Original Double Dragon Devs Criticize Upcoming Games From Arc System Works

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Important takeaways

  • Some developers from Technos Japan, the team behind the original Double Dragon game, are criticizing the upcoming title Double Dragon Revive.
  • The Arc System Works game will be released sometime in 2025.
  • According to the original developers, not a single person at Technos recognizes Revive

    like a true double dragon

    title.



Some of the developers behind the original Double dragon aren't too excited about the upcoming revival, sharing their criticism of its new direction on social media. In 1987, Technos Japan released the first Double dragon games that help usher in a golden age of beat-em-ups that spanned most of the early to mid-90s. Dragon Ball FighterZ developer Arc System Works acquired Double dragon license in 2015, which resulted in the release of Double Dragon 4 in 2017. The last game of the series was Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragonsa spin-off released by Secret Base and Modus Games in 2023.

Earlier this year, Arc System Works confirmed rumors of a new mainline entry in the Double dragon series with the title Double Dragon Revivewhich will reportedly launch in 2025. This new Double dragon the game will retain all the bare-knuckle beat-em-up action the series is known for while rendering its character models in 3D. Released screenshots and character art also revealed that Double Dragon Revive will have an anime-like art style that could be compared to 2023's Street Fighter 6.


Which the world is waiting to see more of Double Dragon Revive in action, some of the original Technos developers took to social media to express their thoughts on the latest installment in the series they helped create, according to reports from Automaton. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like they're on the new game, like the original Double dragon animator Koji Ogata claimed that “not a single person in the Technos group” recognizes Revive as one Double dragon title. He would then describe Revive as a “cheap, modern game that shows no respect for Double dragon.”


Original Double Dragon Animator Koji Ogata doesn't like new game


Ogata then shared screenshots of a private conversation he had with Muneki Ebinuma, Techno's Japan game designer who worked on several Double dragon records, including 1992 numbers Super Double Dragon and the 2003s Double Dragon Advance. Ebinuma seems to share Ogata's views on Double Dragon Revivesaying the screen looks “too dark” and criticizing the characters and combat techniques shown in the latest Double Dragon Revive trailer. He goes on to describe the new game as lacking the “strong power and a unique, distinct feel” of the past Double dragon game.


Muneki Ebinuma concludes by wishing that Arc System Works had not given away their upcoming project Double dragon name, and Koji Ogata jokingly responded to a Twitter comment by saying he'd throw a controller at the screen if given the chance to try Double Dragon Revive at this year's Tokyo Game Show. Arc System Works and AEW Fight Forever developer Yuke seems to be trying some new things with the next one Double dragon game, but do so without the blessing of some of the original's development team.

Arc System works

Arc System works

Date founded
May 12, 1988

Head office
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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