Julius Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 (edited) A new Wednesday, a new game announcement – and a pretty neat one at that! Quote Series icons Billy and Jimmy Lee are joined by Marian, returning as a fully realized, firearm-wielding ranged fighter, and newcomer Uncle Matin, a riot-shield-wielding powerhouse. Tag in and out as the classic Lee duo or switch it up with different characters. With two-player local cooperative play, the action quadruples as you and a friend clean up the mean streets. Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is coming to PC, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch this fall from Modus Games. Here's a bit more of an overview from Modus Games: Quote Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is a cooperative beat ’em up featuring tag team duos of fighters infused with roguelite elements to deliver classically informed, highly replayable Double Dragon-style brawls with a new edge that will revitalize the iconic franchise. New York City in the year 199X: the city has been devastated by nuclear war. Its citizens fight for survival as riots, crime, and chaos flood the streets. Criminal gangs terrorize what remains as they vie for dominance. Unwilling to endure these conditions any longer, young Billy and Jimmy Lee take it upon themselves to reclaim their city. Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons gives players incredible, seamless tag team abilities and a multitude of strategies for devastating combos, defensive, and offensive moves across the game’s 13 unique playable characters. Endless playthrough possibilities are made a reality with the game’s dynamic mission select function—the order in which you choose your mission will affect the mission length, number of enemies, and overall difficulty. Players choose between missions housed within city sectors, pursuing the leaders of four deadly gangs across unique stages packed with melee weapons, dangerously devoted members and varied environments perfect for all-out fights. Cash is earned by using a Special KO on opponents, while health boosts are earned by performing Crowd Control moves, which are special KOs that knock out multiple enemies at once. Spend cash at the end of each stage to unlock powerful upgrades for your chosen characters or choose to save up your cash. Experiment with different duos, pursue alternate builds for your fighters through upgrades, and change the order in which they challenge the city’s sinister gang leaders. Should a session end in defeat, players can convert any remaining cash into tokens usable to permanently unlock extra characters and bonuses in between sessions, making every battle serve a purpose. But buying a Continue with that token to instead extend a promising round of gang-slugging action is worth considering, too… Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons recalls the series’ classic aesthetic with refreshed pixel art visuals, sporting updated-yet-faithful appearances for both returning heroes and villains and a stirring soundtrack that keeps players ready for the next fight. With unlockable bonuses, adjustable difficulty levels, optional permadeath, and infinite modes, Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is a robust revitalization of the series’ signature side-scrolling action. Online cooperative play is planned as a post-launch update later this year. Edited June 29, 2023 by Julius 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcubed Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Can’t say I had Roguelike Double Dragon on my bingo card this year, but cool; I’ll tick it off anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen-i Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) That's a very interesting direction to take a 2D side scrolling beat-em-up. Colour me intrigued. Edited May 4, 2023 by Glen-i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.C.G Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 (edited) Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is coming to the Switch Now up on the main page. Full overview, and trailer. Thanks to @Julius for the heads-up on the news. Edited May 5, 2023 by S.C.G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 Game has been bumped up from Autumn/Fall...to July 27th! Overview trailer: Quote The Double Dragon brothers return in this fresh addition to the iconic beat 'em up franchise. With tag-team action, roguelite elements, and 13 playable characters, Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is now available for pre-order and will launch July 27, 2023. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen-i Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Considering how absolutely packed Autumn is, I'm not surprised. Fine by me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grazza Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 I can't really explain how attached I am to Double Dragon. Whether this is very much like Double Dragon... we'll see! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.C.G Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons new trailer Now up on the main page. Overview and character trailer. - - - - - This looks decent, I've pre-ordered it seeing as it can be bought for little over £20 for the physical version at the moment. I haven't really properly played any new Beat 'Em Up's since Streets of Rage 4, so this should be decent for what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.C.G Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons launch trailer Now up on the main page. Overview and launch trailer. - - - - - Did anyone else pick this up on the eShop? (or physically?) I bought it on two platforms, I'll probably be playing the Switch version first though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.C.G Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I've played this now on the Switch. If you want to see what an (almost) full playthrough looks like... Check out the stream... Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons on the Nintendo Switch. (04/08/2023) Skip to the last hour if you want to see the last (almost) complete playthrough, as this game does take an hour or two to get into. I like how the game is setup, you choose from one of the four different missions, which are placed in different locations, taken over by various gangs. Each area is then divided into three stages or so, which are all basically part of the same area, and at the end of each stage, you get to choose how to upgrade your character. I'm not too sure how the token system works, but if you set the continues to 'unlimited' at the start, it's not actually unlimited, but it's tied to how much cash you have in game, but at least it gives you enough for a couple of continues. Of course, you could have more continues, if the opt not to buy any upgrades at the end of each stage, but you'll want the upgrades, as it makes the game more fun to play. Anyway, just from the first playthrough, I can see that this is a great game, well worth playing, and it'll likely take a few tries to beat, unless you get lucky with the enemy placements, repeated combos gaining you healing items, which you'll need to maintain your single life for each character, per continue. I'll be playing some more of this for certain. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grazza Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Oh wow, that looks closer than I gave it credit for. Great music and sound effects. I'd have absolutely loved this on local co-op when I was young. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen-i Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Yeah, I'm defo adding this to the wishlist now. Cheers for the footage! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 This is going for £15.09 on the eShop currently. https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Double-Dragon-Gaiden-Rise-of-the-Dragons-2401420.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, darksnowman said: This is going for £15.09 on the eShop currently. https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Double-Dragon-Gaiden-Rise-of-the-Dragons-2401420.html I nearly picked a physical copy up earlier. Amazon have it for £20 at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen-i Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) Free DLC is coming April 4th. New characters, new modes, online co-op, and a VS mode, among other smaller things. Online co-op is very much the thing that excites me the most. Probably time I jumped on once April comes around. Edited March 16 by Glen-i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 37 minutes ago, Glen-i said: Probably time I jumped on once April comes around. You're in for a treat. One of my fav games from last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen-i Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Update's out now. I think it's still on sale, but not certain, I bought it last week, but was waiting for now until I actually start it. Would anyone here be interested in playing it with me at some point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcubed Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Hey! This game’s good! Gonna have to pick it up myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen-i Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 27 minutes ago, Dcubed said: Hey! This game’s good! Gonna have to pick it up myself Yeah, he teamed up with me for my first run of this. We took the 10,000 dollars, because it was funny! The Special K.O. system is very cool. It's a very a good way to encourage you to spend that Special bar regularly, luckily, it refills relatively quickly. I can already see the potential for some awesome combos when I get some practice in. The difficulty slider is a very cool idea. Easier modifiers get you less tokens There are a couple of problems though. The loading times are really long. They're not as long as the initial load, but it does slow the pace a bit. Also, the leaderboards are not as good as I'd hope. Unless I'm missing something, it only shows the top 50 players, and there's no way to compare your scores to friends. Which means it'll never be any good for me. But yeah, it's great. Would love to do some more 2 player runs with other people here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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