Is Ryu's Story Finished !?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ส.ค. 2024
- In today's video,, we examine Ryu's entire history from Street Fighter and decide whether it is finally time for this legendary athlete to retire.
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Ryu Story being over that's not going to happen because without Ryu there isn't no Street Fighter because Capcom tried to do that back in the Making of the first Street Fighter 3 but it didn't turn out well so they decided to bring it back for the fans so yeah that's not going to happen at all.
no Ryu = no more Street Fighter
Am sure will a pair alot
Ryu IS Street Fighter.
Ryu is the Street Fighter
We can always replace him with Rai-U or Rye-You
@ryu2683 I love Ryu too even better his character was influenced by late great Bruce Lee.
Same with Liu Kang from Mk. They did a great job with that.
THERE'S NO STREET FIGHTER, WITHOUT RYU.PERIOD!!
Damn straight 💪🏻
I don’t care if he is old with a bald spot in his head, crippled and in a wheelchair he better be in Street fighter. Pulling off fire balls and hurricane wheel chair hits.
This! Ryu and Ken are non-negotiables. I’d add Chung Li is as well.
Agreed
Luke is cooler.
He needs better writers.
He can stay as long as he wants.
However, his current writers don't know where to go with him. And that's a problem.
It goes for the entire series. It's been in stasis for over a decade despite getting a new producer and still not much has happened except making time pass. That really didn't do anything. Look at KoF. It has time pass and yet it's mainly for story content and hardly aging the characters. That's how it should be. Tekken also does this well, thought it's story has fallen off with Hirada, despite him being great on the fighting side of it (depending who you ask). I really don't know why Street Fighter struggles as much as it does. It may be the priority is seeing the IP as a brand to be exploited now and not treat it like it has legacy.
Honestly, Ryu came a long way from being the edgy karateka who has no friends or family. Kinda. And in hindsight, the Alpha/Zero series was the best thing that happened to him, narratively speaking. Alpha 2 laid his purpose bare, besides becoming the best he can be. Ryu... even had something akin to what I call a personality back then, funnily enough.
@@CaptainVulcan Given Street Fighter was the first fighting franchise, story hadn't become a prominent aspect yet, which is why the creator rectified this when he made Fatal Fury. Alpha was simply to fill the game between the next entry, but it ended up being popular. It also did finally put story for the characters forward, so it was only the first time seeing it unless one watched animations.
I've no idea what you mean by Ryu being edgy. You know what edgy implies, right? In no way, shape or form is Ryu that.
@@blumiu2426 The old SNES and Genesis game manuals states that he has no family nor friends. Also his longtime inner battle with the Satsui no Hadou. Kage. That's pretty edgy to me.
Then again, edgy is probably more suited in describing Akuma.
@@CaptainVulcan So orphans are edgy to you? Having no friends isn't related to being anti-social, it's because of his upbringing and focus on training. And that's not true either, there is Ken. Having inner turmoil, a literal one, isn't edgy.
Edgy describes a anti-social behavior that intentionally is rebellious, wanting to stand out.
I think you need to check your definitions of things. You apply them pretty broadly. Then again, if you're young, probably not sure where it came from or started and just here how it is loosely used on the internet.
Fans will riot if Ryu is no longer in the Street Fighter series
Let em riot! If they wanna see characters who have been around for 30 plus years still street fighting just because they’re famous, then they can go join one themselves. Btw, Ryu would be 60 counting this year, monsters.
Stop talking nonsense sfv only 15% ryu player's played online matches while most of them switch to luke
I will lol
Yeah I hate the new Guy luke looks like the guy who smiles in your face then trash talks you behind. Your back
@@Romezguide lokz🤣
Without Ryu, No Liu Kang, No Kazuya, No Kasumi, No Siegfried and No Terry Bogard
Dont forget, no Kyo Kusanagi.
Ryu hasn't even reached his full potential yet and you can almost call him a old man.
He's not old yet. Is he 39 in 2008?
Ryus not that old. Jeez I wouldn't even call Zangief that old and He's almost a full decade older than ryu
Ryu is a real bound human, not a superhuman. At this age if Ryu doesn’t able to defeat Akuma at this point then he’s done,
The day Ryu retires is the day I stop playing Street Fighter.
I'm a Ryu main so I have 0 interest in Street Fighter without Ryu.
No he should not...how dare you even suggest that.
It’ll be hard to retire such an icon. Street fighter is almost lost without Ryu or even Chun-li.
The series would reboot b4 Ryu could retire.
Ryu IS The Street Fighter.
They tried to replace Goku with Gohan in Dragon Ball Z at one point. We all saw how that played out. So no, Ryu stays! He IS Street Fighter.
That's how Japan reacts to such things, though I think in the US it would be the same, if not somewhat mixed. The new gen have less attachment and hardly care for legacy.
fans were actually excited for gohan becoming the new main character we seen gokus entire life up to his death, so its a bit different circumstances
@@dahvongregg45 Where did you get that? Toriyama wanted to move on from Goku, but when fans caught wind of it in Japan, they wrote letters against it. They wanted to keep him, so he had to alter how he wanted the tournament to go because the Cell tournament was of course when that was supposed to take place.
And not Replacing Gohan with Goku is why DBZ storyline became a joke. Ryu is a different story and should stay.
@@LarryBonson bro if you dont like dbz story thats fine but its not a joke buu saga was goated battle of gods was fire same with resurection f same with broly movie and top
Ryu has always been wanting to get stronger every time, That was his main purpose, even at master level in SF6, I think he still considers on wanting to become stronger still, this man has fought superheroes/villains, demons, androids, gods, and even aliens, It's hard to say that if Ryu wants to retire judging by all the fights that he's been through, but he still has more people to fight, respected and honorable warrior.
Exactly. He is a master, but that doesnt mean he cant still grow and master this new style and energy. He still has a lot to accomplish
Short answer, no.
Long answer: Ryu is literally the face of Street Fighter and embodies the core values that the story wants to give us: to strive and be better than we were yesterday and to face the temptation of the easy way out by consciously deciding to not take the short cut and instead invest the hard work to be better than what the easy way could bring anyway.
On top of that Ryu is literally the second most used character in the latest game, Street Fighter 6, with Ken being the most popular. It honestly just is not Street Fighter without him at least being in the game and being playable.
He ain't going anywhere.
Ryu: Retire?! What Kind Sick Joke is this?!
HADOKEN!
Ryu: No, I Love Fighting and I Want to face you Top Hat Gaming Man in MORTAL KOMBAT!
According to his Street Fighter 2 stats. He only weighs 150 lbs. I'd squash him like a bug.
@@TopHatGamingManChannel Ryu: We shall see, I'll met you on Shang Tsung's Island
@@marveldcextinctionwrestler7773
Test your might!
🎶MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!🎶
@TopHatGamingManChannel now we need a SF2 ROM hack where you are one of the fighters.
Haven't watched yet but if GEN can keep fighting as an old dude, so can Ryu. 😊
Thats like saying Mario should retire from the Bros series.
No Ryu doesn’t need to retire if they take out Ryu for the next Street Fighter game that means No more Street fighter games, no more Marvel Vs Capcom fighting games. I remember the original Concept for Street Fighter III games without Ryu, Ken, Chun li, Street Fighter III wasn’t successful during the test previews of the game Street fighter III. It’s like when Big boss Aka Naked Snake and Solid Snake Died that was the end of the Metal gear video game franchise it will be the same with Capcom’s Street Fighter
Not until he becomes the next Sheng Long / Gouken. Once he's old and gray and become this legendary master, then he can retire.
"Does Ryu Need To Retire !?"
Bruh, he never held any job in his life - retire from what?
LMAO!
LOL
From being homeless bum and get a job
@@joshuakeely5593ryu is rich lol ken kept investing his winnings
If there are a couple opponents that I would love to see Ryu fight before his retire can either be from a Shonen anime, Mortal Kombat, or other franchises that could be a worthy rival to Ryu.
Ryu Done? No.
Stop being a bloody hobo? *_YES._*
Remember when MGS ditched Snake? When Parasite Eve ditched Aya? When Dino Crisis ditched Regina? Yes, you do. *For all the wrong reasons.*
Street Fighter with no Ryu is like Batman with no money
No Batman= No more DC
If ryu needs to retire then that means street fighter needs to retire.
The Kamehameha came first. Glad to finally have the answer to THAT question.
._.
Street Fighter 3 the next generation tried it already. Never again. Alex is cool but not enough Luke is cool but he's not Ryu.
If ryu leaves i will be done playing street fighter frfr
Goken and Akuma are still growing and they mad old
He can for sure keep going
Ryu is my first character in a video game that I admired from the get go. I lived in the South Island of New Zealand and nobody knew anything about the game. Back then Ryu was pronounced ‘Roo’ and Guile was ‘Goo-Lee’ haha! Moving to the North Island, I was mocked for it. Understandably. They pronounced Ryu as ‘rye-yoo’ We then changed it to ‘ree-yoo’ when the animated movie came out!
Why does he need to retire when Oro's like a thousand years old?
That hole in Evil Ryu's chest comes from his fight in Asura's Wrath. Asura literally punches him in the chest to the moon. And if you ask how Ryu got into Asura's Wrath, it comes from the ending of Street Fighter X Tekken where he get's teleported after reaching an alien cube.
No
The fight is all that matters. As long as there is a worthy opponent, Ryu's story will never end.
No way I can image older Ryu characters in future SF games 😊
Akuma is older and still going. Akuma is also Ryu’s father.
Actually, Gouken was in Street Fighter 4 as an unlockable. He was in SF4 from the start
If capcom want to kill the Franchise, this would be one way to fulfill this task with full success.
He's transitioning from student to master - from learner to teacher.
You think Ryu is related to the 800 other video game characters named Ryu?
The day that happens is the day I quit playing street fighter.
You never learn from the animation transformers the movie!
no hes on a forever quest to be come the greatest and theres always someone out there ha hes kind of like mike tyson in a way
Nonetheless, he hasn't bitten anyone's ear off in a fight... yet.😅
4:33 aaaaand… (struggles) tatsumaki “senpu-ya-yoo-koo” 😂
I've spent decades trying to find the answer. I've seen countless wonders and horrors beyond comprehension. So to answer whether I will ever stop fighting?
Not a chance. The path is still long, and I must continue forward.
As far as stories goes, I would say Ryu always has the potential to make the transition of being a student for strength to finally becoming a dedicated teacher of it.
Otherwise, I imagine he will mostly just play the part as the recurring champion that other new characters challenge in their respective journeys... While of course getting swept in by the stories of his friends, and they may have more tales to tell.
Idk why tf they decided to age the characters.
Wtf... bruh...
They could have been, should have neen. And hopefully WILL remain eternal.
Why in the hell are you aging your characters like that ?¿?
Players aging and still playing is a thinf, but who gives a fudge ?¿?
You caotured lightning in a botttle, and you want to destroy your own roster?¿? The roster that made you ?¿?
*RIDICULOUS !¡!*
Retire the characters chasing down Shadaloo, since Shadaloo isn't really a thing anymore. Retire the gimmick/goofy characters Blanka and Dhalsim.
Retire Ken since he's got more important things to do, than fight in the streets. To suggest that the character who's whole reason for being/fighting, (seeking greater challenge) retire, is laughable.
Street Fighter, or any Capcom crossover fighting game without Ryu, is like chocolate milk without the chocolate.
He most certainly does not. Ryu is forever. It will never be Street Fighter without Ryu. I'm not even a Ryu player but I will boycott the fuck out of it.
Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, Cammy, and Bison - Don't fuck with them.
No disrespect intended mr top hat but to answer your thumbnail and the reason for this video: HELL NO. RYU SHOULD NOT RETIRE.
hes one of the faces of street fighter. Hes the one a lot of us first used and learned the basics of the game with.
Hes iconic
His hadouken and spin kick (cant spell that off the top of my head) are iconic moves of him.
Ryu is street fighter.
I don't know if the Street Fighter 2 Animated Movie was canon, but I believe this was the best portrayal of Ryu. Sure, it's an old anime, but still worth watching. Bison/Vega was also terrifyingly powerful and intimidating in that movie. I believe the grassland area where Ryu and Sagat fought was even brought to one of the Alpha games.
"Ryu, this is your life." I dig it.❤
It's a sin if Ryu retire from Street Fighter, sure Luke may be the star of SF6 but Ryu is THE mascot of Capcom
Facts he’s like they’re Sonic The Hedgehog of Sega but For Capcom
Capcom only drops characters in SF who I like that didn’t originate from SF II.
Ryu’s not going anywhere.
Gen: *laughs in internal bleeding*
I know a Street Fighter without Ryu feels like sacrilege, akin to MK3 originally not having Scorpion, but I really like the idea of his journey coming to a peaceful ending. I can see him taking up Gouken's place as the master, teaching a new generation and running his own dojo. All the while keeping up contact with his friends, and rivals. I can see aged Ryu & Sagat sharing a zen moment together, before having what is at the end of the day a nostalgic, friendly match before seeing each other off with one another's good graces as a regular thing, for example.
I know its hard to let go of favorite characters, but I think it would be great for his development. That, and how cool would it be a couple entries later, like in SF8 or so, we see master Ryu return as a powerful secret boss and/or unlockable character in traditional style?
No SF without Ryu, Ryu is Street Fighter😎💯💯
Thanks! I.Even though Ryu is one of my favorite characters in SF I never knew Ryu”s and Evil Ryu”s full story. I know this took a lot of time and research and I appreciate your
hard work! 👏👊
Ryu STILL has to defeat Akuma. So that is a storyline there.
But, no. Ryu IS the face of Street Fighter. Luke and Alex have tried to be the new face of SF, but no accepts anyone by Ryu.
all right hear me out guys , instead of retiring Ryu , Capcom release SF7 with Ryu as a 30$ day-1 DLC
It seems SF6 was the spearhead of taking away Ryu for a "modern audience" hero. Well, if they do it, SF7 will be a big flop. Even though, there are more organic and interesting ways to retire Ryu and Ken, and many others... but CrapCom must obey their newmasters, SBI/DEI/ESG/BlackRock-Vanguard...
Ryu will disciple some black nose ring lesbian chick and she will be the new face of Street Fighter. 😂
I appreciate Capcom advancing and developing his storyline and resolving the Akuma conflict.
I dont think Ryu should ever be totaly phased out of the roster though. I’m not a Luke fan, but I do understand Capcom’s efforts to shift the spotlight from character to character for storyline reasons.
It would be like DC retiring Superman.
I view lore in fighting games the same way I view it in professional wrestling. It's all Kayfabe for the players but behind the scenes all fighting game characters go into the locker room give each other a hand shake and make plans for the weekend until next week's show. This explains how fighting game characters always seem to resurrect even in games they should be dead for according to the lore and any plot holes that exist in the often times convoluted story lines for each character. Ryu's story may be done, but he will always be a fighter and fighters never actually retire
If he's not the ultimate warrior yet, then no.
Why is everyone mad? Ryu should stay, but that doesn't mean the story of the game should revolve around him(SF2 didn't at least).
Ryu's story is truly over the day he marries Chun Li and the fans are ready to move on to Sakura and Sean.
Good luck with Capcom having the testicular fortitude to actually do that, but... yeah.
His mr street fighter himself
I remember "Star Blazers" on TV, right around 86 in the USA. It's original release was 1974-80. That's one of the classic's. How cool to have inspired the Hado.
Dragonball came out in 84 in Shonen Jump. Master Roshi fist used the Kamehameha blast on April 16, 1986. In the Manga "Kame Kame Kame Kame Kame Chameleon"
Street fighter released in 87, with a development time 2 years. So from 85-87.
Absolutely not. Nor should Ken. It becomes a different game entirely without them. See what was almost Street Fighter III. No sir.
In terms of his story YES but in terms of him being in Street Fighter NO.
He has already mostly accomplished on what he strive of doing for the most part having to rid himself of the Satsui No Hadou and much fought against his enemy Bison. And at a point he wanted to avenge his master against Akuma but as it turns out he was still alive and his hate for Akuma kinda dwindle towards him. If anything now he just taking up the role of Oro and just seeking out opponents to challenge and nothing more and is not taking up anything important to the story just like some other characters.
And no one stays retire in fighting games, only if they get kill off or at least forgotten if which in any case if Capcom were to kill off Ryu, the internet and everyone will be piss and explode. Hell just hearing the idea of Ryu retiring has already made the comment section implode with an emphatic *NO*.
Street Fighter withou Ryu is like Dragon Ball without Goku.The movement for Hadouken and Kamehameha are both based on the Tora Guchi in Karate. But the hadouken is a single shot and the Kamehameha is a continuous wave
If they make a Street Fighter without Ryu, I wouldn’t bother playing. This would be like a Tomb Raider without Lara Croft. No thanks.
When developing Street Fighter III: New Generation, Capcom almost left out Ryu and I (with Sean Matsuda replacing us).
Andore Hugo and Yang Lee almost took the 9th and 10th roster spots.
He would never do that...
It’s not so much you can’t retire Ryu as you can’t retire Ryu and/or Ken. I see Ryu as 1/2 of a character. The other 1/2 is Ken Masters. These two are bonded by an ironclad, fraternal rivalry. It’s the relationship between them which serves as the nucleus of this series. When the IP tries to get away from this, it suffers. Remember the one and done SF2010? How about when SF3 was trying to push Alex? How about all the film adaptations that’ve ignored this essential component and failed as a result. Without that binary compound of Ryu/Ken, SF seriously deflates. It’d be like eating a cheeseburger that hasn’t bread or meat. All your left with is cheese and condiments and that’s not enough.
NO RYU IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO RETIRING!!!! If you are playing SF 6 he's still a great character. Then we are getting Marvel vs Capcom collection back which will eventually mean MvC 4 will be in the works. Then we have SNK vs Capcom. Ryu is as well known as Mario , Link, Zelda, Sonic, Megaman, and Master Chief.
LOL OVER?!
Akuma and Gouki are older than Ryu, and they still KIck Hard Ass!
What is happoening now is that DEI is trying to change focus of the game.
If you remove ryu and ken or all of the OG World Warrior in the next street fighter game it won't be the same take my word.
The only remaining narrative thread left for Ryu is his quest to become the best fighter. But becoming the best fighter is not a matter of how many fighters he beats up to quantitatively measure how much better hes is in fighting. Its more like Ryu's own personal ideal.
I'd like to see Ryu realize that he has reached his peak. He can't go any further without sacrificing his humanity like Akuma did by embracing SnH. Maybe the next storyline for Ryu is that he's building a dojo and recruiting students.
Why would it be over? He's just getting started!
Not only is Ryu the face of street fighter, he is definitely needed in the roster as he is the foundation of how the game is played which means people usually would pick him to learn how the game works in every iteration of the game, even if capcom wants to sideline him in the roster lore wise, he'll always be there otherwise the fan base will also probably abandon the franchise, they made Luke broken asf in sf6 but ive still seen more ryus from lower tier to top tier online
Do you support modern or classic controls?
I do a bit of both.. My mains are Guile, M Bison and Blanka all on classic, but if im just having fun I use modern Gief and JP to help with the mental stack
@@kenfajardo6953 So how is Ryu the foundation of playing the game then? Especially nowadays.
@Ticketman99 Hes the most balanced character in the roster, he's got fireballs, DP..he's got easy combo routes that deal massive damage, and learning how to play Ryu is a transferable skill across every street fighter game even if you start from 6 and work your way down.
Street Fighter without Ryu is like Legend of Zelda without Link, A mainline Metal Gear without a Snake or a PB&J without Jelly.
Didn’t watch the video, won’t, the correct answer is NO. No he does NOT need to retire, ever. That’d be the first Street Fighter game I DO NOT play.
If you don't want to watch a 53 minute video celebrating the story of one of the all time greats and 37 years of history, then that's your loss :)
@@TopHatGamingManChannel Ryu has been my main since vanilla Street Fighter 2. I was triggered.
My favorite fighters in Smash Bros to pit against each other is Mario and Luigi vs Ryu and Ken
Hahaha!
What they could d o for Ryu's legacy going forward is make him a grand master of martial arts or give him a dojo of his own.
Imagine as he gets older he gets to train a young new pupil or several and the one who will succeed Ryu will carry on his traditions, his inspirations, his ambition, and legacy.
Maybe new adventures await yet even for an aging hero who probably won't be taking a full back seat like other masters.
Why capcom never focused on makoto more is beyond me. They had something really special with her and so much potential story wise.
No.
😂😂😂 that thumbnail is hilarious!
SF3 almost failed if it wasnt for Ryu & Ken
When I was a kid I thought Ryu from street fighter was the same Ryu from Ninja Gaiden
Here's the solution. Let SF6 be the final Street Fighter with the iconic characters ( Ryu, Ken, Chun-li, Guile, Cammy), then do a Street Fighter Gaiden/Legends game that features Sean, Laura, Jaimie, Kimberly, Chun-li's student, Abel, and Manon, let those characters shine. After that, revisit the original Street Fighter, do a remake in the same style as SFIII and that's it, let the franchise die gracefully and with dignity.
They should also do a Final Fight 4 , then let that franchise fade gracefully. Anything else and more is milking it and will eventually suck.
Ryu needs to put a baby in Sakura 🤣
I can see Capcom making Sakura Ryu's housewife
@@devinpaesterlare2287I thought that was just one Capcom guy's personal fan fiction and Capcom was quick to retcon it back to status quo (Sakura and Ryu are not an item at all).
@@arcturionblade1077 in sf5 she said she wanted a child eventually and she’d be in her 30’s in sf6 maybe she’s already a mom
They tried in SF3
Tried
Street fighter draws inspiration from manga and it's not surprising if inspiration was drawn from dragon ball as 80s manga was the basis for many of it's iconic characters and their poses. Guile was inspired by Polnareff from Jojo as well as Rose from Lisa Lisa.
Just make him old and grey. Let all us old heads grow old with these characters.
Ryu should be older and be a final hidden boss. Damaging hits and efficient.
Ken should retire and have Mel take over. Bring back the alpha roll for sneaky crossups.
I don’t think Capcom will do anything with my boy Mel.
In 3rd Strike, Guile's teenaged daughter Amy/Chris could've taken his place, but they’d rather put in some lame emo d-bag named Remy on the roster.
If they’re still reinventing characters like Bison and Akuma there’s no way Ryu is going anywhere
I became Ryu in real life. No wife, no kids. Currently at the gym training while wearing a cherry blossom headband.