History VideoGame / DoubleDragonNeon

''Neon'' is available on Xbox Live Arcade, the Playstation Network, and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

* ActionGirl: Linda, Ichsumi, Shun, and Roxy. [[spoiler: And Marian at the end.]]

*** The only characters who don't have this in their subtitles are Skullmageddon(Your Worst Nightmare and [[spoiler:Bone and Metal]]), Ichsumi(Most-Refined), Hoverbizzle(Gyroscopic Jerk), Mecha Biker([[VideoGame/MegaMan Super Combat Bot]]), and [[spoiler:Evil Marian(Skullmageddon's Girl?!)]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Ultimately Skullmageddon's plan in order to get a date from Marian.]]

* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler: With a dose of BrainwashedAndCrazy]]. The plot is based around saving Marian again.

* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: Marian just so happens to have gained the power to send the Lee brothers after Skullmageddon after he escapes for the second time. Plus, the portal turns them into super powerful Ro-Bros that can take down any mook with a single punch.]]

** [[spoiler: A semi-example. During your second Skullmageddon fight, Evil!Marian assists with attacks and buffs, but you only ever have to fight Skullmageddon himself]].

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Girlfriend]]: [[spoiler: And wish to make her mine!]]

* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Invoked between Marian and Linda [[spoiler:or Evil!Marian.]]

* PistolWhipping: They only way the Lee brothers use Williams' gun.
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: How Marian sends the Lee brothers after Skullmageddon after he escapes time and space.]]

** The final dungeon of ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' has many similarities to the final stage. Namely that [[spoiler:The main characters are robotized and enter one way time portals to chase the final boss.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: Pretty much every guy in the game, from the opening intro where Williams sucker punches Marian in the gut and carries her off, to Billy and Jimmy beating the crap out of the whip-wielding Lindas. You can even hit [[spoiler: brainwashed Marian]] yourself during the second to last fight with Skullmageddon to interrupt her otherwise unavoidable attacks.
* YouBastard: Upon defeating Skullmageddon in the final battle, [[spoiler: he congratulates the player in crushing his dreams in having a girlfriend of his own.]]

* [[BossSubtitles Enemy Subtitles]]: Present for every enemy's introduction, most with AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Cartwheeling Cannon Fodder Williams", "Expensive Experiment Giant Tank", "Your Worst Nightmare Skullmageddon", etc.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Everywhere in this game.

** Skullmageddon's throne room looks like the Emperor's throne room from ''ReturnOfTheJedi''.

* WouldHitAGirl: Pretty much every guy in the game, from the opening intro where Williams sucker punches Marian in the gut and carries her off, to Billy and Jimmy beating the crap out of the whip-wielding Lindas.

* GrenadeHotPotato

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you die in the fight against [[spoiler:Giga Skullmageddon]], rather than having to start the entire level from the start, you merely restart from the section just before the fight. In addition, you restart with two lives, so if you had less than that when you started the fight, you've actually got an advantage. And finally, there's a hidden area right at the beginning of the section that contrains additional extra lives, although whether or not you'll manage to find is another matter entirely.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Skullmageddon is essentially a ridiculously silly 80's cartoon supervillain, [[Note]] He even sounds like Skeletor! [[/note]] but he is also a legitimately rock hard fighter. Then his OneWingedAngel form takes it UpToEleven.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you die in the fight against [[spoiler:Giga Skullmageddon]], rather than having to start the entire level from the start, you merely restart from the section just before the fight. In addition, you restart with two lives, so if you had less than that when you started the fight, you've actually got an advantage.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Skullmageddon is essentially a ridiculously silly 80's cartoon supervillain, but he is also a legitimately rock hard fighter. Then his OneWingedAngel form takes it UpToEleven.

* GuideDangIt: Many of the secrets are ridiculously obscure (punch a punching bag a 87 times and no more than that, crouch at a specific spot 7 times), although most of them are hinted at if not flat out spelled by the shopkeepers if you talk to them enough times.

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''Neon'' is available on Xbox Live Arcade, the Playstation Network, and {{Steam}}.

* OneSteveLimit: Billy and Williams

'''''Double Dragon Neon''''' is a 2012 ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' game developed by [=WayForward=] and published by Majesco. As a [=2D=] BeatEmUp, ''Neon'' strives to be both a parody and homage of its predecessors--with a bit of '80s pop culture parody, to boot.

* LadyInRed: Marian.

''Double Dragon Neon'' is a 2012 ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' spinoff/parody developed by WayForward and published by Majesco. In the style of a [=2D=] BeatEmUp, it strives to be both a parody and homage of its predecessors. It also offers both single-player and local co-op (refered to as "Bro-op").

The plot is simple: Billy and Jimmy Lee go through a series of levels to save their girlfriend, Marian, from the big bad, Skullmageddon. What it [[ExcusePlot lacks in plot]], it more than makes up for in in-jokes, challenging gameplay, and awesome music.

It is available on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 MSP, and on Playstation Network for $10USD (formerly free for PSN+ members), with a release on {{Steam}} following in 2014.

!!Double Dragon Neon contains examples of:

* WorldOfHam: The silliness of the 80's is first embraced, than multiplied exponentially.
* WorldOfPun: The game thrives on this: when Skullmageddon isn't making enough skeleton puns to make [[Manga/OnePiece Brook]] think he's being excessive, the Lees and the normal enemies also use them liberally, mostly when using various weapons and during cutscenes for the former and during their entrance and if they manage to deliver a killing blow for the latter.

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** [[Film/TheWizard One of the achievements is "You did what?!" and its flavour text reads "You got 50000 on Double Dragon?!"]] You get it by doing exactly that.

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Fuzzface, who only appears if you crouch in a specific spot repeatedly. The bad news: It's a creepy oversized bee thing with googly eyes that constantly stare at the screen, an annoying voice and once you make it appear, it keeps following you around until you beat the game. The good news: it periodically drops lots of life and energy recovery items which is extremely useful on higher difficulty levels and you can hit it by "accident", which makes it shout out in pain or say that it "knows you didn't mean to do that".

*** The only characters who don't have this in their subtitles are Skullmageddon(Your Worst Nightmare and [[spoiler:Bone and Metal]]), Ichsumi(Most-Refined), Hoverbizzle(Gyroscopic Jerk), Mecha Biker([[VideoGame/MegaMan Super Combat Bot), and [[spoiler:Evil Marian(Skullmageddon's Girl?!)]]

* ActionGirl: Linda. [[spoiler: Marian at the end.]]

** Thorny Tripled-Threat Marion II
** Serious Shinobi Shun

*** Pretty much the only character that doesn't have this is "Your Worst Nightmare Skullmageddon" [[spoiler: and "Bone and Metal Giga Skullmageddon]]. Also "Most-Refined Ichisumi" and "Gyroscopic Jerk Hoverbizzle", a robot.

-->'''Skullmageddon''': Idiots! Don't let them near the giant, glowing red weak point! ''({{Beat}})'' Why does it even ''have'' a weak point? Couldn't you have put a cover on it?

** Minutes later...

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Picking up soda pop instantly heals you.

* ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: The Lees don't fire the guns their enemies drop, they just use them to pistolwhip (or as they'd call it, "glock out") their enemies and throw them at them.

* RakeTake: Several stages have large boards with an X on one end: stepping on the X causes the other end to fly up, catapulting any enemies standing on it high into the air. They're often positioned so that you can either juggle the enemies back and forth between 2 such boards before they have a chance to get up or quickly fling annoying enemies into a pit.

** The boss Skullmageddon appears to be a homage to Super Shredder, the final boss of ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime.'' This is up to and including his boss theme having a lot of snare drums and slap bass in it similar to the sound Roland synthesizers produced when used in Konami's soundtracks, teleporting when approached, and flashing colors when near death.

* SpyCatsuit: Shun's second outfit.

* TooKinkyToTorture: Linda will sometimes cry out "Punish me!" when they're defeated.

* SequelHook: Skullmageddon will return to antogonize YOU, Billy and Jimmy!

** The 4th level boss, Mecha Biker, is basically Mega Man in every sense of the way: he's referred to as a "Super Combat Bot" (referencing the [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan animated series']] theme song), rides around on a red jetbike much like Rush, shoots 3-shot bursts and charge shots, slides around and even explodes like Mega Man when defeated. His boss arena also has a pair of rising gates leading up to it with a short corridor in between them, and yes, you can jump through the gates and have Billy freeze in midair during screen transition. Finally, the platform the battle takes place on resembles the Mega Man boss introduction screens in both overall color and the borders on top and bottom of it.

* YouBastard: Upon defeating Skullmageddon in the final battle, [[spoiler: he congratulates the player in crushing his dreams in having a girl of his own.]]