Get ready because the legendary Billy and Jimmy Lee return ready to distribute hosts like bread in a new installment of the classic beat’em up. In a few days Double Dragon Neon will arrive for Nintendo Switch and if you like the genre you should not miss it.
Give out hosts again in Double Dragon Neon
During the 80s and 90s there was a genre that achieved great popularity among video game lovers, we refer to the Beat’em up. A type of game where you had to move around a stage distributing cakes left and right. Although best of all, they usually allowed you to play in pairs, which made them even more fun.
Among all the essential titles that you should play if you like beat’em up, Double Dragon always stood out. A classic that through its different installments always knew how to conquer whoever played it. That is why this new version that will be launched for Nintendo Switch on December 21st is especially exciting for those of us who could say that we grew up with the original game.
Double Dragon Neon is not a new title, a matter of a few years ago it was released for both consoles such as the PS3 and Xbox 360 as well as for the computer. To be exact, in 2012 came to the consoles and two years later the PC version that can be obtained through Steam. However, these types of games have something special that can be enjoyed a lot on devices like the Nintendo Switch.
So WayForward, its developer, has done what many users have been wanting to do: bring their beat’em up to the Nintendo laptop . Of course, in this new version the legendary Billy and Jimmy Lee have a much more updated and stylized appearance compared to what we could see in the classic arcade versions.
That aesthetic change on his part should not or should not affect the mechanics of the game as well as its level of fun. What’s more, the only thing you are going to have is greater ease and smoothness in certain movements, but once you assume the aesthetic change the truth is that it is as if you were playing any previous installment.
In addition, in this Double Dragon Neon you can continue to use different weapons that you will find distributed throughout the different scenarios to kill your enemies. For example, you can use whips, bars, knives, etc.
Double Dragon Neon, release date
As we said above, Double Dragon Neon will be launched on December 21 and will complement other great sagas that have seen how they can enjoy a second youth on the Nintendo console.
And it is that not only the classic Double Dragon has arrived on the platform, also other titles such as Streets of Race 4 or Battletoads have done it with the same intention of offering fun through classics that have more than proven that they work, that they are perfect for when we want to escape from the day to day with a title that oozes action and fun in equal measure. In addition, in the case of Double Dragon Neon also a soundtrack that hooks.
Of course, remember that you can also enjoy the original NES classic and its second installment with the versions available through the Nintendo eShop. Or do it through the console and arcade emulators that also exist for devices as varied as the Raspberry Pi.