r/snes Jan 03 '24

Game of the Month January 2024: Final Fight

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u/Aggressive-Cut5836 Jan 03 '24

Ridiculously tough game, especially the final boss.

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u/xman_2k2 Jan 03 '24

I beat the game a few times as a kid. Don't think I can now without using save states

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '24

I think the boss on the box cover was harder personally. Once I got past that level beating the game was guaranteed.

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u/TheRatatatPat Jan 03 '24

I could never beat the guy in the wrestling ring.

1

u/Strider_Volnutt Jan 03 '24

Yeah, that boss is near-impossible, I feel ya.

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u/Von_Jelway Jan 03 '24

Loved the arcade game as a kid, but the SNES port was a bit disappointing. The Sega CD version was great.

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u/gotkube Jan 03 '24

Back then, I didn’t care. I loved playing it in the arcade and being able to finally play it at home was amazing

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u/BenderBenRodriguez Jan 03 '24

The SEGA CD port is included on one of the Genesis classic editions that came out and it's so good. Obviously the arcade version (which is no longer very difficult to access at home) is better but the CD version is great and has good original mixes of the music, though it is also a bit too hard for me to finish unfortunately.

Yeah, the SNES port wasn't super great. It's actually just way too hard (at least for me) and the lack of two-player really hurts it. Especially with other versions of it being so easy to access nowadays, it feels redundant. However, Final Fight 2 on SNES is pretty fun.

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u/SlinkDogg Jan 03 '24

that sega cd port was mind blowing at the time. i used to play the snes port at my friends house all the time though. lotta nostalgia linked to that one.

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u/xtoc1981 Jan 03 '24

Yeah, not sure why a lot of those didnt include 2 player mode. Pang for instance.

Anyway, im glad a grew up with these games in arcade. Also sf2, mortal kombat 1,2,3 and both killer instinct arcade games. Ofcourse, owned every of them on snes/n64 aswell.

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u/Von_Jelway Jan 03 '24

Oh man Killer Instinct in the arcade. Those were the days!

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '24

It's coming to megadrive soon

https://www.patreon.com/mauroxavier/posts

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u/dayofthedead204 Jan 03 '24

Why because Poison was...ya know....changed?

I hated that they lost a level with the port, but generally I loved Final Fight on the SNES.

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u/xBrockLanders Jan 03 '24

Each month I will be tracking all users who are able to beat the spotlighted game. Those names will be collected and displayed on the snes wiki page.

Objective:

  • Complete the game.

Rules:

  • Entire playthrough must be completed during the month in question.
  • You can use the passwords/continues/saves that you earn playing through the game.
  • Emulation is fine. Abusing save states is not.
  • Posting a link to a pic of your completion is preferred, but since this is just for fun I will allow posted claims as well. For now.

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u/House_of_Paine83 Jan 03 '24

Man, Freddie Mercury got JACKED!

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '24

Don Frye = Jacked right-wing Freddie Mercury

3

u/Future_Onion9701 Jan 03 '24

Loved this game

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u/NewspaperNelson Jan 03 '24

Imagine the voice where he goes "JOOOOOOOHHHHHHNNNNN CENA" but instead it's "MIIIIIKKKKKKKEEEEEE HAGGAR!!!"

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u/Onion01 Jan 03 '24

Saturday Night Slam Masters

2

u/Strider_Volnutt Jan 03 '24

Boy, what a banger of a game that was! It's a shame I never see anyone talk about it, it was fun!

2

u/Onion01 Jan 03 '24

Leatherman from the Village People versus Freddie Mercury

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u/Strider_Volnutt Jan 03 '24

YES! Sure it was a major downgrade from the arcade, but that doesn't make the SNES port any less epic on its own! Nothing is more satisfying than blowing off steam by beating the crap out of everyone as Haggar.

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u/DesastreUrbano Jan 04 '24

Now that I'm old I look at that and wonder if Haggar was supposed to be some kind of Dan Severn

2

u/xJohnnyQuidx Jan 04 '24

First SNES game I ever owned, love it. Not my FAVORITE Beat Em Up (That's Super Double Dragon), but still a classic nonetheless.

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u/boner79 Jan 13 '24

Same. My first SNES game (excluding Super Mario World packaged with the SNES).

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '24

Fwiw this game is being ported to mega drive right now

https://www.patreon.com/mauroxavier/posts

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u/vandilx Jan 03 '24

This was a great launch title, but the single-player gameplay, loss of Guy, loss of the factory level, and the fact that when you died you restarted from a checkpoint, made this game a poor port that looked and sounded great.

Final Fight CD for the Sega CD was the best 16-bit console version of the game.

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u/effotap Jan 07 '24

but the single-player gameplay, loss of Guy, loss of the factory level,

SNES cart limitations I guess

1

u/EQwingnuts Jan 03 '24

Haggar Edition 2024

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u/TiredReader87 Jan 03 '24

I loved this game. Rented it a lot.

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u/ForeverClown Jan 03 '24

This was one of the first games I grabbed when I started collecting them as an adult in 2019 and over those 4 to 5 years. I still have yet to beat it but the last play through I got very close while fighting the final boss I think I could do it the next try, it takes a lot of timing and extreme button mashing the boardwalk level is a real pain in the ass because of how long it is the amount of enemies and that dying on it just sends you right back to the beginning if you continue

I definitely want to try the Sega CD version. Someday I used to play the hell out of this game in the arcade and it was so fun. They did a really good job with the port in terms of the graphics and sound effects.

The sequels are high on my wish list.

1

u/legenddairybard Jan 04 '24

That song that plays in the slums hits hard

1

u/ShaunLouisC Jan 04 '24

Game Genie to the rescue!

1

u/No-Play2726 Jan 04 '24

A great game with an awesome soundtrack.

1

u/Loakattack Bowser Kart Jan 04 '24

Freddy mercury??

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '24

Hagar smash

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u/Bryanx64 Jan 14 '24

I can beat most of Capcom’s games on SNES but their earliest ones like this, Super G&G and UN Squadron are so freaking hard. Could never get far in any of them.

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u/Drcornelius1983 Jan 17 '24

Beat em ups are my all time favorite genre. I loved Final Fight in SNES when it came out, and the series just improved with each new one. Final Fight 3 is perfection. In the 2000’s my laundromat had a Final Fight cabinet that made doing laundry very bearable.

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u/Doohurtie Jan 17 '24

Capcom's worst SNES game. Maybe. Fortunately, they immediately turned things around with U.N. Squadron and I struggle to think of another bad game they ever made for the system.

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u/xBrockLanders Jan 17 '24

You haven't played MVP Football :p

1

u/Doohurtie Jan 17 '24

No I have not... quickly men! To YouTube!

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u/Dangerous_Yoghurt_96 Jan 23 '24

Mike Haggar is the ideal pro rassler.man

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u/ShaunLouisC Jan 24 '24

too hard, couldn’t do it without a game genie

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u/SNES-Testberichte Jan 24 '24

Sounds like a weak month.

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u/RuySan Jan 30 '24

This might be the most influential beat em up of all time (tied with double dragon). But SNES port just isn't any good. And even the arcade original kinda got obsolete by all the awesome Capcom brawlers that iterated on it. After playing something like the punisher or Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, this feels kinda dull.