Final Fight 2 (Japan) (Super Famicom) - (Longplay - Maki Genryusai | Expert Difficulty) 

This is why I emulated this version over the English.

Taking Poison out of the games was a massive sin.

Not Nintendo but American conservatism. The company would want to lose sales due to ratings from regulatory agencies.

Even though they gave him a back story, I doubt that they were gonna put Guy in the fight that easily. Since they were both trained in the same art(yet different forms, as Guy was trained by Maki's & Rena's Uncle, & Maki, her father), they had to throw someone else for the plot. Plus it wouldn't be fair if they didn't follow the same formula as the first game. Guy = Maki(Weaker attacks but faster, & can jump kick from walls) Cody = Carlos(Balanced, & can hold onto knives) Haggar(Slower, but stronger attacks, & can use more moves when grappling)

I actually like Carlos

Also wasn't one of the characters that needed to be saved attracted to guy? And guy is no show. Pretty cold lol

@@blaktigr84 They made this game TOO similar to the first one's formula though. Guy could have easily been included and given a different move set (showing character progression) so he wouldn't have been 'exactly' the same as Maki. I agree with the OP in that Carlos was boring and his backstory felt really flimsy, so having Guy and Cody along with Maki and Haggar would have been better.

+Sweet Misery Well... Final Fight 2 was released before the King of Fighters franchise. Final Fight 2 was first released on May 22, 1993 in Japan and the very first King of Fighters (The King of Fighters '94) was released in August 25, 1994.

TurkishBullet19 thank you for the info... and yes I remember the very first king of fighters I played is as old as 1994 only.. and from the next king of fighters they started adding years from it's title like king of fighters 1995 ..etc... So do you mean Maki is really adopted by SNK for king of fighters?

There is no Maki in KoF, I think you mean Mai Shiranui, and no, other than how they dress, they look nothing alike.

@@Bloodreign1 Plus, Mai debuted in one of the Fatal Fury games.

@@emanuelespinoza9325 Fatal Fury 2 I might add, and she helped spice up that series nicely.

It's not terrible, but GEEZ, why did they insist on reusing the awful tune at 4:33 so many times throughout the game? (Especially ALL of level 3?!?)

@@lflagr Agreed. Some of the music is good, but they decided that the worst track in the whole game had to be used over and over again.

I don't find the music bad per se, but it doesn't feel like it belongs in a beat 'em up at all. It's too zany and upbeat, and it would be more suited to a wacky platformer. There's one or two decent tracks later on, but it really lacks that gritty energy that's needed for these type of games.

Nah that honor goes to Streets of Rage 3.