![]() ![]() He also appears as one of several playable characters in the crossover game Namco × Capcom, and as a character card in each of the SNK vs. He was also intended to appear in the canceled 3D fighting game Capcom Fighting All-Stars as a selectable character, reprising his role as mayor to save Metro City from a bomb attack. īeyond the Final Fight series, Haggar appears as a playable character in a prequel series, Saturday Night Slam Masters and its two sequels, Muscle Bomber Duo and Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters 2. As such, Haggar is the only character to be playable in every Final Fight game. While not playable in the game's story mode, he can be recruited as a temporary computer-controlled ally and is playable in the game's arcade mode. Haggar also appears in Final Fight: Streetwise as a retired mayor in charge of a boat repair shop and training gym, offering assistance to Cody's brother Kyle. He also appears in related titles such as Final Fight Revenge, in which he fights against members of Mad Gear while searching for his missing daughter, and Mighty Final Fight, which happens to be a parody of the original Final Fight. Haggar later appeared in the sequel games of Final Fight, in which he battles against a revived Mad Gear in Final Fight 2 in order to rescue Guy's girlfriend and sensei, and fighting against the Skull Cross gang in Final Fight 3. Haggar recruits the help of Jessica's boyfriend Cody and their mutual friend Guy to rescue her and defeat the gang. After he refuses their bribe, they kidnap his daughter Jessica in hopes of forcing Haggar into a reluctant cooperation with them. Introduced as one of the three playable characters in Final Fight, Haggar is a former professional wrestler turned mayor of Metro City, which is plagued by the Mad Gear gang, the most dominant street gang in the city. Though the team was torn on keeping true to the previous game's designs, Kaniuga felt the game's time period represented one that had shifted away from heavy wrestling influence such as Wrestlemania, and considered the redesign a difficult challenge. When developing Final Fight: Streetwise, character designer Trent Kaniuga wanted to create a more realistic look for Haggar that would fit the game's aesthetic that was inspired by titles such as Grand Theft Auto, as well as the time gap between the game and Final Fight 3. By the events of Final Fight 3, he is given a ponytail hairstyle and wears green bicycle shorts as part of his outfit. For example, in the Slam Masters series, he wears green tights with a red trim and brown wrestling boots. ![]() Some games deviate slightly from this design. ![]() Haggar is depicted in the original Final Fight wearing olive-colored trousers with brown shoes and a broad Sam Browne belt strapped over his right shoulder, which is the usual depiction of the character. He also noted that Haggar's role as a former professional wrestler turned Mayor made the character interesting, but that the character felt boring when brought into wrestling game Saturday Night Slam Masters by comparison. Akiman noted he openly plagiarized ideas from many sources for ideas, taking the then-Capcom Chairman's words of "Get your inspiration from movies" as a go ahead to while working on the game. The manga series Mad Bull 34 was also an influence on his design, while the 1984 musical Streets of Fire was an influence on his character and the game's main story. Though Akiman stated he wasn't based on any one person in particular in an interview, in another the project lead for the game Akira Nishitani recalled Akiman was a big fan of Les Misérables during development, with Akiman responding that Haggar was indeed influenced by the protagnist Jean Valjean due to his character becoming a mayor in the latter half of the story and his role as a devoted father. Haggar first appeared in the 1989 Capcom arcade game Final Fight and re-appeared in various other video game appearances.Ĭreated by Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, Haggar's design was based around the need of a "big dude" for players to be able to select in Final Fight. Mike Haggar ( マイク・ハガー, Maiku Hagā), also known mononymously as Haggar, is a character in the Street Fighter shared universe, mainly playable in the Final Fight and Saturday Night Slam Masters series of video games.
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