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[Teepo671]

Dang, I really need to finish Project X Zone so I can pick up part 2. I didn't know Segata Sanshiro, Majima and Kazuma were in it. D:
The wandering warrior certainly lives up to his name. I thought I played most games where Ryu made an appearance but there are still a lot of faces there I don't recognize.

 

[chaobreaker]

If for the purposes of the Smash Universe Dr. Mario and Mario are separate characters, why doesn't it count? Bad Boxart MegaMan is supposed to be MegaMan, but for the purposes of the Tekken universe he's considered a separate entity.

Also, a mistake: pretty sure Morrigan is listed twice, once for her Puzzle Fighter and once for her alt costume in MvC, which although may be a palette for lillith (I'm guessing) is still Morrigan, lillith ain't got a figure like that.

No dude, Dr. Mario is literally​ Mario wearing a doctor's outfit. This list should include alternate universe characters like Classic and BBA Mega Man.

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

Yes, but Megaman Volnut and Megaman Zero are not.

Weird

Volnut is with the Tatsunoko vs Capcom group, buy yea I can't find Zero.

 

[Izuna]

Missing quite a few

edit: When the FUCK did he fight Bahn? I need to know

Volnut is with the Tatsunoko vs Capcom group, buy yea I can't find Zero.

Zero is on the right

 

[Outrun]

... And the greatest battle is the one that he faces each and every day with himself.

RYU.

GOAT.

 

[LinkSlayer64]

No dude, Dr. Mario is literally​ Mario wearing a doctor's outfit. This list should include alternate universe characters like Classic and BBA Mega Man.

You can argue all you want fhqwhgads, but I will not budge on my stance. He also throws pills.
But what about the Morrigan thing?

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

Missing quite a few

edit: When the FUCK did he fight Bahn? I need to know



Zero is on the right

Bahn from Fighting Vipers? Should be in Project X Zone.


Aaaaah so there's Zero. Phew.

 

[Izuna]

Also, Evil Iori and Iori are counted

Bahn from Fighting Vipers? Should be in Project X Zone.

What a bizarre game.

 

[Platy]

Zero is on the right

THIS zero

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

THIS zero

I thought that's just the same Zero from the Mega Man X series, awakened years later with a different costume? (I'm not familiar with Mega Man history)

 

[Platy]

I thought that's just the same Zero, awakened years later with a different costume? (I'm not familiar with Mega Man history)

It is more complicated than that ... also SNK vs Capcom Chaos came earlier than MvC3 (or Tatsunoko, which is where X's Zero first appeared) so if only one is listed should be this one

 

[LinkSlayer64]

It is more complicated than that ... also SNK vs Capcom Chaos came earlier than MvC3 so if only one is listed should be this one

And R. Mika and Karin both have their SFV pics instead of Alpha 3

 

[omnislayer]

It is more complicated than that ... also SNK vs Capcom Chaos came earlier than MvC3 so if only one is listed should be this one

He may be in a different body but he's still the same character. While I prefer that version of Zero I don't think the order of appearence matters too much.

 

[Grimsen]

Nice chart. They added the MvC1 assists, but forgot Bonerine from MvC2.

 

[mrmickfran]

Asura in that little corner lol

 

[Lulubop]

Need to add Ed and Kolin now.

 

[chaobreaker]

You can argue all you want fhqwhgads, but I will not budge on my stance. He also throws pills.
But what about the Morrigan thing?

Anyone can throw pills. It's not a power. Quit stalking​ me on Google, fool. Fhqwhgads was already taken by a user here 🙁

Nice chart. They added the MvC1 assists, but forgot Bonerine from MvC2.

He shouldn't count either. It's Wolverine but without his adamantium. Would Ryu be a different character if he used a gun instead of hadoukens?

No? Didn't think so.

 

[Producer]

The ones directly under his picture? Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax (and it's enhanced edition Ignition) IIRC.

nope, thats granblue.

 

[Defuser]

Waiting for the day Ryu vs Batman.

 

[Doctrine Dark]

Soon we'll be seeing Captain Marvel, X, Ultron, Sigma, Ultron-Sigma, and many more added to the list.

 

[LinkSlayer64]

Anyone can throw pills. It's not a power. Quit stalking​ me on Google too.

Lol, no need for Google, I've been a homestar runner fan for years.

Also, I'm surprised, although it is unreleased, that Ultron and Sigma were not added (MvCI)

Also would Ant Man be counted via Hawkeye's lvl 3 in UMvC3? Perhaps under the assist category?

 

[SephLuis]

Asura in that little corner lol

And what a glorious fight that was.

We need Asura in Marvel

 

[QuixoticNeutral]

In theory, it would be interesting to take any given video game character and find its "Ryu number", a measure of collaboration distance like the Erdős number in mathematics (or six degrees of Kevin Bacon, if you prefer). Everyone Ryu has directly fought would be assigned a number of 1; everybody who has fought those characters in turn (Ice Climbers, the cast of Pokkén, or everyone who fought Link in his guest appearance in SoulCalibur II, or the supporting cast of Viewtiful Joe via Red Hot Rumble) would be 2; and so on. You could probably get to some unexpected places just via connections in fighting games alone, never mind other forms of mascot/all-star/crossover competition like kart racers or MOBAs.

 

[Atrarock]

Correct title for the topic should be "Characters Ryu has fought and allied with".

A good chunk of these characters are individual Ryu didn't even fight against. I was almost confused as to why Sheath (one of the main villains of PXZ2) was shown twice, not realizing that her 2nd photo was of

Spoiler

her piloting Nine Nine

 

[Faddy]

Dr Mario is the third Mario Bros who went to medical school instead of becoming a plumber.

Why do Link and Toon Link count as separate characters?

 

[mrmickfran]

And what a glorious fight that was.

We need Asura in Marvel

Ain't no way Asura is missing Infinite.

 

[spazchicken]

lol When did he fight the Pac-Man ghosts?

Ryu has been putting in work!

 

[LinkSlayer64]

In theory, it would be interesting to take any given video game character and find its "Ryu number", a measure of collaboration distance like the Erdős number in mathematics (or six degrees of Kevin Bacon, if you prefer). Everyone Ryu has directly fought would be assigned a number of 1; everybody who has fought those characters in turn (Ice Climbers, the cast of Pokkén, or everyone who fought Link in his guest appearance in SoulCalibur II, or the supporting cast of Viewtiful Joe via Red Hot Rumble) would be 2; and so on. You could probably get to some unexpected places just via connections in fighting games alone, never mind other forms of mascot/all-star/crossover competition like kart racers or MOBAs.

Now this is pretty awesome, but what games have say, League characters appeared in besides League? There still are many games that might be untouched. Regardless, Ryu truly is the Kevin Bacon of the gaming world it would seem.

 

[omnislayer]

Dr Mario is the third Mario Bros who went to medical school instead of becoming a plumber.

Why do Link and Toon Link count as separate characters?

They're not the same Link, they're from different eras of the same universe. Much like Megaman and Megaman Volnut.

 

[chaobreaker]

Dr Mario is the third Mario Bros who went to medical school instead of becoming a plumber.

Why do Link and Toon Link count as separate characters?

Because both are different reincarnations of a legendary hero that don't even exist the same timeline.

 

[Danthrax]

If duplicate Characters aren't counted, why are Marth and Lucina on there?

Oh, this gave me such a sensible chuckle.

 

[Bowling Pin]

What's the logic behind which Granblue characters they decided to put in the graphic? Because the entire thing would double in size if they actually included every character that he can possibly face in the game.

Those are the melee weapon characters of Granblue. The Granblue Fighter events had a special "arcade mode" where you had to fight Street Fighter characters using only parties with melee characters. These are the only characters who could theoretically fight Ryu as an AI enemy.

I see the Granblue roster is missing main characters Gran and Djeeta though.

 

[Anura]

This list is woefully lacking. You could fill up half of that page with Granblue alone. Also what the hell is the logic with the granblue characters? It only lists one GW character but forgets the others? You have to fight them all to unlock them. Unless it's just counting 1vs1 (I've never played his event... do you even 1vs1?)

Edit for the above: isn't he an unlockabke character for your team? Meaning he has/can technically fight every single thing in that game. Even if we're just counting other characters and not raid type bosses we're still missing things like Vira, Black Knight, Sturm, Drang, etc

 

[Lt.Chips]

The Eternal Challenger, indeed!

 

[Bowling Pin]

An omission!

American Dad vs. Family Guy: Kung-Fu II Turbo! Hyper-Mega Edition was a Flash game developed to market American Dad and Family Guy DVD releases. It wouldn't be worth mentioning here, but they actually licensed Ryu to serve as the final boss.

EDIT:

There was also Street Fighter: Mouse Generation, a Japan-only PC fighting game which had Ryu fighting, among others, Chinese wuxia characters, Cyborg 009, and Barack Obama.

http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Street_Fighter_Online:_Mouse_Generation

 

[QuixoticNeutral]

Now this is pretty awesome, but what games have say, League characters appeared in besides League? There still are many games that might be untouched. Regardless, Ryu truly is the Kevin Bacon of the gaming world it would seem.

Yes, you'd definitely run into several major franchises or rosters that are isolated and as yet untouched (I can't see how to get to Blizzard, for instance, as they don't really lend their characters elsewhere), but even with fighting game crossovers alone you can still get quite far.

For instance, Link gives you Soulcalibur, which gives you Kratos (GoW), who gets you to both PSASBR (which you can also get to via Dante) and Mortal Kombat (2011 on PS3), which delivers Injustice. There's your Marvel-to-DC link right there that also gives you a number for Batman (Ryu–Dante–Kratos–Scorpion–Batman), an upper bound of 4. And maybe I'm missing something obvious that is even more direct.

Hell, Soulcalibur's guest rosters get you to Star Wars, which yields all of Masters of Teräs Käsi. Ryu–Link–Ivy–Vader puts Luke Skywalker also on 4.

If we limit ourselves to fighting games, it's actually hard to think of any major title totally disconnected from Ryu. Primal Rage, maybe? Killer Instinct (unless there's a path there via Battletoads)?

[Edit: I've spun this off into a thread of its own.]

 

[CharminUltra]

Stop fighting strangers on the street and get a job, you bum.

 

[IntelliHeath]

Look like they didn't included Street Fighter vs. All Capcom. It's a only game that Ryu could fight against 1942 airplane.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

impressive. Most impressive.

 

[mortal]

Ryu has got to be one of the most well-rounded fighting game characters of all time.

 

[Galdelico]

Ryu has got to be one of the most well-rounded fighting game characters of all time.

There's one more.

Let them fight.

Spoiler

PLEASE.

 

[chaobreaker]

EDIT:

There was also Street Fighter: Mouse Generation, a Japan-only PC fighting game which had Ryu fighting, among others, Chinese wuxia characters, Cyborg 009, and Barack Obama.

http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Street_Fighter_Online:_Mouse_Generation

I looked that up and I can't believe there's a game where Ryu can fight the guy from Detroit Metal City.

Also there's Space Sheriff Gavan, which means almost every single Toei Tokusatsu hero has a minimum Ryu number of 2.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Pokeballs/assist trophies seem like a stretch. It was a perfectly impressive list without them.

 

[Com Truise]

Missing Ouma from Kengan Ashura.

 

[sixteen-bit]

That fight man has fought many people

 

[SoulUnison]

Yes, but Megaman Volnut and Megaman Zero are not.

Weird

Well, I mean, Bad Boxart Megaman is a "take" on Megaman Classic, while Volnutt is a totally seperate character from a different canon, and Zero is the same - he's not even a "Megaman."

 

[omnislayer]

Well, I mean, Bad Boxart Megaman is a "take" on Megaman Classic, while Volnutt is a totally seperate character from a different canon, and Zero is the same - he's not even a "Megaman."

Technically, Volnutt is from the same canon as Megaman classic but they're so removed from each other in the timeline that they might as well exist in different timelines. Lol

 

[karasu]

The fight is all.

This is like the most important screen of my childhood. It turned everything on its head for me lol

 

[sphinx]

pretty sure he didn't fight against most of the cast in Project x Zone 2.

never played 1 so maybe there?

 

[SoulUnison]

Technically, Volnutt is from the same canon as Megaman classic but they're so removed from each other in the timeline that they might as well exist in different timelines. Lol

Oh, I guess you're right. For some reason I disconnected the series, but the timeline *does* go Classic -> X -> Zero -> ZX(?) -> Legends, with Battle Network -> Star Force being a branching split from Classic.

Still, Classic and Volnutt are entirely separate characters/entities.