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BattleToads/Double Dragon

Lets talk about video game crossovers. Nowadays, they are common.  You have Marvel Vs. Capcom, Mortal Kombat vs D.C., Mario and Sonicā€™s Olympic Games and dozens of others.  Thatā€™s to say nothing of Super Smash Brothers, which is arguably the greatest crossover game of all time.  Just look at all the characters in the latest version. They werenā€™t always as common as they are now, but gaming crossovers have always had a place in the medium.  For all the things developers mess up, they are also something that is usually done right.  In 1993, Tradewest probably figured ā€œhey, our two biggest IPs are among the gaming worldā€™s most popular beat em ups, lets mix them together!ā€  So, we got Battle Toads/Double Dragon on SNES/Genesis.  Anyone who owned an NES is probably very familiar with these two franchises (this game also came out on the NES, by the way). Both were two player co-op beat emā€™ ups where you moved to the right and pu...