The Main Event
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This dropped outta nowhere. Looks cute. Reminds me of Shredder's Revenge gameplay-wise, so hopefully it'll be as good!
"Grave"? Franchise is far from dead. Latest new entry was released in 2017 (DD4), Neon got ported to Switch in 2020 and DD is part of a much bigger universe Kunio-kun. Which, thanks to WayForward, has been getting releases in the last few years.I guess Matt McMuscles' retrospective and last "Wha Happun" on the franchise just summonned Double Dragon back from the grave.
Turns out they're behind "Streets of Red". Which, as it turns out, is another brawler that also has roguelite elements in the mix.I’m guessing WayForward and Tribute were busy with RCG2 and Shredder’s Revenge when this went into development? Not heard of this developer before so hopefully this turns out well.
To be fair, that's pretty much DD in a nutshell.I feel like I got tonal whiplash. Reading that it now takes place after a nuclear war seems grim and dark and then... bright cutesy sprites.
Well to be honest, I tried one of the River City Girls on the Switch during the free trial thing and... it did nothing to me. Like, to the point of going back to play River City Ransom on NES. I know the twins cameo'd in River City Girls and I own Double Dragon Neon on both Switch & 360 (loved this one) but man the NES style "Double Dragon 4" was very average IMO.Oh, hell yeah. Jimmy and Billy are back! Looks sweet. I do prefer Streets of Rage 4 style hand drawn art, but I won't say not to this also. Like the new character designs. But PLEASE, have some filter options. I have a prosthetic eye lens, big pixels give me serious headaches.
"Grave"? Franchise is far from dead. Latest new entry was released in 2017 (DD4), Neon got ported to Switch in 2020 and DD is part of a much bigger universe Kunio-kun. Which, thanks to WayForward, has been getting releases in the last few years.
I think the series has always been post-apocalyptic or at least the first two games were in their backstory? The chronology of the franchise is messy.I feel like I got tonal whiplash. Reading that it now takes place after a nuclear war seems grim and dark and then... bright cutesy sprites.
Maybe it was. Looking at Wikipedia now I see mention of the game's setting taking inspiration from things like Mad Max and Fist of the North Star, but from the little the game actually said about itself I just thought the city areas were in bad shape as seen in Final Fight/Streets of Rage/many others.I think the series has always been post-apocalyptic or at least the first two games were in their backstory? The chronology of the franchise is messy.
I think the series has always been post-apocalyptic or at least the first two games were in their backstory? The chronology of the franchise is messy.
Maybe it was. Looking at Wikipedia now I see mention of the game's setting taking inspiration from things like Mad Max and Fist of the North Star, but from the little the game actually said about itself I just thought the city areas were in bad shape as seen in Final Fight/Streets of Rage/many others.