Trivia / River City Girls Zero

• Dueling Dubs: The 2022 localization includes two scripts from the same localization team, originally titled 'Literal' and 'New' before being changed to 'Original' and 'RCG' after criticism from translators about the labeling. The former was intended to be more faithful to the original game, while the latter is more in line with the script of River City Girls, in an effort to please fans of both approaches.
• Fan Translation: Before the game was officially localized in 2022, it received a fan translation by prolific fan translation group Aeon Genesis in 2002.
• He Also Did: The re-release's cover art, character designs and animated intro have been supervised and/or done by David Liu, who previously drew the cover art for Panzer Paladin.
• In Memoriam: The Licenses section of the re-release's credits ends with a message dedicated to the late Near◊, the original creator of Ares, the emulator the re-release uses.
• Late Export for You: The game would later be officially localized in 2022 under the name River City Girls Zero, by Wayforward Technologies, 27 years after its original release on the Super Famicom.
• Meaningful Release Date: The 2022 localization by Wayforward was released on February 14, 2022 on Valentines Day.
• Remade for the Export: While the rest of the game is left as is, the 2022 rerelease by Wayforward adds new elements to bring it in line with River City Girls, such as a new anime opening, manga-style cutscenes, and a song by said games composer, Megan McDuffee. The framing device uses the River City Girls style, but the actual game's updated materials, including the new opening animation, utilizes a retro 90's anime aesthetic, with the character designs hewing closer to the ones depicted on the Super Famicom boxart.
• What Could Have Been: According to this interview, Wayforward Technologies originally didn't have any plans to localize the title after developing River City Girls, mostly because they develop their own games, rather than port old ones. Only when they started work on River City Girls 2 did they decide to bring Zero over, as the former draws a lot of plot elements and themes from the latter.

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