Guy aesthetically was always one of the coolest characters to me. I've always thought of him of as a sort of "street ninja" with his sneakers and all. Even walking around with some Converse on, I can hear his theme from Alpha 2 in my head.
Guy was one of my favorite fighters from Alpha, and I was really happy to see him make it to the roster in the main games. Informative as always, Richard! These deep dives really show off how complex the stories of these characters are, so thanks for your hard work!
You know Cody wears Adidas Superstar and Guy wears Nike Air Force to further show their rivalry as Adidas and Nike are rival shoe companies, Cody and Guy rival Fighters
Guy was always my guy (pun intended) whenever I played Final Fight in the arcades and I really enjoyed playing as him in Street Fighter Alpha 2. I always found his moveset and design to be quite cool and knowing he was inspired by Sho Kosugi makes him an extra 20% cooler.
In Final Fight and the OpenBor variants, Guy is normally my first choice to play as! I remember his look and abilities first drew me in to the FF arcade game!
I remember being like 5 or 6 years old. My parents would always take us to Las Vegas and I would always of course hang out in the arcades. Seeing the big ol Final Fight arcade cabinet naturally drew me to playing the game. I would ALWAYS choose Guy. After we would leave the casino i would always pretend I was in Metro City and just pretend i was beating up thugs lol. Doing cartwheels, flips, and doing my best impression of Guy's forward walking animation. Mann i miss being a kid haha.
You forgot to talk about final fight one on GBA which is a remake of the first final fight. Nothing interesting here but when you finish the game you can unlock alpha cody and alpha guy, which are the street fighter alpha version of the characters, traveling back in time not knowing why and got textlines about it. A cool one about guy is something like:"Guy, you are still the same!" -"you're wrong, I wear sneakers now."
always loved guy being the 1st final fight character to be in the alpha series(i'd like to see him interact with ryu again which i wish the alpha ova did since it references it when they're on the plane.) and find it cool he was so popular it was a big deal seeing him have a version named after him connecting ff to it's original title,like how he's a modern ninja alongside seeing his master be playable(also love genzu's a future user of his style & zeku being pretty much the founder of strider hiryu's clan.:3) seeing his comically serious sense of justice(favorite being ibuki knocking him about it.) and hope we see him in 6 to see him reunite with cody(odd he's the only one to not be shown his reaction to cody being mayor with how loyally dead set he was to get him back.),show more of his interactions with rose/menat(especially with it being implied rose is looking for him.) and maybe do more with maki's rivalry with him.
Guy's appearance (and name) was heavily based on Guy Picciotto from the band Fugazi. His ethnicity was always little muddled in the first game, but they made him Japanese eventually. A great character!
he's ethnicity is always japanese only nationality or birthplace is muddled in zero3 but ethnicity is japanese,he is bushin ryu ninja not western,guy is japanese name 凱
One of my favorite video game characters! I'll vote for Maki as the next profile video (maybe bundled with the other supporting heroes from Final Fight's 2 & 3).
Guy is my main for Street Fighter 4. When I cosplayed him at Pax West I ran into a Maki. Have you seen the Final Fight fan film? It’s called Broken Gear.
I was waiting for this one. I know you may not personally see the lore the way I do, but it is an absolute necessity, just so weirdly done in source games. Compared to other games, it helps a lot with retention, more times having stronger pull than the competitive aspects of gaming
I Absolutely Love and Respect Guy from the Street Fighter Franchises! He's an Amazing Jujitsu Master of the Ninja Arts, and a Respectful Warrior/Friend with Cody Travers, Mike and Jessica Haggar, Lucia Morgan, Carlos Miyamoto and even on some Friendly Terms with Maki Genryusai! How I REALLY wish he could've made his Comeback Return in Street Fighter V: Champion Edition! Let's just all hope Guy and Maki will both comeback in Street Fighter VI soon.
@@blackout1524 Similar to the type of people Tophat is describing at the very end of the video nobody likes people like you and Brandon either I swear. That aside they 100% did have a rivalry, it's literally in the game which is stated in this video. Fighters, sports teams etc can have more than one rival, the level of significance of the rivalry doesn't change the definition of the word.
Guy was the induction of Hip-hop into SF for me. His fashion (especially Kicks) and Japans love for Hip-hop/American culture at the time really shine through in his character much like Duck King in Fatal Fury. He's my first "Afro Samurai" if you will (not literally). Guy also got me out of the meta of plasma chucking in SF and is why I main fast characters like Yun/Yang. These character give new perspective and strategy to the modern game of chess that SF is. Also, who remembers a young Daigo coming to America and destroying everyone with Guy in Alpha 3 way back in 98/99?
At first, Guy in Final Fight (1989) was originally looked upon by players as the sidekick of the game compared to Cody and Haggar, because all Guy could do is ninjutsu that isn't as strong, off-the-wall jumps, a lack of knife-fighting skills, being the obligatory Ryu-like character with no backstory, and giving him a weak rescue reason for Jessica by saying "She's my friend to, count me in!" But Capcom later redeemed Guy in so many ways, such as giving him more in-game appearances and a make-over, he went from being modeled after Guy Picciotto in Final Fight to being reimagined into resembling Kosugi "Shou" Shōichi in Street Fighter Alpha.
those guy picciotto rumor is not true guy's designer akiman negate this rumor,and he say guy is based on sho kosugi,guy's japanese name is 凱 that's japanese word guy is typical japanese male name this rumor is made up because guy picciotto have same name and he have black hair lol capcom never confirmed those guy picciotto thing guy picciotto is not famous in japan
@@n.b.l.5709 In Final Fight 2, the Mad Gear Gang returns after biding its time. While Guy and Cody are absent (one going on vacation with his girlfriend Jessica, while the other departs on a training journey in Japan by challenging 12 of Alpha's street fighters), Mad Gear strike and kidnap Guy's former sensei Genryusai, and Rena, who is both Guy's fiancée and Genryusai's daughter. Haggar enlists the help of Rena's sister Maki and Carlos, a South American swordsman, to get them back. They are successful and when Guy hears of the story, he writes to them and thanks everyone, stating that he will be back soon as shown in the threequel Final Fight Tough. Even though Maki is a fan-favorite, her sister/Guy's fiancée only appears in the artwork of Final Fight 2 because no one cares about her.
I never thought I would be one to say it … but… Most people shouldn’t be allowed to vote!! At the least we should be forced to take a “quiz” just to make sure we know what platform people are running on b4 we pick up a ballot!
that's not true guy's designer akiman negate this rumor,and he say guy is based on sho kosugi,guy's japanese name is 凱 that's japanese word guy is typical japanese male name
My favorite sidescroll beat em up after Rivercity Random is the Mighty Final Fight NES. Most people missed it due to the SNES popularity. Most people being casual gamers.
Haggar: Guy! Your fiancee has been kidnapped! You need to get back here so we can- Guy: Sorry, Mike I'm still on my training mission. Haggar: What are you talking about? It's the love of your life! Your old sensei is in danger too. They- Guy. TRAINING. MISSION.
I could see a movie 🎬 being made from this, restoring the Street Fighter films 🎥. I can also see a remake of this game 🎮 being a simplistic beat em up game like Fighting Force with either humans being playable as Hagar, Cody, and Guy or one player with two ally cpu's. Or even having the option to remove the cpu and playing alone.
3:27; 3:34 How's that possible? That's the SNES version!!! I'm really sure about that! But there actually has never been a 2 players cooperative game! It was just for a single player because the cartridge wasn't wide enough to include that feature! WTF? 😒 😅
You sure thats the SNES version? Could it be the Sega CD version? I know was 2 player. If it is the SNES version, its prob a ROM hack. I mean, if they can fix the slow down of Gradius 3 on the bubble level, they can make SNES FF 2 players EDIT: Its definitely not the Sega CD port, looks totally different DOUBLE EDIT: I think you re right, it is the SNES version, but a 2P hack, Ill put a YT link in another comment
Guy aesthetically was always one of the coolest characters to me. I've always thought of him of as a sort of "street ninja" with his sneakers and all.
Even walking around with some Converse on, I can hear his theme from Alpha 2 in my head.
I think his shoes are actually based off Nike Dunks.
@@VENGEFULHEXX i always thought air max but they are deff dunks
Yeah but maki is still better if you want to talk about sneaker ninjas haha
His sneakers are the Nike uptowns
I love how everyone loves to ship Guy with Maki, Cody, Rose or anyone else... but no one seems to remember that he's sort of engaged.
To be fair…..final fight 2 is very forgettable
I kinda didn’t know that Guy has a Fiancé,but It’s Fine I guess…
It'd be crazy if someone ships him with Maki, and forgot guy's fiancee
@@DSan-kl2ycbelieve or not maki hiddenly does have a thing for guy but because he’s dating the fiancé who is her sister it’s never been noticeable.
@@silentman99 do you have a source? I'd love to read more
Guy was one of my favorite fighters from Alpha, and I was really happy to see him make it to the roster in the main games. Informative as always, Richard! These deep dives really show off how complex the stories of these characters are, so thanks for your hard work!
You know Cody wears Adidas Superstar and Guy wears Nike Air Force to further show their rivalry as Adidas and Nike are rival shoe companies, Cody and Guy rival Fighters
🤯
Where did you get information that I wear Nike air force??
@@guy.6313 Sf4
He wears dunks but yeah
Nike dunks not air forces
Hopefully he's in sf6...I loved Zeku but man I missed Guy!!
Ikr Sigh I wish he was in SF5 to see how he and Zeku would interact
@@barrysmith4610 you're right...I feel like Capcom seriously missed out on an amazing opportunity.
Maybe they’ll both be in SF6. 🤷♂️
By the looks of things SF6 could potentially have the biggest roster!
It felt weird having cody and not guy.
Guy was always my guy (pun intended) whenever I played Final Fight in the arcades and I really enjoyed playing as him in Street Fighter Alpha 2. I always found his moveset and design to be quite cool and knowing he was inspired by Sho Kosugi makes him an extra 20% cooler.
my guy
Gonna be honest, that thumbnail is what caught my attention.
That's the first thing I've noticed too😏~~
Same lol
In Final Fight and the OpenBor variants, Guy is normally my first choice to play as! I remember his look and abilities first drew me in to the FF arcade game!
Finally, Guy gets the respect he deserves. Great video!
We should all be more like Guy.
I remember being like 5 or 6 years old. My parents would always take us to Las Vegas and I would always of course hang out in the arcades. Seeing the big ol Final Fight arcade cabinet naturally drew me to playing the game. I would ALWAYS choose Guy. After we would leave the casino i would always pretend I was in Metro City and just pretend i was beating up thugs lol. Doing cartwheels, flips, and doing my best impression of Guy's forward walking animation. Mann i miss being a kid haha.
Guy and Cody are just as much "not boyfriends" and Cammy and Juri "aren't girl friends"
Guy is one of my all-time favorite Final Fight and Street Fighter characters and mains. Thanks for making this video about him!
You forgot to talk about final fight one on GBA which is a remake of the first final fight. Nothing interesting here but when you finish the game you can unlock alpha cody and alpha guy, which are the street fighter alpha version of the characters, traveling back in time not knowing why and got textlines about it.
A cool one about guy is something like:"Guy, you are still the same!"
-"you're wrong, I wear sneakers now."
Guy has always been my favorite character in both Street fighter and final fight.
Man, that thumbnail is VERY sexually charged…
Wait to see the image at minute 12:00
Guy is as Badass as Strider! We need him back!
Indeed. Strider s kinda underdeveloped and somewhat forgotten, wich s a shame, since he's got some great fighting coreography overall.
Metro City always reminded me of Los Angeles, Double Dragon NYC, and Streets of Rage, Miami lol.. Also the music of Final Fight CD was sick!!
Guy was one of my favorite fighters in SF Alpha 2! Great video
I like FF alot and SF is for sure *one* of the most popular. Guy is pretty cool 😎
I think Rose have a thing for Guy in her Street Fighter V Arcade ending she thought Zeku was Guy.
And that’s not even factoring their rivalry matchups in SFIV
I get why someone would think so but I don't think so.
I’m a huge GUY fan .. another great review
always loved guy being the 1st final fight character to be in the alpha series(i'd like to see him interact with ryu again which i wish the alpha ova did since it references it when they're on the plane.) and find it cool he was so popular it was a big deal seeing him have a version named after him connecting ff to it's original title,like how he's a modern ninja alongside seeing his master be playable(also love genzu's a future user of his style & zeku being pretty much the founder of strider hiryu's clan.:3)
seeing his comically serious sense of justice(favorite being ibuki knocking him about it.) and hope we see him in 6 to see him reunite with cody(odd he's the only one to not be shown his reaction to cody being mayor with how loyally dead set he was to get him back.),show more of his interactions with rose/menat(especially with it being implied rose is looking for him.) and maybe do more with maki's rivalry with him.
Looking like they're gonna kiss in the thumbnail. Truly Guy's moral dilemma
Guy's appearance (and name) was heavily based on Guy Picciotto from the band Fugazi. His ethnicity was always little muddled in the first game, but they made him Japanese eventually. A great character!
that's not true
guy's designer akiman negate this rumor,and he say guy is based on sho kosugi,guy's japanese name is 凱 that's japanese word
he's ethnicity is always japanese
only nationality or birthplace is muddled in zero3
but ethnicity is japanese,he is bushin ryu ninja not western,guy is japanese name 凱
I know most of what Is said in these videos, but top hats personality makes them entertaining.
Thank you for reading my mind. My favorite street fighter character. Super underrated and cool.
Thanks U For Making This Video Dedicated To Guy. He's My 3rd Favorite Street Fighter Character.
One of my favorite video game characters! I'll vote for Maki as the next profile video (maybe bundled with the other supporting heroes from Final Fight's 2 & 3).
Guy is my main for Street Fighter 4. When I cosplayed him at Pax West I ran into a Maki. Have you seen the Final Fight fan film? It’s called Broken Gear.
Guy. One of my favorite Capcom characters. They need to put him in more games.
Awesome documentary. Guy has been my favorite character since alpha 2.
Great content man, keep up the great work bro 😎
I kinda wish Capcom would make a new Final Fight game with Street Fighter characters like Ryu and Ken you can unlock. I'd by that in a heartbeat.
And Fei Long.
Good show yesterday top hat. I hope to see more live videos with you .
“Guy had a very black and white worldview and lacks critical thinking skills.”🤣🤣🤣
What an idiotic thing to say.
Guy is actually the one who is wise compared to Cody and Haggar.
@@UToobUsername01 I knew I wasn't the only one! If anything guy posesses more critical thinking skills than half of the street fighter roster.
Guy has always been my favorite original Final Fight character.
Cody was my favorite. I can beat the game wit Cody, but I could never beat it wit guy. I tried and I tried but Couldn't
Man, what a guy!
Thumbnail super sus
that thumbnail is very...
Yaaaz
Final fight deserves an oav . Anime movie .
How about an American produced animated series for USA network?😉
@@kurtfranklin2680 no .
@@kurtfranklin2680 usa network is garbage.
He was a harder fighter to master. I thought his movements were weird but once you get used to his moves he was deadly
U haven't mastered guy, u have an 8k bp b+ ranked Blanka
I’m here for the Rose and Guy love story
Mighty Final Fight is one of my fav NES game! So fun, and cute
I was waiting for this one. I know you may not personally see the lore the way I do, but it is an absolute necessity, just so weirdly done in source games. Compared to other games, it helps a lot with retention, more times having stronger pull than the competitive aspects of gaming
Ok so nobody is going to talk about that thumbnail?
9:25 - Geez, even defeated M. Bison is creepy.
FYI: Just like 3, Final Fight 2 was also an SNES exclusive.
I Absolutely Love and Respect Guy from the Street Fighter Franchises! He's an Amazing Jujitsu Master of the Ninja Arts, and a Respectful Warrior/Friend with Cody Travers, Mike and Jessica Haggar, Lucia Morgan, Carlos Miyamoto and even on some Friendly Terms with Maki Genryusai! How I REALLY wish he could've made his Comeback Return in Street Fighter V: Champion Edition! Let's just all hope Guy and Maki will both comeback in Street Fighter VI soon.
I would love to see the 1st boss of stage 1 in final fight in a Street fighter game
Always loved Guy especially his rivalry to Ryu. Hope hes in SF6
What rivalry?
@@brandonspencer5594 play SF Alpha 2. Its also mentioned in this vid
@@barrysmith4610 They've never interacted with each other like Ryu and Sagat have. What rivalry?
@@blackout1524 please to watch Top hats video before you comment and also go and play SF Alpha 2
@@blackout1524 Similar to the type of people Tophat is describing at the very end of the video nobody likes people like you and Brandon either I swear.
That aside they 100% did have a rivalry, it's literally in the game which is stated in this video. Fighters, sports teams etc can have more than one rival, the level of significance of the rivalry doesn't change the definition of the word.
My favorite fighting game character!
He forgot to mention Guy was on Capcom Fighting Evolution and I hope that he covers the Final Fight Character now Street Fighter Hugo.
Well Capcom Fighting Evolution is a pretty forgetful game. I agree, he should cover Hugo next.
The thumbnail picture is so fruity and I love it
ahhh this was my favourite episode
Video game characters were using the " forbidden door" before wrestlers.
Great Video Great info 👍👍
I main guy in ultra Streets Fighter 4, I love how he just uses raw skill to defeat his opponents
“Enter the Forbidden Door” AAAHHHHHAHAHA I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE
Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. You should do a Street Fighter character documentary video on Maki Genryusai from Final Fight 2.
Guy was the induction of Hip-hop into SF for me. His fashion (especially Kicks) and Japans love for Hip-hop/American culture at the time really shine through in his character much like Duck King in Fatal Fury. He's my first "Afro Samurai" if you will (not literally). Guy also got me out of the meta of plasma chucking in SF and is why I main fast characters like Yun/Yang. These character give new perspective and strategy to the modern game of chess that SF is. Also, who remembers a young Daigo coming to America and destroying everyone with Guy in Alpha 3 way back in 98/99?
Be more like guy, got it. Off to start some street fights with jaywalkers wish me luck guys
Guy becoming a crime lord has to be the dumbest idea ever
Guy is a cool ninja 🥷 in both street fighter and Naruto lol
My favorite Street Fighter character.
We we're Bushinryu running before there was Naruto running.
At first, Guy in Final Fight (1989) was originally looked upon by players as the sidekick of the game compared to Cody and Haggar, because all Guy could do is ninjutsu that isn't as strong, off-the-wall jumps, a lack of knife-fighting skills, being the obligatory Ryu-like character with no backstory, and giving him a weak rescue reason for Jessica by saying "She's my friend to, count me in!"
But Capcom later redeemed Guy in so many ways, such as giving him more in-game appearances and a make-over, he went from being modeled after Guy Picciotto in Final Fight to being reimagined into resembling Kosugi "Shou" Shōichi in Street Fighter Alpha.
Guy was the man from the beginning
those guy picciotto rumor is not true
guy's designer akiman negate this rumor,and he say guy is based on sho kosugi,guy's japanese name is 凱 that's japanese word
guy is typical japanese male name
this rumor is made up
because guy picciotto have same name and he have black hair lol
capcom never confirmed those guy picciotto thing
guy picciotto is not famous in japan
@@n.b.l.5709
It's hard to imagine Final Fight without him.
Even Maki can't replace him.
@@KenMasters. same, though maki was hot but still, wheres guy?!
@@n.b.l.5709
In Final Fight 2, the Mad Gear Gang returns after biding its time. While Guy and Cody are absent (one going on vacation with his girlfriend Jessica, while the other departs on a training journey in Japan by challenging 12 of Alpha's street fighters), Mad Gear strike and kidnap Guy's former sensei Genryusai, and Rena, who is both Guy's fiancée and Genryusai's daughter. Haggar enlists the help of Rena's sister Maki and Carlos, a South American swordsman, to get them back. They are successful and when Guy hears of the story, he writes to them and thanks everyone, stating that he will be back soon as shown in the threequel Final Fight Tough.
Even though Maki is a fan-favorite, her sister/Guy's fiancée only appears in the artwork of Final Fight 2 because no one cares about her.
I never thought I would be one to say it … but…
Most people shouldn’t be allowed to vote!!
At the least we should be forced to take a “quiz” just to make sure we know what platform people are running on b4 we pick up a ballot!
My go to in FF
Many people also say Guy's appearance was inspired by Guy Picciotto from the rockband "Fugazi" which I'm surpised you didn't mention in your video.
that's not true
guy's designer akiman negate this rumor,and he say guy is based on sho kosugi,guy's japanese name is 凱 that's japanese word
guy is typical japanese male name
Isn’t Guy a playable character in Capcom Fighting Evolution?
Also, I’d love to see Hugo next.
He is but I don't remembered what he did in it.
Guy was in that game just to be a token character.
I love that in the Cody video you call Guy Cody and in this guy video you call Cody Guy
My favorite sidescroll beat em up after Rivercity Random is the Mighty Final Fight NES. Most people missed it due to the SNES popularity. Most people being casual gamers.
that thumbnail have me like 😳
Thumbnail 👀
Nice!
my main, thank you.
Cody in the thumbnail is hella sus.
How about a video on either Rose or Maki?
Maki for sure
That thumbnail is the definition of SUS .....
Haggar: Guy! Your fiancee has been kidnapped! You need to get back here so we can-
Guy: Sorry, Mike I'm still on my training mission.
Haggar: What are you talking about? It's the love of your life! Your old sensei is in danger too. They-
Guy. TRAINING. MISSION.
When you and your wife are in bed that she say give it to me big daddy top hat gaming man. It's a joke just kidding love you guys
Are we not gonna talk about the coguy wallpaper
thanks, zeku next then maki
Am I the only one that thinks it's kool that Guy is wearing Nike's in the Alpha series?
me too!
Forbidden Door.. he does love his Wrestling!
Yes
I like this Guy's name... side note, I also studied Ninjutsu!
Guy. The first ninja to rock Nike Air Forces 😏😎
Guy got some good kicks - shoes
I could see a movie 🎬 being made from this, restoring the Street Fighter films 🎥. I can also see a remake of this game 🎮 being a simplistic beat em up game like Fighting Force with either humans being playable as Hagar, Cody, and Guy or one player with two ally cpu's. Or even having the option to remove the cpu and playing alone.
Where did you find that title picture. 😳 I'm flustered
Guy! my favorite street fighter character and my main in SF4!! wish he was in SFV! Bushinryu!
Nice little moral there tophat
That thumbnail. Slide me that link for uhhh research purposes
danbooru
i always pronounced it as Gee
...always considered Guy to be an ancestor to Strider Hiryu
I always thought Guy was cool, I was pretty disappointed when he was axed from the SNES game.
12:26 AYO ?!
3:27; 3:34 How's that possible? That's the SNES version!!! I'm really sure about that! But there actually has never been a 2 players cooperative game! It was just for a single player because the cartridge wasn't wide enough to include that feature! WTF? 😒 😅
You sure thats the SNES version? Could it be the Sega CD version? I know was 2 player. If it is the SNES version, its prob a ROM hack. I mean, if they can fix the slow down of Gradius 3 on the bubble level, they can make SNES FF 2 players
EDIT: Its definitely not the Sega CD port, looks totally different
DOUBLE EDIT: I think you re right, it is the SNES version, but a 2P hack, Ill put a YT link in another comment
@@zackschilling4376 no it's not the Sega CD! I can tell by some graphic elements
Openbor rom
Hacks people have figured out a way to do it