20 Video Game Sequels NOBODY Defends
4. Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (1990)
The Street Fighter series is easily one of the most influential franchises in gaming, mostly thanks to the seminal sequel Street Fighter II, which (literally) changed the game and kick-started the popularity of the fighting genre. That's why it feels odd to talk about the other Street Fighter game that was released before that classic - Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight.
Unsurprisingly, it was absolute trash.
The Final Fight was released for the NES in 1990, a year before Street Fighter II made its way to arcades. This game took some wild swings, portraying the beloved Ken Masters as a retired fighter turned cybernetic scientist, who travels across space trying to avenge his murdered lab partner and stop the creation of a superhuman army. It was also an action-platformer, not a fighting game.
Wild premise aside, the game was rough to play, as its intense difficulty and horrendous time limit mechanic left many broken controllers in its wake. Long-time fans of the series prefer to pretend that this bizarre offshoot never even existed.