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‘Ghostface Killah wanted to be a homicidal eagle!’ – Def Jam: Fight for NY at 20
Marking the anniversary, the creators of the rap beef beat-em-up sequel share memories of transforming Flavor Flav and Snoop Dogg into legendary video game characters
Its roster of 67 characters included rap legends such as Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Method Man, Ice-T, Scarface, Ludacris, Flavor Flav, Slick Rick, Warren G, Mobb Deep and improved on its predecessor Def Jam: Vendetta’s slower-paced gameplay in every conceivable way. The success meant we could expand the gameplay with Fight for NY and take our time getting it right.” AKI Corporation took the constantly shifting, momentum-based combat of their legendary 2000 WWF: No Mercy game on the Nintendo 64 and turbocharged everything with hyperactive Blazin’ Moves (my personal favourite remains Busta’s backbreaker, which was more devastating than Bane dismantling Batman’s spine). Holmes embraces my theory that Def Jam: Fight for NY, which shows MCs perpetually caught up in diss tracks and gang politics, now feels more like a documentary, especially given how public rap beefs have become.
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