Mike Haggar
Metro City's former wrestler mayor and a powerful playable fighter who relies on strength and grappling.
Documented for this version
Arrow LeftArrow Right | Move left or right |
|---|---|
Arrow UpArrow Down | Move up or down on the playfield |
A | Jump |
B | Attack |
AB | Perform a special attack The special attack consumes health. |
How it plays
Final Fight One uses a horizontal side-scrolling perspective. The objective is to clear each stage by defeating waves of Mad Gear enemies, collecting restorative food and weapons, and reaching the stage boss.
Players select Haggar, Cody, or Guy and progress through a fixed sequence of Metro City areas. Each fighter can walk, jump, attack, grab opponents, throw grabbed enemies, and use a special attack at the cost of some health. Environmental hazards and weapons affect encounters, while boss victories advance the story. The portable version is primarily a single-player arcade-style experience.
Plan your run
Learn enemy attack patterns and avoid standing in the center of a crowd. Move toward one side of the screen, clear nearby threats, and use throws to interrupt dangerous enemies.
Save special attacks for situations where several opponents surround you, but remember that they consume health. Grab food whenever it appears, prioritize weapon-using enemies, and use stage walls or corners to limit attacks from behind.
Choose Haggar for power and throws, Cody for a balanced approach, or Guy for faster movement and rapid attacks.
Meet the cast
Metro City's former wrestler mayor and a powerful playable fighter who relies on strength and grappling.
A balanced playable fighter skilled with punches, knives, and close-range combat.
A fast playable martial artist whose speed and mobility compensate for lighter attacks.
Mike Haggar's daughter, whose kidnapping sets the game's story in motion.
The leader of the Mad Gear gang and the final boss of the main campaign.
A Mad Gear lieutenant encountered as an early stage boss.
A heavily armored Mad Gear fighter who uses paired weapons.
A corrupt Metro City police officer serving as a stage boss.
A military-minded Mad Gear officer and boss who fights with a staff and grenades.
A powerful Mad Gear enforcer and one of the campaign's later bosses.
A Mad Gear enemy who attacks with a whip-like weapon.
A large professional-wrestler-type enemy based on the Andore family.
Before you begin
Use throws to control groups and create space.
Break environmental objects to find food, weapons, and points.
Do not ignore enemies behind your character; turn around before a crowd surrounds you.
Final Fight One is a side-scrolling beat 'em up developed and published by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance. It adapts the original Final Fight arcade game, following Metro City mayor Mike Haggar and his allies Cody and Guy as they fight the Mad Gear gang after Jessica is kidnapped. The game is built around short, action-focused stages filled with crowds of enemies, destructible objects, weapons, food, and boss encounters. Players can choose between three fighters with different reach, speed, and power characteristics. Final Fight One was generally received as a strong portable version of the arcade classic, although its reduced screen size, technical compromises, and some missing arcade content were noted by critics.
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