Final Fight is one of those coin-ops that defines a generation. It was simply the ONLY the arcade game to be seen playing in the late 80's/early 90's. When the SNES conversion was confirmed, I was heartbroken - being a Megadrive owner, I had hoped that the (false) rumours of a Sega port were true (Sega fans had to wait until the Mega CD before they got this classic brawler) but with Capcom jumping into bed with Nintendo, it seemed impossible. All I could do was pray to the big console God in the sky that he, in his infinite wisdom, would deliver unto me a shiny new SNES when Christmas came around.
As luck would have it, I got one when they were launched in the UK, and Final Fight was one of the first games I got my hands on. The shock of seeing such massive, arcade perfect sprites beat the seven shades of crap out of each other was dampened slightly by the disappointment of the missing two player option (one of the biggest draws of the arcade original). The fact that the game was also lacking Guy and the factory level didn't help, but thankfully enough of the Mike Haggar-inspired magic was present to make this a must-own.
It really is amazing how close this conversion is to the original game, and it also displayed the gulf between the Megadrive and the SNES at the time. Thankfully Sega saved face with their own brand of street fighting - the Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage series (which, IMO, beats Final Fight hands down) but even the most hardline Sega fanboy would have to admit that in the early days of the SNES/MD war, this game was a sore point.
Envy is a terrible thing, after all.
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1. Brian Drayton
16 Mar 2007, 03:59 GMT
Awesome!!!! Good, No great one, Capcom! Now if they can just release the likes of Mega Man X and etc.!!!!
No pressure though, Capcom! Just keep those classics coming!!
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2. SMBSS
21 Mar 2007, 15:01 GMT
Final Fight was alot better in the arcade. The SNES port wasn't that great in my opinion.
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3. sseb22
27 Apr 2007, 09:07 GMT
it was a beautiful game, and it's still is but a fighting game where you can only play solo is, to me, madness.
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4. Kelvin
27 Apr 2007, 09:23 GMT
It's a good game, but the sequels are better (and the Mega CD version too), and Streets of Rage 2 is better than all of them!
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5. Deckers
27 Apr 2007, 10:23 GMT
IMO Capcom was and still is better then Sega
maybe SOR2 is better than this, but not better then all of them
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6. Drake
30 Apr 2007, 21:55 GMT
Finally managed to beat it. Pulling off spin attacks with the GameCube controller is freaking horrible, for the love of all that's sacred, buy a Classic Controller for this game.
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7. Jadelouise
01 May 2007, 00:26 GMT
The Mega CD port was better (apart from the dire colours).
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8. dualj
07 May 2007, 19:44 GMT
Hmmm... ok week but I think there are others to buy before these. Oh and I totally agree, Streets of Rage was so much better. But then again, what side scroller/beat em up can do better than streets?
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9. Josh
07 May 2007, 21:07 GMT
Does this version have two player because I remember Mighty Final Fight for NES was only one player.
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10. Dazza
07 May 2007, 21:42 GMT
Josh - as the review says it is just one player.
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11. Manny
08 May 2007, 01:20 GMT
Awsome game can't wait till Mortal Kombat comes out on VC either the SNES or Sega
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12. Fieron
08 May 2007, 07:38 GMT
oh! my car ;_; X3
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13. Mendez
15 May 2007, 15:46 GMT
Brilliant, much better than I expected. Such a shame there's no multiplayer though, they could have added the feature on...
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14. mYsTeRy
30 May 2007, 01:59 GMT
I would like to know which is the best side scroller/ beat 'em up game on the Turbo Grafx 16, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, or Nintendo 64. Please tell me which one you think is best. I ask of this because I don't want to waste any Wii Points on any game if there is going to be a better version of it.
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15. Bass X0
01 Jun 2007, 02:18 GMT
No Mendez, very few games are altered from their original release. Even then its because the alterations were necessary (Kid Icarus' password system and the removal of the offical licenses on Tecmo Bowl) - unfortunately alterations to make the game more fun aren't implemented yet. I was very shocked at all the people on GameFAQs who were angry with this game for not being identical to the arcade when it was made available to download.
Best side scroller fighting game? Thats easy - Streets of Rage 2 and I haven't even played it yet.
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16. Garland Russell
19 Jun 2007, 18:33 GMT
You said it, Bass. Roxy & Poison were replaced by Billy & Sid (If I'm right), there's no co-op, one stage was missing (along with guy), & it was very censored. The arcade version is definitely better. You can find the arcade version of this on Capcom Classics Collection: Volume 1 on X-Box or PS2, or CCC: Remixed on PSP.
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17. Mendez
26 Jun 2007, 18:29 GMT
It's a pretty good game, if not a little too difficult. A good game if you're into beat em ups.
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18. street fighter ii
29 Jul 2007, 13:41 GMT
One of the best scrolling fighting game.
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19. Harrycobra
07 Aug 2007, 15:42 GMT
Final Fight was and still is the best scrolling beat'm up ever!! I never understood people who think streets of rage is better. To me it's just one of the many clones, who ripped of numerous gangmembers, bosses and stages from this awesome classic! Final Fight rules!!!
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20. evilfrog
26 Aug 2007, 09:16 GMT
but why did they omit guy and the 2 player mode? since the snes could cleary do 2 player games like final fight 2 and 3 and rival turf?
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21. Dazza
26 Aug 2007, 10:44 GMT
Final Fight 1 was one of the early SNES games so Capcom were still getting to grips with the SNES hardware. The two player option would have been killed to prevent slowdown and memory constraints are most likely the reason why Guy is not playable in this version.
The SNES was obviously capable of a fully featured conversion of FF but at the time gamers were just glad to get their hands on an almost arcade perfect home version of this excellent game despite the flaws.
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22. deggs
07 Sep 2007, 00:17 GMT
i'm curious about this one. i love beat 'em ups and in beat 'em up land, capcom always delivers (X-men: mutant apocalypse, knights of the round, dungeons and dragons: tower of doom, magic sword, king of dragons, captain commando, etc...).
i remember when i was younger, i played this a lot in the arcade and i think i rented this port a few times. still, i can't remember how good the port actually was. i remember final fight 2 rocked but i can't for the life of me remember anything about this port.
meh... i'll just wait until final fight 2 i guess. at least i have the streets of rage games to tide me over...
does anyone remember if mighty final fight had two player co-op?
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23. Adamant
21 Sep 2007, 21:15 GMT
Note that Capcom released a rental-only game named Final Fight Guy, which was identical to the original in every way except one: Cody is out, and Guy is in.
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24. Link O' Fett
19 Nov 2007, 20:46 GMT
Final Fight is a fun game, but since it's only single player it gets knocked down a star.
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25. Bass X0
21 Nov 2007, 00:33 GMT
I can't see people downloading Final Fight Guy if they already downloaded the original SNES Final Fight game.
I wonder when they'll put Final Fight 2 and 3 on Virtual Console. I know Capcom doesn't like those two games much (apparently Nintendo made them make sequels to cash in on the original's popularity) but they're still better than most Virtual Console games. I'd also like NES Mighty Final Fight some time.
Having played all of the Final Fight games (except for Revenge), I can't give this more than three stars. Final Fight 3 beats this original completely in terms of fun.
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26. darthmix
26 Nov 2007, 18:01 GMT
Eh. It was the best-looking beat 'em up of its day, but the lack of 2-player support on the SNES version REALLY hurts it. It definitely has its moments if you don't mind going solo but for this sort of thing Streets of Rage 2 & 3 are better in nearly every way, especially if you've got a friend along.
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27. Conor S.
10 Dec 2007, 14:13 GMT
I bought this game because I loved the arcade version but I was completely disappointed with this version. I had forgotten that sometimes when arcade games are released to consoles they often don't translate well. BAD PURCHASE!!!!
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28. Elk810
30 Dec 2007, 06:13 GMT
I played the SNES version of this game years ago in a hotel that offered SNES games for extra cost. Back then I didn't realize how lacking the SNES version of this game is. No Guy, bad music, bad name changes (Why Thrasher instead of Damnd? WHY!?), you have to start at the beginning of the level every time you die, even one of the stages was omitted. Even the emulation of this game on Final Fight Streetwise was better. In short, even if you're a Final Fight fan like me, do not buy this game. Hopefully, Sega CD games will one day become available in VC and you can buy Final Fight CD instead. It's got everything this port lacks.
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29. Villain
24 Jan 2008, 10:45 GMT
@Bass X0: Agreed. I'd have nothing against seeing Final Fight 2, as I still think it's an okay brawler. But Final Fight 3 is what's it's all about...
Peeps, keep an eye out fir Final Fight 3. You might just think it kicks Streets of Rage 3s tooshie.
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30. uncle smuck
01 Feb 2008, 18:53 GMT
Not as good as streets of rage.
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31. MVP
11 Feb 2008, 22:21 GMT
I remember this game from the coin ups, but it a little worst, I will wait for the Mega CD version, if someday is possible....
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32. yeeat
14 Feb 2008, 03:11 GMT
One sentence:
"Go for it!"
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33. MrLopez
25 Feb 2008, 10:59 GMT
No Guy No Buy
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34. Jon
07 May 2008, 11:12 GMT
Not as good as Streets of Rage 2.
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