There comes a time in every kids life when he finds that one game where he wishes he was that main character. Axel from streets of rage 2 WAS that character.
Bar brawl against three hardend street fighters with chains and knifes ? No problem! It's been proven time and time again in Streets of Rage that any average human can take multiple Knife wounds and and all he has to do to recover is eat a full cooked chicken (preferably one found laying in the street or from a smashed phone box), Apples will also suffice.
Super cliche of bad guys got your girl/mother/dog ?! time to hit the streets and punch some answers out of whoever you can ! Including but not limited to strippers.
Too say Streets of Rage was cool would be an understatement, i mean you could call in a swat team (well was actually more like a swat man in a car that fires heavy weapon from his sunroof) to cook some fools as your special attack!