Final fight

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Final fight
developer Capcom
Publisher Capcom
First title Final Fight (1989)
Last title Final Fight: Double Impact (2010)
Platform (s) Arcade , NES , SNES , C64 , Amiga , Mega-CD , Game Boy Advance , Sega Saturn , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , Wii , Xbox , Xbox 360
Genre (s) Beat 'em up

The Final Fight games, along with Double Dragon, are among the most famous beat-'em-up games of the 1980s and 1990s.

The first part was developed by Capcom in 1989 for the arcade , later implementations for various game consoles and home computers appeared . The graphics were shown in 2D, which was typical for this type of game at the time, the game sections or levels were mainly moved from left to right or entered with the game figure. In the game you slip into the roles of the street fighter Cody, the ninja guy or the mayor Mike Haggar , either alone or with a friend . The player or players had to free Jessica, the daughter of Mike, who was kidnapped by the dreaded "Mad Gear Gang". Similar to the first Double Dragon games, you could use knives and other objects as weapons in addition to your fists and feet. Originally, Final Fight was developed under the title Street Fighter '89 and was planned as a sequel to the original Street Fighter , but since the gameplay was very different from Street Fighter, the game was renamed Final Fight. Final Fight shares a universe with the Street Fighter series.

Different versions have been published for different countries. In the Super Nintendo version for the USA, elements of the game that were perceived as objectionable were changed, for example Capcom replaced all references to alcohol at Nintendo’s request.

Other parts followed, most of which were distributed for the Super NES ( Final Fight Guy , Final Fight 2 , Final Fight 3 ). The fighters from the first part appeared later in other Capcom games , Guy was eligible as a character in all Street Fighter Alpha parts , Mike Hagger competed as a fighter in the lesser known wrestling game Saturday Night Slam Masters and Cody appeared as a fleeing convict in Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Super Street Fighter IV. Furthermore, the intermediate bosses from Final Fight, Katana (Sodom) and Rolento, can be played in Street Fighter Alpha 2-3. Another character from Final Fight, Andore, who is a normal opponent in Final Fight, can be played in Street Fighter III under the name Hugo.

Classic final fight series

The classic final fight games are side scrolling beat 'em ups .

  • Final Fight - Arcade (1989), SNES (1990), C64 (1991), Amiga (1991), etc. a.
  • Mighty Final Fight - The NES (1993)
  • Final Fight CD - Mega CD (1992)
  • Final Fight Guy - SNES (1992)
  • Final Fight 2 - SNES (1993)
  • Final Fight 3 - SNES (1995)
  • Final Fight One - Game Boy Advance (2001)
  • Final Fight: Double Impact - Final Fight 1 together with Magic Sword for Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 (April 2010)

Final Fight Revenge

Final Fight Revenge was only released in Japan in 1999 for Arcade and 2000 for Sega Saturn and is a 3D beat 'em up in the style of z. B. Tekken . It was one of the last games developed for the Sega Saturn.

Final Fight Streetwise

Final Fight Streetwise was released on April 7, 2006 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox . The action game is distributed by Capcom and was developed by Studio 8. The player controls the protagonist Kyle Travers , who is looking for his brother Cody Travers and who takes on countless opponents in the city "Metro City". In addition, Mike Haggar has a short appearance as an ally in story mode with his distinctive outfit and wrestling moves as a 3D version. In this story mode, Kyle has to use melee combos or weapons (knife, baseball bat, pistol) to defeat the many types of enemies in order to find his brother. In addition, you can learn new attack techniques in Dojos and expand the life energy display or instinct display.

In addition to the story mode, the game also includes the arcade mode and a multiplayer mode. In arcade mode, the protagonist fights his way through enemy crowds. In multiplayer mode you can play through the entire game one more time with another person.

The latest part of the Final Fight series has been graphically adapted to the possibilities of the "next generation" technology and supplemented with some small innovations. The background story is cut scenes continued. The voice output of the cutscenes is English, but the screen texts have been translated into German. In story mode, you can unlock and play through the original Final Fight from 1989. Final Fight Streetwise has not been approved for young people due to the depiction of violence.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brian J. Wardyga: The Video Games Textbook. History. Business. Technology. CRC Press, Boca Raton 2019, ISBN 978-0-8153-9091-6 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).