Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons (Switch): all the updates (latest: Patch 2)
On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons on Nintendo Switch (originally released on July 27th 2023 in North America, Europe, and Japan).
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Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons – Ver. ??? (Patch 2)
- Release date: September 21st 2023 (North America) / September 22nd 2023 (Europe, Japan)
- Patch notes:
Movement Break Changes
- Light brake/land no longer limits player’s movement.
- Heavy brake/land duration are shortened.
Invulnerability Changes
- Player characters are invulnerable when performing throw and slam.
- Player characters are invulnerable when knocked, unless they bounce off the wall.
- All grapple special moves are invulnerable if the player grabs the target successfully.
- Jimmy’s SP3 is invulnerable for a few frames on startup.
- Uncle Matin’s SP3 is invulnerable for a few frames on startup.
- Chin Tai Mei’s SP3 is invulnerable for a few frames on startup.
- Linda’s SP1 is invulnerable for a few frames on startup.
- Duke’s SP3 is invulnerable for a few frames on startup.
Command Run Changes
- Billy, Jimmy, Chin Tai Mei and Linda will perform a dodge roll when initiate running
- When performing a dodge roll, they are invulnerable and can pick up items and weapons except dynamite.
- Uncle Matin, Burnov and Willy pushes the target when initiate running
- Duke teleport and becomes invulnerable when initiate running
- Abobo have armor property when running
- Anubis will disappear and becomes invulnerable after running for a while
Miscellaneous Gameplay Changes
- Projectile and thrown weapons Z-Axis hitbox size has been reduced.
- Frequency of enemies attacking from out of screen has been reduced.
- Certain special moves for some characters have had minor buffs.
- Breakable object can also be broken with 2 stunlock hits.
- Since players were buffed with more invulnerability, the overall difficulty has increased (especially in earlier missions).
- HP recovered from hotdog has been reduced to 15.
- HP recovery from burger has been reduced to 40.
Miscellaneous Quality of Life Changes
- Mission Select’s gang evolution cutscene can now be skipped.
- Gameplay tips have been added to Now Loading scenes.
- Through the option menu, players can choose to make defeated enemies disappear over time.
- Through the option menu, players can enable/disable screenshake.
- Through the option menu, players can enable/disable double tap forward to run.
- Through the option menu, players can enable/disable controller vibration.
- Through the option menu, players can enable/disable each HUD and floating HUD element.
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Modus Games (Twitter)
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons – Ver. ???
- Release date: August 24th 2023 (North America) / August 25th 2023 (Europe, Japan)
- Patch notes:
- You can turn on/off Crowd Control notification in the option menu.
- When you respawn, all enemies on screen will be knocked down to provide you a safe entry. –
- Fixed and reduced softlock
- Fixed leaderboard data error
- Improved loading efficiency by 20 to 40% (Nintendo Switch)
- Additional notes: none.
- Source: Modus Games (Twitter)
How to download updates for Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons for the Nintendo Switch?
To download the updates for Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons, you have three options:
- let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off
If not…
- try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;
OR
- select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.
To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.
