1993-12-01
Battletoads and Double Dragon is a crossover brawler from Rare featuring your two favorite beat 'em up franchises together in one game. At its core, it's a Battletoads game, so it has a strong emphasis on variety such as vehicle and platforming sections. Unlike Battletoads, it has a hefty dose of traditional brawler combat and a manageable level of challenge.
There are also versions of this game on Game Boy, NES, and Genesis, and they're all almost identical to one another. Many of the stages have melodies from the original Double Dragon. Play it and then this game to see how many you can spot.
Battletoads & Double Dragon has the most brawler gameplay of any console 'Toads game, and it's pretty good. There are a handful of amusingly violent enemy-specific animations to offset the simplicity and moderate challenge. The variety stages aren't as great as other 'Toad games and it's fairly easy. The graphics are solid but the sound is off the chain.
