Yoshihisa Kishimoto, designer of the original two
Double Dragon arcade games, served as a consultant during the development of
Neon, offering feedback on character designs and gameplay elements.
Double Dragon Neon was released in North America on September 11, 2012, in Europe on September 20, and in Japan on December 12, 2013, on
PlayStation 3 via the
PlayStation Network, and worldwide on September 12 on
Xbox 360 via
Xbox Live Arcade, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the series. The game's dialogue and graphical style is heavily 80s-inspired, and features a soundtrack composed by
Jake Kaufman, inspired by the original
Double Dragon as well as 80's pop music and arcade game soundtracks. This is also the first commercially released
Double Dragon game to use 3D graphics rendered with polygon-based models. Skullmaggedon along with the Double Dragon Neon incarnations of Billy, Jimmy and Marian would later cameo as shopkeepers for WayForward's
River City Girls (a spin-off game based on the Kunio-kun property by Technos Japan), with the latter becoming a playable character in the game's sequel,
River City Girls 2. Billy and Jimmy would later become playable in
River City Girls 2 as well, albeit via downloadable content. A port for
Nintendo Switch was released on December 21, 2020. ==Reception==