Street Fighter II : Champion Edition (PC Engine) – Ryu

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition was developed and published by Capcom for the PC Engine in 1993. It was only released in Japan. It is based on the 1992 arcade game of the same name by Capcom.

Ryu playthrough

Ryu is often known as the face of the Street Fighter series, along with Ken and Chun-Li. In World Warrior, he is the first character you can choose. He, along with Ken, established what is known as the shotos: character that has a projectile, an anti-air special move and strong kick special move.

Ryu is a motion character, which means that all his move can be performed by doing specific move input without charging. Taking the shotos type of character, Ryu has his well-known Hadouken as a projectile, his Shoryuken as an anti-air special move and his Tatsumaki (also known as Hurricane Kick) has his strong kick special.

In Champion Edition Mode, Ryu has changes in his special move. His Jab and Strong Shoryuken will knockdown, but his Fierce will only do so if it hit twice. His three Hurricane Kick variations will also knockdown on the first hit. Various details related to collision boxes and frames are different as well.

Against the CPU, Ryu remain powerful, but generally nerved from WW because of higher resistance of dizziness of the cast. He can defeat every other character’s physical move with his Shoryuken, and can chain normal move with it. He can still easily dizzy his opponent and perform a tirade of combos, but he will deal less damage and cannot redizzy. He is also able to perform cross-up combo with his fierce kick, followed by crouched jab kick or standing jab punch and finishing it up with a Hurricane Kick. Some examples of his chain of combos include:

As a side note, his crouched jab kick, when performed very fast, can easily stun his opponent. The CPU has a tendency to do this move.

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