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Double Dragon: Characters, History, Legacy & Art

Double Dragon (双截龍(ダブルドラゴン), Daburu Doragon) is a beat 'em up video game series originally developed and published by Technōs Japan. It began with the release of the arcade game Double Dragon in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals.

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Double Dragon topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History, Legacy and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Double Dragon. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
92
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
99
Extracted relationships
248
Concept neighborhoods
38
Bridge connections
99

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 43 topics
In other media · 19 topics
Characters · 17 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Legacy · 3 topics
Gameplay · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Beat-'em-up
Creator
Yoshihisa Kishimoto
Developers
Technōs Japan WayForward Technologies Arc System Works Yuke's
First release
Double Dragon April 22, 1987
Latest release
Double Dragon Revive October 23, 2025
Platform
NES, Master System, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari Lynx, Game Gear, Super NES, Atari Jaguar, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Game B…

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Gameplay

History

Characters

In other media

Legacy

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Double Dragon connects Entity context

The extracted context around Double Dragon shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Double Dragon → Abobo, Abobo's Big Adventure, Andy, Battletoads, Battletoads/Double Dragon, Billy, Burnov, Captain Atlantis, Dojos, Double Dragon Duel, Double Dragon Neon, Dragons, Evoga, GB, Genesis, Jimmy, Jimmy Lee, Jimmy Lewis, Kunio-kun, Lee Brothers Another extracted example is Double Dragon → Abobo, Black Shadow Warriors, Black Warriors, Chin Taimei, Chinese, Double Dragon Advance, Double Dragon II, English, Famicom, Japanese, Jeff, Lee, Linda, Marian, Mark III/Master System, Much, NES, New York City, Recurring, Rowper. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Double Dragon

Top relations

related to Crossovers and related games · 48
Double Dragon → Abobo, Abobo's Big Adventure, Andy, Battletoads, Battletoads/Double Dragon, Billy, Burnov, Captain Atlantis, Dojos, Double Dragon Duel, Double Dragon Neon, Dragons, Evoga, GB, Genesis, Jimmy, Jimmy Lee, Jimmy Lewis, Kunio-kun, Lee Brothers
related to Enemy characters · 33
Double Dragon → Abobo, Black Shadow Warriors, Black Warriors, Chin Taimei, Chinese, Double Dragon Advance, Double Dragon II, English, Famicom, Japanese, Jeff, Lee, Linda, Marian, Mark III/Master System, Much, NES, New York City, Recurring, Rowper
related to Arc System Works era (2015- present) · 29
Double Dragon → Arc System Works, Double Dragon Gaiden, Double Dragon II, Double Dragon IV, Double Dragon Neon, Dragons, In, It, Japanese, July, Kazunaka Yamane, Kei Oyama, Koji Ogata, Million, NES, Nintendo Switch, Notably, PC, PlayStation, Rise
related to Lee Brothers · 27
Double Dragon → Billy, Billy Lee's, Billy Lo, Bruce Lee's, Death, Famicom/NES, For, Game, Hammer, He, James, Japan, Jimmy, Jimmy Lee, Jimmy Page, Lee, Shorinji Kempo, Spike, Sōsaiken, Sōsetsuken
related to Original series at Technōs Japan (1987-1995) · 25
Double Dragon → As, Atari, Atari Lynx, Both, Capcom's Final Fight, Double Dragon II, Dragon, Enter, Game Boy, Higher, Kishimoto, Master System, Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun, NES, Nintendo Entertainment System, Renegade, Sega Genesis, Technōs, Technōs Japan, The
related to Million era (1996-2015) · 22
Double Dragon → After Technōs Japan, Aksys Games, Arcade, As, Atlus, Bandai Mobile, Brizo Interactive, Double Dragon Advance, Double Dragon Ex, Dragons, Game Boy Advance, In, IP, Million, Mobile Dragon, Rage, Technōs, Tectoy, That, The
related to Adaptations · 12
Double Dragon → Comic BomBom, December, Dwayne McDuffie, It, July, Marvel Comics, Mike Kanterovich, October, Rock'n Game Boy, Shigeto Ikehara, The, Tom Brevoort
related to Legacy · 8
Double Dragon → Double Dragon's, Final Fight, Golden Age, Golden Axe, Ninja Gaiden, Subsequent, They, While
related to External links · 4
Double Dragon → DRAGON, MobyGamesDouble Dragon, Wayback MachineDouble Dragon, Yoshihisa Kishimoto Archived
Creator · 1
Double Dragon → Yoshihisa Kishimoto

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

dragon double game series original arcade lee games technōs released nes version system first million billy jimmy kishimoto one titles

Double Dragon relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 248 structured relationships around Double Dragon. Examples in this analysis include Double Dragon → Creator → Yoshihisa Kishimoto and Double Dragon → Developers → Technōs Japan WayForward Technologies Arc System Works Yuke's. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Double DragonCreatorYoshihisa Kishimoto1.00infobox
Double DragonDevelopersTechnōs Japan WayForward Technologies Arc System Works Yuke's1.00infobox
Double DragonFirst releaseDouble Dragon April 22, 19871.00infobox
Double DragonGenreBeat-'em-up1.00infobox
Double DragonLatest releaseDouble Dragon Revive October 23, 20251.00infobox
Double DragonPlatformNES, Master System, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari Lynx, Game Gear, Super NES, Atari Jaguar, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Game B…1.00infobox
Double DragonPublishersTechnōs Japan Taito SNK Million Corp. Atlus Arc System Works1.00infobox
Rage of the Dragonsinstance ofwhich also led to unlicensed titles0.80text
baseball batsinstance ofas well as use melee weapons0.80text
throwing knives normally obtained from enemies or found on the floorinstance ofas well as use melee weapons0.80text
the Master Systeminstance ofVarious licensed versions were also produced by other developers for gaming platforms0.80text
Atari 2600instance ofVarious licensed versions were also produced by other developers for gaming platforms0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Double Dragon bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Dragon, Game and Series. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Double Dragon
    • Dragon
    • Game
    • Series
    • Original
    • 'em
    • Beat
    • Arcade
    • Kishimoto
    • First
    • Games
    • Nes
    • One
  • double dragon
    • Dragon
    • Game
    • Series
    • Original
    • Kishimoto
    • 'em
    • Beat
    • Arcade
    • First
    • Games
    • Nes
    • One
  • video game
    • Arcade
    • First
    • Original
    • One
    • Version
    • Games
    • Versions
    • Nes
    • Character
    • Series
    • Billy
    • Jimmy
  • technōs japan
    • Technōs
    • Franchise
    • Titles
    • Kishimoto
    • Arc
    • Version
    • Works
    • Gameplay
    • Original
    • System
    • Enemy
    • Genre
  • arcade video game
    • Version
    • Arcade
    • Game
    • Original
    • Nes
    • First
    • Versions
    • Brothers
    • Lee
    • One
    • Double
    • Dragon
  • animated series
    • One
    • Games
    • Lee
    • Kishimoto
    • Arc
    • Works
    • Gameplay
    • Various
    • Original
    • Versions
    • System
    • Brothers
  • arc system works
    • Arc
    • Works
    • System
    • Million
    • Developed
    • Gameplay
    • Games
    • Version
    • Character
    • One
    • Series
    • Various
  • double dragon iv
    • Dragon
    • Game
    • Series
    • Original
    • Kishimoto
    • 'em
    • Beat
    • Arcade
    • First
    • Games
    • Nes
    • One

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Double Dragon, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Double Dragon with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Double DragonHistory · splits 56 ⟂ 44
Double DragonIn other media · splits 80 ⟂ 20
Double DragonCharacters · splits 82 ⟂ 18
Double DragonOverview · splits 89 ⟂ 11
Double DragonLegacy · splits 96 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Double Dragon

Nodes100
Edges99
Triples248
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Double Dragon to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History, Legacy & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Double Dragon · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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