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Gaining Access to River City High

You must defeat all the bosses to get into River City High. If the doors are closed, that means you missed one or more and will have to backtrack and search them out.

Collecting Money

You'll need to gather money in order to raise your character's abilities by buying various items. Some items are on the expensive side but are well worth it. Know that bosses will reappear after you have defeated them. If you are strapped for cash, you can just reenter an area and defeat a boss multiple times to collect more money. Also try to reframe from hurling baddies into holes. While this will instantly kill them, you will not be able to collect the money they had on them.