
Made worse in the remake where some will land on their feet if you try to knock them down and yes, they can avoid being knocked into/thrown into a pit by refusing to let themselves be inched towards the pit.
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The first took off some of your energy if it hit, the second regardless of whether you hit or not, and the latter was a power attack but didn't use energy. To explain a little, all characters had three specials a standing A, forward A, and forward-forward-B. Toned down in power in Streets of Rage 3. Axel's Grand Upper GRAND UPPA! attack in Streets of Rage 2.As a result, it loses a wheel and the said Donovan gets sent smashing into its back window head-first. As soon as you reach the end of the first motorcycle level, the pickup truck carrying a Donovan Mook that was harassing you crashes into a cargo truck.

X as crime boss while playing as Blaze, then in her "evil ending" cutscene she qualifies as an example of this. Evil Is Sexy: If you manage to replace Mr.Given the "quality" of recent Sega sequels ( Beast Rider *shudders*), it's easy to see why they felt threatened. And then to top it off, the remake pretty much combines the best parts of all 3 games, and has even better music, while staying true to the original.Even Better Sequel: Streets of Rage 2, with better graphics, better gameplay, more characters, more enemies, more stages, more weapons.This is especially evident in the remake. Demonic Spiders: Arguably, since Raven has a lot of health, can block attacks and delivers powerful kicks.Luckily, you only fight one of them at a time. In the 3rd game, there's the oddly placed Japanese styled building that comes after a tunnel level, complete with a boss fight that looks like a samurai and he can split into two other copies.Big Lipped Alligator Moment: Several sub-areas seem rather out-of-place, specifically the creepy Alien-themed area in the middle of a fairground, complete with entertaining lethal exploding alien eggs and a giant lethal monstrous swingy thingy.The fan remake's soundtrack is entirely made of great remixes of the original tracks, along with some brand-new songs tossed in for good measure.The soundtracks are so popular, Koshiro makes money on the side by remixing his own tracks and playing them at clubs. There's a good reason Yuzo Koshiro's name appears on the title screens of all three games directly under Sega's copyright.

Awesome Music: The soundtracks of the games are quite enjoyable.
