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2006 video game

Final Fight: Streetwise

Developer(s)	Capcom Production Studio 8 (PS2) Secret Level (Xbox)
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release	February 28, 2006 April 7, 2007
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up, Action-adventure, Sandbox
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Final Fight: Streetwise is a game in the Final Fight series. Set several years after Final Fight 3, it stars Kyle Travers, Cody's younger brother. In Streetwise, Kyle roams around the streets of Metro City in search of his missing brother, Cody. Kyle will run into familiar faces, as well as new ones.

Capcom of Japan closed Capcom Production Studio 8 soon after the release of Streetwise. Contrary to public belief, the game's poor sales did not cause the studio's closing, it was already planned before the game's release. Developer Secret Level ported the game to the Xbox.

This is the first Final Fight game to be rated M. It contains strong language, sexual themes, intense violence, blood, use of drugs and alcohol. A promotional comic was included with preorders of the game that included concept art (see bottom of page).

Gameplay

Final Fight: Streetwise is a 3D beat 'em up. The story mode, which is for 1 player, has 10 minigames, including cockroach stomping, arm-wrestling, slide puzzles, shooting contests and the classic car bash. Players earn money through pit fights and side missions, upgrading Kyle's moveset by training in various gyms in Metro City while progressing through the game. An 'instinct' system allows you to counter opponents' attacks, as well as make your attacks more powerful.

The arcade mode is a no-frills 3D brawler for 1 or 2 players. It does not have upgradable movesets, counters or instinct abilities. Kyle, Cody, Guy and Haggar are all playable characters in arcade mode.

Setting

Story

Kyle and Cody Travers are partners in the sport of underground fighting. One day, Cody is kidnapped, and Kyle must search the city for him.

Kyle finds out that Cody was using an illegal steroid called “glow”, to help with his arthritis. Kyle discovers that glow is being made by a psychotic priest named Father Bella, who hopes to use the drug to bring about the apocalypse. When Kyle finds Bella on the roof of his church, Cody is with him, mutated by a concentrated dose of glow. It is revealed that Bella is the brother of Belger, the antagonist of the original game, just before he and Kyle begin to fight.

During the battle, Cody regains his senses, and throws himself and Bella off the roof. Some time later, Cody awakes in the hospital, with his arthritis gone.

Characters

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Kyle Travers (voiced by Trent Kanuga) is the younger brother of Cody. Kyle is a fighter in Metro City's underground pit fighting circuit, and makes ends meet from brawl to brawl.
Vanessa Sims is the girlfriend of Kyle Travers and owner and bartender of the "Barfly."
Sergeant Sims is a deep cover cop for the MCPD (Metro City Police Department).
2-Ill is a former thug who used to be known as Two.P and served as a part of the original Mad Gear gang.
Vito Bracca is the boss of a gang in Little Italy.
Dr. Chang is a scientist responsible for the creation of the drug, GlycoLauric Octanol (GLOW).
Cody Travers begins using the designer drug glycolauric octanol, or "GLOW" which acts as a steroid, increasing Cody's strength, and relieving the pain on his knees that put an end to his fighting career.

Reception

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Upon release, the game was ill-received with extremely negative reviews worldwide, failing to achieve mainstream success.

Many popular video game review websites and magazines, including IGN, GameSpot, GameSpy and Game Informer to name a few, have made several complaints and flaws to the game, usually ending with a negative review towards Streetwise. The most common complaints made by many reviews are:

Very bland and outdated graphics that are messy.
Frustrating and annoying camera view that makes the game very hard to see at a lot of times.
Gratuitous profanity.
Displaying a poor look of a ghetto and gang life.
Many minigames in Streetwise usually not involved with the plot and/or mindless minigames that make no sense (mostly seen as the cockroach stomping minigame).
The original Final Fight arcade port not being a completely accurate port, due to Capcom Production Studios 8 not having the access of the game's programming code, along with the game being very pixelated with a lower framerate.
The plot of the game seemingly turning from a street brawler to a supernatural horror game (a la Capcom's other properties like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil).

ScrewAttack named Final Fight:Streetwise as the 6th game on their Top 10 Worst 2D to 3D Games.

References

Tiamat's Street Fighter Plot FAQ on GameFAQs.

External links

Street Fighter

by Capcom

Video games
and characters

Street Fighter	Ryu Ken Birdie
Final Fight	Final Fight 2 Mighty Final Fight Final Fight 3 Revenge Streetwise Mike Haggar Poison
Street Fighter II	Champion Edition Turbo Super Super Turbo Hyper HD Remix Ultra Akuma Blanka Cammy Chun-Li Dee Jay Dhalsim E. Honda Guile M. Bison Vega Zangief Sheng Long
Street Fighter Alpha	Alpha 2 Alpha 3 Dan Sakura R. Mika
Street Fighter III	2nd Impact 3rd Strike Elena Makoto
Street Fighter IV	Super Arcade Edition 3D Edition Ultra Juri Rufus
Street Fighter V	F.A.N.G. Laura
Street Fighter 6	Kimberly Mai (Guest) Terry (Guest)
Other games	Rival Schools: United by Fate Project Justice characters Saturday Night Slam Masters
Related	The Movie (arcade) The Movie (console) The Interactive Movie Mouse Generation EX 2 3 Cannon Spike Captain Commando Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
Compilations	Collection Capcom Generations Anniversary Collection Capcom Classics Collection Alpha Anthology Capcom Puzzle World Capcom Digital Collection 30th Anniversary Collection Capcom Arcade Stadium Capcom Fighting Collection Capcom Fighting Collection 2

Media

Animated	II: The Animated Movie Alpha: The Animation Alpha: Generations IV: The Ties That Bind Street Fighter II V Street Fighter
Live-action	Street Fighter (soundtrack) The Legend of Chun-Li Assassin's Fist Resurrection
Print media	Manga Street Fighter II Sakura Ganbaru! Comics Malibu Comics UDON IDW The Storytelling Game