Street Fighter 1 MR/Cody
Cody is the protagonist of Final Fight, and SF1MR's guest character. Cody isn't present in the original Street Fighter 1, and was added on as an additional character for Mugen Remake. He's a professional boxer, and the boyfriend of Jessica Haggar, the daughter of Mayor Mike Haggar of Metro City. When Jessica gets kidnapped by the leader of the Mad Gear Gang, Belger, Cody teams up with his best friend Guy and Mike Haggar himself to go defeat Belger and save Jessica.
Cody is a potent all-rounder, capable of both amazing rushdown and neutral. Thanks to a few bugs in his code, he can swap between his unarmed kit and knife kit at anytime, unlike other games where he needed to be near his knife. This makes him almost a stance character, swapping between his amazing brawler normals when unarmed and potent disjointed pokes that deal chip damage when armed. Hero Upper (214P) is a stellar anti-air, and Cody Spin (214K) is one of the best reversals in the game. His 2C is a unique launcher that allows for high damage midscreen and corner juggles, and he has his famous Final Fight Chain with 5A > 5B > 5C > 5D for surprisingly high damage. With knife, his normals become amazing disjoints, and he gets access to Knife Toss (k.236P), a heavily plus fireball that allows for scary pressure resets or even combos. On top of all this, he's one of the two characters with a throw, and his strike/throw potential is amazing.
Cody doesn't come without issues though, unlike the incredibly powerful top tiers. His two-step nature can hold him back, as he can't have the knife neutral and unarmed offense at the same time. Choosing between modes is vital to some matchups, and knowing when to swap and when to toss the knife is paramount. His super is likely the worst in the game as well, and he only has one, making meter essentially useless for him. He also comes with a decent heap of glitches and unfinished features as the guest character, one of the most dangerous being that he can't swap block directions during blockstun, enabling some characters to unblockable him. Still, Cody is a high tier character, likely right behind the top tiers in terms of overall strength.
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Stats and Vitals
- Attack Rating = 100
- Armor Rating = 100
- Forward Walk Speed = 2.5
- Backward Walk Speed = -2.3
- Taunt = 24f
Movelist
- Special Moves
- 214A/C - Hero Upper: Anti-Air/Combo Ender
- 214B/D - Cody Spin: Reversal/Corner Combo Tool
- k.236A/C - Toss Knife: Fireball/Pressure Reset/Stance Change
- Supers
- 236236P - Final Destruction: Show-off Combo Ender
- Unique Attacks
- 2CD - Pick Up Knife
- k.5L, k.5H
- k.2L, k.2H
- 5A > 5B > 5C > 5D - Final Fight Chain
- cl.4/6C - Punch Throw
- cl.4/6D - Kick Throw
Normals
Standing Normals
Stand Light Punch
5A |
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Stand Light Kick
5B |
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Stand Heavy Punch
5C |
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Stand Heavy Kick
5D |
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Crouching Normals
Crouch Light Punch
2A |
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Crouch Light Kick
2B |
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Crouch Heavy Punch
2C |
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Crouch Heavy Kick
2D |
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Jumping Normals
Jump Light Punch
j.A |
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Jump Light Kick
j.B |
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Jump Heavy Punch
j.C |
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Jump Heavy Kick
j.D |
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Knife Normals
Light Stab
k.5L |
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Heavy Stab
k.5H |
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Crouch Light Stab
k.2L |
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Crouch Heavy Stab
k.2H |
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Taunt
Taunt
A+B |
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Unique Attacks
Pick Up Knife
2CD |
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Punch Throw
cl.4/6C |
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Kick Throw
cl.4/6D |
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Special Attacks
Hero Upper
214A/C |
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Cody Spin
214B/D |
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Knife Toss
k.236/C |
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Supers
Final Destruction
236236P |
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Arcade Ending