Battletoads & Double Dragon (Game Boy) Playthrough

A playthrough of Tradewest's 1993 beat 'em up game for the Nintendo Game Boy, Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team.

Battletoads & Double Dragon for the Game Boy rolled out alongside its SNES and Genesis counterparts six months after the release of the original NES version (   • Battletoads & Double Dragon (NES) Pla...  ), just in time for the 1993 Christmas season.

Following "Battletoads," a handheld-exclusive series spin-off, and "Battletoads in Ragnarok's World," a simplified adaptation of the NES game, Battletoads & Double Dragon was the third and final Battletoads title for the Game Boy.

BT&DD for the Game Boy is a straightforward remake of the NES game of the same name. Every stage, gameplay gimmick, playable character, boss fight, music track, and cutscene made the transition intact, and it all looks and sounds very similar to the original console game.

The gameplay feels quite different, though. The attack timings, jump physics, and hitboxes all feel slightly off, and your character shifts too far forward with each punch, making it difficult to reliably land combo finishers. The controls aren't bad, but they're prone to frustrating bouts of jank that you don't typically see in Battletoads games.

Battletoads & Double Dragon is a fun Game Boy beat 'em up that looks and sounds great, but it's disappointing that the gameplay doesn't hit the high bar set by the NES games.

*Recorded with a Retroarch shader to mimic the look of the original hardware.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.

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