![]() ![]() While the majority of the gameplay involves running right and beating up endless waves and different palette swaps of enemies, you’ll also have to deal with a number of stage hazards the classic Double Dragon pit and conveyor belts make a return, which allow you to toss or lure enemies to their death, but you’ll also have to contend with falling platforms, arrows and missiles raining from the sky, and even avoid being sucked out of an airlock! Unfortunately, the clunky nature of the game’s controls, movement speed, and the very noticeably button lag can make this annoyingly difficult, especially in the graveyard stage which is littered with rolling spiked logs! You also need to be wary when breaking open containers as some, especially those in Skullmageddon’s palace, contain grenades that will explode in your face if you’re not careful! Double Dragon Neon also includes the standard “ moving elevator” stage but greatly expands upon the difficulty of this trope by placing you precariously on a platform as it flies down an icy slope and bombarding you with a near-endless slew of enemies! Still, whereas the Lee brothers were a bit clunky and awkward to control in the original videogame, they have a lot more versatility this time around players can tap X for a quick combo, Y for a stronger attack (and mix and match for more diverse combos), jump with A, and press B to grab enemies when they’re stunned or to pick up and throw weapons and objects.Ī variety of environmental hazards dog your progress but can also be used against your enemies. Under the direction of the cosmic sorcerer lich Skullmageddon, the Shadow Warriors gang kidnap Marian once again and, true to form, the martial arts brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee must journey across, and beyond, the world in order to rescue her!ĭouble Dragon Neon is a 2.5D sidescrolling beat-‘em-up with light platforming elements in which players assume control of either Billy or Jimmy while both characters look and control exactly the same (except for a palette swap), players cannot select which of the Lees to control (player one is Billy and player two is Jimmy and that’s all there is to it). I first played the game on the PlayStation 3 and remember enjoying it well enough, despite a troublesome difficulty curve, so I was excited to try the Xbox 360 version out on the Xbox One when I recently got the chance. Developers WayForward Technologies revived the franchise in 2012 for this part-sequel, part-remake, part-parody that replaced traditional 2D sprites with a 2.5D, cel-shaded style and a heavy eighties-inspired soundtrack and aesthetic. While a number of sequels followed throughout the nineties, the series pretty much died out for some time and was mainly represented by ports and remakes. Also Available For: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360ĭouble Dragon (Technōs Japan, 1987) was a pioneer of the sidescrolling beat-‘em-up genre an incredibly popular arcade title upon release, the game was equally popular when it was ported to home consoles, with the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version being particularly noted for both its difficulty and addictiveness.
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