Ryu (USBIV)

Ryu is a downloadable playable character in Ultra Smash Bros. IV and makes his second return in the series since Smash 4, also as a DLC. He was confirmed as a downloadable character in the first wave of DLC's after 1 month of the game's release, alongside with Snake and Pichu. In his own fighting series Street Fighter, Ryu is the main protagonist of the series where everyone's fighting eachother. He also appears in other crossover games such as Marvel vs. Capcom series, Tastunoko vs. Capcom or Tekken X Street Fighter. Ryu appears as a third party since he's the second mascot of Capcom, alongside with Mega Man. He came alongside with Namco's Pac-Man, SEGA's Sonic and Bayonetta, Square Enix's Black Mage, Cloud and Sora, Konami's Bomberman and Snake, Ubisoft's Rayman, Taito's Bub, Rare's Banjo & Kazooie, WayForward's Shantae, Yacht Club Games' Shovel Knight and Vanpool's Dillon.
Ryu's voiceclips were reused and recycled from Smash 4.
Ryu ranks the 49th place of the 103rd (B) in the tier list, putting him at the high tier classment before Diddy Kong and after Rayman. This is a notable drop for Ryu's top tier position in Smash 4.
Ryu pocesses a strong combo and neutral game, even the best out of the cast in Ultra Smash, including Bayonetta. His controls and input are also far of the normal because they are influenced by his own fighting game Street Fighter. His Shoryuken is always being a suprising attack and recovery for Ryu for devestating KO's.
However, Ryu is nerfed causing his Focus Attack and his Hadoken more predictable to other players escape them. His approaches are still difficult due to his below-average mobility (execpt his dash speed). Overall in the matchup's, Ryu does not bad against top tier but suffers the most from the top 6 best characters in this game.