
1993 · Capcom · Arcade · Beat 'em up
Mighty Final Fight
Nintendo exclusive
The Mad Gear Gang has spread crime and violence throughout the streets of Metro City. Only one man has enough guts to take the streets back from them, Mayor Mike Haggar. Now the Mad Gear Gang has kidnapped his daughter Jessica to bring him under their control. But they've made one mistake: Haggar's furious and he wants someone's head!
- Released
- 11 June 1993
- Platforms
- NESNintendo 3DSWii U
- Genres
- ArcadeBeat 'em upVideo game with LGBT character
- Developers
- Capcom
- Publishers
- Capcom
- Series
- Final Fight
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- ActionComedy
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- ESRB E10+PEGI 12CLASS_IND LCERO B
- Languages
- English, Japanese
About
Mighty Final Fight is a 1993 beat 'em up game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a spinoff of Capcom's 1989 arcade game Final Fight, which was previously ported to the Super NES. Unlike the CP System arcade 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 as Famicom games such as both Konami's Kid Dracula and Namco's Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti.
The game's plot is a comical re-telling of the story from the first game. Like the SNES ports, Mighty Final Fight is 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 were taken from the Famicom port of Technos Japan's Double Dragon, including an experience points system allowing players to earn new fighting maneuvers.
Keywords
- martial arts
- hand-to-hand combat
- brawler
- side-scrolling
- bromance
- high score
- 8-bit
- bonus stage
- professional wrestler
- superdeformation
- wrestling moves in non-wrestling games
- nintendo 3ds virtual console
Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Unlike the original arcade game, Mighty Final Fight can 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 boxing; Guy, an agile master of Ninjutsu; or Haggar, a former professional wrestler. 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 gains experience points by 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.
Story
Mighty Final Fight follows the same premise as the original Final Fight. The Mad Gear Gang, the dominant street gang of Metro City, have kidnapped Mayor Haggar's daughter, Jessica. After Haggar is informed of her kidnapping, he sets out to rescue her along with his two friends: Cody, Jessica's boyfriend; and Guy, 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.
Reception
Allgame editor 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". In 2013, Arcade Sushi placed Mighty Final Fight 6th on their "10 Best Retro Beat 'Em Ups."
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Based on
- Final Fight
- Included in
- Capcom Classics Mini Mix
- Derived from
- Final Fight
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Collections8 collections
Platform libraries
- Nintendo Entertainment System gamesLicensed games
- Virtual Console games for Wii U (Japan)Titles › Famicom
- Virtual Console games for Wii U (North America)Nintendo Entertainment System
- Virtual Console games for Wii U (PAL region)Titles › Nintendo Entertainment System
- Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS (Japan)Available titles › Famicom
- Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS (North America)Available titles › Nintendo Entertainment System
- Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS (PAL region)Available titles › Nintendo Entertainment System
Publishers
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