Pretty big Double Dragon news(or possible big news) Guilty Gear and BlazBlue maker Arc Systems have purchased the rights to Double Dragon and
other Technos properties.
http://readretro.com/news/arc-system-wo ... os-titles/My favorite quote of the article " The idea of these games being in the hands of a company known for its gorgeous 2D graphics and incredible combat mechanics is super-exciting. While there’s no word yet on what they’re actually planning to do, the possibilities are incredible."
Some of us have been saying that Arc should be making beautiful 2d DD games. Despite being an enduring franchise, let's be honest...has Double Dragon received a proper
game since 1989's NES DD 2? DD3 was crap at arcades. SDD for SNES while looking nice, had a very slow clunky play mechanic and skinny tiny characters.
I liked the look of Neo Geo DD but it had little to do with DD itself and wasnt a side scroller. The movie was absolutely dreadful. And while DDA for the GBA had some cool additional new levels,
the game was plagued with a dark muddle color palette. Finally, DDi for the iphone and android I felt was great and felt like a spiritual sequel to DDA, but once
again it was a remake/remix and not a proper DD sequel. The 2d DD Neon and DD2 3D remake just looked terrible so I never played them.
Would love to finally see a proper brand new DD side scrolling sequel by the Arc lads.
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