Only one new classic console game re-released on the Wii Virtual Console this week, but boy is it a doozie, an NES version of the beat-em-up game that defined the genre, Double Dragon.

• Double Dragon – Original Release: 06/1988, Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
  In a post apocalyptic future where the world is run by rival The Warriors-esque gangs, two brothers, Billy and Jimmy Lee, are the remaining masters of the forgotten martial-art of Sōsetsuken. When Billy's great love is kidnapped by the Black Warriors, he and Jimmy take to the streets and exercise their super skills by bashing their way through a myriad of things and rival gangs. Although the NES version doesn't offer simultaneous two player co-op like the original, it has an alternate twist ending that will blow your mind.
• Double Dragon Arcade Game Profile.
• Wii Virtual Console Classic Game Database

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