Double Dragon Advance, Super & Collection Announced For Switch

No Double Dragon Zeebo? Not interested.

All right! Gaiden and now this. More Double Dragon is always good I suppose. (Kind of a big middle finger up in the faces of the ones who bought DD IV as a stand-alone release though). No DD Zeebo hurts this too. Wasted opportunity to finally get this version out of the virtual limbo set by Tec Toy. Oh well, it will be nice to go "punch punch, (move in a little) and uppercut / kick" in DD Advance once again.

Edit: I just realized these are not the arcade versions for I-II-III but rather the NES ones (already part of the Kunio-Kun bundle) making it a DD Nintendo collection (lacking V / DD and Battletoads) with IV. This is just lazy! (Abo)booooo!

aren't these just the DOUBLE DRAGON & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle games they sold separately?

Double Dragon Reloaded is still the best because of the Hulkster brother!

DD 1-3 seems to be the ones already on the eshop, which are available both via the Kunio Kun Collection and standalone.

And I hope they add the ability to select the Japanese versions, because the Return of Double Dragon is far superior than Super Double Dragon.

Double Dragon Advance, that’s what I want right there.

Thanks for the comments confirming that they are the NES games, I can just get the new ports then. Seems like Arcade Archives aren't interested in DD3 which I know is, er, not that good, but would be nice for completeness.

Haven't touched Super Double Dragon since the 90's. I remember it being one of those weird SNES oddities that ran at 30fps, which was nearly unheard of on super nes.

Don't care for DD2(I'm in the minority on that one), 3 and 4. Double Dragon 1(NES) is my jam, which is already available on Switch, but I'm also interested in SuperDD too and haven't played Advanced.

Sweet! I can sell my SNES one now.

"The long-awaited Double Dragon Advance and Super Double Dragon are making a double comeback this year! After 20 years, the first official ports for both games will be making their way to modern consoles on November 9, 2023."

Huh? Super Double Dragon was officially released on the Technos Collection for Evercade in 2020. but maybe that is no „modern“ console 😄

I'm glad they're available separately. I'll probably just get Super Double Dragon. As others stated, the first three NES titles are already in the Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle collection.

Advance is meh, and IV is trash.

@Tasuki someone is looking out for me. 😂

@JohnnyMind it was a favorite GBA of mine back in the day. When it comes out again I hope you enjoy it.

I was about to pay a ridiculous price for an original copy of DD Advance on eBay but this has made me sense.

Super DD was awesome, still need to get round to completing it one day

Still waiting on that Rage of the Dragons re-release 🥲

So. The Evercade cartridge of Super Double Dragon doesn’t count?

Anyways, I’ll be very curious to pick up Double Dragon Advance.

This is great, I've always wanted to play Double Dragon Advance. I suppose I could have imported it, but it was never released in Europe. The best thing is that you can actually download it. I haven't used Virtual Console since it went streaming/subscription.

@CharlieGirl Me too... Maybe, they will release it in 2024, at least...

I loved Super Double Dragon back in the day, so this definitely has my interest.

I hope Super comes with the Japanese version, regarded as better, too. Advance is great to have as the original is way too expensive.

Collection including the four numbered ones and the aforementioned two is also great news. But I already own those four, three of them inside the Kunio-kun collection on Switch, so I'll be watching it and if the extras are good enough I'll semi-double dip. If not, I'll have to settle for Super and Advance on digital sadly.

By the sounds of it, I already own most of the games from a previous collection on Switch. Maybe the new additions will be available as standalones?

No Double dragon Neon? Lame.

@w00dm4n yeah had double dragon 1-3 and the kunio games and their variants. what wasn't on there was the advance game and the snes game. double dragon 4 is also released already on the switch. probably why they are releasing DDA &SDD as stand alone releases as well. hopefully the collection will have some extras and overlays etc.

@ChessboardMan yeah the OP stated that in the first paragraph. so that's good if you already own the retro brawler collection.

@juliobrand yeah they really should make a battle toads collection for switch.

Advance with an actual PAL release is good. I imported the game from the US back at release and still have my boxed cartridge. It is one of those games where the colour looked a little off on the Game Boy player, like they'd adjusted it for the GBA front lit screen. Hopefully the emulation is NSO standard, its a great game in my opinion.

Hope this compilation releases in the U.S.!

Nice to see Advance making a comeback.

Nice! I haven't played Super Double Dragon in a LONG time.

This could be fun. I have a really limited experience with the series, so I’m down to experience more.

2 great games but advance is the one I really want, limited run or a similar company need to give us some physical releases though and I'll happily shell out

I can still remember playing the opening stage of Double Dragon on my Master System for the very first time, some 35 years ago.

The Japanese version of Super Double Dragon is superior, to the one we got in the west, with some additional improvements to the gameplay.
So it would be great to have that version, on the Switch.

@MontyCircus

Advance is awesome, by far the best of the bunch.

I was one paycheck away from buying DDIV (even though I've heard it sucks), so glad to hear of a physical collection coming ! And I never played the Advance games, though they are loaded on my emu machine, so glad they'll be on the physical too. I'm assuming it'll have English support.

Wasn't there a Double Dragon fighting game on the Neo Geo? Be nice to have that too, I've always wanted to play it.

@LikeWhoa that you for telling me about this. How that I'm playing DD Gaiden I have to check this out too. I didn't even know it was a thing

I said it before, Double Dragon Advance is PEAK Double Dragon. I missed out on it until I had a chance to play it a few years ago, and, just as a friend of mine told me, it's fantastic. It has the look and feel of the original arcade game, but with lots of gameplay enhancements that take it to the next level. I'd rather see new Double Dragon games build on Advance rather than trying to re-invent things.

@WaveBoy I grew up with Double Dragon on the Master System, so I still have fondness for that, so I get your feeling for the NES counterpart. But as for DD2, it's a bit of a mess. I don't know if you'd like it, but I think the best version of DD2 is the PC Engine CD version. Would be cool if that was made available too.

@OorWullie It's a nice version on Master System, especially after I had previously played the C64 version, which has to be one of the worst computer games I've ever played. I only realised years later the MS version also has a nice FM soundtrack, if you have the means to enable it.

Are they going to fix double dragon 4?

Nicee, double dragon advance is the best double dragon since double dragon 2 on nes

Not interested on the other titles besides double dragon snes though, already have double dragon nes titles, and I don't like dd 4 since it's not good.

@Gamepro500 I think they try to forget that that game even exists...

Ah, Double Dragon Advance. The original version of DD seared into my mind's eye. Good times.

I'm actually only interested in Advance tbh

While nice they could had included a lot more games. Battletoads/Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team, the two Double Dragon fighting games (The Shadow Falls and the NeoGeo game), and Double Dragon Neon included would had been great additions to the collection.

All I know is I want to play the Japanese version of Super Double Dragon, the way it was supposed to have been in the west. Still glad for this direct and focused collection of home Double Dragon games. Even though I'll be double dipping on a lot of stuff I think I will pick it up.