But no Wrestling Zombies games. Yet.
When it rains in River City, it pours, and it’s looking like 2016 might be a rainy year for the splintered-but-whole game franchise. Not only is the 3DS gettingRiver City: Tokyo Rumblelater this year, but it’s looking likeRiver City Ransom: Undergroundis heading into the home stretch as well. The game’s co-creator just announced on Twitter thatdevelopment of the game’s story mode is content complete, with only balancing and bug squashing left to go.
While releasing two games in the same calendar year might be a misstep for other game franchises. it makes sense forRiver City, as these two titles are totally different in most of the ways that matter. The 3DS game is a partial re-imagining of the NES titleRiver City Ransom, and was released in Japan years ago, where theRiver City Ransom: Undergroundis an entirely new adventure, packed with tons ofnew characters,animationsn, andgameplay mechanics, which takes place years after the original 8-bit game.
Working on another project. Gotta earn that freelance money.#indiedev#pixelart#gamedevpic.twitter.com/v7MZ7rz9ol
— Bannon Rudis (@BannonRudis)June 11, 2025
Undergroundhas taken longer to complete than developer Bannon Rudis initially envisioned, which has required him to take on some freelance work in the interim. While I would have loved forUndergroundto be done by now, I certainly don’t mind that Rudis has had reason to make even more awesome looking videogames. The upcoming zombie title he’s working on features a Sheriff (seen above) who may look might familiar to fans of the hit horror filmLove Actually,as well as a man who looks a lot like my favoriteNight of the Living Deadcharacter.
Wrestle Wrun, his upcoming wrestling game, also dares to step up to the line where parody ends and copyright infringement begins, featuring characters likeVoo DudeandHurk Holdem. As long as the game doesn’t include anything that even remotely resembles black-and-white video of Hurk Holdem porking a pal on a canopy bed, they’ll probably be OK, right?
