Like him, Jimmy is also a legendary master of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Jimmy's change of status from an antagonist to a protagonist in the NES versions of the sequels was left unexplained.īilly's twin brother. The game's sequels on the same platform, Double Dragon II and III, both included their own two-player co-op modes, thus having both Lee brothers as heroes again. While the arcade version did feature a fight between both brothers at the end, it was an optional battle that only occurred if both players defeated Willy together, and was simply a contest over who would win Marian's affections. The game's title having the adverb 'double' in it wouldn't have made much sense with just one of the Lee brothers in the game, so they made the other one into a bad guy.

Presumably, this change in the story was done due to developer Technōs Japan's inexperience with the NES hardware at the time, making it difficult for them to work around the console's limitations and properly implement a two-player cooperative mode in the game's conversion. Whereas the original arcade version had both Lee brothers working together to fight against the Black Warriors in order to rescue their female friend Marian, in the NES version Billy fights completely alone and Jimmy only shows up to confront him at the end, after Willy (the leader of the gang in the arcade version) is defeated by the player. In the NES version, Jimmy is secretly the Shadow Boss, leader of the Black Warriors. However, he may have his own hidden agenda as well. He is out to crush the Black Warriors with his twin brother, Billy.

One of the Lee brothers, who is also a Sou-Setsu-Ken master. Background and appearances Double Dragon Arcade

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