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Mindless fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: August 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I imported this game and am glad I did. Who cares that I can not read the cut scenes, you don't play a game like this for the story. This game has an unlock feature that grants you secrets the more you play. You get 2 extra fighters, 4 extra colors for outfits, level select, and up to 9 lives. These unlock very quickly and are not much of a challenge to get. Controls are tight and graphics are very good. Great color use, but might be too dark. I'd say this is my fav GBA game. Like I said mindless fun. It also has muliple difficulty settings, easy, normal, hard, very hard and super hard.

Hurray for Retro

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Finally this game reaches us in all of its arcade glory! This is a classic beat um up, punch um, make um fall down and dissapear game. One of the favorites in the arcades for its time, it's great. You chose between one of three guys, enter the streets and go at it. No need to think or read. Just hit punch and knock out. Everyone who remembers this game should get it. If you are a fan of Double Dragon or Streets of Rage this is a must have. Younger gamers may not enjoy this as much as old schoolers however.

Final Fight on GBA? Unbelievable!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Remember original Final Fight on the arcade and the SNES? Well, Capcom did it again! Youhou! Being 23 years these days I really don't give damn about whether people think I'm still a kid playing Final Fight on my GBA. This game makes me nostalgic because it reminds me of the early 90's - then I was still 13 - when I started going to arcades. FF was one of the best two-players beat-them-all of these times. Concurrently, Nintendo was doing great in the world of video gaming with the SNES. Capcom decided to release the game - Final Fight Guy - on the console, but unfortunately it was a failure in my opinion since it was only a one-player game and worse, one of the characters was missing.

Capcom didn't leave the series (after FF Guy) to rest by releasing Final Fight 2 and Final Fight, which both added the two-players mode and the 3rd character. However, the two sequels were still missing a few features present in the arcade version. They were not massive hits but they sure satisfied the FF desire.

Now, Final Fight - Final Fight One - is making a come back on the GBA, which is definitely going to be a promising hit this time. The portable version of this game will be a direct translation from the arcade version with all the missing characters, bosses and levels now all fully intact, which are excellent news to fans of the original FF like me.

In case you are not familiar with the FF genre, the game - as one of the three selectable characters - consist of kicking everyone's ... and of cleaning the streets up of the massive saturation of Mad Gear gang members, as the leader has kidnapped the mayor's daughter. Using brute force, you have to mop up the floor with these guys in order to advance through the city. And at the end of each level, there'll be a big fat *ss waiting for you and it'll be up to you to beat the ... out of him. However, the game involves some strategies if you don't want to finish off all your lives and continues, so don't just use your special attack because this consumes stamina and be careful when there are a lot of enemies on screen and mainly when fighting the bosses.

The game is also a two-players game (via the link cable), which is the whole point of a FF game. You get to choose one character amongst the 3 selectable ones. Each of them have their own style of attacks and special moves, so choose wisely to make a perfect team of FF fighters to make your way through the Metro City streets. The only downside of the two-players game is that each player must have his own cartridge to play the game. But who cares it's Final Fight guys!!! It's a must to have whether you are new to the genre or a fan like me. Just BUY IT as soon as it's out on the 28th September.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED! Just buy the game or sell your GBA!

A must have for any all school figthing fan!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have this game almost in every console it has come out, i used to crak it in the arcades!!, its amazing the quality of the game, it's almost identical to the original (with a few signs les here or there), the game play is identical and more, it has secrets, story for each charactrer, and more.

In simple words GO AND BUY IT!

FF

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Great translation of the classic CAPCOM fighter. Some small effects are missing(swinging rails on the subway, level transition seens), and the normal NINTENDO censorship(no women thugs). Capcom seems they tried to upgrade the music, but should have kept the original scores. Sound effects are perfect, even better than the SNES, and up to par with the original arcade. Graphics are awesome, Cody, Guy, and Haggar are done well.

Fast, furious fighting fun for everyone!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: October 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Fighting doesn't solve anything. Not from Mayor Mike Haggar's point of view! The Mad Gear gang has kidnapped his daughter Jessica. So, what does Haggar plan to do? Have a peace conference with the gang? No. Pound them into pulp? Yes! Ex -wrestler Haggar gets help from Jessica's boyfriend Cody and a martial artist known as Guy. Choose from one out of the three characters and hit the streets. To advance to the next level, mop the floor with the Mad Gear members and a boss at the end of each level.
By defeating a certain number of thugs, you can unlock secrets. This is my favorite GBA game and its a lot better than it's arcade counterpart. If you want a piece of the action, buy FINAL FIGHT ONE now!!!!

im not kiddin

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: October 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I know when u by this game its so cool but after awhile all fighting games get realy boring. This a great game great graphics and stuff but not much to do once your done fighting.

better than the super nintendo version

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This version of Final Fight is even better than the super nintendo version. The graphics, sound, among other things make this one better.You can even fight with a third fighter, Guy, which was only available in the old arcade Final Fight. As a matter of fact, this game boy Final Fight IS an almost exact replica of the arcade version, something they weren't able to accomplish with the super nintendo.

Decent but not worth (the money)

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Final Fight One is one decent game that plays well on the GBA. Each of the characters packs his own punches (pun intended) and there is enough stuff to keep you addicted for a few hours. In the end, unfortunately, it gets boring as you make the same moves over and over again. So you might want to rent it instead of shelling out (money) for a game you won't play many times.

Some Major Problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first played this game on GBA, I found little variance or compromise from the graphics in the arcade. Maybe it's just me, since I haven't played that version for a while. But the graphics are definitely the same as SNES's version. Therefore, concerning the graphics, I'm very pleased.

However, my main problem with Final Fight One is its gameplay--terrible! The speed of their punches is way too fast. At first, I thought this made the game more challenging, since that was the problem with the SNES version--it didn't have the challenge that the coin-op version gave. BUT, then I noticed that, when Haggar is getting smacked--even just by one person--there's absolutely no way of interrupting this barrage of hits. So you're just standing there until you get knocked down, OR you can use your get-me-out-of-a-jam, sacrifice-energy move. Another problem is that, once you're knocked down, and there's at least three people around, which surround your lying body, you can't get up without getting further smacked. Imagine constantly having to use your sacrifice-energy move, which should be only used in very bad situations, and on 3 or 4 people several times. You end up with no power in no time. Maybe this is just Haggar's slowness. I don't know. But this problem seems obvious to me as soon as you hit the second stage. (...)

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