Classic Beat-Em-Up 'Battletoads & Double Dragon' Gets An NES Re-Release

Curious how the NES gameplay looks given the crispness of the video in widescreen and how they translates backwards to a CRT

Yuck! Battletoads such an overrated game, typified the poor control and bump mapping of loads of the old games.

I didn't realize Battletoads Double Dragon had an NES release. I've only played it on the SNES.

It feels like there have been more NES games than Wii U games printed in the past 10 years.

@Wurstsemmel753 The first Battletoads got a Deluxe Legacy Edition reissue via iam8bit in 2020, and a Japanese reissue of the (much easier!) Famicom version last year from Columbus Circle. Battletoads Double Dragon was the logical next step. Not to mention that unlike the first game, the NES version of Battletoads Double Dragon is pretty rare.

Some people love to hate on the Battletoads series, but it truly is one of my favorites of all time. It's admittedly bullcrap hard, but the gameplay variety, impressive (for the time) 8-bit animation/technicality, and jammin David Wise soundtracks always pulled me in. Heck, the Genesis/Mega Drive version of Battletoads Double Dragon was actually the first game I ever purchased with my own money! Needless to say, ORDERED.

@Samuel-Flutter Same. I'll take a re-release of the SNES version. But made playable on the Switch, not the SNES, lol.

@NotoriousWhiz Yeah, I am not sure either why they picked the NES version to do this with when the SNES one was the one most people seem to remember.

Will the people who use the "Game Preservation" excuse for downloading ROMs be the ones buying this?

@Trikeboy Every pirate thinks he's Robin Hood.

@Wurstsemmel753 good point but I think maybe a lot of people find the first game almost unplayable for its crippling difficulty. I played this and the original — this one more recently actually — and I can actually get through the game. It’s vastly more enjoyable. @dew12333 in this game, it’s like they took the best parts of Battletoads and tempered down the difficulty a bit so you can actually enjoy it.
Having just recently tried this Battletoads and DD, I would pick this one up over the original any day.

@ChromaticDracula
That would help, but my main issue was that I felt the character's movement was sloppy. A quite common complaint I had about tons of games then, although I only really played this on the gameboy so maybe that didn't help.

@Abes3 This is an offically released NES reproduction cart. This is meant to play on a real NES or a clone NES system. It essentially is the original rom flashed to a new pcb and put in a custom shell. This will play perfectly on a crt in proper 4:3 aspect ratio

@dew12333

Yep, i also disliking that game, nowhere near the turtles games.

@Gitface In the press release, they mention that they're also reissuing the 16-bit version later this year

Thank you! I guess I should have read that then, huh?
That is pretty cool then. I still have my original copy of it in nearly perfect condition, so I guess I have no reason for buying it, but this is really cool for people that still have their SNES (or a Polymega).

One of the few games I ever blew a ton of money on in an arcade to complete. This is a good one. The music in a Battletoads game is the very best part. Ragnarok canyon is absolutely legendary.

@Trikeboy that’s when the “high price for old games” excuse gets trotted out. So most likely no.

What a shame that I don't have an NES to play it on anymore. This is my favorite Battletoads game.

@Samuel-Flutter I'm the opposite, I didn't know there was a release on the SNES.

It’s really really great to see another feature that links to Limited Run games - their articles here always get the best comments and it’s clear the Nintendo life readership have nothing but good things to say about them so I’m glad they keep on doing articles about them.

Bravo.

Wow! I just can't wait to play as Jimmy and Bimmy again!

I read "Classic Beat-Em-Up 'Battletoads & Double Dragon' Gets" and got excited thinking it was coming to NSO, before continuing to read and getting disappointed.

@Tasuki the press release mentions that the 16-bit version is getting reissued later this year. Not sure if it's SNES, GEN/MD, or both, but apparently it's coming!

I remember how this game was way more Battletoads than Double Dragon, but was an easier Battletoads than the original. Basically it "Battletoaded" the way the Lee twins fought, which was surprisingly ok. I played the NES version. The more people that can play this the better.