Trivia / Kunio-kun

• Colbert Bump: The franchise as a whole is gaining one thanks to River City Girls reaching a much larger audience than the relatively niche installments. Being co-developed by popular game-developer WayForward Technologies helps.
• Divorced Installment:
  • Renegade was so popular in Europe that the British company Imagine Software developed two direct sequels to this version: Target Renegade and Renegade III: The Final Chapter.
  • River City Ransom: Underground takes place in the American urban setting created for the English localization of River City Ransom. Barring a couple of homages, there's little trace of Kunio-kun references to be found.
• Dolled-Up Installment: The 1990 Game Boy entry, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantō Hen, was remade into a Double Dragon game, probably for brand recognition. It's confusingly named Double Dragon II, even though the gameplay is identical to the Japanese one and, as such, has nothing to do with the Arcade and NES game of the same name.
• Late Export for You: The Famicom games as of 2020, when Kunio-kun: The World Classics Collection was brought over as DOUBLE DRAGON & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle. The World Classics Collection itself translated the old western localizations, making them a late export for Japan as well.
• No Export for You: While many of the Arc System Works and Famicom games were eventually translated, much of the series remains in Japan.
• Referenced by...: Many of the facial expressions used in Code Monkeys were inspired by the Kunio-Kun and Double Dragon games, particularly a character's expression when hit in the face.
• What Could Have Been:
  • As seen at the end of Crash 'n' the Boys, Nekketsu Hockey Bu was planned to be released outside of Japan as Crash 'n' the Boys: Ice Challenge, but this never made it to the US as the NES was unfortunately approaching the end of its lifespan.
  • Double Dragon was originally planned to be a sequel to Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun.

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