Final Fight

Lending some nostalgia-infused love to proceedings, we have Final Fight. Eclipsed to a certain extent by its fist-tastic contemporary, Streets of Rage; the series is certainly a competent also-ran. By no means inferior in the gameplay stakes, beat ‘em up fans have rightly embraced Capcom’s own effort. Kicking what appears to be a hulking Rastafarian with magnificent dreadlocks and goggles IN THE ACTUAL FACE sounds a fine way to spend an afternoon, after all. His friend/life partner, who has been named Holly Wood in an exhilarating example of peerless wit, lands in a shattered and mangled heap on the sidewalk. Incidentally, the early arcade art for Final Fight is proudly festooned with a huge guy leaking copious bleeding-brain-blood on the floor. Presumably because, as we know, Nothing advertises an entertainment experience like gratuitous viscera-leakage.

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