One of the more memorable pieces of trivia from this game is the English win quote where Ryu claims, “You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance.” It was a mistranslation and was supposed to be about his Dragon Punch.
Bison and Sagat were there and that probably wouldn’t have ended well. That set the tone for the next 25 years, as he’d face all sorts of crazy opponents from his own world and many others.īut for real, it was probably for the best that Ryu didn’t show up. Even in his ending, when they hold a ceremony to celebrate his win, Ryu is long gone, walking barefoot on a path to find more worthy opponents. Ryu, on the other hand, is just a wanderer who wanted nothing more than to fight. Ken is a rich, flashy guy with a girlfriend on the side. While they fought the same, their identities were established to be very different. Otherwise, there were virtually no differences at the time, although that would change in the following decades. Also, one of Ken’s throws is slightly different. They grew up and trained together under the same master, which is why their outfits and fighting styles are exactly the same outside of the colors. With more personality in the game, we also got more of an idea of who Ryu and Ken are, especially in relation to each other. It’s basically the coolest hook they could have come up with to build on such a generic predecessor. They face four unplayable bosses, one of which is Sagat, bent on revenge over the nasty Shoryuken scar over his chest. No longer a game with two playable characters who fought exactly the same, Ryu and Ken are joined by a memorable cast that included Chun-Li, Guile, Blanka, Zangief, E. Generic karate guy won a generic fighting tournament and the game congratulated you for winning. All three attacks are secrets that players have to discover on their own.Īt the time, that was all there was to it. They play exactly the same, and while they have their iconic special attacks (the Hadoken, Shoryuken, and Tatsumaki Senpukyaku) at their disposal, the game doesn’t let you know. He and Ken are the only selectable characters with player 1 being Ryu and player 2 being Ken. Ryu first showed up in 1987’s Street Fighter. He may not be the main character anymore, but a lot of stuff does revolve around his existence.
#RYU THEME XMEN VS STREET FIGHTER EXTENDED SERIES#
Over the years, Ryu’s gone from being the hero of the series to stepping into the background to make way for other central characters. Ryu has been in every single Street Fighter game…unless you want to be an ass and bring up Street Fighter 2010. Anyway, I’ve been doing profiles on some of the characters involved in the game and now’s as good a time as any to talk about the protagonist of the entire Street Fighter series, Ryu. Well, some of it is out, but there’s my review for that.
The wait is over and Street Fighter V is out.
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