Ryu (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Ryu, Ken, and Sakura all appear on Super Smash Stadium. For information about them in general, see their articles on the Street Fighter Wiki.
Ryu is a playable character on Super Smash Stadium. He appeared close to the end of Season 5, alongside his home. He is also tied with Simon Belmont as the first character to get an Echo Fighter; in his case, Ken Masters. Ken and Richter both debuted in February of 1986, when the "Mêlée Era" began and fighters were allowed to have six costumes, up from four. In Season 39, when the number of costumes expanded to eight, Sakura Kasugano was added as another Echo Fighter.
==In his own universe==
Ryu is more or less the star of the Street Fighter franchise. Present in all games (he and Ken were the ONLY playable characters in SF1), he's usually the most balanced character on their roster. Ken is his best friend and battling rival. Both are students of a man named Goken, who trained them in the Ansatsuken fighting style. However, Goken was murdered not long after.
Sakura is a bad stereotype of butch lesbians, who apparently copies Ryu out of an obsession with him.
==Attributes==
Some cynics over the years have argued that the reason why the "tourney tards" prevalent in Smash Bros. fandom ban fucking everything except for, like, two or three stages (and why "no items, Fox only, Final Destination" is a thing) is because Smash fans secretly want to be Street Fighter fans, with that series' flat stages, no items, and other stuff.
While we don't know how well Smash characters would do in Street Fighter (although multiple other Fantendo users have probably speculated via their own games...), we DO know that Ryu is currently on the low end of top tier on SSS. A less extreme version of Little Mac, Ryu does best in close quarters. His grab game is lacking, and he has trouble getting into those close quarters; however, he's not quite as gimped as Mac is due to having a projectile as well as a way to take on characters in the air.
===Changes===
...Yes.
===Moveset===
Entrance: Pops out of mist. (Sakura trips and falls while she does this, saying "Uh oh!", then "Pleased to meet you!" as she gets up.)
Special: As references to the Street Fighter games...
*With all of Ryu's normal moves, if you merely tap , you'll get a weaker but quicker version of the move, whereas if you hold , you get a slower but stronger version.
*In 1v1 matches (which, in practice, is almost every match on SSS), Ryu always faces his opponent unless he's offstage. This makes walking backwards with him much easier than it would be with other characters.
*When he hits opponents, the hit noises from Street Fighter 2 can be heard. However, since Season 39, this doesn't apply to Meteor Smashes, which still make their special sound.
Move Name 	Description
Forward Tilt, held:
Collarbone Breaker	An overhead punch that deals high shield damage, potentially leading to an instant shield break.
Cannot kill except on Jigglypuff.
Down Tilt:
Ankle Kick	A Hapkido shin kick. The tapped version is extremely spammable. Induces tripping, and if you then use it on a tripping opponent, they get right back up, potentially locking them in an infinite combo.
Cannot kill.
Forward Smash:
Jodan Sokutogen	Precisely that move from Street Fighter 3. With the tapped version, Ryu uses a side kick that does 16%, while holding produces a slightly stronger heel stomp that does up to 25%.
Kills at 110%.
Forward Air:
Tobigeri	A simple flying kick. Sweetspot the move for more knockback, but sourspot it to kill shields faster.
Up Air:
Sukui Tsuki	An uppercut that hits twice.
Kills at 155%.
Down Air:
Straight Punch	Ryu hits opponents with a punch angled downwards in front of him. Sweetspot it on airborne opponents for a Meteor Smash. On grounded opponents, this is a good combo starter.
Kills at 0% sweetspotted.
Back Throw:
Somersault Throw	Ryu does the "tomoe nage" technique from Judo. Could potentially lead to an infinite chaingrab on heavyweights if comboed into a tapped down tilt.
Up Throw:
Heel Drop	A stretching kick, followed by an axe kick. The axe kick is the big hitter.
Kills at 125%.
Neutral Special:	Ryu's famous blue energy blast. Does moderate damage, but little knockback, and is slow.
As an Easter egg and a nod to his home series, if you can rotate in an arc from behind him downwards to in front of him quickly enough, you'll unleash the stronger, fiery Shakunetsu Hadoken.
Shakunetsu kills at 160%; regular Hadoken can't kill.
Side Special:
Tatsumaki Senpukyaku	A jumping, spinning crescent kick. Hits three times, with slightly increasing power each hit. Also usable as an alternate recovery.
Cannot kill.
Up Special: 	Ryu's signature leaping uppercut. Hits three times, with the third hit being the strongest.
Kills at 120%.
Down Special:
Focus Attack	Ryu charges up a punch, then unleashes it. A lesser version of Ridley's down special, anyone who gets hit collapses to the ground. Can hit through shields and even invalidate opposing counters, such as the Fire Emblem cast's down specials and Peach's neutral special!
Cannot kill.
Final Smash:
Shin Shoryuken or Shinku Hadoken	Shin Shoryuken is done on close-up opponents. It's a fiery, exploding Shoryuken that does about 50% more damage than the original.
Shinku Hadoken is used on far-away opponents. This is a bigger Hadoken that sucks in opponents, drags them up to half a Final Destination's length away, then explodes. This, too, is 1.5× stronger than the regular Hadoken.
Ashley Variant: When using Shinku Hadoken, Ashley will say "Kame-hame-HA!!!", a double reference to that as well as . Sadly, her Shin Shoryuken isn't quite as noteworthy.
Both moves kill at 40%.
===Taunt===
*Up Taunt: Pulls his headband and says "Come on!"
**Ken: Gives a thumbs-up and says "Yeah!"
**Sakura: Says "Yah!" and flashes a V-sign. If the other Sakura is an opponent, she'll give Sakura some lip. ("That's MY line, bitch.")
*Side Taunt: Holds his fist forwards, and says "Talk is cheap."
**Ken: Bumps his fists together and says "Get serious!"
**Sakura: Giggles, facing away as she does so.
*Down Taunt: Stomps the ground like a sumo wrestler.
**Ken: Beckons, and says "Bring it on!"
**Sakura: Tenses up, saying "Come on!", then bends forward in a cheeky way, saying "I'd do it if I were you!"
===Victory===
*Pose: Slings a duffel bag over his shoulder and says "The journey has just begun."
**Ken: Brushes his hair and gives a thumbs-up while saying "I did it!"
**Sakura: Does her "swaying" dance from some Street Fighter games, giggles, and says "Yay, I did it!" (Against Yuki, she says "Come back when you can put up a real fight, faker!")
**Ryu, Ken, and Sakura also have special lines for victories against each other, but they're never heard on SSS due to mirror matches not being allowed on the show. They appear in the video game, however:
***Ryu against Ken: "You were good, Ken, but I'm better!"
***Ryu against Sakura: "Come back when you can put up a fight, Sakura!"
***Ken against Ryu: "That was fun, Ryu! Let's do it again some time!"
***Ken against Sakura: "Heh. You're off your game, Sakky!"
***Sakura against Ryu: "WOW! I beat the legendary Ryu!?!"
***Sakura against Ken: "Hah! Better luck next time, Ken!"
*Theme: The Street Fighter 2 victory theme.
*"No Contest"/Loss Theme: Unknown; currently taking suggestions.
==Costumes==
*Default
*Naruto???: Ryu in orange and black.
*Yellow
*Evil Ryu: Not an Echo Fighter.
*Ken Default
*Ken Green
*Sakura Default: Sakura's classic Japanese schoolgirl outfit.
*Street Fighter 5 Sakura: Sakura in her default "carnival barker" outfit from that game.
==Notes==
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