Arc System Works America announced that pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch package version of the Double Dragon Collection are now open for North America. This collection comes with six titles all in one package from the fight game series that helped define a while subgenre.
The series follows the journey of the brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee as they master martial arts and fight against the Black Shadow Warriors. Each game that's part of the collection has four slots to allow for saving game progress. There are also video options available for different resolutions, screen sizes, scanline types, and even wallpapers. Players also have the choice to adjust the volume, change the quality of the sound effects and even reverb levels.
The titles in the Double Dragon Collection include:
- Double Dragon (1988)
- Double Dragon II: The Revenge (1989)
- Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (1991)
- Super Double Dragon (1992)
- Double Dragon Advance (2003)
- Double Dragon IV (2017)
Enjoy New Merch
To celebrate the upcoming release of this collection, Arc System Works has partnered with Japanese gaming merch company Kumagumi to launch new licensed Double Dragon merch.
This includes a limited edition The Black Warriors Print (MG Willy, Abobo, Burnov, Williams and Linda) that's designed by MrGenzoman, who is best known for his illustrations on the Double Dragon Neon game and numerous publications for Udon Entertainment. This 18" x 24" fine art print poster pays tribute to the villain characters from the first and second Double Dragon titles.
Available as well is the Billy & Jimmy T-Shirt which are inspired by the visuals of the Famicom version of the first Double Dragon game. It also pays tribute to the the two famous protagonists Billy and Jimmy.
The Double Dragon Collection comes out in North America this June 14 for the Nintendo Switch in physical copies only. Pre-order a copy here.
Double Dragon is a beat 'em up video game series that was first released as an arcade game in 1987. It became a hit and started what many would call the "Golden Age" for the beat 'em up genre. As a result, a lot of similar games came out within the late 1980s and all the way to the 1990s. Initially created by Technōs Japan, the rights were acquired by Arc System Works in June 2015.
