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Capcom has announced another port of their classic and still immensely playable beat-em-up Final Fight in a package deal (called Final Fight: Double Impact) with Magic Sword. Both games will add in the usual “smear filters” for those that can’t appreciate the beauty of detailed pixel art, and borders that mimic the original arcade cabinet.

Final Fight has been around in nearly every generation, last seen on the Game Boy Advance as Final Fight One, and on the PSP in Capcom Classics. An attempt to update the series on the PS2 called Final Fight Streetwise is better off forgotten. Die-hard fans will note the awesome music of the Sega CD port, and the quirky deformed version on the NES called Mighty Final Fight, a surprising version despite being dumbed down.

Magic Sword doesn’t have the same history, limited to a single game and compilations. A SNES port was nearly identical to the arcade. The game is a two-player platformer with mild RPG elements. You climb the castle through the stages until you reach the top, saving allies from prisons while hacking at enemies. Wonderfully paced despite a general sense of blandness, Magic Sword is worthy enough to be in the package with Final Fight.

Expect a release sometime in 2010.

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