I remember my big bro REALLY being into Final Fight. His enthusiasm got me into FF as well and later into Street Fighter. It's SO great that FF series shared the same world as SF and have basically created the crossover series! SUCH nostalgia!
Final Fight = Guy Beating Up Cody After They Save Jessica (Cody: My Sweetheart Since Childhood! Guy: Count Me In, She's My Friend Too, The Mad Gear Must Pay!) Guy Got Sick Of Fighting All Of The Mad Gear Gang And He Gets Nothing For It. So He Beats Up Cody. The End
Sam here. I’m a huge Final Fight fan and I use to love playing the arcade game. I was really surprised when Guy was introduced and made his debut on the alpha series.
I overplayed FF when I figured out the amazing gift of MAME years ago! 🤘 The quarters I put into that game in the early 90s, oof! On one credit, my best was just getting through halfway into the subway stage before Sodom. 😆
Ryu being buddies with Birdie was in the Street Fighter Alpha manga (same continuity where Karin made her first appearance). Nice to know that they referenced it here.
here's a lesser known (to my knowledge) secret for you guys if you're having trouble unlocking the stories for yourselves. since arcade mode was added in celebration for the 30th anniversary, if you beat any game's arcade mode (SFI, SFII, etc.) 30 times, regardless of the character or difficulty, it'll unlock most of the endings for you based on the game you cleared it for. in some cases, you may still have to follow the requirements and unlock a few of them on your own. there's a tough one in SFII where you have to beat Shin Akuma as Sagat, for example, that will not be auto-unlocked for you.
4:08 The image in which Cody appears with a towel and Guy with a ring behind him is actually from the introduction of the Final Fight game, but it was only in the Final Fight version of the Sega CD in which Cody punches and breaks the mirror in the scene .
No actually Sagat lost his eye prior to that to none other than Dan's Dad funnily enough, Go Hibiki. Also funny is that while Dan is pretty much a joke character his dad was actually a pretty powerful fighter lol
@@PrinceATEye If SF6 will have 2 parallel story lines - one in the past (Alpha days) and one in the future (post SF3S) probably we could see Go Hibiki during his prime.
I think the only thing I can note is that Andore Jr. is a relative to Hugo (who is just known as Andore in Final Fight), & appears in the background of the Ring of Justice stage. Surprisingly, Hugo doesn't have any palette referencing Andore Jr.
@@acorn2565 I think it's his placement on his test scores in high school. Some schools in Japan will post top test scores on a wall. I believe Guy is wearing a school uniform as well. Guy wasn't a very good student so he left Japan to live in the states. The number is likely a reference to Bushinryu succession though.
The last panels of Lucia's ending shows her getting her fire kicks which would first show up in Final Fight 3 in her super. Though, in that super, the fire effect is only on the final kick of the super combo and those panels represent that early stage of first tapping into her fire kicks.
Suggestions: References from FF in the movesets of Guy, Cody and Haggar in fgs. References from SF1 in the movesets of Adon and other SF4 opponents originated in SF1.
Desk is so great man he always puts so much effort into these videos and the whole presentation is just amazing plus the fact that he has the coolest combos known to man
01:42 “How Sagat got his scar on his chest” issue But also in the same time how that ryu’s shoryuken also changed eye fold from the left eye to the right eye .
Haggar's costume is also a reference to his days before he bacame mayor of Metro City and was a pro wrestler in the CWA where he trained his two apprentices Biff Slamkovich (Japanese Aleksey Zalazof) and Guile's cousin Gunloc (Japanese Lucky Colt). Those games were SICK and I remember playing the first one with my brother so much as a child. Went back to it recently and it doesn't hold up, but the lore is really fun for those who are into it (like me)!
5:54 I really like this depiction of Cody, he looks more accurate to the troublemaker/fight addict he was supposed to be in the lore prior to the events of SFV. Actually very close to his Final Fight: Streetwise version rather than his SF one that emphasize more on his bored side
2:29 Not a belief, they WERE one and the same, but later the SFV team decided to make them separate characters (hence those cards). At that time, they added a Mike costume to Mike Bison - a pun on Mike Tyson which the US didn't took well, so the bosses' names were shuffled. 3:44 This dojo at the ending is not the Fighting Stage, but the dojo they both trained were young, appearing first in Street Fighter II V Animated Series from the 90's and again in Street Fighter The Animated Movie. In the series, Ken rebuilt a exact replica of the dojo in his manor, which Ryu promptly notices. In the movie, its ruins is shown. SF Alpha series also make reference to that time.
@@dionysysentertainer3261 Like Ryu's age at SF2 being around 42 years or so. Truth is, Capcom made a lot of retcon over the years since SF2 and probably even since SF1. They won't adress to dold decisions of design/game design team, so guides will always tell what they want to, even if fans can clearly spot a lot of BS through history.
i love this details/easter eggs, capcom as well as snk implemented them i many of their fighting game series. The details on this one are amazing, specially the final fight 1 references/artwork. Not so many people are familiar with most of this references, it's amazing you've done this compilation! A++++
Well, concerning Mike and Balrog, it's common knowledge that the SFII boss' names were switched for the american and european versions. Balrog's name in the japanese version was Mike Bison, an obvious reference to Mike Tyson. It makes sense to assume Mike from SFII and Mike Bison are the same person. Coincidentally too, the Bushin ryu kanji is the same than for a real life modern ninjutsu school called Bujinkan.
It's not a matter of belief that Mike and Balrog are the same person. It's glaringly obvious that Mike is inspired by Mike Tyson and M. Bison is Mike Bison.
seeing that FF3 Haggar showcase and then seeing the UMVC3 combo, i realize that Haggar got the short end of the stick. he could have been the first Android 16 of fight games. but it wasnt until FightZ until i would see a grappler that was allowed to grab as part of the combo and combo into more grabs. Haggar should have had that. if he ever appears in a crossover fighter again...again then i hope he gets a nice moveset upgrade.
I noticed that Guy's name is written in katakana as Gai. Checking the wiki, that seems to be the case. So "Guy" is a translator's error, most likely. "Gai" means "victory".
Katakana is never used for native japanese words so it is likely meant to be a transliteration of the English word Guy Might be a pun as well, that sort of thing is not unheard of
There are so many easter eggs in SFV that you could make a series of videos about, from easter eggs codes for costumes and some characters, hidden cameos in stages or endings, also moves and special interactions characters have (Kage vs Ryu or Akuma trigger a different dialogue for example at the intro for Kage), so many little details, this video show some in endings (there are plenty more), hope you continue now that SFV is fading away would be a great time to someone make a video showing all this stuff, I think SFV have to be the SF game with more references to even other games than aren't from Capcom.
@Its Z3LUS I love Shinkiro arts but i hope Akiman & Kinu Nishimura do some artworks too. I love their artworks for SF II, Alpha, III, and Darkstalkers.
3:14 Hey man, in this image where Ryu's back is shown as if he was walking away, it reminds a lot of Ryu's ending in Street Fighter II, I think this should be mentioned in the video.
With all the crossover that Final Fight and Street Fighter have had, it's surprising to me that we haven't seen Haggar playable in a Street Fighter game. Maybe they think he'd be too similar to Zangief?
These arcade endings are so cool. It’s a shame not many people get to see them, but that is mainly due to no reward outside of the ending. If Capcom gave you fight money, then people would be incentivized to play it and see all the endings because you get something from it.
Capcom retconed the way Belger defeated as in the intro of Final Fight 2, Belger is shown being knocked through the window of the building by Cody using the upper cut at the end of his combo. This shows him jumpkicking Belger thru the window instead in the SF 5 ending.(Which River City girls subverts this by making the girls fly out the window with the last boss like fools.) I thought the upper cut looked cooler, but they kept Cody is the canon character who defeats him either way.
Street Fighter is full of plot holes. Remember my long-azz ponytail in SF Alpha? The game takes place several months after SF1, it doesn't take that short of time for hair to grow that long.
Good video, but you missed on the fact that Ryu and Birdie's past is sbown as a flashback in the Street Fighter Alpha manga, it's actually a pretty good manga, I recommend it to every SF fan, the movie adaptation skips a lot of scenes including that Ryu's Shoryuken on Sagat is also shown
Ken's ending could be a reference to the (really bad btw) anime Street Fighter II V (from Victory) where both Ken and Ryu fight in a dojo (owned by Ken). Or not. 🤷♂️
Actually it's a reference to Street Fighter Assassin's Fist. All I can say about Street Fighter II V: It could've been better, but at the same time it beats that 1994 movie Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle with Van Damme and Julia.
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I remember my big bro REALLY being into Final Fight. His enthusiasm got me into FF as well and later into Street Fighter. It's SO great that FF series shared the same world as SF and have basically created the crossover series! SUCH nostalgia!
IKR I Also Like How They Thru Strider In The Mix Also Zeku Being The Original Strider & Guy's Master I Love It Lol
Final Fight = Guy Beating Up Cody After They Save Jessica (Cody: My Sweetheart Since Childhood! Guy: Count Me In, She's My Friend Too, The Mad Gear Must Pay!) Guy Got Sick Of Fighting All Of The Mad Gear Gang And He Gets Nothing For It. So He Beats Up Cody. The End
Sam here. I’m a huge Final Fight fan and I use to love playing the arcade game. I was really surprised when Guy was introduced and made his debut on the alpha series.
I overplayed FF when I figured out the amazing gift of MAME years ago! 🤘
The quarters I put into that game in the early 90s, oof! On one credit, my best was just getting through halfway into the subway stage before Sodom. 😆
Final Fight also gives me nostalgia waves! I vividly remember playing the first game on my GBA SP.
1:43
Ryu's shoryuken was so powerful it took Sagat's other eye and gave him back the one he lost 😂
Ryu being buddies with Birdie was in the Street Fighter Alpha manga (same continuity where Karin made her first appearance). Nice to know that they referenced it here.
Aw, man. They're friends? I wish Capcom made dialogue for them to reference that.
Fun Fact: 6:27 This was also Poison's second Ultra Super in USF4
here's a lesser known (to my knowledge) secret for you guys if you're having trouble unlocking the stories for yourselves. since arcade mode was added in celebration for the 30th anniversary, if you beat any game's arcade mode (SFI, SFII, etc.) 30 times, regardless of the character or difficulty, it'll unlock most of the endings for you based on the game you cleared it for. in some cases, you may still have to follow the requirements and unlock a few of them on your own. there's a tough one in SFII where you have to beat Shin Akuma as Sagat, for example, that will not be auto-unlocked for you.
4:08 The image in which Cody appears with a towel and Guy with a ring behind him is actually from the introduction of the Final Fight game, but it was only in the Final Fight version of the Sega CD in which Cody punches and breaks the mirror in the scene .
1:49 This is how Sagat got his scar. Also seems to have swapped his eyes.
No actually Sagat lost his eye prior to that to none other than Dan's Dad funnily enough, Go Hibiki. Also funny is that while Dan is pretty much a joke character his dad was actually a pretty powerful fighter lol
@@PrinceATEye If SF6 will have 2 parallel story lines - one in the past (Alpha days) and one in the future (post SF3S) probably we could see Go Hibiki during his prime.
@@PrinceATEye 1:41 is a better timecode, I think they meant the eyepatch switched from left eye (SF1) to right (SF2).
@@PrinceATEye Yeah but which eye did he lose? If you look at the character sprites they have patches on opposite eyes.
Ryu shoryuken so powerfull, it switch Sagat blind eye.
Please let me know if I missed anything!
What is Guy angry about? What is that paper he's holding marked 38039 (which I'd guess represents Zeku & Guy as the 38th & 39th Bushinryu GMs)?
I think the only thing I can note is that Andore Jr. is a relative to Hugo (who is just known as Andore in Final Fight), & appears in the background of the Ring of Justice stage. Surprisingly, Hugo doesn't have any palette referencing Andore Jr.
wait, I never knew SF V had that many endings o_O Yes, do more please!!!
@@acorn2565 I think it's his placement on his test scores in high school. Some schools in Japan will post top test scores on a wall. I believe Guy is wearing a school uniform as well. Guy wasn't a very good student so he left Japan to live in the states. The number is likely a reference to Bushinryu succession though.
The last panels of Lucia's ending shows her getting her fire kicks which would first show up in Final Fight 3 in her super. Though, in that super, the fire effect is only on the final kick of the super combo and those panels represent that early stage of first tapping into her fire kicks.
Nakayama-san and his crew did a spectacular job with all of these references. Big up for Desk for the video! Top notch quality as always.
Love how the cody ending art, reminds me of the snk artwork that was done for CvS2
Done by the same guy, Shinkiro (ex-SNK artist, now at Capcom)
Suggestions: References from FF in the movesets of Guy, Cody and Haggar in fgs. References from SF1 in the movesets of Adon and other SF4 opponents originated in SF1.
Desk is so great man he always puts so much effort into these videos and the whole presentation is just amazing plus the fact that he has the coolest combos known to man
01:42
“How Sagat got his scar on his chest” issue
But also in the same time how that ryu’s shoryuken also changed eye fold from the left eye to the right eye .
Haggar's costume is also a reference to his days before he bacame mayor of Metro City and was a pro wrestler in the CWA where he trained his two apprentices Biff Slamkovich (Japanese Aleksey Zalazof) and Guile's cousin Gunloc (Japanese Lucky Colt).
Those games were SICK and I remember playing the first one with my brother so much as a child. Went back to it recently and it doesn't hold up, but the lore is really fun for those who are into it (like me)!
Not sure if you missed it but that poison kick to the nutz looks more like poisons ultra 2 from usf4.
came for the easter eggs, stayed for the music
The Poison nut kick is moreso a reference to her Ultra II in USFIV
Fun fact on Cody in FF2 it shows Belgar was uppercutted out of the window not kicked.
He went out the window we can at least agree on that lol.
I kinda dig how Lucia looks more cutesy in her ending. Kinda hoping she ends up in 6, or someone with a similar moveset.
She needs to come back in 6 for sure
after breaking fighting games mechanics to the extreme, Desk is now exploring fighting games lore for his enjoyment, and ours...
Definitely would love to see another video like this. I really appreciate the amount of effort and research you put into your videos!
It's always awesome to see devs passionate about their games, keep it up Capcom
5:12 now birdie is White because of his color in SF1
5:54 I really like this depiction of Cody, he looks more accurate to the troublemaker/fight addict he was supposed to be in the lore prior to the events of SFV.
Actually very close to his Final Fight: Streetwise version rather than his SF one that emphasize more on his bored side
2:29 Not a belief, they WERE one and the same, but later the SFV team decided to make them separate characters (hence those cards). At that time, they added a Mike costume to Mike Bison - a pun on Mike Tyson which the US didn't took well, so the bosses' names were shuffled.
3:44 This dojo at the ending is not the Fighting Stage, but the dojo they both trained were young, appearing first in Street Fighter II V Animated Series from the 90's and again in Street Fighter The Animated Movie. In the series, Ken rebuilt a exact replica of the dojo in his manor, which Ryu promptly notices. In the movie, its ruins is shown. SF Alpha series also make reference to that time.
Boxer was introduced in SFII guides as not being Mike, so no
@@dionysysentertainer3261 Like Ryu's age at SF2 being around 42 years or so. Truth is, Capcom made a lot of retcon over the years since SF2 and probably even since SF1. They won't adress to dold decisions of design/game design team, so guides will always tell what they want to, even if fans can clearly spot a lot of BS through history.
FINAL FIGHT EASTER EGG AND CAMEO IS THE ONLY BEST THING IN THE ENTIRE SFV
Loving the song! Anyone wondering:
“Willamette Mall” Stage from Tatsunoko vs Capcom Ultimate All-Stars
Do you know where the video version is from? It seems like the song in the game is a little different.
1:43 and that's how Ryu healed Sagat's eye and wounded the other one.
i love this details/easter eggs, capcom as well as snk implemented them i many of their fighting game series. The details on this one are amazing, specially the final fight 1 references/artwork. Not so many people are familiar with most of this references, it's amazing you've done this compilation! A++++
Aw man I loved hearing the background music. This is the mall stage from tatsunoko vs capcom, I used to fight in that stage nonstop! Fire video man🔥
Well, concerning Mike and Balrog, it's common knowledge that the SFII boss' names were switched for the american and european versions. Balrog's name in the japanese version was Mike Bison, an obvious reference to Mike Tyson. It makes sense to assume Mike from SFII and Mike Bison are the same person.
Coincidentally too, the Bushin ryu kanji is the same than for a real life modern ninjutsu school called Bujinkan.
I believe Ken's ending is a reference to SF Assassin's Fist fight between Ryu/Ken.
Excellent job collecting and putting this together for us. Thanks.
It's not a matter of belief that Mike and Balrog are the same person. It's glaringly obvious that Mike is inspired by Mike Tyson and M. Bison is Mike Bison.
seeing that FF3 Haggar showcase and then seeing the UMVC3 combo, i realize that Haggar got the short end of the stick. he could have been the first Android 16 of fight games. but it wasnt until FightZ until i would see a grappler that was allowed to grab as part of the combo and combo into more grabs. Haggar should have had that. if he ever appears in a crossover fighter again...again then i hope he gets a nice moveset upgrade.
great video! love the dive into final fight since i don't know much about it. that abigail color is sweet.
I noticed that Guy's name is written in katakana as Gai. Checking the wiki, that seems to be the case. So "Guy" is a translator's error, most likely. "Gai" means "victory".
Katakana is never used for native japanese words so it is likely meant to be a transliteration of the English word Guy
Might be a pun as well, that sort of thing is not unheard of
As long as it’s not Gay then it’s cool
Perhaps not. They may have thought the direct translation was weird for a character name and adjusted it to appear more like a standard name.
@@leeentertainmentchannel247 LMAO
JUST LIKE MIGHT GUY BUT ITS REALLY MIGHT GAI
There are so many easter eggs in SFV that you could make a series of videos about, from easter eggs codes for costumes and some characters, hidden cameos in stages or endings, also moves and special interactions characters have (Kage vs Ryu or Akuma trigger a different dialogue for example at the intro for Kage), so many little details, this video show some in endings (there are plenty more), hope you continue now that SFV is fading away would be a great time to someone make a video showing all this stuff, I think SFV have to be the SF game with more references to even other games than aren't from Capcom.
I hope SF VI will have character story & arcade mode with this type of ending / artworks :3
Its impossible they wont there isnt a single mainmine sf game where the ending doesnt have at least a picture
Yes! And make Shinkiro do all of it because his art is just the best
Drawings as endings is boring . I want to see some animations they have the budget now to do that
@Its Z3LUS
I love Shinkiro arts but i hope Akiman & Kinu Nishimura do some artworks too. I love their artworks for SF II, Alpha, III, and Darkstalkers.
@Chr
If there’s a cinematic story mode, i guess they could do animation for character story ending.
3:14 Hey man, in this image where Ryu's back is shown as if he was walking away, it reminds a lot of Ryu's ending in Street Fighter II, I think this should be mentioned in the video.
Awesome vid, would love to see more of this 😁
One fun idea for a video would be all the costume references. 11-15 tend to homage all sorts of characters, like Dan having a Robert and Yuri color
Woah had no idea Zeku made an appearance in previous games
Briliant video , great use of the endings
In the description you said to let you know if we want to see another video like this. I think I speak for all of us when I say YES…Yes we do!
Getting a Shoryuken out in SF1 might be the most impressive thing I've seen on this channel...
Top notch editing!
Geezus these are amazing!!
Can't wait for the SF2 arcade ending easter eggs!! ;)
Sagat's SF1 ankle-knees will always be funny. I'm glad they got that sorted out.
I played SF Alpha 2 in my Pentium 1 PC back in the days, and I didn't noticed Zeku was there too!. Great vid, interesting.
Love the art work and style!
These artists really do their homework before hand
displays good series knowledge
2:23 yes, originally the boss names were:
Balrog > Mike Bison (too close to Mike Tyson + following his imprisonment)
Vega > Balrog
M.Bison > Vega
Oh this is gonna be a lot of ending
I love this!!!
I liked your background music choice for this vid.
With all the crossover that Final Fight and Street Fighter have had, it's surprising to me that we haven't seen Haggar playable in a Street Fighter game. Maybe they think he'd be too similar to Zangief?
Dude these are really awesome thank you
Awesome and nostalgic video, my friend! Good work!
The Birdie x Ryu panel that you referenced to the Akuma x Ryu Alpha 2 promo was a bit of a reach.
3:44 the first panel of Ken's ending is a reference from the cover of SF alpha for the Gameboy Color
Very nice, thank you. I'd like to see more of these.
Dope video bro
These arcade endings are so cool. It’s a shame not many people get to see them, but that is mainly due to no reward outside of the ending. If Capcom gave you fight money, then people would be incentivized to play it and see all the endings because you get something from it.
I'm sure it is just the sprites for the systems but I like how in SF1 Sagat has his arms spread but in SF2 he is covering his chest more
Nice presentation, and I dug the music choice
Idk why, but panel with Ryu eating with Birdie together is so awesome!
In the 1:41 you can see the scar but a pirate parche in different eyes too
I had no idea there were so many call backs to final fight.
Capcom retconed the way Belger defeated as in the intro of Final Fight 2, Belger is shown being knocked through the window of the building by Cody using the upper cut at the end of his combo. This shows him jumpkicking Belger thru the window instead in the SF 5 ending.(Which River City girls subverts this by making the girls fly out the window with the last boss like fools.) I thought the upper cut looked cooler, but they kept Cody is the canon character who defeats him either way.
Grew up w/o *Streets of Rage!* (Sega-Console) Guud times ^^
This was a Great vid.
*Hats off* @desk - Nostalgic vid..!
I love when you do these
Is that too an explanation, why sagat wear an eyepatch on the right and then on left? Watch 1:47
Street Fighter is full of plot holes.
Remember my long-azz ponytail in SF Alpha? The game takes place several months after SF1, it doesn't take that short of time for hair to grow that long.
This song always hits!
I like that character design on Birdie a lot more than what’s modern. He looks way better in those panels.
Never have to work a day in my life with Desk around.
No wonder Bay Area shows up a lot in this game. That stage had some banger music.
1:41 I never noticed that Sagat switched his eyepatch to the other eye in SF2, haha.
Wow, this video was amazing! Can you find other references for other endings as well? This was a very well edited video, I need to see more.
1:50 that shoryuken was so powerful make an scar and swapped eye balls!
Wow, amazing vid!! How does he know all this? Capcom need to send him a cheque just for this vid alone!
Good video, but you missed on the fact that Ryu and Birdie's past is sbown as a flashback in the Street Fighter Alpha manga, it's actually a pretty good manga, I recommend it to every SF fan, the movie adaptation skips a lot of scenes including that
Ryu's Shoryuken on Sagat is also shown
Haggar lariat still epic
Never knew you could throw Belgar out of his chair and destroy it
Well, that was mike tison, they later changed name to avoid legal problems.
Really liked the andre giant cameo
1:48 Sagat Is blinded in a different eye on those pictures ! Big mistake Capcom
Impromptu UMvC3 combo at the end? Desk you spoil us.
Ken's ending could be a reference to the (really bad btw) anime Street Fighter II V (from Victory) where both Ken and Ryu fight in a dojo (owned by Ken). Or not. 🤷♂️
Actually it's a reference to Street Fighter Assassin's Fist.
All I can say about Street Fighter II V:
It could've been better, but at the same time it beats that 1994 movie Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle with Van Damme and Julia.
Great video
nice video!
Abigail :
From Canada.
A DLC character in SF 5.
What's the name of the jazz song used?🙂
Because I like it.😮💨🎵🎶
Sagat's eye patch changes sides between sf1 and sf2.
That's lore! - JW
Is andore inspired from WWE legend Andre the giant
Yes
actually poison's kick was her ultra combo from sfiv
Sagot also switched sides on his eye patch
@Desk there's a remix of theme for Yami Yugi that would go great for a CMV
all Ryu vs Sagat rivalry are based on the classic real life event when kyokushin fighters doing a "sparring" visit against muay thai fighters..