It was released for the Wii 's Virtual Console service in 2007. Roxy and Poison (first two from left), as depicted in the Japanese Super Famicom port, were replaced with Sid and Billy (third and fourth) in the international SNES versions of the game.Īn 8-megabit port of Final Fight for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released as a launch title for the platform in Japan in 1990 and later in North America in 1991 and then in the PAL region in 1992. Many of the characters are named after 1980s rock musicians such as Axl Rose, Slash, Gene Simmons, (Sid) Sid Vicious, (Billy) Billy Idol, (Abigail, named after King Diamond's 2nd album and also dons facepaint similar to King Diamond) King Diamond, Roxy Music and Poison, with another being from the game Forgotten Worlds. The game was released as Led Storm outside Japan. The street gang the player faces in the game, the Mad Gear Gang, takes their name from a 1987 overhead racing game by Capcom of the same name. The title was changed to Final Fight before its official release after feedback from operators stating that the game was nothing like Street Fighter. According to Okamoto, the sales division of Capcom originally requested a Street Fighter sequel, so his team decided to promote Final Fight as a Street Fighter sequel at trade shows (going as far to refer to one of the main characters as a "former Street Fighter"). Final Fight was originally shown at trade shows under the title of Street Fighter '89.
Yoshiki Okamoto cites the arcade version of Double Dragon II: The Revenge as his basis for Final Fight. At the end of each round the player will face a boss character unique to that round. Each round takes place in a different section of Metro City such as the Slums and the Subway, with most rounds featuring more than one level. Levelsįinal Fight consists of six stages or "rounds", as well as two bonus rounds. Players can also grab and throw opponents, as well as use various weapons such as knives, pipes, and swords. Pressing both buttons simultaneously performs a special move that attacks in both directions, though uses a little vitality. The player character can move in any of the eight directions, but can only face and attack to the left or right like in most beat-'em-ups. The controls consists of an eight-way joystick and two buttons for attacking and jumping.
Guy is the weakest but has faster attacks, Haggar is the strongest but also the slowest, and Cody has all-round attributes. Before the game begins, the player chooses between the three main characters, Guy, Cody, and Haggar, each with his own fighting style and attributes. Gameplayįinal Fight can be played by up to two players simultaneously, with each player controlling a different character. Enlisting the help of Cody, Jessica's boyfriend and a Martial Arts master himself, as well as Cody's sparring partner, a ninjutsu master named Guy, Haggar opts to fight the gang instead in order to save his daughter. The Mad Gear gang, the dominant criminal organization of the city, plots to bring Haggar under their control by kidnapping his daughter Jessica and using her as leverage against him.
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A former professional wrestler named Mike Haggar is elected as the new Mayor of the city, promising to handle the city's criminal problem in his campaign. 4.6 Version in Capcom Classics CollectionĬhronologically set during the time of the original Street Fighter, Final Fight is set in the fictional American metropolis of Metro City, based on New York City.
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Final Fight was ported to various platforms, such as the Super NES and Mega-CD, since its original coin-op release.įinal Fight was followed by a series of sequels that were produced primarily for the home console market, and some of the game's characters would reappear in later Street Fighter games. The game was originally conceived as a sequel to the original Street Fighter titled Street Fighter '89, but the title was changed before its release when the game's genre changed from a one-on-one competitive fighting game to a side-scrolling action game similar to Double Dragon or Golden Axe. The player takes control of one of three vigilantes who must rescue a kidnapped young woman from a ruthless street gang. It was the seventh game released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware. Raster, 384 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 3072 colorsįinal Fight ( ファイナルファイト ?) is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in 1989.
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