you should think. This is more a tribute to the experience we had as childs rather than to the Kunio-games. Intended or I'm the only one who feels like this, I don't know.
RCRU is a beat 'em up game with level up system, manageable stat development, and loose combo mechanics. There is a lot of characters with different focus and different way of crowd control, because most of the fights is actually about crowd control. The difficulty (especially on higher difficulty) is what we call "NES-like". The AI calculate the distance, the timing, and moderately capable of sensing openings in your movements. Your special moves is the only way of countering this so you have to know the characters inside out if you want to play on hard. You can chain your moves very well and situationally anything can follow up anything successfuly. Unlike the original game however there is an energy bar to limit the use of special moves but you will barelly feel it if you not just spam them.
It is an open world game but some places requires story progress to get access. After you get the grip of the mechanics you will often find yourself going back to previous areas for buying things to develop your character. The world is made up from separate places and whenever you re-enter one, random enemies will spawn again. You're not forced to beat them and can keep moving forward but hey! You get XP and cash for them, and after all the battle is the fun part!
Multiplayer, online and hotseat. Story mode, arena VS., new game + bonus options, unlockables, even after achieving 100% completion you still will find fun here. Additionally I would love to mention something. If you run the game without Galaxy client you can play online with direct connection instead of lobby. For me this was an important plus.
