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Final Fight was released very near to the launch of the Super Famicom and SNES and while it boasted near arcade accurate graphics and sound it did lack three important features: one of the playable characters called Guy, the factory level and a simultaneous two-player mode. Final Fight Guy was intended to remedy this, unfortunately, instead of adding Guy to the existing character roster, Capcom chose to remove Cody and replace him with Guy. And the two-player mode and missing level were still not in the game, so it wasn't really the best they could have done. The music to the missing level is in the sound test so it has been speculated Capcom were going to add the level for Guy but dumped it because it would have required a more expensive cartridge. So why have I given the game 4 stars? Well, personally I'd have given it 5 but I'm trying to be fair to other people's expectations of the game and it is missing several features that people seem to want. Generally I only ever play Guy as I felt he was the best character and I only ever play single player so aside from the missing level I'm not too bothered about the lack of Cody or two-player. I still enjoy marching around the city beating up gangs of thugs, it's quite repetitive I suppose but the animation and variety of enemies keep things quite fun and there is the classic "destroy the car" bonus level in there as well! One area where the game excels is the music, in fact I believe it's better than the arcade version's music and in some ways superior to the Mega CD version. While the Mega CD version streamed all of its music off the CD the arrangement of the music was inferior to the SNES version in my opinion. Graphically I also think the SNES version is superior to the Mega CD version, thanks to the larger colour palette of the SNES, although the Megadrive with its faster CPU was able to push more enemies around on screen at any one time. I think it has to be up to you about what matters most when choosing which version of Final Fight to buy. There were two versions of Final Fight Guy released: a Japanese version and a US version. To my knowledge it never made it to Europe. The US version is interesting because it was released exclusively in very limited numbers to Blockbuster rental shops. Finding a US version fully boxed is very hard, so if you spot on on eBay and want it, make sure you big high. Also the US version has been censored, Roxy and Poison the two "female" characters have been replaced with generic thugs (Final Fight's original developers still insist Roxy and Poison are transsexuals)! And Damnd and Sodom have been renamed. The Japanese version is relatively easy to find, but again you would probably be best to try and buy one that comes with a Mini CD featuring some great remixes of four levels from Final Fight. Finding a complete cartridge with the CD is getting quite hard and prices are going up. It's a shame the music on the Final Fight Guy CD wasn't on the Mega CD version as it would have sounded fantastic! I actually recommend the Japanese version because of the CD and the lack of censorship, while the story is in Japanese it's not hard to understand what's going on. So who should buy this game? Probably people who enjoyed it the first time and want a bit of nostalgia, I don't think people new to it would get as much out of it without the nostalgia factor, but the Japanese version can be quite cheap so maybe give it a try?Read full review
This version of the game is exactly the same as the original SNES version, but with Cody replaced with Guy. I was disappointed when this game came out as I was hoping that Capcom would have improved on the original version, by including all three playable characters and a 2-player option. I'm surprised that Capcom released this game, but supposedly there was a demand for it in Japan. This game was later released as a rental exclusive - 'direct from Japan' - at Blockbuster in the USA. I've yet to play the USA version of the game, but I'm assuming that it's the same as the Super Famicom (SFC) version (possibly they have just put the same game cart in a USA casing?). I personally purchased the SFC version to 'try it out'. I still like the game but I would recommend it only for the 'collector' who wants a complete Final Fight collection on the SNES. The original version of the game on the SNES can be purchased at a fraction of the price - so check that one out! DMRead full review
I like Guy from the Streetfighter Alpha fighting games and I like the Final Fight series and Guy comes from the Final Fight series originally. Combine the two and you get a good, not great game. It's difficulty gets frustrating in the higher levels and if your trying to beat the game replaying levels over and over just isn't my thing, but thats how older games were back then. Most importantly the game is quite rare now, being that it was an exclusive rental only game at Blockbuster Video. Years to come it will only get more rare and harder to find and i'm glad i got my investment taken care of now before it was too late.
great retro game to play
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
here we go again, this game sucks too. please do not buy this game. it's the same lame game like the 1 final fight but this game have guy on it. wow yeah right. 0 out of 0. very poor game. ps, what is wrong with you people? giving this sucky game a 4. go buy final fight 2 and 3 on the snes. or, capcom classics collection that got final fight in it. or, final fight CD on the sega CD.
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