![]() ![]() These earlier media adaptations probably had as much or more to do with the direction taken by the live action film as the games ever did, though the movie then influenced the release of the 1995 Double Dragon fighting game for the Neo Geo. There was also a short-lived Marvel comic book and a Saturday morning cartoon series, which in turn had its own line of action figures. As such, it doesn’t really know what it wants to be.īefore it became a film, Double Dragon was a 1987 beat-‘em-up arcade game (one of the first) that was ported onto NES, the Sega Master System, Game Boy and more, and gave rise to a bevy of sequels. Voiced in English by: Michael Donovan (Animated series), Jeff Luke ( Neon), Dan Avidan ( River City Girls)The de facto protagonist of the Double Dragon series.“Dude, you must suck at videogames.” – Double Dragon (1994)ĭouble Dragon isn’t quite the first live-action film ever adapted from a videogame – the Super Mario movie beat it to the punch by a little over a year – but it’s that close. Successor to the Chinese martial art of Sousetsuken. He began his Chinese martial arts training at the age of 12 and went on to master several fighting styles until becoming the Sousetsuken successor at the age of 20. Sousetsuken is a fighting style that combines the techniques from all sorts of martial arts such as Karate, Shorinji Kempo and Tai Chi into one school. Adaptation Dye-Job: Blond in the arcade games and Neon, brown hair in both the NES and PC Engine games, and black hair in the animated series.Cain and Abel: Abel to Jimmy's Cain in the first NES game.Įarly concept/promotional art for the original game depicts Billy not only as the darker haired brother, but has him wearing the red outfit instead of blue, which implies that he might been originally intended to be the Player 2 character (before the identities of the Lee brothers were fully established).Color-Coded Multiplayer: Billy is blue (except in the second arcade game, where he wore black).The Hero: He is the Player 1 character and Marian's official boyfriend, two facts that combined give him a bit more of protagonism than Jimmy.His role is also bigger than Jimmy's in most adaptations. Jack-of-All-Stats: In the Super NES game, where his fighting style focuses more on flexibility.Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue oni in the animated series, red oni in the comicbook and film.Surfer Dude: Speaks this way alongside Jimmy in Neon.Technical Pacifist: Even though he uses his martial arts to beat the ever-living crap out of his enemies, he never uses it to outright take the lives of others according to Double Dragon IV.note This is in stark contrast to Double Dragon Neon, where he's said to have " murdered countless Williamses", although that line was more Played for Laughs than anything. Voiced in English by: Scott McNeil (Animated series), Jeff Luke ( Neon), Arin Hanson ( River City Girls)The older Lee twin, who helps his brother Billy fight the Black Warriors, while being secretly in love with Marian. In the NES version, he is actually the Shadow Boss, the true leader of the Black Warriors, although this plot point is swept aside in the sequels (which brought back the co-op play missing in the first NES game). Adaptation Dye-Job: Brown hair in the arcade games and Neon, blond in the NES and PC Engine games and animated series.Cain and Abel: Cain to Billy's Abel in the first NES game.Adaptational Villainy: In the NES version of the first game and the animated series.Much like Billy, some of the early promotional art depicts Jimmy wearing blue instead of his usual red. ![]() Mighty Glacier: In the Super NES game, where his style focuses on pure strength.Heel≯ace Turn: In #2 of the animated series.Evil Brunette Twin: Averted the first instance of him being a villain was also the first to make him a blond.Evil Twin: If he's a Heel in whatever continuity a specific installment is set in, then he serves as one to Billy.Composite Character: In the first NES game, not only serves as the new final boss, but essentially replaces Jeff (the head-swapped Lee brother boss from the arcade version) as the boss who uses all of the player's moves.Color-Coded Multiplayer: Jimmy is red (except in the second arcade game, where he wore white).This also occurs in the actual arcade game if both brothers defeat Willy together. ![]()
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