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First beat-’em-up character in a 2D fighting game

First beat-’em-up character in a 2D fighting game
Who
Guy from Final Fight (Capcom, 1989)
What
First
Where
Not Applicable
When
July 2011
Guy, the hero of Final Fight, was the first playable character to make the genre transition from beat-’em-up to 2D fighting in Street Fighter Alpha (Capcom, 1995). He was later joined by his jailbird partner Cody in Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Capcom, 1998), and both characters appear in Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom, 2010). Several Final Fight enemies have also featured.