Thursday 15 March 2012

Boss Fight - Belger (Final Fight, 1989)

For this month's Boss Fight post I have decided to go for what superficially appears to be one of the most politically incorrect bosses encounters in arcade history, the wheelchair-bound final boss of Final Fight, Belger.


After battling their way through the streets of Metro City, Haggar, Cody and Guy discover the Mad Gear gang, who have been terrorising the city for months, are controlled by an invalid bussinessman, living in the penthouse of a luxurious tower block. Worse still, he's holding Jessica Haggar captive and pointing a crossbow at your head(s). 

Invalid or not, Belger must go down, so the team of street fighters set about laying the boot in. His wheelchair promptly breaks, in a scene that would send the average Daily Mail reader reaching for their typewriter. But wait, he's not disabled, it's all a ruse and now he's on his feet, Belger unleashes his crossbow and -- in typical Final Fight style -- more of his goons. When you finally take the final chunk of his life by in the final fight of Final Fight, Belger takes a dramatic tumble through a plate glass window and falls to his doom. 


Well, if he was faking his disability before, he certainly isn't now -- not that you actually see him hit the floor.

MTW

2 comments:

  1. Problem is the Daily Mail still wins, as Cody ended up going to jail for this.

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  2. LOL Very good point. I loved jailbird Cody in SF3A and SSFIV though

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