eastx

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #1

Good news for fans of Double Dragon and Kunio-kun - somebody more prolific than Million has bought the rights to both series!

Arc System Works Acquires Property Rights
of "Double Dragon", "Super Dodge Ball", "Kunio-kun" series from Million Co, Ltd

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN (June 11, 2015) - Arc System Works, developer of world-class fighting games such as the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series, is excited to announce that effective June 1st, 2015, all Intangible Property Rights of all titles previously owned by Technos Japan Corp.™, including but not limited to the “Double Dragon” series, "Super Dodge Ball" series, "River City Ransom", and the "Kunio-kun" series, has been transferred from Million Co., Ltd. to Arc System Works Co., Ltd.

For more information please visit the official website: http://www.arcsystemworks.jp/technos/ (Japanese only)

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Mihael Mello Keehl

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #2

Seriously double dragon? This will be good!

 

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kulapik

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #3

What will happen to the RCR kickstarter though?

 

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dragonlife

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #4

Double Dragon!? Oh, daaaaaamn. This could be amazing.

 

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Thoraxes

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #5

SUPER

DODGEBALL

YES YES YES

The GBA title was easily my favorite launch window title for the system.

 

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ShogunDarius

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #6

Arc System Works have acquired the property rights to Double Dragon, Super Dodge Ball, River City Ransom, and Kunio-kun franchises from Million Co., Ltd.



As of June 1st, 2015, all property rights of all titles previously owned by Technos Japan—and later by Million Co.—have been transferred to Arc System Works. Just what Arc System Works plan to do with these properties is unknown at this point in time.

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http://www.siliconera.com/2015/06/1...m_campaign=Feed:+siliconera/MkOc+(Siliconera)

 

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SeanTSC

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #7

Oh man, my mind just exploded in glee at the possibility of an amazing side-scroller Double Dragon brawler/beat'em up with Guilty Gear/BlazBlue quality art and highly tuned gameplay.

 

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Ninja Dom

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #8

Don't forget guys that not only do Arc System do Guilty Gear etc...but they're also one of the biggest publishers of Virtual Console games on the Nintendo eShop.

 

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Savitar

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #9

I said damn.

The possibilities....imagine the possibilities.

 

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kulapik

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #10

Ninja Dom said:

Don't forget guys that not only do Arc System do Guilty Gear etc...but they're also one of the biggest publishers of Virtual Console games on the Nintendo eShop.

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In fact they already published with Million some Double Dragon games

 

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cardinalmind

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #11

Niiiice!

What I'm excited at this annoucement is the revival of some of the IPs bought.

 

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CountAntonius

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #12

I'm OK with all of this.

 

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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #13

2.5D Double Dragon in the style of Guilty Gear!

That or Double Dragon fighter resurrection.

 

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AzureSkies

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #14

I'm pretty happy with this, but what happens to River City Ransom Underground?

 

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Spikematic

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #15

Double Dragon with Blazblue/Guilty Gear style graphics. YES!!!

 

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John Bender

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #16

Cool!

Oooooooh..... the good times I had with Double Dragon on the NES and the Game Boy.
Sooo damn good!!!!

 

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klee123

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #17

HD Kunio!

 

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Kouriozan

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #18

Oh damn Super Dodgeball was amazing, played/loved the Super Famicom version.

 

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retroman

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #19

I really hope they'll create some new games in those series.

Releasing them in the West would be nice, too (Kunio games had a habit of staying in Japan).

 

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Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.

• Jun 12, 2015

• #20

Holy shit, an ASW Super Dodgeball would be insane.

 

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Piccoro

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #21

What great news. Those IP's couldn't be in better hands!

Now if only the Hudson IP's were also bought by a decent company...

 

TriAceJP

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #22

I'd love to see the new Downtown Special 3DS remake brought over to our side of the world.

Maybe now it's a possibility!

 

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Baroquemantic

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #23

Can't wait to see what they make.

 

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BobbyRobby

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #24

Love to see properties bought by companies who will use them, even if it's just VC releases.

 

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retroman

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #25

By the way, is there any chance of this being released on the Virtual Console in the near future? This is hands down my favourite version of Double Dragon.

 

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danwu

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #26

Sounds good !

 

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Enter the Dragon Punch

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #27

Now get WayForward to make Double Dragon Neon II.

 

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MightyHedgehog

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #28

I wanna get hyped, but only if they don't fuck up the classic chunky stylings of Technos Japan's originals...

Enter the Dragon Punch said:

Now get WayForward to make Double Dragon Neon II.

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Ewww...

 

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Graphics Horse

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #29

Neat. Hope they can buy Contra in the future!

 

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Prime crotch

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #30

Just make a new kunio game, son

 

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Ghost Slayer

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #31

Double Dragon with GG Xrd artstyle?

 

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Hours Left

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #32

Does that mean we might actually get some of the Kunio games in North America again???

Enter the Dragon Punch said:

Now get WayForward to make Double Dragon Neon II.

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Yes please.

 

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@MUWANdo

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #33

Prime crotch said:

Just make a new kunio game, son

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There have been 5 new Kunio games for 3DS over the last few years, plus the RCR2 KS game.

 

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rockman zx

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #34

Interesting, the rights must be cheap or they have more money than we can guess. They have done plenty of Kunio games, I guess it makes sense they will want to own the franchise.

A Double Dragon game in the style of Hard Corps Uprising will be cool.

 

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Machinehead

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #35

Thoraxes said:

SUPER

DODGEBALL

YES YES YES

The GBA title was easily my favorite launch window title for the system.

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I fucking ADORE that title. So, so many hours..

 

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InfiniteNine

Rolling Girl

• Jun 12, 2015

• #36

Enter the Dragon Punch said:

Now get WayForward to make Double Dragon Neon II.

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I wouldn't see the point in them buying it if they weren't going to make one themselves.

 

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SolidSnakex

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #37

Enter the Dragon Punch said:

Now get WayForward to make Double Dragon Neon II.

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One of the best 2D game developers in the world buys the licence and your first thought is for them to outsource it?

 

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BadWolf

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #38

Double Dragon and Super Dodge Ball? Damn, hoping for some 2D goodness.

Wouldn't mind another Double Dragon fighting game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMJUnXlYhWs

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msZUQkEZKZQ

 

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Usobuko

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #39

Great.

ASW made hardcorp uprising and guilty gear. I have faith in their ability.

 

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retroman

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #40

BadWolf said:

Double Dragon and Super Dodge Ball? Damn, hoping for some 2D goodness.

Wouldn't mind another Double Dragon fighting game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMJUnXlYhWs

or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msZUQkEZKZQ

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Yep, as long as it isn't anything like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJCVzHK_z-E

 

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@MUWANdo

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #41

Enter the Dragon Punch said:

Now get WayForward to make Double Dragon Neon II.

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The core of the DD Neon team quit and became Yacht Club Games (Shovel Knight).

 

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bagandscalpel

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #42

How to Double Dragon by ASW:

1. Take Guilty Gear Isuka
2. Rip out Boost Mode
3. Superimpose sprites from old DD games
4. Voila! New game created.

 

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Pyramid head

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #43

Double Dragon Neon II and add the blocking/catching mechanic from Super Double Dragon IV.

 

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Korigama

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #44

Enter the Dragon Punch said:

Now get WayForward to make Double Dragon Neon II.

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As much as I loved Double Dragon Neon (the most fun I've had with the series since the NES version of Double Dragon II), that was pretty much one and done. ASW could just make new DD games themselves according to how they envision them now, not to mention this happened.

@MUWANdo said:

The core of the DD Neon team quit and became Yacht Club Games (Shovel Knight).

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Banjo-Kazooie

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #45

They also got River City Ransom and "others"

 

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2+2=5

The Amiga Brotherhood

• Jun 12, 2015

• #46

Please use the double dragon license to make a good 2d hd beat'em up
Please use the double dragon license to make a good 2d hd beat'em up
Please use the double dragon license to make a good 2d hd beat'em up

Spoiler

but i could deal with a sequel of the double dragon fighting game too

 

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Marow

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #47

Kunio-kun?

Super Dodgeball?

YES

 

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TI82

Banned

• Jun 12, 2015

• #48

River City Ransom!!

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Glass Rebel

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #49

oh SHIT

new RCR brehs

 

eastx

Member

• Jun 12, 2015

• #50

Enter the Dragon Punch said:

Now get WayForward to make Double Dragon Neon II.

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My thoughts exactly.

I do wonder about the River City Ransom Kickstarter as well. The team has certainly dragged their feet on that one.