Update [Thu 11th Jul, 2024 09:45 BST]: We've now got our first look at the upcoming Double Dragon revival, thanks to Famitsu magazine.
Entitled Double Dragon Revive, it has been confirmed that Yuke's is handling development duties. The game also has its own Steam page now.
"The Double Dragon series has defined the belt-scroll action genre ever since it hit the arcades in 1987," reads the Steam page. "Now it returns as Double Dragon Revive, thanks to the passionate support of retro game fans over the years!"
We also have a trailer:
Original Story [Wed 10th Jul, 2024 11:00 BST]: Double Dragon custodian Arc System Works has announced that it is working on a 3D revival of the series for modern consoles.
The announcement was made in the latest issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Famitsu. The expected platforms are PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, with Switch curiously absent – which leads us to speculate that it will be released on Nintendo's as-yet-unnamed Switch successor.
According to Famitsu, it will retain the feel of the classic belt-scrolling series but will include "updated controls and difficulty settings", and will take advantage of Arc System Works' experience in the fighting game genre (thanks, Gematsu).
The game will launch in 2025.
This won't be the first time Double Dragon has entered the realm of 3D; 2012's Double Dragon Neon – coded by WayForward Technologies – achieved that over a decade ago. A year later, the rather less impressive Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons also used 3D visuals.
The most recent entry in the franchise is Double Dragon Gaiden, developed by Secret Base.
[source gematsu.com, via x.com]
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I bought Neon just to play something co-op with a friend. I bashed around on it for like an hour or so until he had to go. I never played it since. I need to go back and see what the game never grabbed me. SoR4 grabbed me from the beginning and I still fire it up once in a while to test myself in survival or trying to get S tier in every level on every difficulty. SoR4 just feels so good compared to most other beat 'em up and brawlers. Maybe Neon was just off in many ways that SoR was spot on?
I’m always interested in more Double Dragon games. I hope this one will be a bit more gritty than Neon or Gaiden, just to see what they do with it. Either way, I’m down!
@Blast16 You’ll love Rage of the Dragons then — it’s a fighting game based on the Double Dragon series, and it’s more of a hidden gem.
How many times can they reboot the same game???
Really hoping it's a sequel to Double Dragon Neon. That has been the best DD game to come out in recent years.
@Daggot Whether it's the originals, or DD Neon vs SoR4, Streets of Rage has always been better than Double Dragon, in terms of depth, balance, and polish. Though, in fairness, DD1 and Neon are both much older than their SoR counterparts.
Neon does have more depth than might be apparent on the surface, however, and is well worth another try- even just to play through it once on the standard difficulty, if nothing else. And I really like its presentation, especially the soundtrack!
@smoreon I think I still have it installed. LOL. I'll give it another shot. I def don't remember the soundtrack, but my friend and I were talking so much smack at each other I wouldn't have heard any part of it.
@slider1983 You act like they're just redoing the same game over and over.
It's a PS4 game. There's no way it's not coming to Super Nintendo Switch
@Lanmanna To be fair they aren't.
@smoreon The soundtrack is awesome, I played the game a decade ago and it's still stuck with me. I enjoyed a lot all the 80s pop-culture references and the silly humor!
Hell, I'll have to purchase it again on Steam...
Missed that it was skipping switch. Ok, will pass and give it three years to be ported. Found that is the best way to keep from double dipping.
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