Final Fight: Double Impact 0
Final Fight and Magic Sword, coming soon to XBLA and PSN!
When I saw the announcement for Final Fight: Double Impact, I immediately thought (as any rational person might) that this would be a packaging of the first two games in the series. Or maybe they threw in the NES version, “Mighty Final Fight” just for laughs or something. I pretty much expected any pairing of Final Fight titles other than Final Fight and Magic Sword, a game that has absolutely nothing at all to do with Final Fight and probably doesn’t even have a buff dude with a mustache in it or anything.
Not that I’m complaining… I actually love Magic Sword. It’s one of my favorite games. I can even overlook the fact that this will be like the third time I’ve purchased both of these games on various systems throughout the years, because that’s just how timeless they both are. The graphical update (similar to the one applied to Marvel Vs. Capcom 2) doesn’t hurt the games’ chances any, nor does the slick arcade cabinet style presentation, which really bumps up the nostalgia factor for me.
For the uninitiated, Final Fight was the beat-em-up that really kicked off the genre, as well as setting the stage for the one-on-one fighters to follow. In fact, Final Fight characters have made several appearances in Street Fighter games to date, the latest of which is the announced addition of Guy and Cody to Super Street Fighter VI. Magic Sword was sort of a fighter/action RPG in which you beat the shit out of lizard men and manticores through 50 levels of a dark tower, collecting various weapon upgrades, armor, power-ups and followers as you go. Both games also feature the ability to make chicken appear on the floor by smashing barrels, and then eat it to regain lost health.
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