"Andore is not based on André the Giant" Yeah sure, and Boxer from Street Fighter is not based on Mike Tyson. Don't believe everything game designers say, people. They have lawsuits to avoid, you know.
PatmanQC even said the same thing on his video. Sorry, but no matter what the designer tries to say, nobody's buying it. It's totally obvious that the character is based on Andre the Giant.
Exactly... Why I barely mess with the likes of DYKGaming these days. PC as hell to keep that healthy PR relationship for sponsorships from the companies they are covering. "This video is sponsored by Nintendo..." - DYK "We're not Nintendo fanboys." - Also, DYK Lol. Sorry, saw an opportunity and had to express myself... The point in relation: Their vids are littered with the coverups (like these) that they are fed.. so what's the point of watching them?
Akira: "no, Andore wasn't based on Andre the Giant. He was based on my friend, Andre, who just happens to be a massive wrestler that looks EXACTLY LIKE ANDRE THE GIANT."
I understand trying to avoid a lawsuit, but it's as clear as day one who the basis for that character is. Look at Balrog and Mike Tyson. Hell, in Japan, Balrog is named M. Bison.
Yeah in street fighter 3rd strike doesn't Andore and someone do a faceoff and it meant to look like the Wrestlemania 3 stare down between Hulk Hogan and Andre? Thought Edi.E was based on the Big Bossman as well.
The first time I ever saw Final Fight was in an arcade in Atlanta...they had it on this special station with three podiums that acted as controller panels and the screen was literally ten feet across and six feet high...the characters on the screen were HUGE...it was love at first sight...
1989: Poison is a woman? We’ll get sued! Capcom: Say she’s transgender so we can get away with this. 2010: Poison is transgender? We’ll get sued! Capcom: Say she’s mysterious so we can get away with this.
Amazing isn't it? Back then showing a woman getting hit by a man was the worst thing the feminist movement could think of. These days, the feminists would complain that they changed a woman's role to a man's (implying they're now okay with a woman getting beat up by a man) then complain that her outfit was overly sexualized while the trans community would be complaining about a trans woman getting beaten up by a cis man. That's the problem with pandering to specific "rights movements", once you start that ball rolling, it's almost impossible to stop it, and even more impossible to keep it from rolling from one controversy to another. It's getting to the point where all you can do is just create the content you want and ignore them when they inevitably start complaining as there's no way to please them.
Basically Final Fight was supposed to be a sequel to Street Fighter (that's why Street Fighter '89) but Capcom actually needed to compete with Double Dragon, so........... By changing the genre........... You need to change the title as well
Wait, it was Nintendo??? That makes zero sense, but I'm not surprised either. They've been copyright claiming on even games that were on their systems here and there. Very petty if you ask me...
Larry, not sure if you know, but, thought i'd ask in case, but do you know of any Channels that talk about Arcade Boards and the History and the Technology behind them? I mean, broad question to anyone, really.
Andor not based on Andre the Giant, but actually a personal friend of the developer that happens to look just like him and is also called Andre. Yeah, right.
That Final part where the music played after completing all the stages, it felt like i was living the Final Fight story. I miss playing it at the arcade. My top favourite games at the arcade along with Willow, Midnight Resistance, Super Volleyball, Golden Axe, Street Fighter 2. But the whole Final Fight story was just unforgettable for me as a kid that time. Thank u for this review on Final Fight. My favourite childhood video game.
Daniel Ibbertson oh youuu. how do you accidentally delete a video? Are you going to do a video on how bad the new Double Dragon IV is? it's bloody awful
Final Fight and Double Dragon were my all time favorite franchises growing up. Probably why I'm obbssed with combat sports, Pro Wrestling and Martial arts in general. Lol
"If you're not playing as Haggar, you're playing it wrong." Oh, come ON! I can understand that people are able to diss Carlos just because he's just a wannabe Cody or Guy, but who WOULDN'T want to play as a sexy blond-haired ninja chick? ;P
Lol, no joke, but I play as her since she is quite a beauty. Also, not to mention she plays like Guy, who is my main back when I was playing Final Fight on PS2 during my childhood.
@9:35 The official figures for the Genesis/Sega CD are 61 colors (16 background and 15 each for the foreground, sprite, and window layer) out of a palette of 512. In fact, the Sega CD had tricks for drawing 256 colors onscreen at one time, and Shadow/Highlight Mode made it possible to access a palette of 3,375 colors, as seen later in Toy Story. Using color mixing and the higher resolution 320x448 interlaced mode, the Genesis could've kept going with decent arcade ports all the way to the release of the PlayStation 2 in 2000. Sadly, SEGA of Japan didn't see it that way.
@@slopesgameroom , I am not sure if you covered this little series of coincidences and parallels in your video, but I am more than convinced that there are a lot of parallels between Mike Haggar and real life former Marine turned professional wrestler turned government official Buford Pusser. Here are their comparisons. Mike Haggar - former professional wrestler for the CWA, or Capcom Wrestling Association. Buford Pusser - former professional wrestler that wrestled around the Chicago area, possibly for the the NWA, or National Wrestling Alliance, and its Chicago branch that it had at the time, (which later became the IWA, or International Wrestling Association), among other smaller organizations that have not been named that have since possibly been lost to the sands of time. (NWA-Chicago, which eventually became the IWA, also later became arguably one of the biggest, as well as most influential, professional wrestling organizations in the 1970s and 1980s, namely, the AWA, or the American Wrestling Association.) Mike Haggar - 6' 8', 297 lbs. Buford Pusser - 6' 6", 250 lbs. Mike Haggar - usually has a close cropped haircut, save for his appearance in Final Fight 3/Tough. Buford Pusser - yes, he also has a close cropped haircut. Mike Haggar - is a widower. Buford Pusser - also later became a widower. Mike Haggar - has a daughter. Buford Pusser- had a daughter and two sons, of which one of the sons was coincidentally named Mike. Mike Haggar - fought government corruption in a big city. Buford Pusser - fought government corruption in a small rural county. Mike Haggar - fought the corrupt cops in his local police department, as well as the Mad Gear, Skull Cross, Thugs, Jersey Thugs, Punx, Glowheads, and numerous other gangs, as well as people, in wrestling rings, bar fights, and underground fight clubs, both before and after his professional wrestling career. Buford Pusser - fought many professional wrestlers, may have also dabbled in occasional bar fights, as well as underground fight clubs, and fought the corrupt local police department, sheriff's department, pimps, prostitution rings, moonshine (illegal alcohol) manufacturing rings, drug cartels, the Dixie Mafia, and the State Line Mafia. Mike Haggar - fought corrupt cops in the police department where he lived (Edi E and Dave, among potentially others). Buford Pusser - fought corrupt cops in both a local police department and a sheriff's department (James Dickey and several other corrupt cops and sheriff's deputies). Mike Haggar - recruited people, both within his local government, as well as citizens, to help him fight the police corruption and gangs that plagued where he lived. Buford Pusser - also recruited people, both within his sheriff's department, as well as civilians, to help him fight the police corruption and gangs that plagued where he lived. Mike Haggar - has a penchant for using weapons in fights. Buford Pusser - also had a penchant for using weapons in fights. Mike Haggar - became a mayor. Buford Pusser - became a constable, a police officer, and a sheriff, then tried to run for a town mayor, and, presumably later, a county mayor, but was possibly assassinated before he could run for the town mayor position. Mike Haggar - lost a re-election bid (to become a mayor in his case). Buford Pusser - lost a re-election bid (to become a sheriff in his case). Yeah, there are a scary amount of parallels between both people. Also, yeah, Mike Haggar is a Yankee version of Buford Pusser.
Was part of the Poison talk edited out? At 27:46 it awkwardly cuts from the explanation of what a Newhalf is and goes straight to the wrap up section of the video.
I am literally just getting to enjoy this game now, as my room mate acquired it on Sega CD last week. I really enjoyed the video, and am glad you seem to keep them coming.
I love the Final Fight series and I actually really liked Street Wise. I'm a sucker for beat em' ups even mediocre ones. Thanks for the vid. I love these complete history uploads.
Other than Double Dragon, this game series opened my eyes to the beat em up genre as a kid. Always hunted this cabinet down in arcades. Great review of the history.
7 uears too late, but i was here just to say this. Mighty Final Fight needs more exposure. Even to this fay, its one my most faborite NES games of all time.
It is a lazy ass port to the SNES. Also, if you want far better Capcom beat-em-up/side scrolling brawlers for that system, then King of Dragons, Knights of the Round, and Captain Commando are far better ports of other Capcom arcade titles than Final Fight ever was on that system.
"Mayor Haggar: Currently, my gang is controlling a portion of the city between 4th Street and 19th. We would like to dominate the city. Could you please introduce legislation that would allow us to do this. Thank you. P.S. - We all voted for you last election"
I'm going to have to disagree that the only way to experience Final Fight at its best is to emulate the arcade version via MAME or something similar, I'd argue that the arcade emulated version on the PS2's Capcom Classics is a really nice version too.
I actually know final fight as "that game that has the hot pink haired chick in it", just like people know darkstalkers as "that game that has boob demon lady and cat girl in it"
Two big problems with this video: It doesn't mention how Final Fight 3 had entire randomized levels and branching paths to help replayability even more (seriously there's like 4 alternate levels in the game, full featured ones) but also you failed to bring up the HORRIBLE attempt at bringing back Final Fight in 3D with a plot about zombies in the early 2000s. It wasn't pretty.
Nice video, great footage and facts. I respectfully doubt that fact that Andore wasn't based on Andre the Giant though. I mean come on, he had a mate called Andre who was also huge with the distinguishable mop of hair? Hmmm. More than likely it was a cagey answer as they probably didn't ask permission to use his image.
Cody will be in Street Fighter 5. Cody went from hero to prison inmate. And now he is out of prison again, only he has served his time, he is out of handcuffs, and he is ready to fight once again.
On the topic of Poison, I'm confident she's purely female. That's how she was originally envisioned and the whole transgender thing was really just a one shot step to make her an "acceptable" character to beat up in the west at the time. I just don't see the original creators going out of their way to keep that whole idea going especially these days unless they're deliberately leaving it up to the player's interpretation for the sake of discussion which is an aspect I've always enjoyed in gaming topics. If we were talking about Kane from Nier on the other hand... Well, I wouldn't know what to think on that.
schjonicus Nope, on *a* concept art illustration, and the game's director stated that was added as part of a failed attempt to appease Nintendo of America by saying the apparently female character didn't count because she used to be a dude. The false claim is that it occurred after the game's release, when it was actually changed during development.
I saw this in my notifications and was confused. I Started watching and kept thinking "man I know I've seen this". then noticed the "re-upload". I'm slow.
I love your complete history videos Mr. Ibbertson, keep the up the awesome work. If it aint to much to ask, can you make a complete history of my favorite series (Front Mission); there isnt enough love of this series on youtube.
As of the time of this video, the official stance of Capcom was that Capcom did not have an official stance on Poison. The history honestly isn't *that* complicated, but rather has been made complicated by shifting stances. The brief version, covering a few decades and some key figures, follows: Akira Yasuda created Poison and Roxy, female characters, for Final Fight. Yasuda has stated that, despite Capcom's later decisions, he created the characters to be women and he will always view them as such. During the game's (Japanese) development, Capcom had become seriously concerned about the climate in America. Capcom of Japan decided to make Posion and Roxy into newhalfs. While some blame this on Capcom of America, or say it was only Capcom of America, this was Capcom of Japan's stance. This is confirmed by character concept art for Poison and Roxy (which has newhalf written on it in katakana) as well as materials such as the Japanese manual for the Super Famicom port of Final Fight. Around the time of Final Fight Revenge, the common story was that Capcom of Japan and Capcom of America only disagreed on whether Poison was pre-op (Japan) or post-op (America). This was restated over a decade later by Yoshinori Ono, who was in charge of the Street Fighter franchise by that point. That brings us to 2011 and the development of Street Fighter x Tekken. A win quote where Ryu and Chun-Li stated that Poison was not a "real woman" blew up into a story. Capcom was receiving criticism and was in serious damage control mode. Damage control was so serious that, when an interviewer asked Ono about the controversy, another Capcom representative took over to state how Capcom was working closing with GLAAD to address anything that might be taken as offensive. In this interview, Ono stated that Capcom's official stance was that Capcom did not have an official stance on whether or not Poison was transgender. Ono admitted that Capcom was intentionally trying to appease everyone with this stance. Of note though is that Ono's claim that this stance was always Capcom's stance, quite bluntly, was a lie. Not only is there plenty of evidence that Poison had previously officially been transgender, Ono himself had four years prior stated it himself (when he reconfirmed the country split on pre/post-op status.)
I wish they would make a new 2d beat em up final fight in hd. Not a remake but a entirely new final fight game. Final fight was there for me in a time that was horrible. I spent a Christmas in 90 just pumping quarters into the game at a convenience store. It kept me mind off things. I think I had beat that game that day countless times. Needless to say final fight is one of a few video games that are really important to me. Thanks for making this history of video.
Great video. I have Golden Axe in one of my arcade machines and Final Fight is currently at the post office waiting to be collected later today - and I have never played it before! Can't wait :-)
I remember finding this in an arcade as a kid. At this point I had Streets of Rage at home, and thought this was a knock off. It came first in my world, therefore it must be first for everyone. Regardless, it felt like I was playing a GI Joe cartoon, punching my way through may quarters and my mother's patience.
"Oh my car" - my favourite bit. I always felt sorry for Nintendo fans that the superior port of Final Fight was on Mega CD. The Amiga version wasn't too shabby either.
Hey man, I just recently discovered your channel, and I've already binged over half of your complete history series. Please please please, do a complete history of the Kunio Kun series! You teased it in the intro to your double dragon video,, and I think that would be amazing!
Street Fighter and Final Fight are both set within the same universe. The original Street Fighter and Final Fight 1 both take place at the same time. Also FF2 is set the same time as Street Fighter Alpha 2 and the reason Guy wasn't in FF2 is because he was pursuing Bison in SFA2.
Son Goku also in Alpha 1, it took place after FF1 since it shows Rolento working for Bison after the fall of Mad Gear and Charlie Nash was pursuing Bison and fought Rolento
The original Final Fight takes place in 1989, and Street Fighter two is a bit later. Actually if you pay attention, SFA is BEFORE SF2. So, it doens't take place at the same time. However there is some contradictions saying the Alpha is BEFORE the 1989. So....
Capcom addressing violence against Roxy and Poison as being okay because they are transgende, not women, has certainly not aged well Legendary game though! Awesome review!
What the hell is the game @26:20 - 26:22???? I can't seem to find info on it, and the two names he said at this part(capcom fighting jam and card fighters) aren't it.
I believe Final Fight Arcade use 3 buttons, the 3rd button for break away when being lifted by Andore if pressed fast enough and also used to faster rise animation ..not sure if other arcade centers also use the same configuration
I bought a New Nintendo 3DS just to play Final Fight 1,2 and 3 ahaha.. I'm a sucker when its comes to beat em up.. but still Capcom's Alien vs. Predators the Arcade is my favorite beat em up game..
mate Final Fight for SNES is such a soft target - but the SFC version is fantastic. was the most advanced fighting game for the home technically at the time and still stands up to this day. I find it boring that people bash the game just because. I was there at the time as where you, felt so many people overlooked the qualities this game had
I loved the SNES version even after playing the arcade version. I couldn't wait to buy it to play at home. I would hope the CD version released two years later would be an improvement. Although the Sega CD version had the best music imo.
Other beat-em-up essentials for the SNES: Brawl Brothers and The Peace Keepers, TMNT IV: Turtles In Time, Super Double Dragon, Sonic Blast Man II, and Spiderman & Venom: Maximum Carnage.
How come the Poison issue has controversy yet Linda from the Double Dragon games doesn't? You beat the crap out her of and no one ever said anything about it did they?
I just bought the hand held X9S from eBay for $37. It has tons of games including Final Fight and it's a direct arcade copy with good sound and response. I very much recommend it. It also has Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter Zero, Mega Man, Super Mario, Sonic, and a bunch of others. ...for $37!!!! It also plays movies and you can record video.
Thanks for the videos, you basically covered all the mega drive games I owned except Thunder force series. Would there be a chance you actually doing a review on that?
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"Andore is not based on André the Giant"
Yeah sure, and Boxer from Street Fighter is not based on Mike Tyson.
Don't believe everything game designers say, people. They have lawsuits to avoid, you know.
PatmanQC even said the same thing on his video. Sorry, but no matter what the designer tries to say, nobody's buying it. It's totally obvious that the character is based on Andre the Giant.
Exactly... Why I barely mess with the likes of DYKGaming these days. PC as hell to keep that healthy PR relationship for sponsorships from the companies they are covering.
"This video is sponsored by Nintendo..." - DYK
"We're not Nintendo fanboys." - Also, DYK
Lol.
Sorry, saw an opportunity and had to express myself...
The point in relation:
Their vids are littered with the coverups (like these) that they are fed.. so what's the point of watching them?
Boxer? You mean Balrog?
@@senortittywiggles8713 No, Mike from the first Street Fighter.
Akira: "no, Andore wasn't based on Andre the Giant. He was based on my friend, Andre, who just happens to be a massive wrestler that looks EXACTLY LIKE ANDRE THE GIANT."
I understand trying to avoid a lawsuit, but it's as clear as day one who the basis for that character is. Look at Balrog and Mike Tyson. Hell, in Japan, Balrog is named M. Bison.
Yeah in street fighter 3rd strike doesn't Andore and someone do a faceoff and it meant to look like the Wrestlemania 3 stare down between Hulk Hogan and Andre? Thought Edi.E was based on the Big Bossman as well.
mysterywhiteboy72 yea and my dad is freaking gold berg who is In the new wwe20
The first time I ever saw Final Fight was in an arcade in Atlanta...they had it on this special station with three podiums that acted as controller panels and the screen was literally ten feet across and six feet high...the characters on the screen were HUGE...it was love at first sight...
They can't say Andre is inspired by The Giant because they're still making $ off him with no wwe licensing. But it's totally him
1989: Poison is a woman? We’ll get sued!
Capcom: Say she’s transgender so we can get away with this.
2010: Poison is transgender? We’ll get sued!
Capcom: Say she’s mysterious so we can get away with this.
I just like to think that Poison is a woman. That's just me.
Amazing isn't it? Back then showing a woman getting hit by a man was the worst thing the feminist movement could think of. These days, the feminists would complain that they changed a woman's role to a man's (implying they're now okay with a woman getting beat up by a man) then complain that her outfit was overly sexualized while the trans community would be complaining about a trans woman getting beaten up by a cis man.
That's the problem with pandering to specific "rights movements", once you start that ball rolling, it's almost impossible to stop it, and even more impossible to keep it from rolling from one controversy to another. It's getting to the point where all you can do is just create the content you want and ignore them when they inevitably start complaining as there's no way to please them.
@@Dargonhuman Nice novel, incel.
what about Roxy?
@@Dargonhuman Exactly. They keep moving the pole and expect everyone to go with it. Don't go with it the first time.
I could have probably bought a house with all of the quarters I used for this game.
me too
Man!.......
Game not about street fighting: named street fighter
Game about fighting through streets: not named street fighter 89
Ok
Basically Final Fight was supposed to be a sequel to Street Fighter (that's why Street Fighter '89) but Capcom actually needed to compete with Double Dragon, so........... By changing the genre........... You need to change the title as well
Street Fighter did have you fighting in streets, in about 3 of the stages.
Curse you Nintendo for claiming Dan's last video!!! >:(
You don't own Final Fight!!!
Wait, it was Nintendo??? That makes zero sense, but I'm not surprised either. They've been copyright claiming on even games that were on their systems here and there. Very petty if you ask me...
James Stinson actually it was konami because everyone know that final fight is connected with silent hill n MGS
Ahhh Nintendo, putting the N in Retarded.
Larry, not sure if you know, but, thought i'd ask in case, but do you know of any Channels that talk about Arcade Boards and the History and the Technology behind them? I mean, broad question to anyone, really.
Lmao Larry, he's already said he accidentally deleted the original video. Absolutely believable that NintenDON'T would NintenDO though.
Andor not based on Andre the Giant, but actually a personal friend of the developer that happens to look just like him and is also called Andre. Yeah, right.
That Final part where the music played after completing all the stages, it felt like i was living the Final Fight story. I miss playing it at the arcade. My top favourite games at the arcade along with Willow, Midnight Resistance, Super Volleyball, Golden Axe, Street Fighter 2. But the whole Final Fight story was just unforgettable for me as a kid that time. Thank u for this review on Final Fight. My favourite childhood video game.
Accidentally deleted the old video :(
Daniel Ibbertson oh youuu. how do you accidentally delete a video?
Are you going to do a video on how bad the new Double Dragon IV is? it's bloody awful
Daniel Ibbertson Are you going to do a video on how bad the new Double Dragon IV is? it's bloody awful.
Daniel Ibbertson ohhhh so thats what happened, i was confused as to why you posted this unless there was something new to add.
Did someone set you up the bon?! Main signal turn on!
Daniel Ibbertson well done!
I really enjoyed FF2 as a kid and till this day I keep it emulated in every PC or laptop i own. Even its soundtrack was incredible.
Final Fight and Double Dragon were my all time favorite franchises growing up. Probably why I'm obbssed with combat sports, Pro Wrestling and Martial arts in general. Lol
"Enemies that look like they just left a NOFX concert". LOL WTF! haha I guess even "Fat Mike" sounds like a Final Fight boss
All those melvins!
11:14 Streets Of Fire ''finally'' comes out on Blu-Ray on Tuesday May 16.
Thank you for this man, is a shame this channel hasn't more followers.
Could have done without Game Dave, I didn't find him funny.
"If you're not playing as Haggar, you're playing it wrong." Oh, come ON! I can understand that people are able to diss Carlos just because he's just a wannabe Cody or Guy, but who WOULDN'T want to play as a sexy blond-haired ninja chick? ;P
That maki, you can play her in Street fighter ahpla 3 and capom vs snk
I did not know you can play as Maki in "Street Fighter Alpha 3", though I do remember her being a playable character in the "Capcom Vs. SNK" games.
Lol, no joke, but I play as her since she is quite a beauty. Also, not to mention she plays like Guy, who is my main back when I was playing Final Fight on PS2 during my childhood.
@9:35 The official figures for the Genesis/Sega CD are 61 colors (16 background and 15 each for the foreground, sprite, and window layer) out of a palette of 512. In fact, the Sega CD had tricks for drawing 256 colors onscreen at one time, and Shadow/Highlight Mode made it possible to access a palette of 3,375 colors, as seen later in Toy Story. Using color mixing and the higher resolution 320x448 interlaced mode, the Genesis could've kept going with decent arcade ports all the way to the release of the PlayStation 2 in 2000. Sadly, SEGA of Japan didn't see it that way.
Dude! Daniel, you are really getting up there man. Congrats man. You deserve every bit of it man. Lots of love and effort in these videos.
+Toploaded Gaming that's awesome to read thanks so much buddy :D
@@slopesgameroom , I am not sure if you covered this little series of coincidences and parallels in your video, but I am more than convinced that there are a lot of parallels between Mike Haggar and real life former Marine turned professional wrestler turned government official Buford Pusser. Here are their comparisons.
Mike Haggar - former professional wrestler for the CWA, or Capcom Wrestling Association.
Buford Pusser - former professional wrestler that wrestled around the Chicago area, possibly for the the NWA, or National Wrestling Alliance, and its Chicago branch that it had at the time, (which later became the IWA, or International Wrestling Association), among other smaller organizations that have not been named that have since possibly been lost to the sands of time. (NWA-Chicago, which eventually became the IWA, also later became arguably one of the biggest, as well as most influential, professional wrestling organizations in the 1970s and 1980s, namely, the AWA, or the American Wrestling Association.)
Mike Haggar - 6' 8', 297 lbs.
Buford Pusser - 6' 6", 250 lbs.
Mike Haggar - usually has a close cropped haircut, save for his appearance in Final Fight 3/Tough.
Buford Pusser - yes, he also has a close cropped haircut.
Mike Haggar - is a widower.
Buford Pusser - also later became a widower.
Mike Haggar - has a daughter.
Buford Pusser- had a daughter and two sons, of which one of the sons was coincidentally named Mike.
Mike Haggar - fought government corruption in a big city.
Buford Pusser - fought government corruption in a small rural county.
Mike Haggar - fought the corrupt cops in his local police department, as well as the Mad Gear, Skull Cross, Thugs, Jersey Thugs, Punx, Glowheads, and numerous other gangs, as well as people, in wrestling rings, bar fights, and underground fight clubs, both before and after his professional wrestling career.
Buford Pusser - fought many professional wrestlers, may have also dabbled in occasional bar fights, as well as underground fight clubs, and fought the corrupt local police department, sheriff's department, pimps, prostitution rings, moonshine (illegal alcohol) manufacturing rings, drug cartels, the Dixie Mafia, and the State Line Mafia.
Mike Haggar - fought corrupt cops in the police department where he lived (Edi E and Dave, among potentially others).
Buford Pusser - fought corrupt cops in both a local police department and a sheriff's department (James Dickey and several other corrupt cops and sheriff's deputies).
Mike Haggar - recruited people, both within his local government, as well as citizens, to help him fight the police corruption and gangs that plagued where he lived.
Buford Pusser - also recruited people, both within his sheriff's department, as well as civilians, to help him fight the police corruption and gangs that plagued where he lived.
Mike Haggar - has a penchant for using weapons in fights.
Buford Pusser - also had a penchant for using weapons in fights.
Mike Haggar - became a mayor.
Buford Pusser - became a constable, a police officer, and a sheriff, then tried to run for a town mayor, and, presumably later, a county mayor, but was possibly assassinated before he could run for the town mayor position.
Mike Haggar - lost a re-election bid (to become a mayor in his case).
Buford Pusser - lost a re-election bid (to become a sheriff in his case).
Yeah, there are a scary amount of parallels between both people. Also, yeah, Mike Haggar is a Yankee version of Buford Pusser.
Was part of the Poison talk edited out? At 27:46 it awkwardly cuts from the explanation of what a Newhalf is and goes straight to the wrap up section of the video.
I am literally just getting to enjoy this game now, as my room mate acquired it on Sega CD last week. I really enjoyed the video, and am glad you seem to keep them coming.
I love the Final Fight series and I actually really liked Street Wise. I'm a sucker for beat em' ups even mediocre ones. Thanks for the vid. I love these complete history uploads.
So his friend was andre the giant
ninja turtles, simpsons, street fighter II, outrun and this were some of my favorite arcade games period
LITTLE KNOWN TRIVIA: Guy can bounce off walls to perform a special kick.
Other than Double Dragon, this game series opened my eyes to the beat em up genre as a kid. Always hunted this cabinet down in arcades. Great review of the history.
Two beat em ups I love besides Double Dragon, Streets of Rage, and Final Fight were the Warriors game for PS2 and also for PS2, Urban Reign.
Final Fight 3 had such an awesome soundtrack.
damn right
I got Mighty Final Fight for Christmas in 1993. To this day, it remains one of my favorite NES games.
7 uears too late, but i was here just to say this. Mighty Final Fight needs more exposure. Even to this fay, its one my most faborite NES games of all time.
Personally I love Final Fight for SNES; sure it doesn't have 2 player but it's a damn fine port and one of the best beat em ups on the SNES!
AlexElectric9001 Agreed. Snes in general is a great system
It is a lazy ass port to the SNES. Also, if you want far better Capcom beat-em-up/side scrolling brawlers for that system, then King of Dragons, Knights of the Round, and Captain Commando are far better ports of other Capcom arcade titles than Final Fight ever was on that system.
"Mayor Haggar: Currently, my gang is controlling a portion of the city between 4th Street and 19th. We would like to dominate the city. Could you please introduce legislation that would allow us to do this. Thank you. P.S. - We all voted for you last election"
I like the fact as mayor he can beat up all the people who didn't vote for him, Ha, ha!
I'm going to have to disagree that the only way to experience Final Fight at its best is to emulate the arcade version via MAME or something similar, I'd argue that the arcade emulated version on the PS2's Capcom Classics is a really nice version too.
I would also say that the Sega/Mega CD version is pretty damned good on its own too... especially the Pyron color hack version.
"If you're not playing as Haggar then you are playing it wrong." Truth!!!!
+zachabama #SlopeFact
You learn something new every day from these game retrospectives.
No mention of Haggar's amazing cut-off overalls. With one strap even! Amazing. He must have had these custom made, considering the lime green colour.
I actually know final fight as "that game that has the hot pink haired chick in it", just like people know darkstalkers as "that game that has boob demon lady and cat girl in it"
Now Guy and Cody are established and popular Street Fighter characters
Man
This Videos are Awesome
Thank you two, great work
(I love Saturday Night Slam masters)
The Sega CD version is one of those miracle ports, too-good-to-be-true territory.
Two big problems with this video: It doesn't mention how Final Fight 3 had entire randomized levels and branching paths to help replayability even more (seriously there's like 4 alternate levels in the game, full featured ones) but also you failed to bring up the HORRIBLE attempt at bringing back Final Fight in 3D with a plot about zombies in the early 2000s. It wasn't pretty.
Streetwise is mindless fun
I enjoy it, but I can see why others don't
Not really early-2000s, but mid-2000s. I hadn't played enough of that game, but it seemed that it didn't work.
That sucks you lost the first vid. Your complete history videos are amazing
Nice video, great footage and facts. I respectfully doubt that fact that Andore wasn't based on Andre the Giant though. I mean come on, he had a mate called Andre who was also huge with the distinguishable mop of hair? Hmmm. More than likely it was a cagey answer as they probably didn't ask permission to use his image.
Incognito Icognito uh no man. Hugo was definitely based on Andre. The Final Fight series took heavy inspiration from Streets of Fire
Enemies that look like they just left a NoFX concert! I love it.
...more like a Ministry concert in the case of the hazmat shirts
Wonderful video! I was happy to see Game Dave, I love his videos. I am looking forward to the gta video!!
turtles and castle crashers are also worth mentioning as great best em ups. great video as always
Cody will be in Street Fighter 5. Cody went from hero to prison inmate. And now he is out of prison again, only he has served his time, he is out of handcuffs, and he is ready to fight once again.
On the topic of Poison, I'm confident she's purely female. That's how she was originally envisioned and the whole transgender thing was really just a one shot step to make her an "acceptable" character to beat up in the west at the time. I just don't see the original creators going out of their way to keep that whole idea going especially these days unless they're deliberately leaving it up to the player's interpretation for the sake of discussion which is an aspect I've always enjoyed in gaming topics. If we were talking about Kane from Nier on the other hand... Well, I wouldn't know what to think on that.
DarkStarAngelo it says 'new-half' on the original concept art illustration. Case closed.
schjonicus
Nope, on *a* concept art illustration, and the game's director stated that was added as part of a failed attempt to appease Nintendo of America by saying the apparently female character didn't count because she used to be a dude. The false claim is that it occurred after the game's release, when it was actually changed during development.
I'm guessing it's a topic that Kimble Justice hates to talk about.
Holly shit how did I not found this channel before, you guys are hilarious 🤣🤣
just found my new favourite utube channel thanks mate
We could make a drinking game out all these videos. Every time Daniel says, "just my opinion" you take a shot.
dude where's the section with the bands go? y'know the part explaining the enemies and their names.
Glad to see this back up!
29:40 that ending line was beautiful because I too strive to be a great gamer
Yes we do read the TH-cam descriptions
I saw this in my notifications and was confused.
I Started watching and kept thinking "man I know I've seen this".
then noticed the "re-upload".
I'm slow.
Aaron Nicewonger Same as! Lol
I NOTICED IT IN 15:07 LOL
Well cool Im not the only one haha....
I love your complete history videos Mr. Ibbertson, keep the up the awesome work.
If it aint to much to ask, can you make a complete history of my favorite series (Front Mission); there isnt enough love of this series on youtube.
What I love about your videos is that the make me want to fire up the games in them. Next chance I get, I'm playing some FF on Coin-Ops! ;)
Another great vid Dan. I'll have to check out some of Game Dave's stuff.
As of the time of this video, the official stance of Capcom was that Capcom did not have an official stance on Poison. The history honestly isn't *that* complicated, but rather has been made complicated by shifting stances. The brief version, covering a few decades and some key figures, follows:
Akira Yasuda created Poison and Roxy, female characters, for Final Fight. Yasuda has stated that, despite Capcom's later decisions, he created the characters to be women and he will always view them as such. During the game's (Japanese) development, Capcom had become seriously concerned about the climate in America.
Capcom of Japan decided to make Posion and Roxy into newhalfs. While some blame this on Capcom of America, or say it was only Capcom of America, this was Capcom of Japan's stance. This is confirmed by character concept art for Poison and Roxy (which has newhalf written on it in katakana) as well as materials such as the Japanese manual for the Super Famicom port of Final Fight.
Around the time of Final Fight Revenge, the common story was that Capcom of Japan and Capcom of America only disagreed on whether Poison was pre-op (Japan) or post-op (America). This was restated over a decade later by Yoshinori Ono, who was in charge of the Street Fighter franchise by that point.
That brings us to 2011 and the development of Street Fighter x Tekken. A win quote where Ryu and Chun-Li stated that Poison was not a "real woman" blew up into a story. Capcom was receiving criticism and was in serious damage control mode. Damage control was so serious that, when an interviewer asked Ono about the controversy, another Capcom representative took over to state how Capcom was working closing with GLAAD to address anything that might be taken as offensive. In this interview, Ono stated that Capcom's official stance was that Capcom did not have an official stance on whether or not Poison was transgender. Ono admitted that Capcom was intentionally trying to appease everyone with this stance. Of note though is that Ono's claim that this stance was always Capcom's stance, quite bluntly, was a lie. Not only is there plenty of evidence that Poison had previously officially been transgender, Ono himself had four years prior stated it himself (when he reconfirmed the country split on pre/post-op status.)
I had never heard of "Mighty Final Fight" until I saw it preloaded on a PVP (a PSP looking Nintendo emulator with roms). I actually love the game.
Mighty Final Fight dare I say is one of the best beat em ups on the NES. Soundtrack is top notch
Great Channel Homie!! I really like the old school game reviews!!😁
You forgot to mention the game Mad Gear, an arcade racing game by Capcom. That's where the gang from Final Fight got it's name.
Check the rest of the complete history series here... goo.gl/JjBIHi
Daniel Ibbertson 12:34 uri geller pulls a knife..... doesn't bend it though
I wish they would make a new 2d beat em up final fight in hd. Not a remake but a entirely new final fight game. Final fight was there for me in a time that was horrible. I spent a Christmas in 90 just pumping quarters into the game at a convenience store. It kept me mind off things. I think I had beat that game that day countless times. Needless to say final fight is one of a few video games that are really important to me. Thanks for making this history of video.
Great video. I have Golden Axe in one of my arcade machines and Final Fight is currently at the post office waiting to be collected later today - and I have never played it before! Can't wait :-)
love this game, such a shame they never continued the series
Well, they did continue it, but Streetwise wasn't exactly a spectacular finale.
I love the respect given to Final Fight 3 in this video. Sometimes I think I'm the only person who knows about that game.
What an amazing video! Loved it!!! :)
I remember finding this in an arcade as a kid. At this point I had Streets of Rage at home, and thought this was a knock off. It came first in my world, therefore it must be first for everyone. Regardless, it felt like I was playing a GI Joe cartoon, punching my way through may quarters and my mother's patience.
"Oh my car" - my favourite bit. I always felt sorry for Nintendo fans that the superior port of Final Fight was on Mega CD. The Amiga version wasn't too shabby either.
Love Final Fight, my all time favourite 👍🏻
Hey man, I just recently discovered your channel, and I've already binged over half of your complete history series. Please please please, do a complete history of the Kunio Kun series! You teased it in the intro to your double dragon video,, and I think that would be amazing!
Street Fighter and Final Fight are both set within the same universe. The original Street Fighter and Final Fight 1 both take place at the same time. Also FF2 is set the same time as Street Fighter Alpha 2 and the reason Guy wasn't in FF2 is because he was pursuing Bison in SFA2.
Son Goku also in Alpha 1, it took place after FF1 since it shows Rolento working for Bison after the fall of Mad Gear and Charlie Nash was pursuing Bison and fought Rolento
And Befor Final Fight is Slam Master and Ring of Destruction.
And Sakura study in Rival School.
Hopefully Capcom considers the idea of doing Final Fight 4, they have to at some point.
The original Final Fight takes place in 1989, and Street Fighter two is a bit later.
Actually if you pay attention, SFA is BEFORE SF2.
So, it doens't take place at the same time.
However there is some contradictions saying the Alpha is BEFORE the 1989. So....
LOVE Mighty Final Fight. Also, the Final Fight franchise is pretty good.
I discovered and played Mighty Final Fight a while ago I love it!
What is that game at 26:20 where Mike Haggar is fighting in the streets along Akuma?
King Diamond. Sodom. GNR. The Damned. uhhPoison, pretty damned good taste in music
Haggar could be a tribute to Sammy Hagar too....
@@robertanderson2898 He's not.
Capcom addressing violence against Roxy and Poison as being okay because they are transgende, not women, has certainly not aged well
Legendary game though! Awesome review!
What the hell is the game @26:20 - 26:22???? I can't seem to find info on it, and the two names he said at this part(capcom fighting jam and card fighters) aren't it.
Well I'm glad for accidentally watching this twice, because it made me realise you forgot to talk about Seven Sons ;D
I fell into all the beat-em ups in order that they came out. I didn't play the snes version. I played the one for sega cd when it came out.
It's definitely time for a Final Fight Collection of all the games in the series.
I still have the t-shirt for streetwise from when I bought it.
I believe Final Fight Arcade use 3 buttons, the 3rd button for break away when being lifted by Andore if pressed fast enough and also used to faster rise animation
..not sure if other arcade centers also use the same configuration
I bought a New Nintendo 3DS just to play Final Fight 1,2 and 3 ahaha.. I'm a sucker when its comes to beat em up.. but still Capcom's Alien vs. Predators the Arcade is my favorite beat em up game..
Ohh! What version of the FF music is it that starts @0:50? Could that be from the X68K pack-in audio disc?
mate Final Fight for SNES is such a soft target - but the SFC version is fantastic. was the most advanced fighting game for the home technically at the time and still stands up to this day. I find it boring that people bash the game just because. I was there at the time as where you, felt so many people overlooked the qualities this game had
just discovered this chan.. great work subbed!
I loved the SNES version even after playing the arcade version. I couldn't wait to buy it to play at home. I would hope the CD version released two years later would be an improvement. Although the Sega CD version had the best music imo.
And time attack mode.
Other beat-em-up essentials for the SNES: Brawl Brothers and The Peace Keepers, TMNT IV: Turtles In Time, Super Double Dragon, Sonic Blast Man II, and Spiderman & Venom: Maximum Carnage.
How come the Poison issue has controversy yet Linda from the Double Dragon games doesn't? You beat the crap out her of and no one ever said anything about it did they?
I just bought the hand held X9S from eBay for $37.
It has tons of games including Final Fight and it's a direct arcade copy with good sound and response.
I very much recommend it. It also has Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter Zero, Mega Man, Super Mario, Sonic, and a bunch of others.
...for $37!!!!
It also plays movies and you can record video.
You also forgot that the Amarican version of the original Final Fight Poison and Roxie are removed and replaced with Billy and Sid
final fight revenge poligonal characters remind me rival school, but we all know how much much much better is the last
When you accedentially leave your computer on and autoplay goes to this video.
+Dinohunter1501 thanks autoplay
Autoplay actually has good video choices, I actually got into the video even though I watched none of your videos.
Have you ever got so pissed when you run out quaters you press the buttons real fast to go ahead and blow him up . 😅
You can get FF 1 Arcade Ver. on Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 for PS2, Or.... buy and beat Final Fight StreetWise to unlock it...?
Luís Filipe Duarte ..or buy the Capcom Digital Collection on Xbox360 or PS3.
I don't think TH-camrs know what censorship is.
Thanks for the videos, you basically covered all the mega drive games I owned except Thunder force series. Would there be a chance you actually doing a review on that?
*"Accidentally deleted the old video :("*
.....whot