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Ryu (/ r i ˈ uː / ⓘ; Japanese: リュウ, Hepburn: Ryū) is a character and the protagonist of Capcom's Street Fighter series. Introduced in Street Fighter (1987), Ryu appears as the game's lead character alongside his best friend and friendly rival Ken Masters.
The Guardian recommended Ken alongside Ryu for beginners in Street Fighter IV with Ken being better at close-up fights as a result of his powerful uppercuts. [78] In a humor article by GameSpy , the Super Street Fighter II Turbo version of Ken was mentioned to have become unbalanced to the point he was the strongest character from the cast. [ 79 ]
Following the success of Kung-Fu Master, Nishiyama was hired by Capcom. [22] He designed an arcade successor for Capcom, Trojan (1986), a brawler which evolved the basic gameplay concepts of Kung-Fu Master; the NES port has a one-on-one fighting mode, for the first time in a Capcom game. [23] Nishiyama later designed Street Fighter. [22]
In addition to the characters below, several titles have also introduced characters to the Street Fighter series that are considered canon only to their respective media. . This includes the Monitor Cyborg for the Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie and related game, Shin from the browser video game Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation, and the characters Blade, Arkane, Kyber, F7, and ...
The game also features a secret two-on-one Dramatic Battle mode in which two players as Ryu and Ken fight against a computer-controlled M. Bison. The match was inspired by the final fight between the characters in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie . [ 14 ]
Street Fighter is a comic series based on the game series of the same name that ran for three issues from August to November 1993, published by Malibu Comics.Set after the events of the original Street Fighter game, the series focused on M. Bison's attempts at taking over the world and eliminate those Street Fighters that he sees as a threat to his plans.
Although Ansatsuken is a general term in Japanese, it has been used in the English language edition of Street Fighter: Eternal Challenge and other English-language Street Fighter media specifically as the name of Ryu and Ken ' s fighting style which is heavily based on striking-based martial arts such as Karate and Kempo. Though not a ...
The game brings back all eighteen of the characters that appeared in Street Fighter Alpha 2.As with the previous Alpha titles, several characters were added to the game: Cammy, who was previously featured in the console-exclusive Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold, E. Honda, Blanka, Balrog (who is an unlockable character), and Vega.