Indie Game Awesomeness: River City Dodgeball All-Stars

River City Dodgeball All-Stars is an updated re-make of the classic Super Dodgeball, which my local arcade actually has on a big-screen Neo Geo Arcade!

The premise is simple: Don’t get hit by the ball! You control players inside the main dodgeball arena, but you also have guys on the outside of the opponent’s area. This lets you set up back and forth passes to confuse the other team and hit ‘em from behind. Once all the players in the main playing field rund out of health, it’s game over. This game is GREAT when played with a friend.

You can download  a free trial here by clicking the link that says River City Dodgeball All-Stars in English amidst a bunch of Japanese text.

You can also download a version for Xbox 360 from the Indie games section of the XBLA. The Xbox version is called Downtown Smash Dodgeball, but you won’t find it alphabetically listed under “D” because it’s in Japanese. Just go to the “Sports” category and it should be at the bottom for 800MSP.

Fun Fact: The classic brawler game River City Ransom was released under the name Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari in Japan. River City Dodgeball All-Stars… Downtown Smash Dodgeball… I wonder….

[Technabob via Indie Games]