Battletoads & Double Dragon

[Melf]

See, I knew that if we looked hard enough we'd find a Double Dragon game on the Genesis that's worth playing. It took the addition of the three Battletoads, but I think we might have a winner here. Tradewest's aptly named Battletoads & Double Dragon pits the three action-loving amphibians and Billy and Jimmy Lee against the powerful team of the Dark Queen and the Shadow Boss. We've got five good guys here, so one of them is bound to win, but why don't you read our full review to see how it all pans out?

[Joe Redifer]

Man, I don't think I've ever played this game. Probably because my eyes passed right over the box art... the red GENESIS stripe totally destroys it! Is it a paper box game? Also, are the jump and attack buttons flipped with no way to correct them like Genesis Battletoads?

[The Sports Guy]

No it is not a paper box game, and YES it is probably the best side scroller fighting game for the genesis. OMG do i love this game, and I would definately put this in my top 5 games for the genesis. I dont remember if they are "flipped" or not, but i do remember that i did not enjoy battletoads as much as BT/DD. What a game! Even though every character basically plays the same, this game is just so much fun to go through. and it isnt insanely difficult like BT was. I could go on forever about this game. I for one LOVED the red stripe. I liked the early genesis box things too (black checker, just like sonic 2).

[VinnyT]

Wow, THAT went up quick.

[Dartagnan1083]

I personally hate the game.
-There's no real distinguishing characteristics of any of the characters
-The levels are boring
-The gameplay is boring
-It gets real repetitive real fast

Calling it the best brawler on the Genny is a crime against god,
but that's just my opinion

[108 Stars]

No it is not a paper box game, and YES it is probably the best side scroller fighting game for the genesis. OMG do i love this game, and I would definately put this in my top 5 games for the genesis.

You must be kidding, right?
The game can be kind of fun, agreed, but it´s so damn simplistic. Every Streets of Rage offers more gameplay-value than this.
And: The graphics are pretty bad. They look more like the NES-version than the SNES-port imho. So if you´re looking for a descent version, better play the SNES-port; it still looks retarded, but not THAT retarded.

[Alianger]

It was an alright review but needed some better "flow" in the text. I kept stopping to read some sentences over because I didn't get what you meant, like this one:
"The title screen blends well, along with the character selection screen, which was just a surreal experience that still slightly lingers to this day."

I like this game because it has some interesting level designs, but it kind of feels like they took the 8-bit version, beefed up the gfx/sound to (barely) 16-bit standards and put the package in a genesis cart.
After growing up with Streets of Rage, TMNT, previous Battletoads games.. etc., it was an underwhelming experience.

Also I didn't think the blues rock soundtrack fit in well with the sci-fi setting but I know that's how the battletoads games were as well.

[McTom]

why wasn't this game released in Europe?

[VinnyT]

Looking at this now, it's probably going to have some rewrites.

[Alianger]

why wasn't this game released in Europe?

It wasn't good enough.

[McTom]

It wasn't good enough.

If that was a true argument a lot of games shouldn't have been released in Europe. :P

[j_factor]

I liked this game for the most part, but level 4 sucked ass. Majorly. The rest of it was pretty fun. Incidentally, unlike trekbone, I found this one to be more difficult than the original Battletoads.

Also, I highly disagree that the SNES version was better. The SNES version has less responsive controls, and is much less forgiving. And while the sprites are bigger, all the stuff that moves in the Genesis version is completely static on SNES. The SNES version is missing the background-color-changing effect in level 2 (or was it level 3?). And the music is better on Genesis.

[Mega_Drive_Kid]

Great game but I found it kind of hard, but it's a great way to combine two games together. Great graphics, great levels, great music. This game was really good.

Good review!

[j_factor]

Just to note, there is no ampersand (&) in the title of this game. It's called Battletoads Double Dragon.

[108 Stars]

Just to note, there is no ampersand (&) in the title of this game. It's called Battletoads Double Dragon.

That´s just because the guys at Tradewest were unable to draw such a filigran symbol. The gfx in-game prove that.