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[oneida]

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.

 

[nded]

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

That's actually what Ryu's SFIII sprite looks like when rendered with square pixels. The arcade monitors used rectangular pixels, so the characters looked slimmer there.

 

[QisTopTier]

LOL at people saying the animation for SF2 HD ryu is bad. Yeah no shit sf2 had craptastic animation. SF2 HD kept the same frames of animation

 

[ElFly]

That's actually what Ryu's SFIII sprite looks like when rendered with square pixels. The arcade monitors used rectangular pixels, so the characters looked slimmer there.

But it makes no sense to render it with square pixels! Just open photoshop or something and correct it!

 

[Bishop89]

Alpha 2 had and still has the best designs in the franchise. Also the best game in the series

 

[Platy]

FINALLY

I can play fighting games

GBA Super Street 2 had this input

 

[El Sloth]

Jesus Christ. Hire some actual animators next time you're gonna "remake" one of the most beloved games of all time.

In my opinion, this is an incredibly unfair thing to hold against the guys that animated the game. Their goal wasn't to create whole new Street Fighter II character animations, it was to make faithful to the orignal high resolution re-creations. Down to exact frames to keep competitive gameplay in mind. And they, arguably, succeeded in that regard, even if it may not be all that pretty to look at.

HDR has plenty of problems, but this just seems like a completely unfair thing to hold against the Udon animators.

 

[RM8]

GBA Super Street 2 had this input

Turbo Revival? Nope. I just played it to be sure

 

[Camp Lo]

SF2CE is his best look. The chin hairs just scream I'll beat you to death

 

[arit]

Turbo Revival? Nope. I just played it to be sure

You could change it by pressing select (or something like that).

 

[TheXboxVision]

I once saw a YouTube video of the evolution of Ryu. Someone had taken clips of all the games he's been in and edited them together keeping the focus on Ryu and making it look like he was in one fight with his surroundings changing.

I wish I'd favourites it because I haven't seen it since.

 

[Boney]

I once saw a YouTube video of the evolution of Ryu. Someone had taken clips of all the games he's been in and edited them together keeping the focus on Ryu and making it look like he was in one fight with his surroundings changing.

I wish I'd favourites it because I haven't seen it since.

http://youtu.be/3lBYMq8BNS0

 

[thesolidshark]

Third Strike Ryu *is* Ryu to me.

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

So good.

These two were always my favorite versions.

That SFxT though....makes me appreciate SF4 art of him.

 

[-PXG-]

3S sprites and key art are still the best. No contest.

 

[Platy]

Turbo Revival? Nope. I just played it to be sure

"To get easy moves mode you have to go into arcade mode. Once you start to fight press select. If you hear the noise you here when you press start at the title screen, you've done it correctly."

Specials are smash bros like and Supers are A+B

 

[not psycho]

This has always been the true Ryu for me.

The intense eyes, the smile, the scruffy look. This is the wandering warrior. Such a shame I was never able to defeat Sheng Long though.

 

[kunonabi]

Alpha 2 had and still has the best designs in the franchise. Also the best game in the series

damn straight. still shinkiro designs are good. On that note, we're forgetting CFJ Ryu.

 

[TheOGB]

Third Strike, CvS2, and TvC da best.

 

[Kokonoe]

I can't decide which one is the best. He looks goofy in SFIV, though.

 

[ScriptedReality]

FINALLY

I can play fighting games

id play this lol

 

[bishoptl]

http://youtu.be/3lBYMq8BNS0

Aw man, this is GREAT. Thanks for posting the video, I'm forwarding it to everyone I know.

 

[tokyostomp]

Does he have a canon surname?

 

[FLAguy954]

Dat Capcom vs SNK 2, so good.

Yes!

Spoiler

Make a third one Capcom!

 

[Nemo]

Didn't even include the best one (SF2 Revival)

Forgot who the art guy is but he should be the main character designer in everything

 

[Erigu]

I can never unsee Stamos in that SNK art

It will always be Charlie Sheenkirô art to me.

Does he have a canon surname?

He's named "Hoshi" in the live action movie (but who cares, really), and the name "Takegami" apparently surfaced while they were making the animated movie but it doesn't look like it's canonical.

 

[nded]

But it makes no sense to render it with square pixels! Just open photoshop or something and correct it!

It can't really be helped, most computer monitors having square pixels and all. Correcting it at a 1:1 pixel scale image would either:

1) Distort the image by creating garbage data to fill in the blanks. Here you can see Ryu's face and fingers become wobbly due to extra pixels.

2) Destroy information by compressing two pixels worth of data into one. Notice Ryu has lost his pupils and some of his toes have fused.

Since arcade monitor pixels are roughly 25% taller than they are wide, the only way to accurately represent the sprite on modern monitors as they appeared in arcades is to scale it 400% and then stretch it 25% vertically. This way all the pixels are present and are all the same size.

Mathematical!

 

[firehawk12]

Hah, forgot all about the movie game.

 

[rpmurphy]

Don't care too much about regular-sized Ryu comparisons, but one thing is for sure: Puzzle Fighter Ryu is the kawaiiest.

 

[illmatic22]

Ryu seems to utilize the shoulder roll/ philly shell at first glance

 

[chaobreaker]

Ryu is always depicted as a bit socially inept. Seeing him struggling to type a IM message in the Udon comics was hilarious. I can't find the page where he does that though. Here's some other art of Ryu in the wild.

 

[R-User!]

ST.

 

[Greenzxy]

.

So good.

My favorite version of Ryu though:

 

[jaxword]

Ryu is one thing, but it really enrages me when people talk shit about Chun-Li's translation into 3D.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Ryu, forever my #1 fighter of all time.

 

[RM8]

but it really enrages me when people talk shit about Chun-Li's translation into 3D.

I like her in SF4, but man, they should really tone down her legs a bit. Her Alpha costume looks downright silly

 

[MisterHero]

I like her in SF4, but man, they should really tone down her legs a bit. Her Alpha costume looks downright silly

Looking weird makes sense because she's older and tougher.

I don't know how much time passed between Alpha and IV though.

 

[jaxword]

Looking weird makes sense because she's older and tougher.

I don't know how much time passed between Alpha and IV though.

A good guess is about 5 years, assuming it goes:

Alpha/Alpha 2
Alpha 3 (year later)
Sf2 (at least a year later)
Sf4 (at least a year after after that)

So at lowest, 3 years, and highest 5+.

 

[corrosivefrost]

I still laugh at the radical redesign from SF to SFII.
And on that note, I don't really like the character at all.

 

[Auskeek]

God, CvS2 Ryu's sprite is impeccable.

 

[MIMIC]

I like Alpha 3. All of the characters bathed and looked clean

And original SF Ryu was a totally different person xD

 

[Japanmanx3]

Tats Ryu always

 

[RM8]

Looking weird makes sense because she's older and tougher.

I don't know how much time passed between Alpha and IV though.

I know but IMO this is too much:

 

[Elvick]

MvC2 has the best one IMO.

Really like the art there. All this really did for me, was show how uninteresting he generally is. I know he's not supposed to really be interesting, but sheesh. I only really liked 3 or 4 of those, in terms of art.

 

[Jerry Orbach]

Since arcade monitor pixels are roughly 25% taller than they are wide, the only way to accurately represent the sprite on modern monitors as they appeared in arcades is to scale it 400% and then stretch it 25% vertically. This way all the pixels are present and are all the same size.

Only vertical resolution (240 lines) and aspect ratio (4:3) are fixed on the display. Horizontal resolution is determined by the game. Capcom's CP Systems output 384x224 (leaving 16 lines blank, to account for overscan), making each pixel only 20% taller than it is wide. So, scale it 500% and stretch it 20%. ^___^

 

[pants]

Got to love Young Ryu in Marvel vs Capcom 2

.

 

[Hours Left]

Shinkiro Ryu is best Ryu.

 

[Loofy]

Here ... did a better job than Kotaku in my free time =P
More notable omissions are the 3D games because of the lack of transparent sprites =P

Ive always hated that HD look. Why couldnt they just zoom in on the old one sorta like this?

 

[MisterHero]

A good guess is about 5 years, assuming it goes:

Alpha/Alpha 2
Alpha 3 (year later)
Sf2 (at least a year later)
Sf4 (at least a year after after that)

So at lowest, 3 years, and highest 5+.

I know but IMO this is too much:

Fair enough.

This being a Ryu thread, I've always thought that he had massive arms compared to the rest of his body. He's wearing pants obviously but his legs don't seem to be proportionately as strong. I figure the same thought was given to Chun-li and her legs.

It's more obvious in SFII art and maybe some SFIII art, but not so in SFIV art because everyone's kinda lumpy.

God, CvS2 Ryu's sprite is impeccable.

I agree. It's a shame other characters sprites (Sagat, Blanka) were barely altered from SF Alpha, etc.

 

[nikos]

I will never have enough of Street Fighter. Best franchise in gaming.

 

[Dereck]

Got to love Young Ryu in Marvel vs Capcom 2

Yeah this Ryu is dope as hell.