In-game purchases are popular nowadays, but Double Dragon III was the world’s first game to use that system - 25 years ago. The world’s first dodgeball and volleyball game. The world’s first competitive fighter Karate Champ.
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The world’s first wrestling game The Big Pro Wrestling. Technos Japan Corporation had already produced many world firsts when I entered the company.
So that was our theme we strove to make the world’s first game systems, settings, and so on. Do you agree?Ī: I was in charge of planning, and I always settled on themes of something new, novel, and stimulating. Q: I suspect that the work out of Technos Japan at that time spawned many new ideas. I thought I could lead the world for years while producing that game. Not only did you make a hit game, but you made a new genre!Ī: Double Dragon did help create a genre, and I was confident it would be a big hit. Q: From the success of Double Dragon, a new genre emerged in gaming - the side-scrolling brawler. I appreciated their sense of violence and action, so I also made a car action game called Road Blaster when I was at Data East. What inspired this shift?Ī: Things like Fist of the North Star, and also Bruce Lee and Mad Max - so I had great variety of influences. Q: Renegade was set in Japan, but that changed for Double Dragon. That’s how I came up with the idea to adapt this item system into a side-scrolling brawler. So I thought I could make a new fighting system by allowing players to pick this stick up. When you defeat an enemy in Renegade’s first stage, he drops a stick. Q: How did you come up with the unique idea for Double Dragon?Ī: I originally had the idea of using items while I was developing Nekketsu Koha Kunio-Kun. So I thank President Taki of Technos Japan Corporation and all the original staff. Just as Bruce Lee - whom I respect - spread fighting to the world in Enter the Dragon, I think Double Dragon achieved something similar in the game industry. So my second aim, to turn my game into a film, was also accomplished. Then, Double Dragon was filmed in Hollywood several years later. My first aim was to make a hit in the United States - so this was a dream come true. Just like the world of film, it’s the same in video games. If you can be successful in the United States, you can be successful anywhere. Amongst all your work, do you have strong feelings towards Double Dragon?Ī: Double Dragon is my masterpiece and a precious work that helped spread fighting games and brawlers across the world. Q: You’re the forefather of many masterpieces in gaming, including the Renegade series. Even still, we made big efforts and added new characters in that limited time. So it’s more like “Part 1.5” rather than “Part 2.” Because it was produced in such a short time with so few people (about three developers for three months), we could not change the basic structure and didn’t have time to do all that we wanted. Q: Did you face any hardships while developing Double Dragon II?Ī: Originally we had made plans to change the ROM using the arcade board of the original Double Dragon. I appreciate all the Double Dragon fans in the world! We completed the game because the staff worked tirelessly, so thank you to the staff as well. 27 years have passed since its first release but even now, fans all over the world can play it on PS4. Q: Congratulations on the distribution of Double Dragon II worldwide. To celebrate the launch of Arcade Archives Double Dragon II: The Revenge, we spoke with the original Director Yoshihisa Kishimoto. Players can share screenshots and video with the Share feature, and can also compete with other players online to improve their standing on the leaderboards.
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The Arcade Archives series has faithfully reproduced the masterpieces of classic arcade games on PS4, while taking advantage of the additional features PS4 offers. In the game, players can use even more skills than the previous entry in the franchise which leads to more intense battles. In order to avenge your girlfriend Marian, Billy and Jimmy use their signature move So-Setsu-Ken to challenge mysterious armed forces.
Double Dragon II: The Revenge is an action game that was released by Technos Japan in 1989.