When it comes down to classic video game IP’s owned by Capcom one of the few franchises that many people think about is Final Fight. The Final Fight series began in ’89 and it surprisingly became very popular in arcade centers and was considered a big deal during the early 90’s. In relation to the beat em up genre Final Fight is considered to be one of the most iconic video games of all-time. However, despite how successful the original Final Fight game was its ’93 sequel which was released exclusively for the SNES was considered to be somewhat of a flop. Final Fight 2 from ’93 had saw the return of the main protagonist Mike Haggar but saw the absence of both Guy and Cody who were featured in the original ’89 game. The soundtrack for Final Fight 2 was weak compared to its prequel and the new characters Carlos and Maki were less popular Guy or Cody. Final Fight 3 from ’95 was a better game overall but it was also a SNES exclusive. Final Fight 3 was also overlooked during the mid 90’s mainly because the beat em up genre was starting to become irrelevant around that time. Aside from a spin-off game from ’99 called Final Fight Revenge the only other games that we got to see were Final Fight: Streetwise and Final FightL Double Impact which came out between 2006-2010. The Final Fight franchise was been completely dead for over a decade now and it seems unlikely that there will ever be a Final Fight 4. The Final Fight series never really generated much of a profit for Capcom like some of the other franchises including Resident Evil, Monster Hunter or Street Fighter. Capcom is not in a similar situation as Sega where they need to revive older IP’s to become relevant again especially considering how popular some their franchises are in the modern era of gaming. Also, society is radically different today compared to the 90’s where people prefer games like Grand Theft Auto which glorifies anti-heroes who are generally criminals or rebels. A Final Fight reboot would be interesting and could easily capture the attention of the gaming community but it would unlikely have the same level of success that Streets of Rage 4 got back in 2020.