(Not being sarcastic - I actually REALLY like Rage of the Dragons. ![]() The Mexican designed rip off Rage of the Dragons for the Neo Geo is, somehow, a substantially better game in every regard. It eschewes the side-scrolling co-op beat-em-up action in favor of one-on-one fighting, which was the style at the time. They even had the audacity to stick a numeral on it - Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls, released for the Genesis, SNES and Jaguar. What's even worse is that someone, somewhere realized that the cartoon was so greatly removed from the game series that they made their own completely new, completely different video game to tie it in together. It actually went on for two whole seasons for a total of 26 episodes. For instance, they both wield swords! That shoot lightning! Also, they drive around in a car and fight all kinds of ludicrous Saturday morning cartoon villains! It's really bad. The cartoon series is something different entirely - the movie very vaguely got things right, but the cartoon takes the concept of two brothers fighting crime and runs off in its own direction. It's out on DVD and so won't be part of this archive project here, but you can check out the Nostalgia Critic's review for some insight into that bit o' disaster. ![]() This didn't stop the media blitz of Double Dragon stuff in 1994, at least a few years after its prime, with a live action movie and 26 episode cartoon series. The series eventually grew less popular as the years progressed - no one really liked Double Dragon III, and while Super Double Dragon was far from bad, it also didn't quite command the same respect. Double Dragon was unquestionably one of the most popular NES games in the late 80s.
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