/vr/ - Retro Games

Super Double Dragon, the last "proper" Double Dragon game made by Technos, was barely promoted, but somehow this got a huge ad campaign rivaling that of Super Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat II, both which were coming out on the Super NES and Genesis at the same time.

It was a U.S.-developed fighting game based more on the Double Dragon animated series that was airing at the time than on the old beat-'em-ups, so you have Billy and Jimmy fighting with swords and a bunch of silly villains from the TV show like the ice guy and the dude with purple spandex and blade, but no Linda or Abobo.

I'm guessing Tradewest wanted to make money off a once popular beat-'em-up franchise, despite the fact that the series went off the rail after the second NES game.