Terry Bogard
For "The King of Fighters '94", along with Robert, developers of the game had problems balancing Ryo with the other characters from the series without removing any of his special moves. However, Ryo was said to be one of the game's strongest characters. The developers added that this game was created with the idea of having Ryo fighting against Terry Bogard, the lead character of the "Fatal Fury" series. Ever since "The King of Fighters '96", Ryo was given a new stance which the staff referred to as neutral since they did not find it superior or inferior to the original one. His shape and colors of his projectile technique, "Torakuken", was altered across "The King of Fighters". Though SNK artist Falcoon said that Ryo's characterization between "Art of Fighting" and "The King of Fighters" is different, he was unable to explain it.