Review: Double Dragon & Kunio-kun - Retro Brawler Bundle (PlayStation 4 & Switch) - Defunct Games
103Defunct Games reviews Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle from Arc System Works, available now on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
While not every game in the collection holds up, there's more than enough here to keep both Double Dragon and Kunio-kun fans glued to the screen. Even the weaker entries show Technos as a company with ambitious ideas and the ability to learn from their mistakes. Genuine classics like River City Ransom, Double Dragon II and Super Dodge Ball are there to draw you in, but the real stars of this collection are the eleven games that were previously unreleased outside of Japan, each with brand-new English localization. Although the price is a bit steep at $40, Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle is an impressive compilation that helps demonstrate why both of these franchises were important to the evolution of beat 'em ups and, to a much lesser extent, sports games.
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