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Ryu is the main protagonist of the Street Fighter series by Capcom. He is a disciplined martial artist, dedicating his time training to become the strongest he can.

Ryu has appeared in every game in the series since X-Men vs. Street Fighter. He is also one of the four mascots from the Capcom universe.

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Appearance[]

Ryu wears a white, torned sleeveless Gi and a black belt.

In 2D MvC video games (except Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes), the headband was white, along with his hair being lighter brown, due to being based on his younger appearance from Street Fighter Alpha sub-series.

Ryu eventually revert back to his well-known classic older appearance onwards in later Capcom-related crossovers, as evident by his hair color and red headband. His classic older appearance was briefly seen in his Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter ending. As he became older after Street Fighter Alpha event, his brown progressively darker to black from Street Fighter II to Street Fighter III (chronologically Street Fighter IV). His regular brown hair color is used in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, including some other 2D games of SNK vs. Capcom crossover series and Namco X series, and Capcom Fighting Jam. Ryu sports a black hair from Street Fighter IV in mostly 3D games. As evident by his gloves throughout the series, in X-Men vs. Street Fighter until Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Ryu wore the gloves which were seen in Street Fighter Alpha until Street Fighter II (the latter were brown colored including in SNK vs. Capcom and in-game of Capcom Fighting Evolution), with his appearance in (Ultimate) Marvel vs. Capcom 3 being based on his Street Fighter II incarnation, unlike Akuma, whose appearance in (U)MvC3 is his Street Fighter IV incarnation. In Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite however, also evident by his character model, other than his gloves in that game, his appearance is heavily based on the one he wore in Street Fighter IV until mainly Street Fighter V.

His hair was red and use to wear a red kung fu shoes in the first Street Fighter game prior to Street Fighter Alpha.

When influenced by Satsui no Hado into Evil Ryu, his gi became black (along with headband while in Street Fighter Alpha and Street Fighter EX), his eyes turned demonic red, and his skin and hair turned darker. Evil Ryu's appearance in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is much different than his previous appearances, despite retaining light pink skin from Capcom vs. SNK duology games, and demonic red eyes from Street Fighter IV.

Personality[]

As a figure who strives to be the ultimate warrior, Ryu's most notable characteristic is that he always thinks about fighting. His motivation inspires characters like Sakura to fight, and is seen by others as an amazing person.

However, he is not without a dark side. His will to fight may cause him to struggle with the Satsui no Hado, a gathering of dark chi that consumes a fighter. The most notable example is Ryu's rival, Akuma, though there have been many (non-canon) instances where Ryu succumbs to the Satsui no Hadou, becoming Evil Ryu.

Abilities[]

  • Master of a martial arts style with roots as an assassination art known as Ansatsuken (Assassination Fist). Ryu and fellow disciple Ken uses a sublimated style with the Satsui no Hadou removed from the art. The style appears to be somewhat based on kyokushin karate, as the traditional kyokushinkai techniques can be seen in the character's fighting style. Capcom USA originally referred to Ryu's fighting style as "Shotokan karate", despite bearing little resemblance to the discipline. Because of this, Ryu and other characters who use similar styles (such as Ken and Akuma) are still called "Shoto clones" or "shotos" by fans.
  • Most recognized attack is the qi/ki/chi projectile, the Hadouken (often dubbed as a fireball)
  • Can channel his qi/ki/chi into powerful attacks once in a while, such as gaining the height from Shouryuuken or spinning during the Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku.
  • The Satsui no Hadou (Surge of Killing Intent), an innate Ki which Ryu possesses, increases his fighting capabilities and the strength of his ki attacks, can teleport and but also turns him into a half demon like Akuma/Gouki and can also use the Shun Goku Satsu AKA Raging Demon, an attack that can destroy the host's Soul if they do not empty their soul from all negative feelings such as rage, hate, darkness and desires.
  • He's also learned fairly good acrobatic skills to compliment his martial arts.
  • Possesses superhuman agility, being able to dodge bullets as if they were nothing.

Story[]

X-Men vs. Street Fighter[]

Cyclops thanks Ryu for fighting alongside him. Ryu leaves him, searching for another opponent to challenge.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite[]

After the convergence between Marvel and Capcom universe. He joins a research team accompanying Dr. Bruce Banner to study the anomalies of convergence. Unfortunately, Ryu and Dr. Banner got lost from them and separated each other in Valkanda, Black Panther's domain. Ryu is found by the female Monster Hunter and being taken by her to Panther without any resistance. Sensing Banner nearby as Hulk, Ryu tries to calm his ally's anger, shortly when Captain America and Chun-Li arrived, but being trailed by Ultron Sigma's Ultron Drones to get the Time Stone from Panther. Ryu and Hulk goes fighting the Sigma Virus infected Dah'ren Mohran, with Ryu harnessing some power of the Satsui no Hado, into Mu no Ken to fight it. Once Chun-Li convinced Panther to hand the Time Stone to finish Ultron Sigma to justice quickly, Ryu and Hulk joins Captain America and Chun-Li to return to Avengers Tower at New Metro City.

By the time Jedah and Ultron Sigma's crews began to invade New Metro City, Ryu, Hawkeye and Captain America are seen battling Jedah in Avengers Tower. Unfortunately, Ryu's limit is at peak as the Satsui no Hado began to consume him, which caught Thanos' attention. As Jedah about to weaken Ryu's soul to turned him into Evil Ryu with Soul Stone, Thanos interferes and defeats Jedah, giving a time for Ryu to suppress the dark Hadou.

As the Symbiote monster and the Gravitron Core containing Sigma Virus are destroyed with Time, Mind and Power Stones, but with no effort as the Sigma Virus spread across the Earth, including on infecting the heroes and Thanos progressively. The heroes' only option is to destroy Ultron Sigma, which is their only final battle. As the rest of heroes quickly invades Xgard, Ryu joins Iron Man, Gamora, Frank West, Zero and Thanos to Sigma's Lab to prepare the Infinity Buster for X, utilizing the 4 Infinity Stones they possessed, which survived the convergence, while Dante goes find Jedah to get the Soul Stone alone.

At Sigma's old lab during a process on developing Infinity Buster, Iron Man reveals to Thanos when they fail to stop the virus, the Time Stone shows Iron Man the mystery behind Ultron Sigma's birth, revealing the ploy is actually part of Jedah and Death's plot, using both Ultron, Sigma and Thanos to do their dirty works, which angers Thanos and goes rampaging the heroes out this revelation, yet the Titan keeps his promises for them to finish the Inifnity Buster. Before Thanos gave the heroes back the Time Stone and leave, Thanos had been developing the gauntlet device to absorb Ryu's Satsui no Hado to use it for his revenge against Jedah and Death, freeing Ryu from the cursed Hado.

As Doctor Strange return to get Iron Man's group to the final battle against Ultron Sigma, Iron Man and his group, thought arrived in time are late to watch how Dante tricked Ultron Sigma to use Soul Stone, causing the tyrannical robot turned into a gigantic abomination Ultron Omega for not having noble souls in "them". As X dons his Ultimate Armor, equipped with Infinity Buster, powered by 4 Infinity Stones, Ryu and the other heroes transfers their willpower to X to finish Ultron Omega for good, freeing Earth from Sigma Virus. Despite Ultron Omega's defeat, the Reality Stone is still cracked as a result from a fight between Thanos and Ultron Sigma, leaving the converged Earth remains intact as the heroes began to rebuilt it while waiting for the Reality Stone to be repaired. He tells Spider-Man that rebuilding the converged world as their new home is to honor the death.

Gameplay[]

Ryu is the quintessential "basic" character in fighting games with an intuitive array of punches and kicks, and very basic special moves, making him the definitive Jack of All Stats character who's meant for beginners and experts alike. In past games, his simplicity gives most beginners confidence in starting most traditional fighters. His speed and health are also often very average, though as of recent titles and later games in the past, Ryu has seen many changes that make him more powerful as time goes on, and less overshadowed.

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Trivia[]

  • In both X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, pairing up Ryu and Ken together allows them to perform a Double Shinkuu Hadouken as their Crossover Combination. This is a likely homage to the finale of Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, where the two combined their Hadoukens as a finishing move to defeat Bison.
  • In Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, many mistakenly insist that Akuma Mode Ryu is Evil Ryu, while the latter has never been part of a Marvel crossover (not counting mods in later games). This can be further observed by the differences in move names and properties of Ryu and Akuma. Evil Ryu only has some of Akuma's moves in every design, but in moves with similar counterparts (command moves, special moves, and Super moves excluding Messatsu Gou Shoryuu), Evil Ryu keeps the Ryu version, only with purple ki where blue normally would be. Had it been truly Evil Ryu, for another example, he would have kept the Shinkuu Tatsumaki Senpuu Kyaku in that game, and not have a Tenma Gou Zankuu at all.
  • In the ending cutscene of Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, after you defeat Abyss, you can see Cyclops and Ryu shaking hands. This can be a call back to the title screen of X-Men vs Street Fighter, where both of them are shaking hands behind the game's logo.
  • It's assumed that Ryu's rival is currently Wolverine. Both are fierce veterans in the game series, often being many fans' #1 character picks, and both are portrayed as warriors with an honor code, a murderous side, and the will and determination to fight against all odds. Both have also spent time living and training in Japan, for many years at a time. Furthermore, they are both iconic characters for their respective franchises, both specific (X-Men and Street Fighter) and general (Marvel and Capcom), so the pair seems ultimately justifiable.
    • Before the rival switches, he was originally paired with Cyclops (who got excluded from Marvel vs. Capcom 3). The reason is that both could be considered the "Leaders or Heroes" of their franchise (since the first Capcom VS Game was originally X-Men VS Street Fighter).
  • He was one of the first six characters to be included in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
  • Ryu's ending features him about to fight Iron Fist in a dueling arena. Also in this ending if you look behind Iron Fist on the second picture there is a board which says "Up Next: Ken vs. Mr X".
  • Ryu was one of the first to gain a Downloadable Costume which became available March 1st.
  • Like Dante whose main appearance in Marvel vs. Capcom series is from Devil May Cry 3 while his personality being based on Devil May Cry 4, Ryu's appearance in (Ultimate) Marvel vs. Capcom 3 maybe based on Street Fighter II, but with the current personality from Street Fighter IV. This was prior to Street Fighter V, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and Devil May Cry 5 were announced after Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
  • Ryu's promotional advertising artworks in 7th-generation ports for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is incorrectly being drawn in Street Fighter III incarnation instead of his Street Fighter Alpha incarnation.

External links[]

  • Capcom Database: Ryu
  • Street Fighter Wiki: Ryu
  • Wikipedia: Ryu

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