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Anonymous Wed Dec 6 17:08:58 2017 No.4445165 [Reply] [Original]

What's the deal with Double Dragon and how come they never managed a consistent art style/canon?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 6 17:11:45 2017 No.4445170 It's just two brothers who like fucking crime up, the most their personality entails is that they like Marion and one likes wearing blue and one likes wearing red

Anonymous Wed Dec 6 17:25:00 2017 No.4445207
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>>4445170
But why did they switched hair colors in the NES version? And why did the blond one became a bad guy in the NES version? And if Marian is Billy's girlfriend and Billy's the blue guy, how come she's cheating on him with Jimmy on the cover of Double Dragon II? Isn't she supposed to be dead in the sequel? How come she stays dead in the arcade version but comes back to life on the NES?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 6 17:33:03 2017 No.4445226 There's also a third character called Bimmy or whatever. And they completely changed the story for the overseas release.

Anonymous Wed Dec 6 17:37:12 2017 No.4445231

>>4445165
Because the creators of Double Dragon are so frickin' dumb.

>>4445207
When I see the cover of Double Dragon 2, it reminds me of the movie "Double Impact", which I consider it to be the true version of a live action Double Dragon movie. Not that official turd that came out a year or two later.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 6 17:41:35 2017 No.4445240 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvJQHAnD_Pc

Anonymous Wed Dec 6 17:56:56 2017 No.4445272
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I always wondered if they meant Billy to be the red guy and Jimmy to be the blue guy, but somewhere along they got the colors mixed up and that's how Billy Lee ended up becoming a poor man's Kenshiro on the console versions.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 08:44:36 2017 No.4446420 >>4445226 That was Double Dragon III on the NES and it's kinda weird. They changed the final boss from Cleopatra to Marian in the localization, but they did it in such a half-assed way compared to other localizations.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 09:29:35 2017 No.4446480 File: 30 KB, 300x168, IMG_6577.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Tell me about Burnov. Why does he wear the mask, and why does he disintegrate?

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 09:41:56 2017 No.4446494 >>4445272 >>4446480 What game

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 09:48:33 2017 No.4446501 File: 19 KB, 63x85, ddragoniiburnovbevapleft.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4446480 He's a big guy.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 10:23:04 2017 No.4446545 >>4445207 That cover art is so tight.

Anonymous Thu Dec 7 16:37:22 2017 No.4447197

>>4446545
I wish they had gotten a hold of the same artist to do the art for Double Dragon IV. They tried to mimic her art style for the cutscenes and promo art (they even traced Billy and Jimmy's faces from the flyer) art, but it doesn't come off as well as it should have.

By the way, does anyone here actually Double Dragon 3 (the arcade one)? The JP version (emulated on MAME) got rid of the microtransactions from the U.S. version.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 16:38:39 2017 No.4447201 File: 3.82 MB, 1190x1673, tumblr_n9776t2G8p1tzwbf7o2_1280.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4447197 Forgot my image.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 17:28:48 2017 No.4447283 File: 173 KB, 800x1046, 172575-double-dragon-ii-the-revenge-zx-spectrum-front-cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4445207 bong version for comparison

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 17:32:28 2017 No.4447285 File: 501 KB, 473x725, rageofthedragons-poster.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I really like the Double Dragon that wasn't

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 17:34:05 2017 No.4447286 File: 123 KB, 768x1024, P1010717.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4447283 They also traced it for the cabinet side-art. Not sure why they didn't just use the original art in either case.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 17:40:49 2017 No.4447297 >>4446494 I remember Burnov from DDII. I think the screen in >>4446480 is the arcade version, but I'm not sure because I'm more familiar with the NES version. The screenshots on the left page of >>4445272 look like DD1.

Anonymous Thu Dec 7 17:43:58 2017 No.4447304
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>>4447297
You're right on both counts.

>>4446480
This is from the arcade version of Double Dragon II (DD2AC).

>>4445272
And this is the manual from the FC version of Double Dragon I (DD1FC).

The NES versions were very different from their arcade counterparts and other console ports.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 17:47:32 2017 No.4447306 File: 52 KB, 720x425, 41721892_18669178.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4447286 publishers blowing money on the shitty cover art instead of making a good port.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 19:10:42 2017 No.4447417 File: 401 KB, 1280x800, Screenshot from 2017-12-07 20-08-35.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4447306 I like the art they did for the manual. The next Double Dragon reboot needs to have Chuck Norris Billy.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 19:19:59 2017 No.4447430 >>4447285 >Hecho en Mexico

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 7 22:13:53 2017 No.4447726 >>4447285 That game was waifu-bait.The redesigns for Billy and Jimmy were kinda cool too.

Anonymous Fri Dec 8 00:57:42 2017 No.4447991

>>4445207
>But why did they switched hair colors in the NES version? And why did the blond one became a bad guy in the NES version?
They couldn't include the co-op mode from the arcade game, but the title of the game references both brothers, so they made Jimmy the evil guy and downgraded Willy to just be his henchman in order to have both brothers in the game.

It's just that.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 8 01:02:30 2017 No.4448004 File: 102 KB, 434x586, 1388181519613.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4447991 But was the outfit/hair color switch necessary?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 8 02:19:16 2017 No.4448092 File: 39 KB, 240x607, lynn clean.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4447726 >That game was waifu-bait. They where top tier

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 8 08:35:24 2017 No.4448410 >>4445165 Advance looks best, though the artwork is still very amateurish. It's the only good DD game too.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 8 08:38:41 2017 No.4448416 File: 357 KB, 854x620, DDAconc06.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4448410 I don't know why they changed Billy's expression on the cover from the original line art. I heard some other artist did the cover art.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 8 12:29:34 2017 No.4448739 >>4446501 For you

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 8 12:51:22 2017 No.4448757 >>4447285 sold it for 280€ long time ago - wanted to rebuy it this year. 2000€.....

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 06:11:02 2017 No.4450096 >>4448416 I guess it didn't look cool enough, even though it's obviously imitating Bruce Lee.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 13:29:54 2017 No.4450583 File: 6 KB, 109x153, burnov_4649.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4448739 If he takes off the mask, does he die?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 9 14:01:30 2017 No.4450632 >>4450583 it would be extremely painful

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 10 14:46:25 2017 No.4452756 File: 58 KB, 421x409, True Double Dragons design.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Brown hair Billy master race.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 10 21:48:32 2017 No.4453670 >>4445165 Because it's been owned by about as many companies.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 10 22:58:00 2017 No.4453773 File: 37 KB, 352x264, cd81bba8013970a13cba20a6afe1c7a8.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Which brother is your favorite, Kenshiro or Benshiro?

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 10 23:01:31 2017 No.4453784 >>4450583 I don't know if he dies if he takes off the mask, but I know he takes off the mask if he dies.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 11 15:51:44 2017 No.4454889 File: 38 KB, 500x328, Greg-Winters-Super-Double-Dragon-1992.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4453773 Why did they became masked ninjas on the show anyway?

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 11 15:59:04 2017 No.4454901 >>4454889 >nunchucks are like 4 feet long right? >yeah of course they are, no need to double check that

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 11 16:09:46 2017 No.4454921 >>4454889 Ninja turtles? I guess. It was a toy selling thing. >>4454901 Way of the Dragon, nigga.

>>	Anonymous Mon Dec 11 17:55:34 2017 No.4455104 >>4445165 all you need is one move - elbow attack (best move)

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 12 10:36:23 2017 No.4456298 File: 291 KB, 748x1041, img_0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4452756 I wonder if Koji Ogata also drew the chibi art for DD3 and Return.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 12 10:37:32 2017 No.4456303 >>4455104 I see you've watched youtube celebrities reviews of Double Dagon. That's nice to know.

>>	Anonymous Tue Dec 12 10:38:45 2017 No.4456305 File: 16 KB, 333x151, doubledragonrescue.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4445165 >Boss literally shoots and kills your grill

Anonymous Tue Dec 12 11:05:41 2017 No.4456332
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>>4456303
Not him, but this was common knowledge among DD1 players for years. Most Youtube ecelebs probably only played the NES version anyway, which forced you to level-grind to gain the elbow strike (which wasn't as effective as it was on the arcade).

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 13 09:44:10 2017 No.4458308 File: 1.17 MB, 500x266, tumblr_obkvwtiwqu1t95vo6o1_500.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>4456305 Unlike the NES version, the arcade version of Double Dragon II didn't take no prisoners, literally.

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