History VideoGame / FinalFight

** Mary and Eliza, the knife-wielding female grunts in ''Final Fight 2'', [[GenderFlip were replaced by male counterparts]] named Leon and Roberts in the export versions. Unlike Poison and Roxy, Mary and Eliza were not transsexuals.

** Mary and Eliza, the knife-wielding female grunts in ''Final Fight 2'', [[GenderFlip were replaced by male counterparts]] in the export versions. Unlike Poison and Roxy, Mary and Eliza were not transsexuals.

** The Sega CD port was censored overseas, much like the SNES port, although Poison and Roxy were kept this time (albeit with more modest clothing).

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The transvestite enemies Poison and Roxy were replaced by Billy and Sid in the overseas versions of the SNES and GBA ports, all the alcohol power-ups were replaced, and Damnd and Sodom were renamed into Thrasher and Katana (although they kept their names in the GBA version).
** The Sega CD version was also censored, although Poison and Roxy were kept this time (albeit with more modest clothing).
** Not even the original arcade version was left unscathed. The Japanese version had a scene in the attract sequence which showed Jessica tied up in her underwear, which was edited out from the U.S. and World versions. The scene redrawn in the console ports to feature her in her more traditional red cocktail dress.

''Final Fight'' is a sidescrolling beat 'em up by {{Capcom}} originally released for the arcades during the very end of 1989. As one of the earliest games for Capcom's CPS hardware, ''Final Fight'' helped popularized the beat em' up genre during the early-to-mid 1990s that was previously established with the likes of Irem's ''Kung Fu Master'' and Technos Japan's ''Renegade'' and ''DoubleDragon''. It was ported to a variety of gaming platforms such as the {{SNES}} (in two different versions), the [[SegaGenesis Sega CD]], and the GameBoyAdvance among others.

''Final Fight'' is a sidescrolling beat 'em up by Capcom originally released for the arcades during the very end of 1989. As one of the earliest games for Capcom's CPS hardware, ''Final Fight'' helped popularized the beat em' up genre during the early-to-mid 1990s that was previously established with the likes of Irem's ''Kung Fu Master'' and Technos Japan's ''Renegade'' and ''DoubleDragon''. It was ported to a variety of gaming platforms such as the {{SNES}} (in two different versions), the [[SegaGenesis Sega CD]], and the GameBoyAdvance among others.

While Capcom produced several beat 'em ups for the arcade after ''Final Fight'', the game itself was only followed by two [[DirectToVideo straight-to-home console]] sequels for the SNES before fading out completely. Two attempts to revive the series in [=3D=] were made by Capcom USA: ''Final Fight: Revenge'', a [[GenreShift 3D fighting game]] featuring characters from the original game (including a zombie version of Belger) for the Sega Titan hardware (which saw a [[NoExportForYou Japan only]] home port for the SegaSaturn as Capcom's final game for the system); and ''Final Fight: Streetwise'', a DarkerAndEdgier attempt to cater to the [[GrandTheftAuto ''Grand Theft Auto'' crowd]] that is probably better known for its [[ClusterFBomb gratuitous use of the "F word"]] than any genuine quality it might had.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The ''Street Fighter Alpha'' series pretty much invalidated most of ''Final Fight 2'' by giving Guy a completely different Bushin-Ryu master (Zeku instead of Genryusai), having Sodom lead the new Mad Gear instead of Retu, and having Rolento leave the gang when he was still part of it. With all these inconsistencies taken into consideration, Maki might be considered a CanonImmigrant, but only if you count her appearance in the GBA and PSP versions of ''Alpha 3'' as canon.

''Final Fight'' is a side-scrolling beat 'em up by Capcom originally released for the arcades during the very end of 1989. As one of the earliest games for Capcom's CPS hardware, ''Final Fight'' helped popularized the beat em' up genre during the early-to-mid 1990s that was previously established with the likes of Irem's ''Kung Fu Master'' and Technos Japan's ''VideoGame/{{Renegade}}'' and ''DoubleDragon''. It was ported to a variety of gaming platforms such as the {{SNES}} (in two different versions), the [[SegaGenesis Sega CD]], and the GameBoyAdvance among others.

In April 2010, an UpdatedRerelease of the first game was brought to XboxLiveArcade and the PlayStationNetwork featuring remixed music from the staff behind ''[[VideoGame/BionicCommando Bionic Commando: Re-Armed]]'', and new HD filters. It also comes with the old Capcom game ''Magic Sword''.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: smash background object, recieve perfectly healthy foodstuff, get health back.

* MissionPackSequel: ''Final Fight 2'' was mainly made to make up for the lack of a 2-player mode in the original SNES port, as it doesn't really add anything new to the game compared to ''Final Fight 3''. In fact, the only returning boss character from the original ''Final Fight'' in ''Final Fight 2'', Rolento, also happens to be the only boss who was left out from the SNES port of the first game.
* OddlyNamedSequel[=/=]MarketBasedTitle: ''Final Fight 3'' was known as ''Final Fight Tough'' in Japan.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The original ''Final Fight'' (as well as ''Final Fight 2'') had the following three-character hierarchy.
** [[color:red:Guy (and Maki)]] - FragileSpeedster
** [[color:blue:Cody (and Carlos)]] - JackOfAllStats
** [[color:green:Haggar]] - MightyGlacier
** ''Final Fight 3'' deviated a bit from the hierarchy by having four characters instead of three: Guy and Haggar returned, with new characters Lucia and Dean in the middle. Neither, Lucia nor Dean, achieve the completely middle balance that Cody had in the original game, since Lucia tends towards speedy attacks (but not as fast as Guy), while Dean favors powerful attacks (but not as strong as Haggar). Lucia does wear blue though, just like Cody and Carlos.

* CastFromHitPoints: Pressing the Attack and Jump buttons simultaneously causes the player character to do a Megacrush move, a spinning attack that takes out all surrounding enemies, but drains the player's health. [[TropeCodifier This became a standard feature in many subsequent beat-'em-ups.]]

* HurricaneKick: Cody's Double Kick and Guy's ''Senpūkyaku'', their respective "Megacrush" attacks. Maki's ''Reppūkyaku'' is a variant done while in a handstand. Lucia has the Hurricane Spinner.

* CastFromHitPoints: Pressing the Attack and Jump buttons simultaneously causes the player character to do a Megacrush move, a spinning attack that takes out all surrounding enemies, but drains the player's health. This became a standard feature in many subsequent beat-'em-ups.

* CastFromHitPoints: Pretty much the norm for side scrolling beat 'em ups. Pressing attack and jump together lets your character do a spinning attack that drains their health when they successfully connect.

* HurricaneKick: Cody's and Guy's "Megacrush" attacks. Maki does hers while in a handstand.

* OneGameForThePriceOfTwo: The SNES port was released in two editions. The original edition only had Cody and Haggar in it, while ''Final Fight Guy'' (the second edition) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin replaces the former with Guy]]. There are other minor changes in the ''Guy'' version such as a revised difficulty selection system that not only changes the enemy placement, but also the ending the player gets, as well as two new power-ups (plus other health restoring items that were left out from the original edition such as sushi and pineapples).

** The packaging illustration for the SNES version depicts a stare-off between Haggar and Abigail, with three different images between them of a character vaguely resembling Guy beating up other covers. The original release of the SNES version did not feature Guy.

* DirectToVideo: The SNES sequels, which were made-for-console productions without any prior coin-op releases. This is mainly because ''Final Fight 2'' was made to make up for the lack of a 2-player mode in the SNES version of ''Final Fight''. It might not seem like a big deal nowadays, but back then Capcom was still releasing most of their main beat 'em ups on the CPS arcade hardware and some of them (like ''Cadillacs & Dinosaurs'' and ''Alien vs. Predator'') never even got proper console versions.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover art for the SNES version shows a character resembling Guy twice in the images shown between Haggar and Abigail, even though he's not in the [[DummiedOut SNES port]] ([[UpdatedRerelease he got his own version later on]]).
** The American cover for ''Final Fight 2'' features Damnd (twice), Cody, Guy, and other characters from the first game that don't even appear in the sequel.
** The cabinet art for the American arcade version features enemies wielding lead pipes (only the player can wield pipes in-game) and the good guys fighting multiple opponents in a wrestling ring (when only Sodom appears in such stage in the game).
** [[http://www.mobygames.com/game/final-fight/cover-art/gameCoverId,172554/ The cover artwork]] for the home computer ports by U.S. Gold depicts Cody confronting a group of punks in a train with a few bystanders witnessing the action. In the game, the only people in the train besides the player are all enemies.

* ElevatorActionSequence: Ur-example.

* HeadSwap: Most of the enemy grunts except for Poison and Roxy, as well as all the Andores, who are actually {{palette swap}}s.

* PaletteSwap: Most of the enemies in the original game are actually [[HeadSwap head swaps]] of each other.

** The cover artwork for the home computer ports by U.S. Gold ([[http://www.mobygames.com/game/final-fight/cover-art/gameCoverId,172554/ see here]]), depicts Cody confronting a group of punks in a train with a few bystanders witnessing the action. In the actual game, the only people in the train besides the player are all enemies.

** The cover artwork for the home computer ports by U.S. Gold ([[http://www.mobygames.com/game/final-fight/cover-art/gameCoverId,172554/ see here]]), depicts Cody confronting a group of punks in a train with a few bystanders witnessing the action. In the actual game, the only people in the train are all enemies.

** If you think that's bad, wait to you see the cover for the [[http://www.mobygames.com/game/final-fight/cover-art/gameCoverId,172554/ Amiga, ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64 version]].

* FirstInstalmentWins: Whenever Final Fight is referenced in other games all apperances and references will bebased off the original game. Two exceptions are Maki from 2 being playable in StreetFighterAlpha 3 and Haggar's Final Fight 3 costume as DLC in Ultamite Marvel vs Capcom 3.