Double Dragon 2: The Revenge
Double Dragon II: The Revenge uses cooperative brawling, directional attacks, and team techniques for a street revenge journey. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.0 / 10
About this game
Double Dragon II: The Revenge uses cooperative brawling, directional attacks, and team techniques for a street revenge journey. Directional combat and cooperation are influential, while stages, bosses, and co-op reward replay. Platform jumps and late difficulty are harsh, and lives and old controls require adjustment. This assessment covers the catalogued Wii U release. This description covers the original wii-u release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
Collected in series
Double Dragon is a martial-arts action series built around street brawls and the brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee. Punch, kick and turn dropped weapons against the gangs blocking your path, with many entries letting a second player join the fight.
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Double Dragon II: The Revenge uses cooperative brawling, directional attacks, and team techniques for a street revenge journey.
Directional combat and cooperation are influential, while stages, bosses, and co-op reward replay. Platform jumps and late difficulty are harsh, and lives and old controls require adjustment. This assessment covers the catalogued Wii U release. Overall, its main strengths are Directional combat and cooperation are influential; Stages, bosses, and co-op reward replay. Its material limitations are Platform jumps and late difficulty are harsh; Lives and old controls require adjustment. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Directional combat and cooperation are influential
- Stages, bosses, and co-op reward replay
Weaknesses
- Platform jumps and late difficulty are harsh
- Lives and old controls require adjustment
Who it is for: Players who value directional combat and cooperation are influential and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect platform jumps and late difficulty are harsh and lives and old controls require adjustment.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Stages, bosses, and co-op reward replay; Lives and old controls require adjustment. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Directional combat and cooperation are influential; Platform jumps and late difficulty are harsh. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Stages, bosses, and co-op reward replay; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 7.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original wii-u release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Platform jumps and late difficulty are harsh. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Technos
- Publisher
- Arc System WorksMillion
- Release date
- 1989
- Platforms
- Wii U
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- Local Co-opHigh DifficultySide-scrolling2D GraphicsMartial ArtsMelee CombatLinear LevelsRetro Style
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Famicom / NESWorldwide1990
- Wii UWorldwide1989
Game gallery
Sources
- www.nintendo.co.jp