The new story and setting start out much the same as the first game, with Marian taking a gut-punch and brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee emerging from a garage to rescue her. It could have been stupid like those failed examples I mentioned earlier, but it works because it still reveres the games that came before. Yet this new Double Dragon manages to update the series’ brawling gameplay while instilling a healthy dose of nostalgia for the time period that birthed the franchise. It’s dangerous, and I’ve seen more than a handful of gamers put off by the unique art style or the game’s failure to iterate on the stellar Double Dragon Advance. Neon takes some pretty big liberties of its own by mixing in science fiction elements and characters, ample humor, and a neon-drenched eighties vibe that even the original 1987 game lacked. Sure, so did the goofy old kids’ cartoon, the horrendous theatrical film, and the wacky Marvel comic, but those all lacked the charm and simplicity of the actual Double Dragon games. Neither a sequel nor a straight remake of the original game, Neon instead reimagines the Double Dragon franchise. When Wayforward and Majesco announced Double Dragon: Neon, I was of course ecstatic. But not this dude - I still look forward to each and every brawler that comes along, even if they sometimes disappoint ( Kung Fu Strike). As players aged, some apparently outgrew the genre, taking little interest in modern day beat-em-ups. Its detailed graphics, brilliant soundtrack, interesting weapons, and cooperative multiplayer completely enthralled me. Like many children of the seventies and eighties, the original arcade Double Dragon was my first introduction to the beat-em-up genre.
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