Is Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls [SNES] Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

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[@mmocracy]

I clicked onto the next video at 4:58, then realized I had just made a grievous mistake so I clicked the back button and waited a few seconds so I could have a great rest of my day.

[@jmbenetti]

Yesterday I watched and old video that didn't have that sentence, so I had a bad rest of my day.

[@diegomineiro]

This game was so bad that the cartdriges sold here in Brazil had another game in it. Mine came with Fievel Goes West.

[@goatbone]

I have no idea what this means.

[@theguaable]

@@goatbone Some pirate SNES cartridges have two games on them. Plug the cart into your system and one of the game loads. To play the other one hit reset (if I remember correctly).

[@goatbone]

But what does that have to do with the game being bad?

[@DonnyKirkMusic]

@@goatbone BAD

[@carlosgobatto6328]

@@goatbone Because the game was so bad that coudn't be sold on it's own.

[@yogawithlandon]

just wanna say i really love all of your videos! when i get a short break in my at-home work day on sundays I'll typically watch an episode or 2 while i eat lunch... its an awesome escape for about 20 min. I dont have much time to play NES or SNES or 64 these days, so a short 20 min SNES drunk video is perfect for me to kinda live vicariously through you... also, i have absolutely found a few gems from watching your channel as well... thank you so much!

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks for watching, lots more to come

[@banzairefile8805]

JIMMY LEE WINS *seinfeld theme starts playing*

[@BakiX]

I clicked on this video right away simply to answer the question. No. No it is not. Time to enjoy your video now ;).

[@7thangelad586]

“It’s a sad thing that your series has ended here!!”

[@BakiX]

@@7thangelad586 ;p

[@starlightwitch12]

I remember playing the Neo-Geo Double Dragon, but not Double Dragon V though. The Double Dragon fighting game for the Neo-Geo was released in 1995 and is based on the movie starring Mark Dacascos, and ported to the PlayStation 1 a year later. Love the idea of its instruction manual as a comic book.

[@gregorypappas766]

Congratulations on nearly 100000 subscribers, you have great content, and certainly deserve it!!! Take care

[@MarMaxGaming]

Almost at 100,000 subs! Your hard work is paying off! And greetings from Minnesota as well 👋

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

I remember really wanting to play this game since I really liked the cartoon. Child logic at its finest, wanting to play the spinoff game based on a spinoff cartoon rather than the games that inspired the cartoon in the first place. No, I wasn’t satisfied when I finally got to play it lol

[@omad777]

As a kid? I'm sure you loved every second of it.

[@thingsiplay]

The backgrounds doesn't look bad.

[@sentientmeatcomputer8097]

Dude on the first part looks like that dude from Small Soldiers

[@hteekay]

The NeoGeo's version of Double Dragons were pretty decent

[@AvalancheRX_]

Yeah, that’s a pretty cool game.

[@retrorami]

It's broken beyond belief. Rebecca is just too good. I used to play it in the arcades and it was basically a 1 character fighting game, as there was no reason to play with anyone other than Rebecca.

[@Zombie_Man.]

@@retrorami i was the champion of the arcade and my mains were dulton and cheng fu

[@LITTLE1994]

That's the arcade.

[@jimmyallen8210]

Full Circle - I watch this channel as a great source retro entertainment and a guide for picking SNES games to play with my kids based on these great reviews. I used to play Jack Nicholas Golf with my dad way back when, and today that game was mentioned!

[@andybrinks3784]

It has kind of that look that reminds me of the toy aisle in a dollar store..

[@orinanime]

Fantastic video as always. Saw the notification. New it was going to be a good morning.

[@reagandow850]

Oh what a happy day! A great rest of the day to YOU sir!

[@billystars]

Congratulations on hitting 100k subs. Well deserved.

[@DGR_Dave]

Pre-congrats on 100k subs!!

[@bimmylee6611]

still doing mario maker 2

[@marcellofunhouse1234]

hes almost at 190k now :)

[@Am0r_y_PeZ]

I rented this game once back in 95/96. Never again hahahah. Love your content dude cheers from Buenos Aires Argentina.

[@jmbenetti]

Me hace acordar de un juego de Super Nintendo que alquilé y lo devolví ese mismo día porque era un horror. No sé si era el Power Rangers the Movie, pero por ahí andaba.

[@Am0r_y_PeZ]

Jajajajaja power rangers the movie safa más creo...

[@DarMander707]

When the best part of the game is the instruction manual. Yikes!

[@hiyazaki09]

Double Dragon (Neo-Geo) now that's a fighting game base on a movie that i fall asleep but the game is f*cking awesome

[@adrenalinex4]

the game is alright...

[@Ryuhei64]

The Neo Geo fighting game is quite awesome, I'm glad you mentioned it :)

[@willmistretta]

Taboo: The Sixth Sense for NES also had an insanely funny manual where they go on for paragraph after paragraph trying to make the game sound as scary and paranormal as possible. It's a hoot.

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

You could tell the artists were kinda lazy making this game. Jimmy's portrait is literally a modified version of Billy's. Most of the stages are mirrored in half. And most moves have like 2 frames of animation.

[@otakon17]

Billy and Jimmy were drawn like that in the show due to being identical twins.

[@JeremyPeeples]

Howled at "wow, a contest to become someone's bitch! Sound's awesome!"

[@iDesstrox]

1:04 Thanos is looking good

[@TFOOS]

Double Dragon was one of my all time favourites, never even knew about this game though.

[@drloko4013]

"Miasma of mediocrity" might be the best way I've ever heard a game described. Brilliant!

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

I played this game when I was a kid. Loved it, played it for hours, particularly when I had friends over. Then again, I got my SNES from the Super Mario All-Stars edition, so I never got to play the SNES port of Street Fighter II (since you can't buy that on its own) so this was the only fighting game I had. I still remember it quite fondly (partly because I haven't played it since), although that might have been because Sekka and Dominique were hot. The music was pretty decent too, particularly the Shadow Master's stage theme. Also, you should have mentioned that the PAL version didn't have a bunch of characters that were in the version you're showing here- mostly the really ugly ones like Jawbreaker, Sickle and T. Happy. I don't remember whether they were replaced by anyone else or just left out. Unfortunately the PAL manual also didn't have the comic you mentioned, although it was still really thick because it also included different language translations of the instructions.

[@CONSOLETRUTH2]

Where did you live cause Street Fighter 2 was made available as a stand alone. It was like a year after release that it was put in a SNES bundle. Granted, due to it being the first ever 16 Meg game I remember it cost $79.95 on the day it was released (which is equivalent to a whopping $166 today with inflation) so it was cheaper if you bought in the later bundle but yeah, again, it was sold on its own well before it was put in a bundle, at least here in the US anyway.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

@@CONSOLETRUTH2 Well I live in Australia, which was and still remains the ass-end of the gaming world. Now, I was probably wrong about SFII not being available for standalone purchase, but I never saw it.

[@SaulTNutts-no6js]

Thank you for this video. I was about to buy this off ebay, but I somehow changed my mind. ☺

[@ramayac]

Imagine having that as an Xmas present AFTER having the SNES + KilleInstinct bundle a year before.

[@roshancode1088]

I played this game as a kid alot It was really fun ... i liked it alot

[@2grownmen7879]

Lol, love the Bimmy reference from Double dragon 3

[@AndrewAnstrom]

I have a friend at work named Billy Lee... I always call him Bimmy... However, he's not old enough to get the reference and it's weird... Idc anyway, he'll always be Bimmy to me.

[@dionysus122]

That "miasma of mediocrity" line was very well used. Great vocab power!

[@RetrOrigin]

The Neo-Geo one is also available for the japanese PS1 and Neo-Geo CD.

[@NewportBox100s]

This game has always intrigued me. I wanna get it. 🦄

[@retrorami]

I remember renting this game back in the day, and 20 minutes of gameplay were enough for me to ask myself why didn't I rent TMNT Tournament Fighters or Samurai Showdown instead. It's a shame that when it comes to Double Dragon on Super Nintendo, most people immediately think about this monstrosity, when Super Double Dragon is right there...

[@lennywright5655]

Double Dragon V: how far the Shadow Falls.

[@backinthedaygamer]

A couple years back I thought I scored when I snagged this at a local spot bc I’d never seen it in the wild. Then I played it lol

[@HybridAngelZero]

I doubt I'll ever play the game, but I might spring for the manual xD

[@aldopink89]

100k is just around the corner sir :)

[@davistalhone9482]

It's not every day that you hear a game called a World Heroes clone! But such was life back in the 90s when one-on-ones were growing on trees.

[@LITTLE1994]

Not one of the better SNES games, but I still play it sometimes. For players who remembers the "fatalites", here's how to do them. It's simple. Press these buttons as the final hit during the 2nd round when facing against: Billy Lee: L Jimmy Lee: R Jawbreaker: L Icepick: Crouch, then X Bones: Move towards + X Sickle: A Blade: A Trigger Happy: B Countdown: Y Sekka: X Dominique: Move towards + X Shadow Master: R

[@ggbetz]

Lol the snesdrunk voice is like hold on to your hats, it's a bad game acomin! Love the analogy for villain path, and recognizing the other games, but boundaries (can you imagine the deluge of requests for Jag and neo geo games?)

[@smedlings]

So pumped that Bimmy's playable

[@TheVileOne]

Hard to believe this is actually Double Dragon V

[@NESFriend]

I often wonder if maybe they had added just one more dragon, maybe one of those games could have been good...

[@cammy484]

Hey, does anyone know like an old shooting game (I think) where it had cutscenes to show like the back story of each character & one guy was like an absolute unit of a guy though he was like overly mothered and wore nappies. Could have been PS1 or N64 not too sure.

[@josephhooks1292]

People give this game a hard time but I really liked it as a kid. I rented it a lot. It’s not amazing but it was fun for what it was.

[@stevieavail5773]

Great video, Drunk.

[@joshhunt9551]

Awwwwwww shit! SNES DRUNK has a new video! *It was a good day*

[@feiwong3634]

I never understood why there are some characters that changes between versions, i played back in the day the european pal version and some characters were not present in the american one when i played it years later in emulation.

[@DougjcFerguson]

There was a Double Dragon cartoon?? Had no idea! I remember the movie though... or remember that it existed at least

[@av4010]

not sure if I agree on the animations frames criticism. I don't think it looks too good but I mean, there are plenty of moves in a game like Street Fighter 2 on SNES that have 2 or 3 frames of animation.

[@1632games]

Thoughts on Double Dragon IV?

[@cliffjumper1984]

Do you recommend the cartoon over the game XD

[@kmunyard]

Get that 100k dude 🤙🤙

[@kidunot89]

I've official watched every review now, and I have one suggestion, one unique JRPG fan to another. Legend of Legaia for PSX. It's my favorite game and possibly the most unique JRPG to date.

[@joeshmo3360]

Neo Geo's version of Double Dragon and it's unofficial sequel Rage Of The Dragon are really good 👍

[@youremakingprogress144]

One of the characters is a dominatrix named Dominique. Brilliant.

[@spiderklanblaze3124]

I loved bit 2d fighting games this was awesome to play

[@j.combes1230]

Fully agree about the manual.. shits amazing

[@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939]

I never knew there was a cartoon of _Double Dragon_ … and looking it up, it seems that whilst it was broadcast in the UK, it was never broadcast on any of the terrestrial/analogue channels, so only a tiny fraction of viewers could have seen it.

[@josepartida1711]

Hey buddy! I liked World Heroes 😆

[@AnthonyRiddle]

I've been calling Double Dragon 5 a World Heroes clone ever since I saw the first pictures of it in a magazine. You're the first person I've heard call it that

[@BiohazardEXTREME]

I actually enjoyed this game. I mean, I was 10 years old, and Double Dragon was one of my favorite franchises, so that's mostly why. But my friend and I had our dumb fun with it, clobbering each other, and trying to figure out how the overkill system actually worked.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

I've heard Zeebo version of Double Dragon is pretty good.

[@drmarcosmelo]

3:50 Kenshiro???

[@Dj.D25]

I noticed the characters shadows are shaped like Sega Genesis controllers for some reason.

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

Make your SNESDrunk a Double.

[@thingsiplay]

Double Drunk 2

[@MisterSouji]

Play the Neo Geo CD game. It's amazing. It even has a BJ theme.

[@SPac316]

I played the Genesis version, but it's no different nor better than on SNES. The instruction manual was the best part indeed.

[@gameoverhell6952]

The only thing I remember from the Neo Geo game is the BJ Theme that plays all the time.

[@emmastarr5242]

Okay, this review was actually really funny. :P

[@orinanime]

1 dislike?! Apparently this game has 1 fan defending it

[@DSan-kl2yc]

Villains in double dragon weren't of the week variety. They had the same ones almost every week. It was the recurring villains type.

[@PandaXs1]

that genesis version tho "hey kids! gonna play double dragon 5 on your SUPER LAMETENDO? FUCK THAT play it on the sega genesis and experience REAL BLOOD"

[@DOSRetroGamer]

One cool thing is that their shadows look like Genesis controllers

[@HaplessNerd]

I told you to watch the stairs jimmy! :y

[@jasonwalker7729]

I remember being so let down when I rented this game when I was younger.

[@Warbearer]

Isn't the Neo Geo one loosely based on the movie?

[@nugamer2475]

Waits for Sailormoon S Jougai Rantou. From the original creators of Guilty Gear before Aksys.

[@Aztyph]

Hell yes. That game is busted, but in the best possible way. It even has a tournament scene that started picking up steam last year.

[@thezeddy]

I really enjoyed the soundtrack to this game. Nothing else

[@deividilavitz6645]

LOL Billy and Jimmy are the same character with colors changed.

[@Alianger]

Controversy: My cousin's dad literally threw his cart in the trash because you could hit women in it.

[@nightsong81]

@Most Deadest Pool of em All. If I could through life in the trash, I totally would. Worst game ever.

[@ihatejesus1980]

lol i actually didnt think this was so bad at the time when i had it. i had fun with it as a kid playing multiplayer

[@xyz-ns7ym]

Can imagine blockbusters stacking only the manuals

[@midwestmonster9886]

"Wow, a contest to become someone's bitch." 😆

[@retrohero8770]

This was definitely one of the games I rented at Blockbuster and immediately regretted it.

[@paulminor5060]

Great video and I learned a new word. Miasma. Nice.

[@darkus2015]

Double dragon for the neo geo is the best fighter game for total newbs. The game makes you feel like your good and that's cool

[@danielmccormick700]

Looks like the Bloodstorm arcade game got re-skinned.

[@TheUmpire1]

Do a primal rage review

[@JustinTheClaw]

I’m using “miasma of mediocrity” in a future article.

[@ConradProteus]

This was good game very accurate to the show

[@Anaconda-squeeze]

I actually somewhat enjoyed this game as a kid😬

[@danschneider4694]

Beat this because I just like the double dragon series.

[@Sephiroth144]

So... ya gonna review that Neo Geo version...?

[@KenMasters.]

You mean the superior version of this game?

[@AceAileron]

Double Dragon V is one of the few games that all the previous iterations were great but missed the marker by a mile. You may argue that Double Dragon III wasn’t (as) great and/or a step back from the first two but I think that dealt more with the difficulty than anything else. When you compare V to Super Double Dragon or even the first 3, it’s pretty disappointing in all aspects. For whatever reason, Kengo: Master of Bushido comes to mind when I think about games that were inherently strong until said release. While I’m not sure if Kengo was meant to be a sequel to Bushido Blade I/II, the fighting style and core concept seem similar enough that you could make the argument, even with a different publisher. On a separate topic: while Rise of the Robots is so, so horrible I’d love to see a video only to watch you tear it apart. Pretty sure it’s the only fighting game where in 2 player mode, player 1 was stuck playing as the protagonist while player 2 could choose anyone: including the Security Droid (or whatever the hell it was called), making the fights last mere seconds.

[@Scott86]

Bimmy and Jimmy lol nice