Final Fight is set in the fictional American city of Metro City "sometime in the 1990s". The story centers around the kidnapping of the newly-elected mayor's daughter, Jessica, by the city's dominant street gang, Mad Gear. The Mad Gear Gang seeks to bring the mayor - and the town - under their control. The mayor, a former pro wrestler named Mike Haggar, refuses to give in to the gang's demands; instead, he sets out to rescue his daughter with the help of her boyfriend, a martial artist named Cody, and his friend, a modern-day Bushin ninja named Guy.
