Ryu of the Street Fighter series joins the fight!
He arrives in Super Smash Brothers seeking powerful opponents. He's being created to most closely resemble his Street Fighter II form.
In that game there were six buttons, but Smash focuses on two.
Yet somehow he'll have a wide range of moves at his disposal.
Even his low attacks have light, medium, and heavy versions.
That's because the move you activate depends on whether you tap the button or press and hold the button.
You can use completely different moves from light to heavy by holding the button longer.
Rapidly tap the button to chain attack or hold it longer for a strong attack. This is important when using Ryu.
You even have a weak side attack or a strong side attack.
You can use familiar Street Fghter moves too. Collarbone Breaker is a great shield breaking move
and Joudan Sokutogeri is a move from Street Fighter 3.
In general, Ryu is geared toward dealing out combo attacks.
Some of these combos appear in Street Fighter games and there are some new ones too.
And of course, his signature move!
You can activate a Hadouken with the press of a button.
Remember: you can change the speed of the move by altering how long you press and hold it down.
For the Hadouken, we've also accommodated Street Fighter's familiar command inputs.
If you enter its original command, the move is a bit stronger.
Another type of Hadouken, the Shakunetsu Hadouken can be activated by entering a yoga flame command.
There's also the Hurricane Kick.
It's hugely destructive and it can be used for movement too.
Now for the invincible finishing move: the Shoryuken.
You can activate a Shoryuken with just one button press, but if you enter the original command input
there's a good chance you will KO your opponent. Try making contact at the start of the animation.
If you input the command correctly the character's voice and effects will change, so trust me - you'll know.
His down special move is called a Focus Attack. It lets you take a hit from your opponent and stun them.
Keep pressing the button to increase its power. If you hit the opponent press forward twice to cancel the animation and dash, then attack.
And Ryu has two final smashes. He's the first fighter in Super Smash brothers history to have that.
If you perform his final smash the normal way it's a Shinku Hadouken.
It'll hit surrounding opponents as well.
Pull it off next to an opponent and you'll have the chance to seal the deal.
Longer hit stop frames, different hit sound effects, and more.
We developed this fighter to highlight the special characteristics. I hope you enjoy playing as him.
We're also releasing the new Stage Suzaku castle.
The right side provides stable footing
while the left side has smaller, separated platforms. That means your strategy needs to adapt to the side you're on.
And when you launch your opponent at close range you can actually destroy the signs.
In omega form it looks even closer to the original game.
The stage will appear on both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions.
For the background music you can select the theme from Use Stage in an original game.
During battle the music will switch to a different theme near the end of the match.
That's also new to the Smash series.
I should mention in the Wii U version Ken's original stage theme is included and a remix too.
There's even a remix of the theme from Ryu's stage.
This one was arranged by Street fighter II's sound composer, who is Yoko Shimomura.
Plus the character's illustration was done by the original character designer, AKIMAN.
We've also included a Ryu trophy and a Ken trophy too. You can of course get these in-game trophies just by playing the game.
We put a lot of effort into implementing Ryu into these games, enjoy!
Ryu and Suzaku Castle come as a set for the prices you see on screen.
Oh, I almost forgot! It's somewhat unrelated, but representing Tekken...
is Heihachi with a Mii fighter costume!