Ryu vs Ken
 

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We're gonna settle this shit NOW!

And discuss your Goddamn answers!

This is the greatest fffucking poll I ever did!

:mad:

Fucking vote and discuss now!

I vote Ken Masters; mostly because he's badass and partly because Ryu's gay. His Shoryuken sets his fucking fist on fire, and its range is greater. His Hurricane Kick combos and his standard kicks are better than Ryu's. His Shinryuken is most likely better than Ryu's Shinku-Shoryuken - which I always thought was Ryu's attempt at being a smart-ass anyway. And Ken has better theme music.

Ken wins. :foc:

I forgot to add a FFFFffucking poll!!!!

Nice.

You can still add the poll. Click thread tools...

Holy fucking shit, bro. Holy FUCKING SHIT

Ken FTW, bitch.

Ken, most certainly. Fucking fire uppercut.

Yeah, taking Ken here.

Ken Masters.

I was always a Ryu guy.

'Re-You'

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This is clearly a dream sequence, with Ryu lasting a whole minute. That fucking bitch-cock.

Wrong: Its a fucking corpse after Ken is done with him.

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Epic... FUCKING EPIC!!!

:mad::mad::mad:

This is the only place red wins, baby!

I voted for Ken, easily. Just because I find him better to play as, really.

It's one of those things in games where everyone pronounces it differently.
I say Ry-yoo but others say Ree-yoo or Reey-oo.

Other pronounciation problems are words like Deku (Deh-ku or Dee-koo?) and Zangief. I've heard Zangief pronounced as booth Zan-geef and Zan-gee-eff in Street Fighter products.

The whole thing may be down to your dialect/accent because a lot of Americans seem to pronounce Mario and Wario as Mawr-ee-o and Wawr-ee-o and not Mah-rio and Whah-rio as Europeans and Japanese pronounce it.

edit: On a related note, what's with the Hadouken? That constantly switches it spelling. Sometimes it's spelt Hadouken and other times the U is left out and it's written Hadoken.

Year's later, Ryu is still vanilla.

I vote Guile

It's Japanese. Pretty much everything Japanese is just plain wrong.

They both suck and Chun Li should be the face of Street Fighter.

Interference from Akuma, and he slays the fuck out of both of them because HE IS the supreme champion.

Street Fighter IV box art:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.c...fighterbox.jpg

Gonna go anti-everyone else here and say Ryu, for the following reasons:

• Ryu gave Sagat his gargantuan fucking chest scar
• He is a badass, mysterious "wandering warrior", not a fucking attention-seeking glory hog like Masters
• Ken was fighting T-Hawk in an abandoned warehouse when Bison tracked him down; how desperate was he for battles?
• Ken gets ambushed like a bitch and brainwashed by Bison without even really putting up any kind of a fight
• Ryu's power is so immense that Dhalsim could sense it just by being in his general vicinity
• Ryu holds off Bison way longer than Ken could, who basically gets knocked out of the way and loses function of his legs until he remembers how to work them again, rejoining the battle just in time to fire off one hadouken with Ryu and claim the joint victory, after essentially being out of the entire fight.

:n:

Sagat sucks

Ryu's a bum, Ken actually supports his travels.

T-Hawk picked a fight, and rightfully got his ass handed to him.

Bison went after Ken in the first place because he recognized his power.

Dhalsim may have sensed Ken's power as well, but we'd never know as they never came across each other.

Also, check out the Street Fighter American series (USA kids block) which had an episode where Ken defeats Akuma after Ryu fails epically. Despite it being a bastardized American hybrid of the game and movie - that episode is one of the best SF stories ever told. And it perfectly illustrates Ryu's issues and why Ken gets the job done.

And again, a fire uppercut.

Bison was chasing Ryu before he stumbled across Ken. Ken was his consolation prize because he was so easy to find and capture.

And also, as for the whole fire uppercut thing, a buttload of good it did him, eh?

Oh, plus, Ken can't let go of stuff. While Ryu was happily traversing Asia in search of new battles, Ken was obsessing about having a rematch with Ryu.

Baggage much?

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Point Settled

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And finally, this is one of the coolest opening scenes ever:

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You can't compare injured Ryu with full-strength Ken, he was at a clear disadvantage.

Besides, Ryu has beaten Ken in the past.

Also, he takes this dude out with a headbutt before wiping the floor with Fei Long:

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This one also contains the T-Hawk/Ken battle, which is awesome in its brevity. Don't get me wrong, I do like Ken, I just thought Ryu had been unfairly represented so far :(

Note what Ken says, by the way: "No one can stop me... except for Ryu" (6:20)

Straight from the horse's mouth.

Ken defeated Ryu in the second tourny (game continuity). As of SF3 Ken has the last win.

Ken was a bad ass.

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I've posted this in another Street Fighter thread, but if there was anything worthy of the proverbial forum bump, it's this video.

Ken by miles.

Personal preference: I prefer playing with Ken rather than Ryu...and yes...I realize that sounded fucking gay. Keep in mind, I am only basing this opinion on Super Street Fighter II and Super Street Fighter II Turbo. I have not played the other Street Fighter Games enough times to have an opinion.

HOWEVER - Storyline wise, Ryu is the superior fighter. Ryu is the 'hero' of Street Fighter and so from a storyline perspective...I go with Ryu. Ken has motivation issues. :p

p.s. Based purely on SSF2 and SSF2T, I also think that Ryu has better music. Zangief's music is the most badass however. :cool:

run in from Akuma

Screw Akuma. I played him for the last 9-10 years and he's gimmick in the end. Went back to my childhood pick, Ken.

Ken Own's ALL. He's a badass that is all rage and anger! I fucking love rage and anger!!! And Ken's a goddam american. America! Fuck Yeah!

What the Hell are you talking about?

I don't know, maybe I'm all rage and anger... But he is a bad ass, and he's american, so he still gets my vote! Its really fucking early here, and I needs me some egg mcmuffins!

You are something else.

nerdgasm.net

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The answer lies in the heart of battle.....Ryu wins.....always

What kind of gay shit is that?

Ryu, im suprised ken even fights for fear of messing his hair or nails up.

Ryu's quote from SF 4. Maybe watch a preview sometime. :roll:

stfu

Was it you I gave multiple knee-bashes to? Yeah I think it was.

The sun was in my eyes.

We were in a night time stage.

I was trying to play from 35ft away and I guess the controller went out of range.

Since probably SSF 2 Ken's been the better offensive fighter (Street fighter 3 series included)

That said, I still prefer Ryu

Street Fighter Rankings List
 

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Ryu is ahead of Ken by a significant margin.

From a storyline perspective, there is no question as to who the better fighter is (Ryu)

On a personal note however, I enjoy playing with Ken more......:naughty:

The American is always better. :yes:

Some kind of pitcher-catcher analogy?

Vega. :shifty:

Evil Ryu > Ken > Ryu

Did anyone see Sakura's SF4 ending?

I did, but I forgot it already.

Spoilers:

Sakura sees Ryu taking on that generator thing (following his ending) and she's knocked back by some of it's energy. While on the ground Sakura was pulsing with some reddish sparks that resembled Ryu's Metsu no Hadou effects (Dark Hadou).

Am I looking too much into it that Sakura may have been contaminated with the dark Hadou, possibly because of her adopting some Shoto techniques?

This explains it better than me.

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What the fuck was that dark hadou thing even doing there? Steet Fighter 2 and 3 actualy had good stories and endings for a japanese fighting game, but it definitely seems like they phoned this one in.

Also in regards to sakura, dunno, looks kinda like it was just some risidual energy from getting hit.

Ken because of the Dragon Punch

This is sad....
 

You guys are all faggots :wavesad:

You are posting on a proffesional wrestling messageboard.

*Sigh*

You have consistently failed to supply anything of value not just for my personal reading pleasure, but in general. You throw your crass statements around in some futile effort to discredit those who relish in geekdom. You are rude, ignorant, and without any form of empathy. Go now, to my list of Ignored Posters - population one. Now two.

Tell Kenny I said hi.

To be fair, typing "sigh" DOES make you look like a huge fag.

*Sigh*

Correction: "Satsui no Hadō" is the name of what some of us refer to as Dark Hadou. I confused Metsu from Ryu's 'dark' fireball used in his Ultra.

Offbeat, I really don't like the continued Americanized translation of Akuma and the Dark Hadou being 'evil'. Neither really are. Akuma's lines in SF4 hurt because of this. He's really just looking for a good fight. Some stuff his accurate, like him wanting Ryu to unleash his dark self.

The Dark Hadou plot is more interesting than the Shadoloo arc to me.

We are up in our necks in SF4, so updated analysis is at hand.

Ryu:

• Plays like Super Turbo Ryu, back to basics (no Sweet Chin Music). Forward+Fierce combos into... anything. Almost nill recovery lag after fireballs.
• Shoryuken>Focus Cancel>Ultra Fireball is dildos.
• Should have retained Fake Fireball from HD Remix.
• Alt. Costume is badass.

Ken:

• Definitely 3rd Strike Ken. Tricky Kicks are there, including extremely useful Forward+Med Kick.
• Fierce Shoryuken beats everything.
• No reason to jump forward really. Still, Air Fierce Punch challenges Anti-Air (often trades damage). Very damaging Cross-Up possibilities.
• Alt. Costume is gay, clearly meant for a shoveled new character concept.

No sweet chin music = gay. I dominated with Ryu in 3 thanks to that.

Ken is a spoiled brat. Ryu earned his fighting skills the hard way.

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They could have made it his Focus Attack.

lol What? They trained under the same master!