Jump to content

Mighty Final Fight

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mighty Final Fight
Mighty Final Fight
American cover art
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Producer(s)Tokuro Fujiwara
Composer(s)Setsuo Yamamoto
Yuko Takehara
SeriesFinal Fight
Platform(s)NES,Game Boy Advance
ReleaseNES
  • JP:June 11, 1993
  • NA:July 1993
  • PAL:August 1993
Game Boy Advance
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player

Mighty Final Fight(マイティ ファイナルファイト,Maiti Finaru Faito)is a side-scrollingbeat-'em-upreleased byCapcomfor theNintendo Entertainment Systemin 1993. It is aspinoffof Capcom's 1989 arcade gameFinal Fight,which was previously ported to theSuper NES.Unlike theCP Systemarcade classic and its SNES ports, the characters in this edition are depicted in a comical childlike "super deformed"or"chibi"art style in the same spirit asFamicomgames such as bothKonami'sKid DraculaandNamco'sSplatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti.

The game's plot is a comical re-telling of the story from the first game. Like the SNES ports,Mighty Final Fightis a single-player game. However, unlike the SNES versions, it retains all three playable characters from the arcade version. The game also has various features which was taken from the Famicom port ofTechnos Japan'sDouble Dragon,including anexperience pointssystem allowing players to earn new fighting maneuvers.

Mighty Final Fightwas re-released in the 2006 compilationCapcom Classics Mini-Mixfor theGame Boy Advance.

Plot

[edit]

Mighty Final Fightfollows the same premise as the originalFinal Fight.The Mad Gear Gang, the dominant street gang of Metro City, have kidnappedMayor Haggar'sdaughter, Jessica. After Haggar is informed of her kidnapping, he sets out to rescue her along with his two friends:Cody,Jessica's boyfriend; andGuy,Cody's training partner. The story is presented in a more comical fashion compared to the original game due to its satirical nature. For example, Belger's motive for kidnapping Jessica in this version is to force her into marrying him, having become infatuated with her.[1]

Gameplay

[edit]
Screenshot ofMighty Final Fight.

Unlike the original arcade game,Mighty Final Fightcan only be played by a single player. But unlike the SNES ports, all three main characters from the arcade game are present in a single edition. The player can choose between Cody, a street brawler who fights using a self-made martial art combining karate and bo xing;[2]Guy, an agile master ofNinjutsu;[3]or Haggar, a former professional wrestler.[4]The three main characters retain almost all of their abilities from the arcade game, with some aesthetic differences.

The game introduces a leveling system in which the player gainsexperience pointsby defeating enemies. The number of experience points awarded after defeating an enemy is depended on the finishing move used by the player, with stronger moves giving more points. After accumulating a certain number of experience points, the player will move to the next level, increasing their attack power and maximum vitality. There are six skill levels in total: Cody and Guy both begin the game at the first skill level, while Haggar begins at Level 3.[5]When the player character reaches Level 4, they will receive an additional special attack which can be performed by rapidly pressing the directional pad left or right and the attack button at the same time.[6]The new move the player gets varies between each character: Cody gains the "Tornado Sweep" energy projectile attack, Guy gets the "Tornado Kick", and Haggar's extra move is the "Running Clothesline" (also known as the "Scramble Haggar Press" ).[7]

Power-up items are also featured, which includes vitality-restoring food items, extra lives, and even additional chances to continue after a game over.[8]Weapons can also be obtained, but unlike the arcade version, the weapon the player can obtain are dependent on the character. Cody will get a knife, Guy can use a set of shurikens, and Haggar will obtain an oversized mallet.[9]

The game consists of five stages, as well as two bonus rounds, where the player will encounter childlike counterparts of the Mad Gear members from the original game, including Boss es such as Thrasher, Masamune, Abigail and Murasame.[10][11]The final Boss is a mechanically enhanced version of the original main antagonist, under the name "Cyborg Belger".[12]

Reception

[edit]

Allgameeditor Christian Huey's review was generally positive, stating "While there are better titles to choose from in the genre, Mighty Final Fight has enough going for it to make it a guilty pleasure".[24]In 2013, Arcade Sushi placed Mighty Final Fight 6th on their "10 Best Retro Beat 'Em Ups."[25]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 5.
  2. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 10.
  3. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 11.
  4. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 9.
  5. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 8.
  6. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 12.
  7. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 13.
  8. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 14.
  9. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 15.
  10. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 16.
  11. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Instruction manual, page 17.
  12. ^Capcom.Mighty Final Fight.Level/area: Stage 5 - Bay Area.
  13. ^Huey, Christian."Mighty Final Fight - Review".AllGame.Archived fromthe originalon November 15, 2014.RetrievedFebruary 23,2018.
  14. ^Harris, Steve; Semrad, Ed; Alessi, Martin; Sushi-X (August 1993)."Final Fight".Electronic Gaming Monthly.Vol. 6, no. 8. p. 34.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  15. ^Slasher Quan (July 1993)."Mighty Final Fight".GamePro.No. 48.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  16. ^Cord, Bryan."Mighty Final Fight".Hardcore Gaming 101.Archived fromthe originalon June 28, 2006.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  17. ^Magnum, Thomas (July 30, 2015)."Test du jeu Oldies: Might Final Fight".Jeuxvideo(in French). Archived fromthe originalon August 1, 2015.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  18. ^Markus (February 1994)."Mighty Final Fight".Mega Fun(in German).RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  19. ^"Now Playing".Nintendo Power.Vol. 50. July 1993. pp. 102–107.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  20. ^Paul; Rob (October 1993)."Mighty Final Fight".Nintendo Magazine System.No. 13. pp. 50–52.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  21. ^Walnum, Clayton (October 1993)."Mighty Final Fight".Video Games & Computer Entertainment.No. 57. p. 52.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  22. ^"Mighty Final Fight".Video Games(in German). July 1994.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  23. ^Schneider, Ulf (July 1994)."Mighty Final Fight".Play Time(in German). p. 153.RetrievedSeptember 3,2021.
  24. ^Huey, Christian."Mighty Final Fight - Review".AllGame.All Media Network. Archived fromthe originalon November 15, 2014.RetrievedFebruary 23,2018.
  25. ^Ledford, Jon (May 30, 2013)."10 Best Retro Beat 'Em Ups".Arcade Sushi.Retrieved2022-01-09.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mighty_Final_Fight&oldid=1250553344"