Final Fight One

The original arcade smash, Final Fight, squashes into a Game Boy Advance with a host of extras.

Before one-on-one fighting games took hold, side-scrolling beat-em-up reigned supreme. Final Fight One returns to those glory days with a virtually arcade perfect port for the GBA.

Final Fight is as challenging as ever, and on Normal mode or higher, it takes more than random button mashing to make it to the final boss, let alone beat him. The highlight of Final Fight has always been taking on the thugs with a friend, and FFO?s link mode works flawlessly to incorporate this aspect. There is zero slowdown or any other glitches even when the screen fills up with tons of enemies. Some very cool extras?such as alternate colors for your fighter?can be unlocked by defeating set amounts of baddies, adding greatly to the replay value.

Fight?s graphics look sharp and new mini-cinemas have been thrown in to spice up the story. Controls are standard but responsive. Fantastic bone-crunching sound effects enhance the experience, but 8-bit sounding music brings the score down a notch; considering how much Capcom packed into this cart, there had to be a compromise somewhere and the sound problems aren?t as noticeable if you don?t use the headphones. Ultimately, if you enjoy this style of game, then Final Fight One has just what you need.

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