Double Dragon Advance (2003) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Double Dragon Advance

Double Dragon Advance is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game developed by Million and published by Atlus for the Game Boy Advance. Released in 2003, it serves as an enhanced remake of the original Double Dragon…

12 November 2003

What Double Dragon Advance is

Double Dragon Advance is an arcade game developed by Million and released in 2003. It was published by Atlus. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Game Boy Advance and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Martial arts masters Billy and Jimmy Lee set out to rescue Billy's girlfriend Marian after she is abducted by the ruthless street gang known as the Shadow Warriors. Fighting through city streets, a treacherous Chinatown, cavern depths, and an enemy fortress, the brothers battle the gang's toughest members and rival martial artists standing between them and her. Whether facing the onslaught alone or side by side, the Lee brothers must punch, kick, and grapple their way to the gang's stronghold to bring Marian home.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Double Dragon series

Double Dragon Advance is the 51st of 70 entries we hold in the Double Dragon series. It arrived 9 years after Double Dragon. The next entry was Double Dragon in 2009.

See all 70 Double Dragon games in release order →

What it launched against

Double Dragon Advance launched on 12 November 2003, within three weeks of Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Call of Duty, Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom.

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