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This also meant that less-popular characters like Ono and Gill had to be included because their power within the actual Street Fighter universe can't be denied.As one final note, only the aforementioned Street Fighter games' characters were considered for the list. Characters that only appeared in the Street Fighter EX series weren't eligible, nor were characters exclusive to Street Fighter: The Movie or Street Fighter 2010.
We also decided not to pick on characters that were only ever in the first Street Fighter- sometimes referred to as Fighting Street- for fairly obvious reasons.Here are the 8 Most Powerful (And 8 Most Useless) Street Fighter Characters, Ranked. While fans of the 'extended universe' of Street Fighter might argue that the franchise has compelling stories and strong character development, in the games themselves both are largely forgettable.
Basically, we have a bunch of people who come together for various arbitrary reasons to fight each other on their way to fighting insert name of rival/main antagonist here.Some fighters are driven by revenge or other noble pursuits. El Fuerte is on a mission to meet the greatest fighters in the world in order to. Find out what they eat? It's tough to get excited about a character whose back story is built on being a subpar chef who only fights to learn new recipes.Had El Fuerte also not been a bizarre character to play as - yet another wrestler in a cast already stuffed with far more interesting wrestlers - maybe he'd be less superfluous. 15 Most powerful: Cody. In his Street Fighter debut, Final Fight's Cody initially felt like one of those novelty guest characters that were cool to have around but ultimately didn't figure into things within the SF world all that much. Appearing in a striped prison uniform and wearing shackles only furthered the notion that Cody might not be a fighter to take seriously.As it turns out, dismissing Cody only comes at your own peril should you find yourself in a fight with him.
Lore has it that he actually chooses to keep his handcuffs on as a way to handicap himself to ensure fair fights, and that he is among the most powerful members of the entire SF cast. Even Akuma remarked that defeating Cody is only a sure thing 'as long as he holds back.' If that isn't an endorsement of Cody's strength, then we don't know what else could be. As exciting as it was to have four new playable characters added to the roster of the Street Fighter II cast we'd all been playing for years when Capcom released Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, the quality of the new fighters was a very mixed bag. While Cammy has gone on to rightfully earn a place among the series' most popular characters, the other three newbies- including Jamaican party animal Dee Jay- have remained divisive.The first- and so far, only- Street Fighter character to be created by Capcom's U.S. Branch, Dee Jay isn't only problematic because of his cringey cultural stereotypes.
He's a tough character to play as, has a boring fighting style and move set, and the way his persona is all about finding the party, dancing, and shaking maracas between matches all conspired to ensure that Capcom not let its American arm design any more characters. 13 Most powerful: Gill. After waiting for what felt like an eternity, the proper third installment in the series finally hit arcades in 1997. And reaction to the long-awaited sequel was mixed.One of the biggest issues that fans initially had with Street Fighter III was its roster of new characters- not so much because they were new, or even that they were necessarily bad, but because they were so darned weird. And one of the weirdest was the new main antagonist - a buff, scantily clad man with flowing blond hair and a body that is half red and half blue. Gill's appearance is designed to mimic that of an ancient Greek god, which is fitting because he has the power and immortality of a godlike being.Given that SFII I is home to some of the franchise's absolute strongest characters, Gill's role as that game's final boss definitely proves just how powerful he must be.
Gouken is connected to three of Street Fighter's most powerful characters, having trained Ryu and Ken and also being the older brother of Akuma. After about 30 different variations/updates on Street Fighter II, Capcom felt that players might want something of a fresh start with franchise's next true sequel. They were so serious about that plan that Ryu and Ken weren't even going to be included in SFIII- though they relented and at least put that iconic duo on the roster.However, several of the new fighters were essentially just new 'versions' of classic characters- Remy was the stand-in for Guile, Sean is a younger version of Ken, and British boxer Dudley took over for Balrog. Once the original characters began to filter back into the lineup, the substitutes began to feel pointless, none more so than Dudley.
SF doesn't really need multiple boxer characters, let alone one whose story is to find an antique car and pretty flowers for his garden. 9 Most powerful: Rose. Fighting games and T&A have gone hand in hand for quite some time now, but Street Fighter seemed to resist that trend.
While other series are filled with balloon-chested women literally fighting in bikinis, Street Fighter was more focused on the fighting.After slowly getting a bit more fan-service-heavy in recent years, the series seemed to completely give in to the trend of barely-clothed fighting game ladies when it released Street Fighter V last year. While things got a little out of hand with R.
Mika and her self-spanking and butt-sandwiching, she was at least an interesting, unique character (and one that had some history within the series).In terms of Laura Matsuda, she seemed to be designed only to be hot and absurdly-dressed and not a character with any actual depth. 7 Most powerful: Ryu. Street Fighter's longtime 'main character,' Ryu is as iconic on his own as the games that made him famous. Like many of the game characters in the pantheon of great game characters, Ryu seems like a fairly basic, almost generic character when taken at face value- but it's the experience that players have with him that elevates him to classic status.A big part of that experience is how much butt players have kicked with Ryu (and his American counterpart, Ken). In addition to just being a well-designed character that is easy to play as, Ryu has remained one of SF's most popular characters for three decades because of his backstory of being one of the world's most powerful- but also most humble- warriors, able to topple characters of immense supernatural power by virtue of pure, concentrated martial arts mastery. Well, the fireballs and dragon punch don't hurt, either.
The other of the questionable additions to the SF cast introduced in Super Street Fighter II, T. Hawk was part of a trend among fighting game designers in the '90s of including cliched Native American-styled characters to their rosters. Hawk has arguably proved more enduring that Virtua Fighter's Wolf or Tekken's Chang family, he is still one of the lesser characters within the SF series.A lot of people enjoy 'tank' characters in fighting games, and SF has plenty to choose from in that area- Hugo, Rufus, Birdie, newcomer Abigail, and of course, trusty ol' Zangief. Hawk is probably the worst of the bunch. He isn't an especially effective fighter, with little reason to choose him over one of the aforementioned large characters, and his tired 'Native fighting to reclaim his land' trope isn't all that interesting. 5 Most powerful: M. The first time players put a quarter into a Street Fighter III arcade machine, they were faced with a selection of fairly normal-looking martial artists mixed in with some truly bizarre-looking characters.
One of those characters was a squatting, old, trollesque character that appeared to only have one arm. And that character turned out to be ridiculously powerful- with an interesting twist.Not only is Oro already among the strongest fighters in the entire SF canon, but he isn't even fighting to the full extent of his ability. In a Princess Bride-esque ' I'm actually right handed!'
Move, Oro- like Cody- deliberately handicaps himself, choosing to keep his dominant hand covered and out of commission during battles.Evidently, that is the only reason he's even able to compete in a fighting tournament and keep things competitive without instantly obliterating all comers in a matter of seconds. One of the things that has always set Street Fighter apart from most fighting games is that its bosses have typically been fairly well-balanced characters that are able to sit alongside the rest of the roster and not resort to gimmickry. All of that went out the window with the introduction of new main antagonist Seth in Street Fighter IV.Taking a page from final bosses in games like Mortal Kombat, Virtua Fighter, and Eternal Champions, Seth lazily just does the moves of other characters in the game while adding a few ridiculously overpowered original moves.Following genuinely unique and diverse bosses like Sagat, M. Bison, and Akuma, it felt like a major step backward for the series to have a cheap, stunt-style boss. Coupled with his completely bland design that makes him look like a second-rate Dr.
Manhattan, Seth was easily the worst part of an otherwise triumphant sequel. 1 Most powerful: Akuma. Adding a new main antagonist to Street Fighter after years of doing battle with the iconic M. Bison was a major gamble on Capcom's part, but they absolutely knocked it out of the part with Akuma.
Playing like a darker, much more powerful version of Ryu, Akuma quickly became both a fan favorite and also one of those characters that serious players hated because it allowed lesser players to be disproportionately powerful.As powerful and nearly-unbeatable as Akuma already is, when he evolves into 'Oni,' he becomes one of the most powerful creatures in all of gaming. But whether he is Oni, Akuma, or something in-between (Shin Akuma, for instance), the dark master easily proves that he is at the top of the SF heap in terms of both in-universe power and effectiveness among players who have mastered using him.-Who's your favorite Street Fighter character? Let us know in the comments!
Street Fighter (universe)CapcomTakashi Nishiyama (Piston Takahashi)Hiroshi Matsumoto (Finish Hiroshi)Akira Yasuda (Akiman)Akira Nishitani (Nin Nin)Yoshinori OnoFightingConsole/platform of originArcadeFirst installment(1987)Latest installment(2020)Article on WikipediaThe Street Fighter universe ( ストリートファイター, Street Fighter) refers to the collection of characters and properties that hail from the famous fighting game franchise created. Originating on the arcade in 1987, the series became world-renowned as one of Capcom's most lucrative franchises, alongside. Street Fighter has three confirmed series sharing it's universe, Final Fight, Rival School and Slam Masters, while Captain Commando and Strider are in questioned, due to their possible connection within this shared universe. It stars a multitude of characters whose sights are set on their life goals and to be crowned the greatest warrior on Earth - as is the case with its main stars. Contents.Franchise description In 1987, developed and released its first competitive fighting game, Street Fighter, for arcade machines, and subsequently ported it to the TurboGrafx-CD console under the title 'Fighting Street' in 1988. Though the one-on-one fighting game genre had already been first popularized years earlier by Karate Champ in 1984, Street Fighter is credited with introducing hidden, command-based special techniques to the budding genre's formula.
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The game itself is a primarily single-player affair in which the only character that can be played as is the martial artist, who must defeat a linear series of computer-controlled opponents at martial arts venues across the world. In the game's limited 2-player mode, the second player takes control of, Ryu's friendly rival who is otherwise a functionally identical of Ryu in-game, and whichever player wins a multiplayer match between the two will proceed with the rest of the single-player game as that character.
The game received fair critical reception for relevantly innovating on its genre, but failed to garner lasting popularity, and would primarily derive its public appeal from being a historical curiosity in the wake of far more successful endeavors by the series.Capcom had intended to lift Street Fighter's concept and improve on it with a sequel, but repurposed their follow-up project as a side-scrolling beat-em-up titled Final Fight in response to the popularity of Technōs Japan's Double Dragon. Despite this change in direction, Capcom decided to make fighting games a priority after Final Fight was commercially successful in the United States, and went ahead with Street Fighter II, which saw release in 1991.
It was met with meteoric commercial and critical success, and is credited with both setting off a renaissance for the arcade game industry in the early 1990s and giving rise to an influx of fighting game franchises by other developers, popularizing the genre. The Super NES port of Street Fighter II - the first 16-Megabit cartridge for the console - became Capcom's best-selling single-consumer game software until 2013, when it was surpassed by Resident Evil 5.Street Fighter II added the concept of a roster of selectable playable characters, each with their own distinct fighting style and special moves, to the formula of the first game, as well competitive multiplayer combat between two players and a combo system - the first fighting game ever to use one, despite coming about as a bug initially. Many of the innovations brought about by Street Fighter II were incorporated into later fighting games - including the series itself, to an extent. Following this, Capcom enacted a long series of updated re-releases of the game over the course of several years, adding various improvements and new features in response to a wave of bootleg ROM chip upgrades that emerged for its arcade cabinets.
Music.: A string-heavy remix of Ryu's stage theme from Street Fighter II, arranged by the song's original composer, Yoko Shimomura.: A more rock remix of Ken's stage theme from Street Fighter II, arranged by Rio Hamamoto.: the original version of Ryu's stage theme from Street Fighter II.: the original version of Ken's stage theme from Street Fighter II.: the updated version of Ryu's stage theme from Super Street Fighter II.: the updated version of Ken's stage theme from Super Street Fighter II.Trophies. : The wandering World Warrior returns as an unlockable fighter after being DLC in the previous installment, with a largely similar moveset and combo-focused playstyle to his previous iteration. A new mechanic unique to Ryu and his Echo Fighter is that in 1-on-1 matches, they will face their opponent at all times. This is designed to decrease the amount of failed inputs when executing special command inputs. Otherwise, his combo game has been buffed to be made more flexible, including being able to cancel aerial attacks into specials.
: Ryu's boisterous best friend, rival and the original fighting game clone character makes his debut as Ryu's Echo Fighter. He was the final Echo Fighter revealed for the game and is arguably the most distinct of the Echo Fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, having not only his own sets of taunts and victory screens, but also a faster dash speed on the ground, his Hell Wheel backwards throw, and multi-hitting up and side specials, among many other aesthetic changes and moveset differences. Unlike Ryu, who mainly relies on punches, Ken instead relies on kicks, which translates to moves such as tapped forward tilt, up aerial,.
He also has two distinct Final Smashes depending on proximity to an opponent, being. Main article: Original tracks Arrangements and remixes unique to Ultimate. ' Vega Stage'/' Balrog Stage' (JP): A remix of Vega's (Balrog in Japan) stage theme from, composed by Yoko Shimomura. ' Guile Stage': A remix of Guile's stage music from Street Fighter II, composed by Yuzo Koshiro.Returning tracks Arrangements and remixes returning from Smash 4. ' ': A Japanese-styled arrangement of Ryu's theme from Street Fighter II, which also includes the 'crisis' version of the theme. Returns from Smash 4.
Heard in Ryu's character trailer. ' ': A rock arrangement of Ken's theme from Steet Fighter II, which also includes the 'crisis' version of the theme. Returns from Smash 4.
Heard in Ken's reveal and character trailers.Source tracks Tracks sourced directly from Street Fighter series games with no alterations. Most songs heard from this series are ripped out from Street Fighter II and its updated counterpart,. ' Player Select Type A': The character select theme, sourced from Street Fighter II. ' ': Ryu's stage theme, sourced from Street Fighter II.
' ': Ken's stage theme, sourced from Street Fighter II. ' E. Honda Stage Type A': E.
This character or item debuted in a game from a different game, yet shared universe.Games with elements from or in the Super Smash Bros. Series Street Fighter Ryu and Ken made their debut in the original Street Fighter game. Many of Ryu's moves, including the, and, also first appeared here, as did his iconic 'raised fist' victory pose. Ryu's mechanic of holding the A button down to produce stronger attacks is also a direct callback to the pressure-sensitive buttons of the original Street Fighter arcade machine, which had the same functionality. His is also similar to his intro in Street Fighter, where he simply walks onto the stage. Ken can only be played solely after defeating Ryu, the first default player character.
Sagat, who appears as a spirit in Ultimate, also made his debut as the game's final boss.Final Fight A side-scrolling beat 'em up spin-off that was originally developed as a sequel to Street Fighter. Cody Travers, one of the main protagonists, appears as a Spirit, albeit using his design from his playable appearance in Street Fighter Alpha 3.Street Fighter II The Suzaku Castle stage and all of its music tracks debuted here. Ryu and Ken’s modern-day designs were solidified in this game. Ryu's character poster on the Super Smash Bros. 4 website is a direct homage to this game's original arcade flyer, and is even drawn by the same artist, Akira 'Akiman' Yasuda. Ryu and Ken's is a remix of the jingle that plays when a fight is over. Guile made his debut in this title, with his Assist Trophy drawing from the two special moves he can use.
Many of the various recurring characters that also debuted in this game appear as Spirits in Ultimate.Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers This update to Street Fighter II, released in 1993, was the first game to use Capcom's CPS2 hardware, which allowed superior audio quality over the previous CPS1 system. As such, the music of Street Fighter II was completely rearranged in order to show off the system's capabilities. Super Street Fighter II's versions of Ryu and Ken's themes appear in Super Smash Bros. For Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as 'Ryu Stage: Type B' and 'Ken Stage: Type B'. Additionally, Ryu gained his Shakunetsu Hadoken ability in this game, as well as the majority of his alternate palette swaps that appear in Super Smash Bros. This was also where was given additional flame effects for its Heavy Punch version.
Also, in Ultimate, the stage theme songs of all 16 characters and the player selection theme from this game are present.Super Street Fighter II Turbo The final update to the original Super Street Fighter II, released in 1994, prior to the true final release of Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers, introduced the Super Combo mechanic. Ryu's Super Combo was the, which first appear in Super Smash Bros. 4 as one of his. This is also where Ken began to receive changes to help declone him from Ryu.Street Fighter Alpha The first Street Fighter game to implement a taunt mechanic. Ryu's up taunt of tightening his headband, and the portion of his idle pose where he adjusts his gloves, appeared both as taunts and in his 'fight start' animation in the Alpha series. The Alpha series was the first time that characters were able to use multiple different Super Combos in battle.
With Ken’s Shinryuken added in original Alpha, then Shin Shoryuken and Shinpu Jinrai Kyaku being added to Ryu and Ken’s movesets respectively in Alpha 3, they were able to use both of their Super Combo moves within the same battle, similar to how their Final Smash works in SSB4 and Ultimate. As the 2D-era Marvel vs. Pixel car racer hack apk. Capcom uses Alpha sprites, Ken’s Shinryuken is based on this.Street Fighter III The Joudan Sokutogeri (appearing as his side Smash attack in SSB4) was added to Ryu and Ken's repertoire in this game, as was their second respective Final Smash, the and Shinpu Jinrai Kyaku Super Arts. Ryu and Ken's sound effect and animation are a direct reference to the parry mechanic in this game, which would nullify all damage if the player moved towards an incoming attack with perfect timing.
Ryu and Ken's back roll and initial dash animation are taken from his back and front dashes, respectively, from this game. The duffel bag that appears in one of Ryu's, as well as his down taunt, are both from this game. In addition, Yuji Kishi voiced Ken in this game’s Japanese voice set.Street Fighter IV Ryu and Ken's down-B moves in SSB4 and Ultimate are taken exactly from Street Fighter IV's mechanic, with an identical function and animation. In addition, Ryu's up and side taunts are also taken from this game along with the KO background after using a Super/Ultra Combo to deliver the final hit of the match when using the Shin Shoryuken (Ryu) or Shippu Jinraikyaku (Ken). One of Ryu's victory poses, involving a punch toward the camera, is also a reference to his victory animation in this game, and Ken's trophy is a rip of his SFIV model. In addition, Kyle Hebert (English) and Hiroki Takahashi (Japanese) voiced Ryu, Reuben Langdon voiced Ken in the English version, while Hiroki Yasumoto (Japanese) and Travis Willingham (English) voiced Guile in this game.
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This is where Guile’s Somersault Kick was locally renamed as “Flash Kick” in all Western versions, andwhere Ken’s Shiryuken gained invulnerable startup at close range against non-juggled opponents. Super Street Fighter IV Juri, who debuted in this expansion, appears as a spirit in Ultimate.Street Fighter V Ryu’s design in Ultimate has been modified to resemble his appearance in Street Fighter V more closely.One of Ken's victory quotes is originally from this game. Ryu's purple palette swap in Ultimate is based off of his tenth color from this game.Trivia. Street Fighter is the first fighting game universe to be represented in the Smash series, and one of three along with and. Several Street Fighter characters made an appearance in the German Club Nintendo magazine, where enters a fighting tournament and faces off against them, although Ryu was not present.
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