is this canon?

[Icedfate]

or is it like. . . a fan made game?

I mean, it's obviously a nod to the nes version, they even copy pasted the vs. arena from there.
I have no problem with the nes references, I played the crap out of that one.

although, it does baffle me why they would use the nes sprites and not like...the arcade version.

[Josh-Sothoth]

It is by some of the original developers, including Yoshihisa Kishimoto, so I'd say it's as canon as it gets. This game seems like a love letter specifically to the NES games, especially once you start unlocking characters in the Tower Mode. They threw in characters from each of the games in the NES trilogy. Maybe Kishimoto grew to be especially fond/proud of the NES games? Seems that way.

[! boon_a_m'I]

Maybe it was Arc Sytem Works decision. They seem to do the same thing with Kunio games too : they take the most successful or more popular game (River City Ransom for Kunio games, and here, Nes version of Double Dragon 2) and use the same graphic style again and again for new games.

[MuscularMelvin]

Honestly, after Double Dragon on the Neo Geo (developed by Technos themselves)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCXuzqlCyCQ
and Double Dragon Neon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDFK1U_qB4
and Double Dragon Zeebo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsXzJBzU9A4
and Double Dragon 2 Wander of the Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAj3es5YEzk
and Double Dragon: The Revenge of Billy Lee (where Jimmy ****ING DIES)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlMVLRCoiEs

I think it's safe to say we can all kiss the Double Dragon canon goodbye. In this branching timeline, Double Dragon 3 is the prequel to Double Dragon 2. You know, even though the manga Technos themselves wrote for Double Dragon 3 noted that the bad guys were the successors to the Shadow Warriors and that Marian was still alive:
http://doubledragon.kontek.net/games/dd3/manga1.html

[76561198063124591]

The game was released by Arc System Works, so can't be a fan made. Just because it is on the old NES style doesn't mean that wasn't made by the original creators.

[Icedfate]

well, I don't know who Arc System Works is, I thought the game was made by Technos. Forgive me for not being proficient in all the game developers.

perhaps "canon" was the wrong word. I was mainly trying to determine if this was a true Double Dragon game or a knockoff.

[! boon_a_m'I]

Originally posted by FeMaiden:

well, I don't know who Arc System Works is, I thought the game was made by Technos. Forgive me for not being proficient in all the game developers.

It's easy to explain : Technos doesn't exist anymore and Arc Sytem Works holds the rights of Kunio Kun and Double Dragon games.

[Icedfate]

Originally posted by ! boon_a_m'I:

Originally posted by FeMaiden:

well, I don't know who Arc System Works is, I thought the game was made by Technos. Forgive me for not being proficient in all the game developers.

It's easy to explain : Technos doesn't exist anymore and Arc Sytem Works holds the rights of Kunio Kun and Double Dragon games.

I was merely trying determine if this was a "bonafide" double dragon game and my question was answered. Thank you for the info.

[! boon_a_m'I]

The game is as legit as it can be : like ZestyPeanutChew previously, Yoshihisa Kishimoto, creator of Double Dragon, lead the development of the game.

[Ricky the "No Guard"]

You guys know that DD1 and DD2 NES are the most popular games in the series, right?

This is why DD4 here was specifically based on DD2, and also why Mega Man 9 and 10 were based on Mega Man 2 specifically.

[MuscularMelvin]

Actually, the original arcade game was the most popular. They already made a remake of it in 2003 (as well as a Brazillian re-remake in 2008-ish) so it would be pointless to do that again, though.

[76561198063124591]

Originally posted by volcanic_lightning:

Actually, the original arcade game was the most popular. They already made a remake of it in 2003 (as well as a Brazillian re-remake in 2008-ish) so it would be pointless to do that again, though.

I disagree. The NES games were more popular, because in the 90's a lot of children played them on their houses...Console games were more accessible than the arcade games. And the NES was one of the greatest consoles ever made, plus was very popular in the 80' s and 90's.

Some people doesn't even remember the experience of DD on the arcades. But they still have their DD NES cartidges somewhere in their basements.

[Red]

The NES versions are so popular they're the ones that inspired the most popular remakes and sequels, like Advance, Neon and this one. Particularly DD2 NES.

[! boon_a_m'I]

Rednavi : You're wrong about Double Dragon Advance, it's clearly a remake of the arcade game, not the nes game. There's a few things that came from the nes game (Raymond is the Mysterious Warrior from Double Dragon 2), but that's it. Some portion of the levels are identical to the arcade versions of DD and DD2.