Double Dragon (series) - Recurring Elements

Recurring Elements

In most of the Double Dragon games, the player takes control of a martial artist named Billy Lee (who usually wears blue, had blonde hair and then brown), or his older twin brother Jimmy Lee (who usually wears red, had brown hair and then blonde), as they fight off against various gang members thorough the streets of a city and various other locations. The gameplay in most of the games takes place in a pseudo 3D perspective like in Renegade and later beat-'em-ups, in which the player character can move in four directions but are always facing left or right. There are various techniques. The player can perform a variety of martial art techniques against their enemies, as well use melee weapons such as baseball bats and throwing knives normally obtained from enemies. In some installments, there are techniques that can be done in combination with another player.

According to the supplementary materials for some of the games, the fictional martial art style of Billy and Jimmy is named Sōsetsuken (双截拳?, "Twin Intercepting Fists"), a nod to Bruce Lee's fighting method of Jeet Kune Do, also known as the "Way of the Intercepting Fist". Additionally, some of the enemy characters take their names from Enter the Dragon such as Williams and Rowper from the first game, as well as Bolo and Ohara in certain versions of Double Dragon II: The Revenge.