First up was the return of Streets of Rage. Then it was the turn of the Ninja Turtles and, well, Final Fight is very present in the Street Fighter saga. Following the dotted line, it was a matter of time before we witnessed the return of Double Dragon. Of course, in this case it will be something more than a beat’em up to use: will mix street fighting with roguelite. Now that’s a double combo!
In other words: if Arc System Works made a brave return to the NES stage with Double Dragonnow delegates to Modus Games the challenge of daring to take a step forward with Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragonsseasoning the mechanics of me against the neighborhood with a new dynamic mission selection feature. The result? Judge for yourself.
In fact, the aesthetics of Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons is a success in itself, following the colorful pixelated trail of TMNT Shredder’s Revenge or River City Girls 2, but retaining that curious identity in the characters and settings of the original arcade and NES games.
A very interesting way to increase the replayability, but also to give an extra variety to each game. Above all because Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons It will be one of the new batch of arcade beat’em ups with the largest number of characters: Modus has announced that we will have nothing less than 13 street fighters.
In fact, we’ll start with four characters including Billy and Jimmy Lee (of course) plus a very feisty Marian and the indispensable tanky brute which in this case will be Uncle Matin. Of course, it is already anticipated that the system to unlock the rest is with game tokens that we find during the game.
And be careful, when it comes to hitting four arms we will also be well served: it is about a brawler for couples in which we can alternate to design our own combos. Which does not close the door, in addition, to the local cooperative, and even the Steam version already anticipates that there will be Remote Play Together to share games with a single copy of the game. They are all hits.
When and where? Without a fixed date, Modus anticipates that Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons it will be available during the second half of 2023 on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X / S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. A generous run of suplexes and roundhouse kicks is coming.
