Thursday 22 November 2012

Final Fight and Ladies of the Night


Genki loves a bit of Final Fight. Though we have to confess to missing out on a few of the fine looking 2D side scrolling scrappers in the arcades over the years, it is up there with Turtles as our favourite fight fest. Superb pacing, great use of weaponry and power ups, attention to detail in the environs and cracking characterisation that reeks of the inner city urban decay of the Eighties. Perhaps this is a look too deeply into said characterisation, but Genki has always been troubled by those leggy ladies and rumours it all ain't quite cricket. A good five minutes internet research has proved inconclusive, but taught us the term New Half from Japanese. Perhaps its time to delete the history on this terminal...? Anyway hats off to Rocky and Poison. Either way you add plenty of colour to this fine series and make it pretty tough to get past those legs, whether they used to be hairy or not under those fishnets.

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