Secret Basehas announcedthe first free content update forDouble Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragonwill bring survival and versus modes, online co-op, and new characters.The Sacred Reunionwill be released on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch platforms on April 4.
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragonwas released last year. Ireviewed it then, and it was… enh. It was all right. I felt that the combat wasn’t that great and, at the time, you couldn’t really do much with the character swapping. You couldn’t tie your second character into your combo. I’m not sure how much has changed since then, as there have been patches to tweak the mechanics.
There are three characters joining the roster. One has been revealed, while the other two are shadowed out. I bet one of them is Sonny Lee, the disappointing and unremarkablethird Lee brother. The revealed character is Ranzou, who was a character in bothDouble Dragon 3’sand also an unlockable combatant inDouble Dragon IV. He’s a ninja who fights with shuriken and a katana (or maybe a wakazashi).
Also being added is survival mode, which I assume is wave-based. There’s also a versus mode where you can give your friends a savage beating. Also included is online co-op. That should be good news for people with distant relationships, but I prefer to be able to “playfully” punch the person I’m playing with. There will also be new upgrades.
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragonis available on PS4, PS5, Switch, PC, and XBox.The Sacred ReunionDLC will be available for free on April 4.
