FINAL FIGHT 3 HISTORY & The Story of Why We NEVER PLAYED IT!? 

Final Fight 3 is my favourite Final Fight entry, the gameplay adds you highlighted makes all the difference to me, fighting game like moves makes the game so much less borring than to keep mashing the same button over and over

Final Fight 3 is actually my favorite out of the SNES trilogy, mostly because of the expanded roster, the expanded move set, and the ability to choose multiple paths through the game. The path branching is especially cool. I remembered liking it pretty well when I played it back in 1995, even though I had a PS1 at the time to play as well. While graphically it isn't as good as the older games, to me it's much more enjoyable to replay because of these features. It's usually the one I pick when I want to play one of the SNES FF games.

"Why we never played it?" This is the only one out of the series that I loved

I did play this one back in the day and the mechanics introduced along with smooth gameplay put it up above most 16-bit beat 'em ups at the time. Ragging on it because it has backgrounds that every beat 'em up has seems more like a critique of the genre and less on this specific game. Because, yeah, this is an aspect of most of them. It has smoother gameplay than most, a better character roster, introduces great fighting mechanics for the genre, multiple paths and endings, more than enough to make up for fairly generic backgrounds. If it didn't sacrifice graphics, and it doesn't look that bad compared to the first, you wouldn't have everything that was missing in the first Final Fight. It looks pretty impressive to me, given the hardware limitations. Definitely one of my favorite beat 'em ups and the best Final Fight on Super Nintendo, hands down. Thanks for featuring this game anyway though. Glad people are at least talking about it. It doesn't get talked about enough.

I liked final fight 3's expanded moveset and the more fluid nature. Being able to run and do cool moves and supers was enough innovation for it to not be a complete waste. You make fair points though.

I do know that since Final Fight 3 got released so late in the life of the Super Nintendo, Capcom USA did not produce too many copies of the game. I do not know what the supply situation was in Europe. I believe it is one of the best playing Final Fight games on the Super Nintendo.

You tripping man! It may be generic but it is the best beat em up for the SNES. I rented it back in the day

It warms my heart the love ff3 gets in the comment section 😇

This was actually my favorite one to play of the series. I enjoyed the branching paths, different fighters and loved the music.

Just to let you know, their was a scrolling beat em up version of the Warriors within the Warriors PS2 game. You get it post-game. 🙂

I played this game a lot. In fact this was the only version of Final Fight I owned on SNES. I frequently used Guy and Lucia in this one. This had my favorite version of Haggar. I didn't really care for Dean all that much.

True Story, this was actually the FIRST Final Fight I ever played, I picked it out from BLOCKBUSTER back in Fall of 1996. I LOVED IT. Also, I was in MF KINDERGARTEN 😂😂😂😂

I rented this game many times in the 90s. Still one of my favorite SNES beat'em ups and I actually think it has aged well with an amazing soundtrack.

Wat i find insulting is that almost every well known character (& lesser known characters) from the final fight games hav been in street fighter games,except mike haggar

I’m really impressed you’re still at the “top” of your “game” keep it up “man” [EDIT] my “hat” off to you

Strong music in FF3. "For Metro City"

Me and many of my friends back in 1996 and throughout the late 90's LOVED playing this game together. Doing super moves was sick. Shame you didnt show off Lucia's, I know its not easy to do since its the only one that doesnt require you to hold your opponent. Dean's is the easiest in the game.

This is set chronologically after SFA3.

Great video ;) I do have to say that Final Fight 3 is my favourite of the Final Fight games. I think it was a great improvement over the first two games. I just really love this game.

This was my favorite Final Fight. To me 2 was the most generic, the first wasn't as fun because it was stiff and you felt like you were helpless with how slow everyone moved.

Personally, I really liked Final Fight 3. It features one of the largest move set from the 90's and great cancelling properties on a lot of moves, so you have a lot of freedom for building your combos. Just controlling your character feels good. And having a cpu partner was such a nice addition!! I also enjoy the varied roster of playable characters. Now it has big flaws, I am aware of this. Mainly big and frequent slowdowns, only 3 enemies on screen at any time, so a much slower experience than what you're used to on cp systems. It's not meant to be compared to AvP, Cadillacs, The Punisher..., that's for sure, and it's also not as good as SOR2. But, and that's a big but, I don't think FF3 is generic. This is where I disagree with you. Final Fight 2 was generic, uninspired, slow and boring. Gameplay-wise, Final Fight 3 is its own thing. Only the atmosphere is generic (but it was almost expected at this point from this franchise). It's also quite balanced (albeit a bit on the easy side), so for me, that's an instant step above any Golden Axe. Probably my favorite Snes btu with Knights of the Round.

I played Final Fight 3 A LOT and prefer it VERY MUCH to Streets of Rage 3 - I think Final Fight 3 is fantastic^^

The hole in the prison wall was made by Cody before he joined Street Fighter Alpha.

This is my favorite one of the series! I play it from time to time still, excellent music and love the new characters. If I had to rank FF from best to worst it would be FF3, FF1, FF2. I wish more beat em ups had the option for a CPU 2P like this one.

I like Final Fight 3 The rooftop the signs light up and change color which was missing from Final Fight on the Super Nintendo.

I LOVED Final Fight 3 back in the day! My brother and I rented it a lot from Blockbuster. We played it a lot together and with our friends (who were also brothers). I liked the special moves specific to each character, the super moves, the branching paths, the multiple endings, and the awesome music (which my friend loved to passionately hum when we played it 🤣). It was a fun game! I eventually bought it from Blockbuster, and bought it on the Wii Virtual Console. I really think Final Fight 3 is underrated.

The most interesting thing about Final Fight 3 for me, is seeing what Lucia looked like and how she played. I really only became aware of her once she showed up in Street Fighter V.

Final fight 3 is easily the best game out of the 3. 1st game is sorely lacking that 2 player which seems unbelievable it was not included. 2nd game is good and 2 player but I find the levels after the first couple are bland. 3rd game adds better gameplay and moves and is the most enjoyable out of the 3 easily!

Final Fight 3 was one of the best SNES beat em up games I ever played. Had so much fun playing this back in the 90s with my buddies from middle school.

FF3 was my favorite of the three Final Fight games, and aside from TMNT was my favorite beat-em-up on the SNES. Lucia is my favorite character and I play almost exclusively as her whenever I play this game. I love the fact you can run, do Super moves and have a computer-controlled partner (even if said partner is dumb as rocks). I played the crap out of this back in college. It isn't SOR2, but it's the closest the SNES got, and that was cool.

Final Fight 3 was one of my favorites. It irks me constantly that Capcom doesn't bother with porting Final Fight 2 and 3 in a collection with the first game. The first game has bored me with how many times they port it now.

By 1995, I was onto the latest greatest FPS games on the PC, so this wasn't even a blip on my radar.

This is my favorite one in the series. Love the new features like being able to perform dash attacks, performing a special move, and having the CPU play with you

Even with all its faults, I still had a lot more fun with this game than the second entry. Not that FF2 was bad, but it was too much like FF1 and offered little aside 2 players co-op. I also really liked that I could play with an AI controlled 2nd player, it was a nice feature that's been rarely used, if at all, in other games of the genre.

Hey, there was a Warriors scrolling beat em up on the Xbox 360, not too well known as it was digital only. And Renegade was heavily influenced by The Warriors.

The increase in patrons is incredible so glad that you will still be able to get lots of content for us to watch

I played this a few times and in fact I beat it with my daughter last weekend. I rented it from Blockbuster a few times.

This game was always so expensive. The box art is iconic!

I appreciate your hard work and quality content! I hope things shape out for the best!

I love your reviews❤️. You are my nr1 beat em up channel😅. I think you forgot to mention there are multiple sideways in some stages. If you throw an enemy though specific walls you go through there. For example there is a bar inside a building you can enter at some stage (I forgot which one)😅 Great review, great channel, great top had 🎩

That music! So good! Well done Final Fight 3!

I loved Final Fight 3 the combo potential was bananas, that's not even including the super moves, branching paths and being able to have the cpu play with you was legit as hell. It was easily my favorite game when I had it for my SNES.

I'd love to see a Final Fight game with characters from Street Fighter in seeing as they're in the same universe. Final Street Fight maybe?

You're absolutely right...but i still grew up on final fight games and they'll always be my favorite. Love what you're doing here!!!

Rival Schools characters need to be in Street Fighter playable

I remember playing this a lot in my teens. I thought it was a great bit of nostalgia, as it was a later game and the market was flooded with all the incarnations of SF2 and many other 1 on 1 fighting games at the time.

Richard I would like for you to review Battletoads Arcade & why we never played it, is that possible?

I'm glad you keep on with the channel.

Love this game, still have the cart ....ugh I need to play this asap! Glad your feeling better Top Hat!

My favorite part of the game is stage 3, it's a nice challenge not destroy that bus line pole to get to the alternate stages

Excellent work as always brother.

I never got the chance to play it. Thanks for the vid, keep up the great content!

i really loved this game when i found out about it. i thought it was the best beat em up due to all the new moves, special moves (which you didn't talk about) and super moves. i liked it more then streets of rage 1 or 2, brawl brothers, or final fight 2. if it was missing one thing, it was missing cody and maki.

Never played this one but now I want to. The street fighter like special moves , inclusion of dash moves and what looks like a good variety of enemies has peaked my interest. Thanks for uploading !

Final Fight 3 is easily in my top 5 of the older, classic beat em ups. I love the super bar they added, plus I like the variety of moves that you can do with each character. My main issue with most older beat em ups is that you basically have just one attack button and do the same attack over and over again with no variety. If you ever do lesser-known beat em ups, I recommend Battle circuit (which can be found on the capcom beat em up bundle) and Sengoku 3 made by SNK

Love your videos Top Hat. Please never stop.

as a SNES kid, I played plenty of the FF trilogy.

*This game is literally my favorite beat 'em up game of all times!* *I've played the shit out of it with all my friends in childhood.*

I’ve always preferred SOR to FF, but this is the one FF game I actually really liked. I liked the roster of characters you could play as, the expanded movesets, the music, and the faster gameplay.

AWESOME VID MATE 👏!!! And awesome sexy thumbnail 😄!!! I’m glad your patrons have helped keep the channel going 🙏🏾!!! Rock on ✊🔥🔥🔥🎩!!!

Awesome you should play some of these classic games live on here

I always liked this game, it's a step up from the other two final fights, although visually the original game is still the best one. they obviously made the graphics simpler on this one so they could add all the other stuff. it's a fantastic game

This video in a nutshell: I like Streets of rage more than Final Fight because of course...it is from Sega, but the reasons you give about what "nobody" played it are stupid, it is much more simple than that and it has nothing to do with the title quality (which is high, is the best FF on the SNES), most people left a console in its final years, and when you have a trilogy on the same console the last entry is ALWAYS the one that less people played and use to be less remenbered

It's worth pointing out that streets of rage 3 had unlockable characters and multiple endings and story paths.

they were more concerned with gameplay mechanics than anything else and because of that its on of my favorite beatem ups

I loved the Final Fight series. Final Fight 2 and 3 in particular were regular rentals for me due to their co-op play. I always had a fun time playing this game

I think they gave Haggar a pony tail in this one so I have to question every design choice they made after that. o_o

We did play Final Fight 3. I played as the cyborg Dean every time.

Sadly your review is spot on. I played this game back in the day and wanted to like it more than I did. So many other capcom beat'em ups had surpassed this at its release I felt confused as to why it couldn't have been better.

"Barefooted Fatty Boom-Boom" is gonna be the name of my punk band.

I *LOVED* this one. I still have my carts of 1, 2 and 3! Classic indeed! 🎩 🧐

Love the channel and the fighting game and beat em' up coverage! Final Fight 3, to me personally, was the most exciting of the trilogy based on character roster alone. Guy is my favorite character in the series and I welcomed his return. Lucia was cool too (and has recently resurfaced in Street Fighter V!). Dean was fairly blah though. I'd love a Final Fight game that had Guy, Cody, Haggar, Maki, and Lucia as the playable characters. Are you going to follow up with a look at Final Fight: Streetwise?

I loved this game as a kid. Especially the secret, playable characters; man that really hooked me in as a kid looking back. lol

Didn't know this game existed before today. Good to see where Lucia came from

I rented FF3 back on the days and I seriously loved that game (specially the option to change paths acording to what you do in game, like the option to take the bus if you wait on stage 3) I didnt knew the game was not that known or played...

Hey glad to have you back bro! 🔥

I just curiously downloaded the rom a few years back. I was surprised to find how much fun it was, playing as Guy. Marvellous beat em up.

As a bonus feature, there was a side scrolling beat-em up in The Warriors game. Considering how many 2D beat-em ups have been released since the mid 90's, I think that's all we're going to get. We should be thankful we even got a game based on, at the time of its release, a nearly 30 year old cult film, let alone a good game!

Stage 3 is only short if you happen to break that sign at the end of the first map. That sign is for the bus stop and with the sign destroyed, the bus doesn't stop. keep the sign in tact though and the bus picks you up for an extended stage.

Although it's a late release in the SNES' lifespan, I guess it enjoyed some sucess. It wouldn't have been ported to the Famicom by a pirate company if the original wasn't at least reasonably popular. And yes, I think the pirate Famicom version is a pretty good game for unlicensed game standards.

Welcome back buddy!

There was technically a side-ways scrolling Warriors game **within** the PS2 game of 'The Warriors' called 'Armies of the Night' (essentially a 'Double Dragon' clone that is unlocked after completing all 18 missions); it's playable as an arcade game machine that appears in the hideout when it's unlocked.

This was one of my most played SNES game, even my dad played it with me. Like most others have said, the gameplay/controls were some very high points that's hard to portray without playing it

Mr.🎩 , Love the videos good stuff as always glad to hear and see your doing well.. I got a list of Side Scroll beat'em ups for you if your Running Low.: The King Of Dragons.,Captian Commando*., Knights Of The Round., Warriors Of Fate*., Armored Warriors/Powered Gear.,Battle Circuit.,Night Slasher* and Raging Justic *and Streets Of Rage 4 ( Comming End of this Month) *=Personal Favorites maybe you'll like them to.. Good Luck Mr.🎩

hi Top Hat, really enjoy your uploads, thanks for the ride through destination nostalgia. any chance you can do the Splatterhouse trilogy/series?? that would a nice addition to your beat"em"up series

Amazing video , sucess dude!

I loved Final Fight 3 back in the days. It was actually my first beat em up game i ever played back in 1995 i think. So i didn't really have any other game in the genre to compare to except Super Double dragon that i played a week after which wasn't very good lol

Top Hat Gaming Man is right, I never played this one at all. At the time it came out I was learning about PSX/Saturn as well as learning how to buy import fighting games before they came out to the USA. The last Final Fight I ever played was 2 and the actual arcade machine waaay back in high school. In fact I have seen this when I used to buy a ton of PSX/Saturn games at places like Funcoland but I never thought about it. Sometimes I would confuse it with part 2 as I never really owned an SNES myself. Looks more of the same but I heard its the end of the SNES life cycle and after all they managed to squeeze SFA2 onto it. Im sure with the updated roster some cuts in graphical power were made. Still I wanna play it now lol!

Well we kind of got a Warriors side scroller, with the Armies of the Night mini game once you finished the main story missions in the 2005 PS2 game. It was am homage to the original Double Dragon.

Never mentioned Lucia that would later appeared in Street Fighter V.

Whoa is the Best of the tree first games, one piece of cult,and My favorite of all saga,Nice work man , You rock....

My wife and I used to play this game on my Dreamcast through emulator. Its quite good. I never heard of it before coming across the rom. I didn't even know there was a part 2 either, but pleasant surprises nonetheless 👍.

I remember getting and loving this game when it came out. But mostly because of the special moves and assuming (as a kid) that the fireball Guy can shoot in it was taught to him by Ryu and Ken. It’s still so weird to me that Dean is a street fighter yet he’s never appeared in a Street Fighter game. Even Lucia made in into SFV.

I used to love this game when I was a kid, but then I played through it again about 10 years ago and couldn't get into it.

I played FF3 after LUCIA was in SF5.

I didn't play this until much later after it came out and it was on an emulator. I also didn't know of its existence until that same time. This is definitely one of the best games of that series and it's a shame that it's rarely talked about.

I played it a lot as kid this game , it's actually my first game ever that i got with my SNES together with megaman x2 and demon crest , it's was really fun times .

I have only played Final Fight 1, never heard of 2 or 3. But neat to hear it kept the series alive. Also I remember that this was Lucia's debut. (who is part of SFV) (just like the rest of the FF fam) Final Fight has a fascinating cast of characters. But knowing how it paved the way for arcade titles to grow, and be part of a vast universe.

Final Fight 3 was a great game hands down. I loved FF3 from beginning to end

YOU never played it, but I did. Some of my favorite music and character abilities in the whole series.