![]() Before each stage, a cut-scene is shown (similar to the ones in the NES version of Ninja Gaiden) consisting of still imagery and text which provides the setting of the stage. There are a total of nine stages in the NES version. While the first stage loosely resembles the one from the arcade version, the level designs deviate completely from Mission 2 and onward, with scenes set in a variety of new locations such as the interior of a moving helicopter, an undersea base and a series of trap rooms. The structure of the game is completely different. The game offers three difficulty levels and two modes of play, the latter differing only in whether or not the two players can hurt each other with their attacks. ![]() Unlike the first NES game, Double Dragon II can be played by up to two players simultaneously. ![]() ![]() The game contains nine stages and three difficulty levels only by choosing the hardest level can the player access all nine stages and see the true ending.Īccording to a North American television commercial by the game's publisher, Acclaim, the NES version of Double Dragon II became a million seller soon after its release. While this version ignores the plot twist of the first NES game, in which Jimmy Lee turns out to be the final boss (likely due to the inclusion of 2-players co-operative play), it also replaced Willy, the gun-toting gang leader from the arcade version, with a nameless martial artist who wields supernatural abilities as the game's ultimate antagonist. Players control Billy and Jimmy Lee, who are on a mission to avenge the death of Billy's girlfriend Marian after she is killed during an attack by the Shadow Warriors (an unnamed group in the Japanese version). ![]() The NES version of Double Dragon II was directed by Hiroyuki Sekimoto (co-director of River City Ransom), with the arcade version's director Yoshihisa Kishimoto taking a supervisory role in the game's development. The game shares its title with the 1988 arcade sequel to the original Double Dragon, using the same promotional artwork for its packaging and having a similar plot, but the content of the two games are otherwise drastically different. It is the second Double Dragon game for the NES and was published in North America by Acclaim Entertainment, who took over publishing duties from Tradewest. Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the end of 1989. ![]()
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