Console Wars - Final Fight vs Streets of Rage

[@TonyGearSolid]

I'm normally a SNES guy, but Streets of Rage easily trumps Final Fight with the music alone. You guys forgot to mention the alternate ending in two player mode for presentation, being able to betray your partner at the last moment and receiving an evil ending for winning the final fight was a rather cool twist added to spice things up.

[@fabjtown1]

+TonyVS SOR had a lot of issues but it was more fun. FF was already 2 years old at that point and milked to death in every movie theater. By this time people wanted something new even if inferior.

[@theSato]

I think that'd count as gameplay (if not both) haha

[@gaba665]

@Fwuffycodbunny and just one player is better to you?.. what a stupid logic bro.. 🤷‍♂️😂😂🤣🤣

[@kireorravan428]

@Johnnie Eletronic a ripoff that is better

[@soramirez5473]

@@kireorravan428 yup...

[@juiceala]

Don't forget Final Fight also came out on the Sega CD and was more faithful to the arcade version, making both games available on SEGA!

[@TheYzeman]

That's true but you had to spend about $400 or more on the two systems to own it back then. Not worth it. Most people I know that owned a Genesis and wanted to spend an extra $200 just went out and got a SNES.

[@juiceala]

TheYzeman Not if you were a diehard SEGA fanboy like myself

[@TheYzeman]

juice hedgehog Nothing wrong with liking Sega. Me too. I've never really been a fanboy. I like too many games on other systems. Nintendo had a lot to offer. More than Sega CD alone.

[@juiceala]

TheYzeman That is true, the Super Nintendo had a lot of great exclusive games, though I didn't get to play most of them until many years later, I'll also mention the Turbographx 16 for being a great yet underrated system at the time, I wish I had all 3 back then to enjoy all three great library of games.

[@TheInsider15]

juice hedgehog Funny how you call yourself a fanboy yet you have no problem with admitting the SNES has some good exclusives...don't get me wrong I didn't grow up with the SNES but I did grow up with the Mega Drive and the Playstation...I didn't grow up with Nintendo because I didn't know who they were until about the early PS2 Era

[@killboggins]

You two should play two player. First play together through Streets of Rage and…um… oh. Never mind.

[@TheMamaluigi300]

They could do that when they got to the sequels

[@ateliertohka7327]

WHY THE PORT IS WORSE!!!!! Hey!

[@gaba665]

@@TheMamaluigi300 if you go to the sequels SEGA WINS and rape ff ass!!! Streets of rage 2 and 3 are the best games in the saga. And ff had its best just in the first game. The sequels were worst. So... SoR wins!!!

[@huacxix4032]

killboggins, Now with Capcom’s “Beat Em Up Bundle,” you can play the arcade version of Final Fight including online multiplayer.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

I mean in fairness Final Fight on the SNES doesn’t have 2-player either. *EDIT:* Nvm I forgot Streets of a Rage has multiplayer XD the entire point of the joke was just that Final Fight didn’t have it.

[@TheModernPainter]

Final Fight wasn't an SNES exclusive. It was also ported to the Sega CD

[@hanzomsk7597]

Final fight on sega cd is considered even better than the arcade because of the cd music quality

[@Sinn0100]

I know this is old but....Streets of Rage was not a Genesis exclusive. It was also released on the Sega CD as a pack in. ;)

[@davejohn3600]

@@Sinn0100 Streets of Rage was also on the Master System and the Game Gear.

[@Sinn0100]

@@davejohn3600 How did I forget that?! Good catch man!

[@gaba665]

@@Sinn0100 It means SoR was an exclusive game to the sega GENESIS at the time it was released, not like Final Fight that was released first in the Arcades.. then the first port was Snes exclusively.. years later was ported to other home systems like sega CD.. so at that point it wasn't exclusive anymore, but at the time they were.

[@kiwisoup]

I think Sega double wins because they not only had the Streets of Rage series, but they had Final Fight CD which is undeniably the best home console version available back then.

[@Bubbabyte99]

kiwisoup But nowadays Final Fight: Double Impact is the definitive version of Final Fight.

[@Openreality]

Yeah no. Sega was on life support, the SNES was able to adapt better carts with better chips.

[@ricki399]

@@Openreality cd was always better than carts, that is the reason nintendo lost to sony. and in japan the saturn slam dunked the n64

[@megadriveleo]

@@Openreality that’s what pisses me off, is people going: “Oh the SNES didn’t need addons” but it did need that Super FX chip that ran Doom like garbage. Star Fox and Stunt Race were good, but all other Super FX games are just mid. Sega was innovative!

[@jamieoiler5690]

no it wasnt

[@SuperKokuJin916]

The music category goes to Streets of Rage. No contest. Legendary composer Yuzo Koshiro's classic house beats started a revolution in game music. Having previously done music for classic RPGS like Y's, he was ready to do something new. He squeezed some of the best out of that Yamaha sound chip like few could. He also composed SNES music like Actraiser and Super Adventure Island which the latter had those awesome house and break beats like SOR. Having to wait 2 years later to play Guy at home (sacrificing Cody in the process) and still not have 2 player mode is ridiculous. You should've pulled out Final Fight CD to really pour some lemon juice over that salted wound. Great vid, guys.

[@AliFOJ5]

Street's of Rage! No comparison here. If nothing the music is worth it all in it.

[@JODA93]

I like how their videos aren't over the top. Looks like something anyone could do.

[@ConsoleWars]

+JODA9395 Anyone can do this.

[@MrAsterack]

+Console Wars But you guy's did, and that's why you're awesome.

[@sega32xxx14]

+Console Wars The guy with the orange hair is awesome, even though I always root for black hair Dan lol...

[@SoCalBIGmike]

@@ConsoleWars Nah, you guys are awesome & the skits are great 👍🏻

[@dr.joshdarealgamer1610]

I agree w/ you Sega. Since you were & still is one of the greatest of all time, Streets of Rage is the best beat em up game of all time.

[@billoverbeck3784]

@Johnnie Eletronic wrong

[@gaba665]

@Johnnie Eletronic lol what a stupid argument.

[@otisthe1410]

Am I the only one who still listens to the Streets of rage soundtrack a few times a year?

[@jjjsalang]

All SOR soundtracks are on Spotify. You are not alone! 😁

[@rafaellechugo]

few times a year? I listen to it all the time! absolutely legendary! 🙌

[@georged7627]

Streets of Rage series will go down as best beatem ups in history not to mention the music, now that's another video 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@Marc_Araujo]

I don't know. In terms of home console beat-em-ups, I'd go: 1) TMNT IV: Turtles in Time; 2) Streets of Rage 2; and 3) Final Fight CD.

[@ConsoleWars]

We def wanna do the sequels to both games. we've just got such a long list of games to do.

[@jaraskz1840]

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[@tacoman422]

This is a pretty interesting series. It definitely makes me nostalgic for the console wars of days past. I can't imagine anyone will be able to make much of a video series on PS4 vs XBONE fifteen years from now...

[@EXmugen]

Final fight was better graphically, and the characters are easily the most well known out of the two game franchises. Final fight had smooth game play, and solid mechanics no doubt. But here's where things get better for Streets of rage. Final fight had the standard set up. Your basic attacks, your grab&knee, overhead toss, and special attack for surrounding enemies. Streets of rage on the other hand, had your basic attacks, your grab&knee, 2 types of throws per character depending on weather you grabbed them from the front or back, the ability to attack while being held by other enemies, and even toss them before they were able to toss you! You were even able to toss your partner into an airborne attack that could clear a crowd of enemies pretty well! THEN you had your special attack/back up. SOR may not have looked better, but it sure as hell offered a better game play experience as FF felt a lot more repetitive with less fighting mechanics. As for the soundtracks, Final fight has about four songs that are very memorable to me. And they're very good tracks! But Streets of rage kills it with they're dance/jazzy tunes. And I absolutely LOVE the bar stage track. Even my mother who hates video games, would stop in whenever she heard that particular tune, and also the ending track. And we don't even wanna get into SOR2 and just how badass THAT game was...! Just thinking about it makes me wanna play it...!

[@censored1080]

Don't forget that in the Multi-player, there are two different endings in the first SOR.

[@censored1080]

censored1080 Also that there was a port of the first Final Fight for the SEGA CD.

[@EXmugen]

Very true! Final fight CD was awesome with it's remixed soundtrack.

[@Yami_555]

YES!! Right all the way! You just proved why graphics don't make a game, and why Streets Of Rage, truly is better. I like both but Streets Of Rage is definitely better.

[@tlalonde183]

censored1080 the Sega CD port of Final Fight is so good, I prefer it over the arcade version. The music sounds amazing pumping through my Kenwood tower speakers. All the levels and cut scenes are there backed by a kick-ass soundtrack and tight controls. I think I’ll fire mine up right now lol.

[@guillaumeboyer5473]

Streets of rage 2 > all

[@gaba665]

And Bk 3 too... is waaaaay better with alternate paths, running characters, alternate endings, secret zones, secret characters, play as some of the bosses.. lol and graphics in sor 2 and 3 were absolutely better than FF's..

[@gaba665]

@Shinobu Sensui you got super zan and there are 3 super axels too.

[@StankMask]

Without even seeing the results, there is no comparison. As soon as Capcom realized they couldn't technically depict two giant player controlled sprites on the screen early on in the SNES era, FF was a failure. The arcade version was amazing, but SoR is the uncontested winner on the consoles.

[@Maru96]

***** But Final Fight has way bigger sprites than Turtles in Time and was a launch title. And Turtles in Times Arcade was still much more technical advanced than the SNES version: Sprite scaling, many more enemies on screen, better animations, better voices and sound effects, better effects like exposions etc, the only thing better on SNES version is that the controls are a bit better.

[@Maru96]

***** Your opinion is shit.

[@KAILOONE]

I totally agree, when I was a kid around 7 or 8 I had my Genesis and I owned SOR1 and SOR2. I used to play with my cousin and friends all of the time on 2 player mode, but one summer on vacations I borrowed my Genesis to a nieghbor and he borrowed me his SNES with Final Fight, my cousin would come and we would play Mario World and Mario All Stars instead of the usual Sonic 1 and 2, which was a change, but sometimes we wanted to play a beatem up game and well we had Final Fight with 1 player only... It was a nightmare for me since we had to turn lives and we even tried doing codes or something to make it 2 player, we thought maybe it was a blocked feature or something. Final Fight not being 2 player just totally killed it hard.

[@Maru96]

KAILOONE The only way to experience Final Fight was on arcades, on consoles it was always crippled.

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Oh man i wonder what if Streets of rage was made for the arcades? IMAGINE THE AWESOMENESS!

[@sfighter0085]

Where the "That's It!" line originated, and the beginning of the Final Fight vs. Streets of Rage trilogy. Also this is the first time I've noticed the two male "Poisons" names, Billy and Sid. And looking at them, I noticed with their punk motive, they're named after rockers Billy Idol and Sid Vicious.

[@bluebillygrit1]

Great video. I don't know how y'all could even debate the 'sound' portion of the video and keep a straight face. The soundtrack to Streets of Rage (the entire trilogy, actually) is absolutely legendary, and has even been made available on vinyl because it continues to be so relevant. I'm typically an SNES guy, but the Streets of Rage franchise absolutely mops the floor with the Final Fight's.

[@ConsoleWars]

mario vs sonic would be a fun video to make. it would also be very difficult since theyre the mascots for each system. maybe well do that once we make enough videos and get really good at it.

[@mrlaidback83]

@@inceptional yea well even though I enjoyed the hell out Super Mario World and most Mario games in general, the Sonic 1, 2, 3 & Knuckles are some of my favorite and greatest games ever imho that I loved playing a whole lot more than any Mario game imho.

[@inceptional]

@@mrlaidback83 They may be some of your favourite games ever but the Mario games are just superior overall. Look at any Top 100 Games of All Time list and you'll find plenty of Mario platformers on there, some even right near the very top, and you'll see basically no Sonic games unless you're very lucky. And that's for good reason. While all the Sonic games are fun, and there's even some technically impress stuff going on at times, they're not even in the same league as something like Super Mario World in terms of just pure execution and gameplay. But, hey, almost no other platformers are either, so that's not a major knock on the Sonic games. Super Mario World can very reasonably be argued as being the greatest platformer ever made, and I think the vast majority of people who actually know what they're talking about will agree. Again, hence those Top 100 Games of All Time lists.

[@24magiccarrot]

I've watched all three of your Streets of Rage v Final fight comparisons, and now I know I've just lost all of tomorrow re-playing through all 3 Streets of Rage games. I felt really bad for Final Fight 2 going up against Streets of Rage 2 though, Streets of Rage 2 may be the best game from the 16 bit era.

[@ConsoleWars]

Have fun!

[@RapideWombaticus]

Console Wars is now one of my faves. Great work guys

[@bradleremond]

Both great games, but SOR1 has two valuable assets over FF1 - In SOR1 when you run out of lives, you restart just where you've died, meanwhile in FF, when you lose, you have to restart the whole level anew - FF1 has a good soundtrack, but SOR1 has an even better one.

[@Bubbabyte99]

ben owen Agreed. The soundtrack in the arcade version is one of the greatest soundtracks to any game ever imo.

[@huacxix4032]

Now with Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle including the arcade version of Final Fight on modern consoles and Sega Genesis Classics including Streets of Rage on to modern consoles too, its fair to compare their latest release. With that being said while I prefer the graphics, music, and presentation of the arcade version of Final Fight, Streets of Rage is a better game because of how well done the environmental hazards are. In Streets of Rage, you can strategically use the crushers and conveyer belts against your enemies, in Final Fight, there’s fire that comes out of the ground and hurts everything randomly. Both are great games. I wish that more modern beat Em ups were made in this style.

[@RockRedGenesis]

For me, it's Streets of Rage every single time, kick it up to its hardest difficulty, grab a friend/sibling, and kick some ass, something you couldn't do on the Snes Final Fight, it was single player only. Me and my brother did this a lot when we were kids, and i still dust off my Mega Drive and walk the Streets of Rage very once in a while. But the icing on the cake is the soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro, a soundtrack so good that you could listen to it by it's self, hell i've got on my iPod, and listen to it often, it's that good, Koshiro is a freaking genius.

[@zoddtheimmortal2530]

SOR smokes FF. Final fight has bigger characters but the controls are very shallow and feels like your confined to a hallway as were SOR feels like your in the streets with way more room for movement more depth in controls not to mention its music is the best of the 16 bit era.

[@Maru96]

+Mark S The SNES port of Final Fight is kinda mediocre but the Arcade is a much better game than SoR1.

[@zoddtheimmortal2530]

Not control or music wise Final Fight is way to simple. Streets of rage has reversals and more ways to attacks.

[@Maru96]

Mark S So Final Fight is too simple uh? try to clear the arcade game with one credit and come here again, i'm waiting. SoR1 has some useless gimmicky moves like back attacks, but the only way to play that game safe on Hard is just spamming jump attacks, it's the only useful move for large crowds.

[@zoddtheimmortal2530]

Gimmicky its called depth something Final Fight doesn't have, and FF has shit music. Reversal and throws and being able to attack when an enemy is grappling your character is far more than a gimmick. Streets of rage is true challenge FF I be every time I've played it. troll some else there isn't shit you cn say to change the out come even the video says your wrong.

[@Maru96]

Mark S Yeah sure because spamming jump kicks all the time to win is "depth", just lol. So you haven't cleared Final Fight arcade with one credit yet you say it's "simple" and has no "challenge". Ok, you just invalidated your shitty argument and proved to be another blind SoR fanboy, move on kid.

[@Theealterego]

Final fight has nothing on Streets of Rage! 😦😌

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

There is also a Final Fight game for the Sega CD called Final Fight CD.

[@pferreira1983]

That is superior to the Snes version.

[@lekanraposte6732]

But still inferior to the original arcade despite the CD soundtrack.

[@pferreira1983]

Le Kanraposte But still the best console version.

[@lekanraposte6732]

Not counting the recent arcade collections, defenitely. I Own Final Fight CD and it's one of my preshush game in my collection. However, I _refuse_ to ever own the SNES version.

[@Bubbabyte99]

P Ferreira Not true. The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are the best versions. The music is far superior to the SEGA CD version, and there's even a mode that makes the game look like it's in the original arcade machine.

[@abdulwarethlaham7112]

freaking Love your videos guys ;)

[@ConsoleWars]

abdul WARETH Laham Thanks!

[@Redmage1987]

I still need to play Final Fight, but Streets of Rage is definitely one of the best beat 'em ups out there! I know a buddy of mine owns the first Final Fight, and I kind of wondered how come he never suggested that we play it, and now I know why. It's a shame that it didn't have co-op. Streets of Rage is easily my favorite beat 'em up franchise to this day.

[@ThumbBros_RunAndPun]

8:46 I do think that's one of Final Fight's better music! But I also like the Stage 2 music to Final Fight as well-the subway level. Yeah, Streets of Rage does have better music though-however Final Fight music does fit the mood well.

[@rolanddesjarlais8596]

Streets of Rage all the way.

[@OfLegionReal]

Hell yeah

[@gregbethscheider7769]

WatsonKeen221B you're right I'll take Streets of Rage over final fight all day long

[@logria10]

It does not matter. Turtles in Time destroy both games.

[@tuxysmagicaljukebox5431]

Fuck you!

[@billoverbeck3784]

@@logria10 stupid comment.

[@SharifSourour]

You’re right about the Time Capsule, I have Streets of Rage soundtrack on vinyl. ;)

[@RustyNickels]

Nowadays they could say the Streets of Rage music is so good that it was played live by the composer, because it was.

[@VOLTRAR]

Knights of the Round vs Golden Axe.

[@JessicaChastainFan]

Prefer Streets of Rage, too. It's so much better.

[@cesarjezreelmolina8030]

I was blessed to play streets of rage on sega Genesis. Thanks for the memories :)

[@Marc_Araujo]

And the winner is...Final Fight CD for the Sega CD.

[@Rikitronton]

no, If you beat the game with two players, Mr. X asks you if you want to join in his organization. If one says Yes and the other No, you both fight untill death! You only can know it if you arrive to the final with 2 players. Another detail that makes sor better :)

[@TheWarriorFrenzy]

Just forgot about Streets of Rage's alternative ending and you didn't show off the two player combination moves. You could throw your buddy into a pile of enemies like a cannon ball. You could also vault over your buddy into a flying attack. Nice reviews though!

[@zanegandini5350]

SoR 2 was much better than the original. Better fighting engine, better graphics, debatably better sound. That really makes FF SNES look bad.

[@gaba665]

Totally agree with you Sor 2 And Sor 3 graphically are way superior, better animations, better sprites, 2 times bigger than the first Sor.. and music, Sor2 and Sor3 are just miles away from the snes port of ff. Period.

[@rtoffelix]

The intro for SOR1 still gives me goosebumps til this day. Don't get me started on the music... While Final Fight's intro & cut scenes aren't as memorable to me.

[@ThumbBros_RunAndPun]

11:09 I think that's one instance where the SNES Final Fight music is better than the Final Fight Arcade music. What do other people think?

[@ricosimon1057]

No, i don’t think it’s better than arcade, because i have one as a part of arcade stadium.

[@angeles2425]

The best home version of Final Fight, is Final Fight CD for the SEGA CD.

[@Maru96]

No, it's the X68000 port, Sega CD is second best.

[@angeles2425]

Marcel Weber Arcade is always in 1st place. I just assumed a PORT was somthing that was ported over from somthing to somthing eles. in this case the arcade was ported to home consoles.

[@Maru96]

angeles2425 PS2/XBOX aren't ports, they are emulation, therefore you are playing the arcade game at home, which is of course better than playing a downgraded port like the Sega CD port.

[@angeles2425]

Marcel Weber I know that. so they dont really count as ports right? But if we talk emulation of the arcade game, i prefer an upright MAME pc with arcade sticks vs console controllers. I thought we where just talking downgraded ports, not emulators. But i get what you mean. I guess i shuld not have used the word home, but downgraded port version then ;-)

[@Maru96]

angeles2425 But X68000 isn't an Arcade, and it's a better port.

[@Sinn0100]

You guy's are forgetting Final Fight was released came out for a bunch of machines back then. It hit the Snes twice (Final Fight Cody and Final Fight Guy), Sega CD, Capcom Console (JP), and the Sharp X68000 (JP). Streets of Rage hit the Genesis and was also on the Sega CD included with the add-on at launch. It was actually the best version as the CD music was great! Final Fight while a good game in its own right pales in comparison to any Streets of Rage entry. Perhaps the biggest reason is the amazing crowd control featured in all the Streets of Rage games. Further, the AI in Final Fight is non-existent. The enemy characters simply bunch together and come at your character all at once. SOR 1+2+3+4 feature characters that team up on you and use various strategies to beat you. Further, in Final Fight you only have 3 to 4 enemies on screen at once. SOR features loads of enemies on screen at once. Perhaps the next biggest reason any SOR beats and Final Fight is the move set. Each character feels unique and plays entirely different. Cody and Guy are so similar that Capcom made two versions of the original game...in single player only on the Snes. Lastly, the music in SOR is hands down the best music in any 16-bit game ever released on cart. The only other game that comes close is Thunder Force IV in terms of sheer quality. Streets of Rage wins this by a wide, wide, wide margin. Addendum- What's this graphics being better in Final Fight?! I'd like to introduce my personal friend his name is parallax scrolling and he doesn't show up in the Snes version of Final Fight....but man is he all over Streets of Rage. Having more varied levels and multiple layers of parallax scrolling easily gives SOR the edge. Not to mention the rain and crashing water of the beach level looked insane in 1991.

[@yjzep9922]

yeah, it's unfair to compare the snes to the arcade. Butttt...What about the sega CD, which is technically sorta the Genesis? ;) That version is way better!

[@democrazy69]

It's more complete, and the music is of course better due to being CD audio, but the voices sound like cats fighting in a tin can.

[@gaba665]

Sega CD is just miles away from the snes shitty port. Also Sor 2 and Sor3 are waaaay better than ff for the snes. No much more to say..

[@cinnamondan4984]

The best best ‘em ups in 16 but era: RoR 1-3 and Final Fight CD.

[@demgutts]

Lmfao at 9:48 the back fist dance, I thought I was the only one who use to do it

[@rdzreborn2k7kt]

I like both Final Fight and Streets and Rage

[@ZBR_ProXP]

Me too.

[@diobrando-qv3uv]

Cool

[@Needwagon4Speedwagon]

Streets of rage has one of the best soundtracks ever made, final fight had no chances, also it's not bettter if you lose all of your lives and continue right where you left, there should be a "punishment" or there's no point for lives

[@DavidRockvoice]

Final Fight 3 and Streets Of Rage II are both great games. Couldn't decide between them both.

[@Chillywilly8818]

The weired sizing reminds of double dragon 3 arcade and megadrive when you buy the "extra guys"

[@ConsoleWars]

glad you enjoy. yeah, were gonna do all those episodes eventually. we dont like using emulators and batman the animated series on snes is $50! also, batman is awesome and we wanna be really good with our video making skills by that point.

[@drunkenmolesterpaul3569]

I’m from the future. I hope you jumped on that copy of Batman and Robin for $50. That’s a steal in the future

[@enkidux88]

i like Street of Rage...Final fight looks cartoony with a giant characters...music tracks on final fight are so random..while the street of rage has one of the greatest music tracks in the history of video games...

[@nesaiamon8727]

Streets of Rage - no contest - and I owned a snes back in the day

[@Icy1050]

I like Streets of Rage even more then arcade Final Fight!

[@falksi3182]

Streets of Rage wins hands down. Final Fight Arcade & CD would be a closer call, but Final Fight SNES is a really butchered port (like most SNES ports) and is a distant last place in this race. Streets of Rage was also THE sound of the early 90's. You're not just listening to a game there, you're listening to what half the clubbers were pretty much dancing to every Saturday night, as Yuzo reworked some classic dance tracks.

[@2beton]

Final Fight on MD-CD is the best one

[@jonathanlisowski5618]

I played both near the time of their launch & left feeling like Final Fight was good, but greatly disappointed by how much was cut. When I played through Streets of Rage I recall feeling amazed & excited. When news & screens of part 2 was announced, I was a Nintendo fanboy loving SF2 but was excited for SOR2 given how amazing the first one was, & part 2 having big, chunky character sprites which was all SOR1 was lacking &, as stated in the video, was made up for by the gameplay.

[@GandalfTheGrey11]

Final fight was released also on Amiga.

[@BMan100]

Blast em with Final Fight CD!!!!!

[@Slappaccino]

the intro music jam in SoR alone is better than the whole Final Fight franchise.

[@aztn19]

It took Final Fight three tries in Final Fight 3 be as good as Streets of Rage 1!

[@Maru96]

SoLoMoN DaViDSoN The arcade is way better than Streets of Rage 1.

[@JessicaChastainFan]

Exactly.

[@wrestletube1]

Streetso had better instrumentation for the type of music the game has and thats dance music and the electro and good drumset works perfectly for that soundtrack. Final Fight got the horns plain wrong for it's tunes in fact the original had electro instruments like Streeso did better for the tunes of music in the game. Of course I enjoyed both games better on their arcade hardware. I've played a Streetso cab at my swimming baths back in the day and playing it with an 8 way arcade joystick was awesome and better than the Megadrive home pad.

[@Cynical_Hypocrite]

+Daniel Cordell i agree

[@snowypods9812]

You missed multiple endings for streets of rage

[@caliktil]

I wish you would revisit this. It would be amazing to see a new video, especially with all of your new story and editing techniques. Don't get me wrong, I still agree with the outcome, but to see a new video would still kick ass.

[@djlamar2]

On these games I can't really decide. They're both good beat em ups :)

[@TheT0nedude]

If comparing sor vs arcade ff would have been a proper contest but vs snes ff? With no 2 player mode it's a no show. Simples. In this genre no 2 player mode it's like Tetris with no blocks.

[@Cloud971]

It's sega vs nintendo dude, arcade doesn't count in there.

[@TheT0nedude]

Indeed. Sorry SNES you got your ass well and truly spanked this time.

[@Needwagon4Speedwagon]

TheT0nedude I would love to see Console wars: Arcade vs Sega/Snes, lmao'd at the tetris metaphor btw

[@ConsoleWars]

Thanks. We have the formula down for making videos we just gotta get these out faster. Thanks for watching!

[@cbsandwich9421]

Im usually a final fight guy (no pun intended) except for the snes port of pt1. It cuts out stages, characters, and the 2-player option. Those are all gamebreakers for me, so i agree with guys on this one streets of rage hands down

[@NicoTheCinderace]

In fact... Streets of rage even has a REMAKE. if you love streets of rage, You should consider downloading and playing Streets of rage remake V5. V5 is the final release by Bombergames, and they worked HARD on it.

[@benaiahburns4046]

Final Fight has always been one of my favorite games of all time! From the iconic soundtrack, sounds, and very colorful, detailed and huge characters, the game was a classic from the start, and the epitome of what beat'em ups should be. Streets of Rage was good, and Streets of Rage 2 was better than the first one, but aside from some of the musical tracks, it just never put me in the mood for a beat'em up like Final Fights tracks did. Moreover, the animations of how Cody and Haggar beat up their enemies looked a LOT cooler than how Axel or any of the other characters took care of their enemies. Final Fight was big and bold, and Streets of Rage simply copied the formula, albeit with smaller characters. I was definitely disappointed about the lack of 2 player capability, and that definitely is one of the worst points of Final Fight, but I still had a ton of fun playing it, and I've finished Final Fight probably close to 100 times, whereas I've only cared to finish Streets of Rage four or five times at best.

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

Agreed. I can play Final Fight over and over. Satisfying beat-em-up.

[@Azaism]

The fact that we know who Yuzo Koshiro is and most people can't even name the person(s) who made the music for Final Fight is all the proof you need that SOR's music is better.

[@nickolasecker9596]

I can't decide if I prefer Streets of Rage 1 and 2 on the Genesis or Final Fight CD, that's the real debate. I would say those are the greatest beat em ups of all time, along with Guardian Heroes.

[@gaetaboots9292]

I actually love final fight in the arcade. For some reason my local drug store had a few arcade games and whenever I got money I would get tootsi pops and play final fight, also they had alien 3 there too. That was a killer game too

[@ConsoleWars]

we would but it really takes a long time to write the script, film, do voiceovers, and edit. we were thinking of doing a video commentary to explain what goes into each video.

[@castlerockster6420]

Nintendo Sucks SEGA Game Battle

[@SNARC15]

There is a good console Final Fight...ON SEGA CD! Also the Guy version of Final Fight was released here in the US, but it was originally only available as a rental, similar to John Madden Championship Edition '93.

[@godthisisannoying]

Man, the music on SoR is so good it boggles the mind how mediocre 99% of the genesis/mega drive catalog was in that respect. Either devs couldn't be bothered, or sega's dev manual for the sound chip was crap. I'm guessing a bit of both.

[@Maru96]

godthisisannoying There is tons of good music on the genesis, you just aren't aware of it.

[@gentarofourze]

It is nowhere near 99%, and the issue was more with Western devs who used a stock generic sound driver which sounded awful, talented programmers made good sound with it but it would of been far better with the better sound drivers, as SOR proves Japanese devs could make amazing music.

[@PhibesLives]

I agree. The Sega CD was an upgrade, and had the technological advantage which came along with being released years after the Super Nintendo launch. I also agree that a Final Fight 2 Vs Streets Of Rage 2 seems like a no - brainer.

[@BenignAndaHalf]

They're both good games. Final Fight is more nostalgic because of Guy and Cody. While Streets of Rage was a little more fun. It's a tie in my book, I'll be happy to play either. However, the best console beat-em-up for the Genesis is Battletoads/Double Dragon. While Rival Turf is my favorite for SNES. The greatest beat-em-up in history will always be the arcade Turtles in Time, followed closely by X-Men.

[@Maru96]

+BenignAndaHalf >The greatest beat-em-up in history will always be the arcade Turtles in Time, followed closely by X-Men. lol, not even close

[@Blit-X-TVLive]

The argument was settled at 2:48 - just from the music alone

[@CubamusPrime]

Due to hardware limitations the SNES version could only display two or three enemies on-screen, in contrast to the CPS arcade version, which could display up to nine or ten enemies on-screen; to make up for this difference, the SNES version features more stopping points than the arcade version and the enemy placement is vastly different.

[@laserbeak3551]

One player after that there’s no question anymore. SOR the greatest

[@itsyaboi3951]

Streets of rage no contest the music alone😂

[@joeschmoe4698]

A beat'em up without 2-players, is not a beat'em up in my book, it's an action adventure game. SOR wins on that alone imo.

[@Soan]

Hilarious considering the full Final Fight experience later came out on the Sega CD (which is an add on to the Genesis).

[@FrequencyAdjusterz]

have you ever played streets of rage with a rgb scart cable? Looks way clearer and detailed than both streets of rage and final fight as shown here :)

[@jaredjacoby6168]

Streets of rage for the second game alone. I still bop my head to the music of the first game to this day.

[@CyberIce2000]

12:30 I like the '1 player' part :D

[@BubbaAce]

You forgot to compare sound effects in both games; punching, kicking, and screaming sounds better in Final Fight Other than that, Music in Streets of Rage is some of the best ever made :) Now let's see... Sega 7, Nintendo 3... time for Mickey Mania or any other game that Nintendo outshines Sega in... not being picky but I feel it's time for a game in which Nintendo is victorious

[@alainsoucysergerie9879]

You gotta feel bad for Greg: his game is worth like 8.5 out of 10, but still, he had no chance. I do prefer SoR a bit, but the Final Fight remaster on PS Store is reallllly good too. Both original and remixed soundtracks, continues right where you died AND online multiplayer. Lots of fun. It even comes bundled in with Magic Sword (fromCapcom too), which I thought I would hate, but in the end, I had a good time going through it twice (you can either "restore peace" or take the evil throne for different endings).

[@ateliertohka7327]

Streets of Rage is my childhood!

[@JetCentralReviews]

Great videos man! Keep up the good work! To be honest, me and you guys both deserve way more views then we get.

[@ConsoleWars]

were working on the next one. itll probably be done next month.

[@ConsoleWars]

never heard of that game. did a quick search and looks like that could be a future episode. thanks for the idea!

[@ConsoleWars]

multiple endings? you mean beat the game or fight each other and start again from level...6?

[@gaba665]

That is one possible ending, if you are fighting in a single player mode, and say yes to Mr. X he throws you back to level 6, if you reach him again and defeat him, you get your bad ending, when you take control of the city. If you're playing co-op mode and one of the players say yes to mr. X and win the fight against each other, you get to fight mr. X and if you defeat him you get one of two endings, if you said yes to mr.X you get the bad ending, and if you say no to him, you get your good ending.

[@ConsoleWars]

Yeh, that'll be an episode soon

[@itscomplicatedwatches]

Missed opportunity in not mentioning how the original SoR soundtrack led the composer to fame. Was great EDM music.

[@chuckobscure]

IMO Streets of Rage looks better, more colorful. Final Fight colors look drab to me.

[@ZBR_ProXP]

With all due respect, your opinion is wrong.

[@shadowyashatoura]

chuckobscure better game yeah but final fight's graphics are better

[@chuckobscure]

Sub Dork Productions Looks like more people agree with me. :P

[@arkanjoteixeira]

chuckobscure FF looks sharper. But SoR looks more colorful yes. Which is great for their art style. But J still prefer FF for the more down to earth look.

[@iamLI3]

man such classic consol wars goodness....

[@Misterorder]

5:07 - Makes me crack up every f'ing time I hear it!