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[MisterHero]

Shinkiro comes close though

 

[Marceles]

Got to love Young Ryu in Marvel vs Capcom 2

My personal favorite

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Third Strike Ryu is easily my favourite. His sprite is fantastic.

(Tiny gif!)

look at the weight, the cloth .... fuckin genius

 

[SargerusBR]

You guys are forgetting the most recent Ryu:

 

[Emperor Bohe]

Yeah but i'm pretty sure Capcom has the last word on this.

So good.

man, the things I would do to get a proper hd sprite street fighter game...

edit: dat KOFXIII style Ryu sprite tho

 

[Matrix XII]

That's very interesting, thanks for the images.

Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition is the real Ryu to me.

Such a classic figure in the fighting genre, hope that never dies.

 

[sixteen-bit]

SF4 Ryu portrait art, which I think is awesome, didn't translate so well into 3D unfortunately.

That portrait actually started out as the 3D model with details painted over.

 

[Chavelo]

Only reason SF2STHDRemix's animation looks so “bad“ was because they tried to keep it true to ST in terms of gameplay. Otherwise, more frames in the animations = new variables in the game and completely different frame data.

Still, any ST player worth their salt will still just pick the classic sprites option. Capcom should of just done two versions of SF2 in one for HD Remix. One as an arcade perfect release of ST and the other with Sirlin's shitty gameplay fixes and with new sprites and animation. No need to fuck it up in the middle.

 

[gutter_trash]

Alpha / vs Ryu is the stupidest looking one

SF3 series Ryu looks the best

 

[zainetor]

personally, I like sf4 artworks. The problem are the in game models.
they look like something straight out from gears of war. Ken without neck is simply laughable.

 

[jett]

That HD Remix sprite is an abomination.

 

[2+2=5]

The Street Fighter 2 portrait will always be the real Ryu portrait for me and these are how he should look like in-game for me.

 

[sleepykyo]

More like how he hasn't changed.

Good. I'd hate to see what a modern design by commitee Ryu would end up as.

That aside, I was kind of hoping it would be about how his strikes changed over the years as they made Ryu more punch happy and Ken more kick happy to differentiate the fundamentals of the two.

 

[Leunam]

That portrait actually started out as the 3D model with details painted over.

That's really odd then how the model almost seems to have a puffier face than the portrait.

 

[kitsuneyo]

With that 'art', HD Remix should never have been made. Just horrendous.

 

[Shadow Ranger]

Ryu. Ever the handsome fella. His SFIV designs have been here and there but SSFII and SFIII; those were amazing.

(Avatar from the cancelled CFAS game)

 

[Shadow Ranger]

It was done internally by Udon, the artist is Alvin Lee.

Not just him though. Pretty sure a lot of the work was also outsourced at points due to the huge amount to do (and delays?)

Ultimately even the trace job wasn't amazing with inconsistent art. Not UDON's finest hour.

 

[Screaming Meat]

Got to love Young Ryu in Marvel vs Capcom 2

That's my Ryu.

 

[Tesseract]

sf4 ryu is awesome

 

[Alfredo]

The future of Ryu

 

[ActStriker]

Yeah but i'm pretty sure Capcom has the last word on this.

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/082/a/2/ryu_third_strike_hd_by_steamboy33-d4tcf9b.gif[IMG]

So good.[/QUOTE]

This is pretty jarring. You can see just about every bit of motion is a photoshop effect. Hell, is upper arm doesn't even animate while he's bending his elbow

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Street Fighter Alpha with the red hair is my favourite ever look.

Although SSFIITurbo was classic as well.

 

[GotchaForce]

In Platy's long line of sprites, is the third one from Project X Zone? What about the 4rth one? I'd say it's Capcom vs SNK on NGPC but that's what the 6th one certainly looks like.

 

[fates]

Also -

Kinu Nishimura and Shinkiro in on the same game is too strong.

 

[joe2187]

Mvc2 has my favorite art style amongst Capcom fighters

Bengus aka CRMK is a genius, such creativity, too bad he left Capcom and I don't know what happened to him after his departure.

Got to love Young Ryu in Marvel vs Capcom 2

]

That's the MvC2 guy right? He's always been one of my favorites. His stuff is amazing.

This has been my favorite for awhile. I just love it.

The Marvel Vs Capcom 2... Awesomeness.

My personal favorite

That's my Ryu.

BENGUS THE BESTUS!!

 

[Kanokare]

Quick, change the channel!

 

[Ezalc]

Ugh, I always found him to be just so boring. Fuckin' eternal scowl and shit.

 

[stn]

He looks the best in Third Strike, and Super Turbo.

 

[Zissou]

Ugh, I always found him to be just so boring. Fuckin' eternal scowl and shit.

Smiles a lot in mvc3!

 

[Valus]

3rd Strike Ryu, in both portrait and sprite form are my personal favorites.

 

[Dereck]

Ryu in Tekken

EDIT: Beaten

 

[Ragingnight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lBYMq8BNS0

Nobody linked this? Pretty epic video imo

 

[Passive Assassin]

they did.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lBYMq8BNS0

Nobody linked this? Pretty epic video imo

post #48

 

[Zee-Row]

I absolutely hated Alpha 3's music and artwork. Thats why Alpha 2 was the best to me.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

He looks the best in Third Strike, and Super Turbo.

Yes, game sprite, he looks best, like most things, in SFIII.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

His best version is when he re-named himself to Akira in Virtua Fighter.

Would love to see the same thing for Akira's evolution. Another fucking classic, bad-ass fighting character.

The way he looks, sounds and moves in VF5 onwards is beastly. Like he's made from iron or something. So cool.

 

[Bleepey]

People hate on HD remix, but that game helped convince Capcom that reviving SF would be a profitable endeavor.

Am i the only person that liked HD Remix? Only way it could be better would be if there were more characters. I look forward to a HDR2.

 

[Roland1979]

Capcom VS SNK didn't only look good, also played like a dream.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Damn you ST.

Damn you and your eyebrows over headbands.

 

[RM8]

To me nothing beats Alpha Ryu, then EX Ryu. I really like those designs, while sadly I mostly dislike current Donkey Kong Ryu :/

Actually, scratch that, this is best Ryu:

 

[LordJim]

Capcom VS SNK didn't only look good, also played like a dream.

Not the first one, for sure

 

[A Pretty Panda]

Sirlin's SF4 Concept was in general pretty stupid, but I did like the story angle he came up with...following Ryu through every iteration of SF and ending with a final battle between Old Ryu and Akuma.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/146366024/David-Sirlin-s-Street-Fighter-4-Concept if you haven't seen it.

FINALLY

I can play fighting games

 

[PhantomZone]

Godd look back at how the character was designed, i always preferred using Ken though.

 

[Threi]

With that 'art', HD Remix should never have been made. Just horrendous.

Without HDR we wouldn't have Snake Eyez.
That alone justifies it's existence.

 

[sixteen-bit]

FINALLY

I can play fighting games

Sirlin played Smash Bros?

 

[RM8]

Sirlin played Smash Bros?

Clearly not, because Shoryuken would be up-B, not down-B

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Also -

I can never unsee Stamos in that SNK art

 

[ElFly]

Third Strike Ryu is easily my favourite. His sprite is fantastic.

(Tiny gif!)

Ugh if you liked it so much why don't you post it unsquished

vs

Sorry for the smoothing, it's imgur fault, but the squishing is so much worse

 

[Skilotonn]

My favs for Ryu character portrait art has always been Super Turbo, followed by SF3 Second Impact, and in-game, Street Fighter III. Just too boss.