NES

Mighty Final Fight

It isn't original, it sounds like hell, and it doesn't even try to look nice, but MFF is one heck of a game in spite of itself. Although not as polished as its progenitor, Mighty Final Fight is a sort of "Spaceballs" to Final Fight's "Star Wars" - a low-budget, tongue-in-cheek homage/parody that manages to be at least as entertaining as its visually-stunning namesake.

La giocabilità presente in Mighty Final Fight è decisamente elevata, merito degli ottimi controlli, della risposta ai comandi immediata e dell’assenza nel gioco di situazioni in cui è impossibile difendersi, come succedeva in molti picchiaduro anni ’90, in cui il personaggio guidato dal giocatore veniva sempre accerchiato da vari avversari contemporaneamente, rendendo impossibile difendersi da più di un attacco.

Taken as a whole, MFF easily stands out as an awesome NES title. It's short length and occasional cheap boss patterns bring it down a notch, but it's a nice gesture from Capcom for NES fans who weren't ready to upgrade at the start of the 16-bit era. While most would prefer the flawless Sega CD Final Fight, Mighty stands alone as an interesting diversion from those who have simply had enough of this game in their diet over the past 10 years. Actually, if it wasn't for River City Ransom, this would easily be the best side scroller on the console. That says a lot when there's over 700 games for a system.

The lack of two player option and primo eight-bit graphic bumps Mighty Final Fight from the top ranks, but you can't help but like the cute, cuddly vicious brawlers. Tackle this one if you're a big Rick Moranis fan and you've never felt the power and glory you only get from kicking video keister.

Final boss is some jerk-off who is half robot, half irritating. Most of the fight is him shooting his endless supply of rocket-propelled fists at you, then running away. There's really nothing fulfilling about finishing this game. Normally this would be the point where I say something about the ending of the game being a disappointment, then completely ruining it for you, so that you no longer have any reason to play the game. In this case I've totally forgotten what happens. It could end up being a really cool ending, but somehow I doubt it.