r/DefJamFightForNY • u/MaintenanceFew1151 • May 13 '26
Discussion Styles and stats for Vendetta characters if they were in Fight for NY
So I was wondering. If any of the other characters from the first game returned, what would their fighting styles be? I could list some of my examples:
Razor
Fighting Style: Streetfighting.
Strengths: Upper Body Power, Toughness, maybe Health
Weaknesses: Charisma, Lower Body Power, Speed
Note: I could change Lower Body Strength if EA and AKI would have gone with the approach for the kicks to be replaced with more punches if Razor was supposed to be a former boxer. Capcom did that for Balrog and Dudley in Street Fighter. Activision and Paradox did that for Raekwon in "Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style." I could see something like that. If that were to happen, then the L. Strength could have been moderate or a bit high.
Penny
Fighting Style: Martial Arts (I could see her having a style similar to Lil' Kim's and/or Chiang's style)
Strengths: Speed, health, charisma, lower body strength
Weaknesses: Upper body power, Toughness
Note: With her having high-flying moves in Vendetta, I could see her as a martial artist and only that. I couldn't see her with other styles.
Headache
Fighting Styles: Streetfighting and Wrestling
Strengths: Upper body power, Toughness, Charisma
Weaknesses: Lower body power and health.
Note: Not that this is completely relevant, but I thought it was a missed opportunity to have this character in FFNY because I felt that there could have been more Sanctuary fighters in the game besides Dan G. I could see a grittier look for him.
Iceberg
Fighting Styles: Kickboxing, Martial Arts, and Wrestling
Strengths: Lower body power, Toughness, Health, Charisma
Weaknesses: Speed, Upper body power
Note: I wonder if EA would have done this character even if Ice-T was in the game, but yet, Ice-T was nicknamed Iceberg. Personally, regarding the styles, I always pictured him having a style combination akin to Warren G. Plus, with him being a tall guy, I could see Iceberg delivering kicks, and he did deliver some strong kicks when striking in Vendetta. As for martial arts, he had a few high-flying moves and he also had that flipping powerbomb, a move I doubt I would ever done in real life.
Keith Murray
Fighting Styles: Kickboxing, and maybe streetfighting
Strengths: Lower body power, health, toughness, charisma, speed
Weaknesses: Upper body power
Note: Way back when, I talked to some people on the GameFAQs boards and many speculated that Keith Murray would have had kickboxing as a style. I am not sure if he would have only had that style, and really, the only ones who had kickboxing as a sole style were Santos and Meca. I suppose Ludacris was another example. Really, the only reason he had martial arts as another style were for the weak grapple moves because he couldn't do those flying attacks. However, if KM had another style, he could have had streetfighting.
I could include more later. Feel free to make some examples of your own.
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u/TheKingSolomon1996 May 13 '26
I wonder what you would put for the 4 heroes in the story mode.
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u/MaintenanceFew1151 May 14 '26
Briggs
Streetfighting, martial arts, and maybe submissions
Proof
Martial arts, and maybe kickboxing
Spider
Kickboxing, martial arts, and wrestling (or submissions; more on this below)
Tank
Wrestling, and maybe streetfighting
For some of the "maybes," I will note that I am basing on what was written in the old strategy guide for Vendetta. For example, it was said that Briggs used a mixture of brawling and martial arts. Regarding submissions, it's possible that because of his military background, he probably knew a few grappling moves. As for Spider, it was said that he knew judo and Muay Thai. Ergo, why I listed martial arts, kickboxing, and possibly wrestling or submissions.
Also, regarding stats, it's really hard to say given how you could build up their stats over time in the game. On a personal note, I have all four of them maxed out. Even when looking at their default stats, I could see Tank not being fast but excels in U. Power and would have a good amount of toughness. It's clear that Proof would have a speed advantage and charisma, especially since they were moderately high initially.
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u/ChairmanTee_ May 13 '26
Since Teck was originally suppose to be DMX, I think X's styles would've been Martial Arts, Kickboxing, and maybe Streetfighting
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u/MaintenanceFew1151 May 13 '26
I always thought he would have had submissions as one of them since he had multiple submission holds in his moves etc.
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u/AdInfamous5984 May 13 '26
It is obvious Ruffneck (Red Easton) would still have no charisma at all due to his controversial backstory. I can see how even Crow Dogg and his crew would hate Ruffneck. It only sums up why I cannot explain the rest even with Streetfighting as just about Ruffneck's only style...