An Open Letter to Adam Hunter in Streets of Rage 4: Welcome Home, Homie

I need those reading this to know that the streets raised me. When I say streets, I don’t mean the streets rappers reference (them shits wild). I’m talking about Streets of Rage. Beat’em ups are my lifeblood. To this day, I still lived for them shits. Beat’em ups taught me two important things. One, teamwork, and two: stomping the health bar outta random punk stepping to me in these streets. I never got to play the first one with Blaze, Axle, and Adam Hunter. Streets of Rage 2 was my introduction to the series. Off the rip I rolled with (see what I did there?) Adam Hunter’s little brother Eddie “Skate” Hunter. Which was fitting, he’s the little brother, I’ma little brother. He rollerblades, I rollerblade. Skate had the backward hat, the tank, I mean, come on. I loved this guy. When Streets of Rage 3 came out ain’t shit change, I was back with my man Skate. Still, I’d always hope down the line I’d get the chance to play as Adam Hunter. I mean, Adam was still in the series in through cameos. I always thought it was so cool how he had his lil’ brother taking his spot with his friends. Then, in the year of “anything is fucking possible” 2019, Streets of Rage 4 got announced and I do not know how to fucking act. First off this shit looks hard as fuck. I’m talking Jadakiss with the bounty towel paper wrapped around his head as a bandanna hard. Lizardcube, Guard Crush Games, and Dotemu brought Axel Stone back rocking the same headband from Streets of Rage ’91, a fucking Kurt Cobai…