Weapons

Weapons are common items in the Final Fight series that can be taken and used by the player.

Final Fight
There are three different weapons that can be found in Final Fight: knife, pipe, and katana. To pick up a weapon, move over it and press the attack button. When hit while holding a weapon, the character will drop it. Sometimes the player can pick it back up, but other times it will vanish.

Any character can use any weapon, but each of the three playable characters has advantage with a specific weapon. Cody is better with the knife, Mike Haggar with the pipe, and Guy with the katana. Guy and Haggar will always throw the knife when the attack button is pressed, but Cody will keep it and stab enemies. El Gado often uses a knife, and Sodom has a katana.

In Mighty Final Fight, only one weapon appears for each character, and the pipe and katana are replaced by shurikens and a hammer. With the knife, Cody will stab enemies when close to them and throw it when far. Guy has a limited supply of shurikens he can throw.

Final Fight 2
Like the previous game, Final Fight 2 has three weapons: tonfa, a piece of lumber, and a knife. Each of the playable characters has advantage with a specific weapon, Maki being better with the tonfa, Haggar with the lumber, and Carlos with the knife. Maki and Haggar will always throw the knife, but Carlos will keep it and stab enemies.

Final Fight 3
Final Fight 3 has four weapons, each being better for a different character: nunchaku (Guy), club (Lucia), pipe (Haggar), and hammer (Dean). The hammer is thrown at enemies.

Final Fight Revenge
Stages have weapons lying around that can be used by the characters:


 * Arm - The arm of zombie Belger, which can be used as a bludgeon weapon when knocked off him.
 * Army Knife - A short range blade. El Gado starts each round with one.
 * Bazooka - A large weapon that can be fire eight times and explodes on the target.
 * Bomb - A grenade that can be throw at the opponent.
 * Bow Gun - Shoots flaming arrows. Only appears in Belger's stage.
 * Chainsaw - Used to swipe at the opponent.
 * Flame Thrower - Releases flames.
 * Freeze Gun - Temporarily freezes the target.
 * Gun - A standard handgun with eight bullets.
 * Head - The head of zombie Belger. It acts like a grenade, exploding after being thrown.
 * Jack Knife - A stronger knife.
 * Katana - Except for Guy, who uses the Japanese blade to thrust his opponent, all characters use it to swipe opponents. Sodom starts each round with one.
 * Leg - The leg of zombie Belger, which can be used as a bludgeon weapon when knocked off him.
 * Machine Gun - Rapid fire weapon with 48 bullets.
 * Musashi's Sword - A stronger Katana.
 * Nyoi-bo - Similar to Rolento's stick, but with a longer range due to its size.
 * Poison Claw - Slightly increases the reach of punches. When used by Poison it increases her strength.
 * Police Stick - A small bludgeon weapon. Edi. E starts each round with one.
 * Rifle - A slow but strong weapon with 16 bullets.
 * Shotgun - A strong weapon with a wide range. Has 10 shells.
 * Spiked Knuckles - Increases the damage of punches.
 * Steel Pipe - A strong bludgeon weapon. When used by Haggar, he gains a special swipe attack.
 * Stick - A medium bludgeon weapon. Rolento starts each round with one.
 * Stun Gun - A gun that temporarily stuns the target. Has 10 shots.
 * Survival Knife - Same as the other knives, but Cody gains a double swipe attack when using it.
 * War Hammer - A large and powerful bludgeon weapon that can easily stun the opponent.

Defeating the opponent with a weapon will make the victory icon have the shape of a sword.

In addition to the above, Poison, Andore, El Gado, and Edi. E respectively have a whip, a chain, a knife, and a gun that is always available to them as part of their moveset.

Final Fight: Streetwise
Several weapons are available.

Street Fighter series
While weapons can't be found in stages and collected by the player in the Street Fighter series, some characters fight with weapons. Below are some examples:
 * Cody's Knife Pickup is a reference to the Final Fight weapons.
 * Besides Cody, some of the Final Fight characters use weapons. Rolento uses a stick and grenades. Poison uses a whip. Sodom uses a jitte, and Maki uses a tonfa.
 * Geki and Vega use a claw. Notably, in most of Vega's appearances his claw may fall when hit several times, and he can recover it.
 * Ninja tools such as kunai, shuriken, and smoke bombs are used by Ibuki and Geki.
 * Eagle uses a pair of clubs.