Max Hatchett

Max "Thunder" Hatchett is a protagonist in Streets of Rage 2. He was voiced by Bryan J. Olson in Streets of Rage 4.
== Biography ==
=== Streets of Rage 2 ===
He joins Axel, Blaze, and Skate in rescuing Adam. Not much is known why he decided to join the trio, other than his friendship with Axel.
=== Streets of Rage 3 ===
While not a playable character, he is in the good ending with the other heroes watching the sunset.
=== Streets of Rage 4 ===
Max returns in Streets of Rage 4, first as a boss who is being mind-controlled by Ms. Y and later as a downloadable playable character. He uses most of his signature moves from the second game, like his Thunder Tackle, Spinning Knuckle Bomb and Drop Kick. He is the only boss in the game who never flinches upon taking damage from regular moves, only getting knocked by Star Supers. After defeat, he comes back to normal and assures the heroes that he never intended to hurt them.
== Description ==
He is probably one of the more periphery heroes in the series, having only appeared in one game and with less direct involvement in the story. Nevertheless, he is an undeniably effective and enjoyable addition to the game. Max is the archtypical lumbering powerhouse of Streets of Rage 2, boasting the game's most powerful attacks, in addition to a range of other powerful throws and blows. While his weight leaves him unable to vault over enemies for alternate throws, Max instead jumps into the air holding his victim in a facelock/waistlock, from which he can deliver some crippling slams. Max is also proficient with larger weapons (pipes and swords), his large swings allowing him to strike targets both in front and behind. On the downside, he moves at an incredibly slow, lumbering pace, which may be a serious problem against ninjas, kickboxers, bikers, etc. However, this is greatly alleviated by his powerslide, which moves him across the screen more quickly, and even helps him set opponents up for throws.
== Appearance ==
Max is a tall, massive, and muscular lighter-skinned man in his late 20s. He has a mop of spiked black hair, a vertical scar running across his right eye, hairy forearms, and fights shirtless. He wears black spandex elbow pads, light blue wrestling pants with yellow horizontal lighting bolt designs (with black spandex wrestling briefs above), and red wrestling boots with white strings and black soles.
Returning as a boss character in Streets of Rage 4, Max remains essentially the same, except his black hair is now in a military crewcut with some thick grey streaks on the sides. His upper body has some scars, and his eyes display a frightening red glow indicating he is under mental control of the Y twins.
==Trivia==
* Despite appearing in the third installment's good ending, Max does not appear during the credit action shots.
* In SoR2, his frame is large, with slightly exaggerated muscle size. In the SOR3 good ending, Max is given a more realistic muscular frame.
* His bio reveals that he was kicked out of professional wrestling for refusing to "throw a fight", likely a fixed game between him and his opponent.
* With no direct connections to the police or the Syndicate, Max is the only character without a direct cause in battling the Syndicate. This could explain his absence in SOR3.
* Max never canonically met Zan, as they never appear together during the SOR3 good ending. This would make them one set of two main characters to have never met (the others being Skate and Floyd).
==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "Max" article on the Bare Knuckle Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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