Mighty Final Fight

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Mighty Final Fight

Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Release date(s)	JPN June 11, 1993 USA July, 1993
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Famicon/NES

Mighty Final Fight is a beat 'em up released by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. It is based on the 1989 arcade game Final Fight, but is not exactly a port of the game. It stands out from the original Final Fight due to its super deformed character designs, in which the characters are depicted in a comical child-like manner compared to the realistic character designs of the original game. All three of the main characters from the original game are featured in this game along with childlike counterparts of the enemies.

The game has also been released in the compilation Capcom Classics Mini-Mix for the Game Boy Advance.

1 Story
2 Gameplay
3 Stages
4 Playable Characters
5 Enemy characters
6 External links

[edit] Story

The game's premise is exactly the same as the original Final Fight. Mike Haggar's daughter is kidnapped by the Mad Gear gang, leading her father, along with Cody and Guy on a rescue mission to save her. However, the story is depicted in a much more comical fashion than the original game. The gang kidnaps Jessica, not to manipulate Haggar, but rather because their leader Belger is infatuated with her. In addition, Belger is also shown wearing cybernetic body parts, suggesting that the game takes place after the events of the original Final Fight (Cody booted Belger out of the window from the topmost floor of Belger's criminal HQ building at the end). However, due to the nature of the game, this is not considered as part of the Final Fight canon (or Street Fighter canon for that matter).

Screenshot of Mighty Final Fight.

[edit] Gameplay

Much like the SNES version of Final Fight, the game does not offer any cooperative game modes and is strictly a single player affair. However, unlike that version, Cody, Haggar and Guy are all playable. Each character has virtually all their techniques from the arcade version (esp. their life-depleting death blows). The extra feat is that once Experience Level 4 is reached, each character may perform a hidden technique performed by simultaneously pressing Forward + Attack. These new techniques have Cody's chi blast, Guy's dual kicks, and Haggar's body splash. Each character also has his signature weapon of preference, found within drums and barrels. Such weapons are: Cody's knife, Guy's shuriken, and Haggar's mallet.

Players earn experience points by killing thugs to beef up their levels like an RPG. Level-ups during battle heal a player's health to 100%. Subsequently, the player's HP, offense, defense, and speed increases, enabling him to survive longer and learn the coveted hidden potential powers. Stronger characters increase their level more slowly than others. Points can also be earned by picking food when in full health aside from goon-bashing.

The background graphics and sprites can be visually compared with those cute and child-like sprites and backgrounds like those in the NES version of Double Dragon.

[edit] Stages

SLUM: The Slums based straight from the arcade FF's slums. It is guarded by the Rastafarian thug, Thrasher. He is Damnd in the original Final Fight. Note that the second area is actually the rooftops in contrast to the arcade version's abandoned basement (which serves as Thraser's arena).
RIVERSIDE: The Riverside is reigned by the Japanist warrior, Katana, armed with twin blades. He is Sodom in the original Final Fight. Though this might be the original Bay Area from the arcade version, having another stage named as the Bay Area disproves this.
OLD TOWN: The town hides a secret arena that is guarded by the wild wrestler Abigail. Presumably this is the Uptown in the arcade version. In contrast again, instead of going UP, you go DOWN to fight the boss.
FACTORY: The factory premises is reigned by the Blood Armor Muramasa, Katana's stronger reincarnation. He has the death charge once he loses enough life and his swords.
BAY AREA: Unlike the arcade's Bay Area, this looks more like within a resort or a cruise ship that houses the Mad Gear and their big boss. The bay is reigned by two intermediates and one final boss:
- AREA 1: Abigail returns to exact revenge from his first defeat.
- AREA 2: Ebon Armor Masamune; same moves but stronger than Muramasa.
- FINAL AREA: Cyborg Belger. Big bad Horace had survived his death in the year 1989. He's back for Jessica and for vengeance!

[edit] Playable Characters

The three main protagonists, in a cartoonish SD (Super Deformed) or CB (Child Body) illustrations.

[edit] Cody

Profile: A tough street fighter who is skilled with knives.
Advantage: Balanced power and speed. Requires a total of 574 Experience Points to attain Maximum Level.
Sure-Kill Technique: Whirlwind Kick
Hidden Technique: Cody amasses energy in his fist and throws it in an arc towards a target in front of him.
Hidden Weapon: The knife.
Special Ability: Bladed Expertise. Cody may stab with knives at melee range. Cody hurls the knife if a target is afar.

[edit] Guy

Profile: Descended From Ninja, Guy attacks enemies with great agility.
Advantage: Unmatched speed. Requires a total of 478 Experience Points to attain Maximum Level.
Sure-Kill Technique: Bushinryuu Senpuu-Kyaku or Warrior God Style Hurricane Kick
Hidden Technique: Guy kicks a melee target by the face, followed by a fiery kick that knocks the target down for massive damage.
Hidden Weapon: The shuriken (combat stars). Guy receives 8 charges per shuriken pick-up.
Special Ability: Eye of Bushin. Guy accurately throws combat stars upon targets for massive damage.

[edit] Haggar

Profile: The hot-tempered wrestler and mayor of Metro City.
Advantage: Unmatched power. Requires a total of 688 Experience Points to attain Maximum Level.
Sure-Kill Technique: Spinning Clothesline
Hidden Technique: Haggar feints a target off-guard with a body splash, thus boosting the damage of all subsequent attacks done afterwards.
Hidden Weapon: The double-handed mallet.
Special Ability: Haggar exploits his wrestling skills to throw enemies with fervent ease.
- Backdrop: Haggar performs a German Suplex that slams his opponent from behind.
- Piledriver: Haggar grabs an opponent, leaps several feet into the air and smashes him down on the ground for massive damage.

[edit] Enemy characters

The enemy characters from Mighty Final Fight are analogues to their counterparts from Final Fight. However, with the exception Andore and the bosses, they're considered different characters and as such, are aptly named differently. One of the most noticeable difference is that Poison Kiss (Poison's counterpart) is a female, rather than a transvestite like Poison. She is often mistaken to be the same character, due to fact that she has "Poison" as part of her name. Poison Kiss was kept in the North American release of Mighty Final Fight. Bill Bull, Rolento and Edi E. are the only characters from original game that don't have any counterparts in this game.

IRON (Bred): Usual cannon fodder. A simple jab may not be much, but at higher levels they can jab thrice in a row.
GALE (Two P): Fast street boxers who love to stride behind you and strike with fast jabs, making them all the more lethal.
POISON KISS (Poison): Lithe female gangsters guised as cops. They attack by face-slapping or a deadly somersault.
TEQUILA (El Gado): Strong knife-adept assassins. They strike with sliding kicks or an aerial spinning knife attack.
SERGE (Axl): Stronger goons. Not only they attack with a heavy-damaging kick, but can also deflect your attacks.
ANDORE: Strongest-tier thugs. These bare-chested musclemen reign with their long-reach punches and shoulder tackles that charges full-screen.
THRASHER: The Rastafarian thug who leaps around the warehouse or hammer his opponent to death with rapid bashes. (aka XUXA in Brazil)
KATANA: The obssessed American Japanist Sodom, resurfaces in blood-red (Muramasa) and finally in ebon-black (Masamune). He viciously attacks with his katanas, and his stronger versions charge around the screen once he is disarmed by losing half of his health.
ABIGAIL: A madman wrestler that sucks the life out of his opponents. Airborne attacks are countered with an uppercut. If angered, he channels his fury into one of his deadliest punches.
BELGER: The big boss of Mad Gear. This cyborg reincarnation uses fist missiles and shocker arm as his weapons of choice.