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Pretty random factoid but I noticed that on two copies I had of Double Dragon (USA) on the back of the manual there is a line saying "Double is a licensed trademark of Trade West Software Inc." where Trade West was specifically covered with a marker.

Other versions don't have this line, so I am assuming that some legal event made Sega of America or Tonka have to hide this from the printed manual. Do you copy of Double Dragon have this too?

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My first guess is that Technōs, publisher of Double Dragon and the Kunio games (such as River City Ransom), may have established their own operations in America and therefore no longer needed to go through Tradewest as a a publisher.

(Arc System Works since bought the Technōs product identities.)

Some older discussion here: https://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?32485-SMS-Double-Dragon-manual-vari...

A claim here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/168561-rare-replay/72150942

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Technos Japan had strip Double Dragon from Tradewest because they didn't like how Trade West was handling Double Dragon overseas.

Not sure how the timing relates towards the SMS version of Double Dragon, but Tradewest apparently had some legal qualms about the NES releases.

That is Tradewest published the NES version of the first game, and then Technos granted Acclaim publishing rights to the NES DD2. Reportedly Tradewest filed some sort of contract breach lawsuit.
Consequently, Double Dragon III for the NES was developed with both companies' logos contained in the ROM. Eventually it was settled that Tradewest only had publishing rights specifically to DD1, for the NES (and apparently Game Boy) while Acclaim was given publishing rights to the other games (I know at the least they published the Genesis version of DD3 under their Flying Edge brand).

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Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8649 Location: Paris, France	Double Dragon USA manual has "Trade West Software Inc." corrected out Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:08 pm
	Pretty random factoid but I noticed that on two copies I had of Double Dragon (USA) on the back of the manual there is a line saying "Double is a licensed trademark of Trade West Software Inc." where Trade West was specifically covered with a marker. Other versions don't have this line, so I am assuming that some legal event made Sega of America or Tonka have to hide this from the printed manual. Do you copy of Double Dragon have this too? IMG_4716.jpeg (780.41 KB)

PinoBatch Joined: 05 Dec 2019 Posts: 56 Location: USA	Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 3:42 pm
PinoBatch Joined: 05 Dec 2019 Posts: 56 Location: USA	My first guess is that Technōs, publisher of Double Dragon and the Kunio games (such as River City Ransom), may have established their own operations in America and therefore no longer needed to go through Tradewest as a a publisher. (Arc System Works since bought the Technōs product identities.)

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14740 Location: London	Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 8:26 pm
	Some older discussion here: https://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?32485-SMS-Double-Dragon-manual-vari... A claim here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/168561-rare-replay/72150942 Quote Technos Japan had strip Double Dragon from Tradewest because they didn't like how Trade West was handling Double Dragon overseas.

KingMike Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 510	Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:08 am
KingMike Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Posts: 510	Not sure how the timing relates towards the SMS version of Double Dragon, but Tradewest apparently had some legal qualms about the NES releases. That is Tradewest published the NES version of the first game, and then Technos granted Acclaim publishing rights to the NES DD2. Reportedly Tradewest filed some sort of contract breach lawsuit. Consequently, Double Dragon III for the NES was developed with both companies' logos contained in the ROM. Eventually it was settled that Tradewest only had publishing rights specifically to DD1, for the NES (and apparently Game Boy) while Acclaim was given publishing rights to the other games (I know at the least they published the Genesis version of DD3 under their Flying Edge brand).

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