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The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa

by yeo·published by yeo

17 May 2018M28
PCWindowsMacXboxXbox OneNintendoSwitch

Reader score

7.0/ 10

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About

A highschool gang leader Ringo Ishikawa trying to live through his last autumn before graduation. With his best friends.

You should play it if:

1) You're fond of good stories with strong dialogues (especially about growing up)
2) You're a fight games enthusiast (you'll get your hands on some unique brawl mechanic and I promise you'll be satisfied)
3) You're into some yakuza-delinquent aesthetics

Basically, the game is an existential open world beat'em up with some school sim elements. It has a little of everything: a town to explore, day-night cycle, npc on their schedule, battle grinding, school grinding, mini-games (ping-pong, billiard, video-poker, video-game console with one game...) and so on.

But the main thing is the story I'm trying to tell. And I designed the game to make you feel this story. So it's not about rival gangs, or taking over turfs, or anything. You just live there and feel. And that's all.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayerCo-operative

Perspective

Side view

Engine

GameMaker Studio 2

Editions

Included in

The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa & Arrest of a Stone BuddhaExistential Dilogy

Languages

7 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
Chinese (Simplified)—
English—
French—
Japanese—
Korean—
Russian—
Spanish (Spain)—

Also known as

ザフレンズオブリングオーイズハイケーアワ — Japanese title - original

the friends of ringo ishikawa.exe — Windows Executable

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Facts

Developer

yeo

Publisher

yeo

Released

17 May 2018

Platforms

PCWindowsMacXboxXbox OneNintendoSwitch

Age ratings

CERODESRBMPEGI16

Standing

Top 5% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Side view2D scrollingArcadeBeat 'em up / brawler