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no Ryu = no more Street Fighter

Ryu IS Street Fighter.

Ryu is the Street Fighter

Without Ryu, No Liu Kang, No Kazuya, No Kasumi, No Siegfried and No Terry Bogard

THERE'S NO STREET FIGHTER, WITHOUT RYU.PERIOD!!

Ryu hasn't even reached his full potential yet and you can almost call him a old man.

He needs better writers. He can stay as long as he wants. However, his current writers don't know where to go with him. And that's a problem.

The day Ryu retires is the day I stop playing Street Fighter.

Ryu IS The Street Fighter.

No he should not...how dare you even suggest that.

Fans will riot if Ryu is no longer in the Street Fighter series

It’ll be hard to retire such an icon. Street fighter is almost lost without Ryu or even Chun-li. The series would reboot b4 Ryu could retire.

They tried to replace Goku with Gohan in Dragon Ball Z at one point. We all saw how that played out. So no, Ryu stays! He IS Street Fighter.

Ryu: Retire?! What Kind Sick Joke is this?! HADOKEN! Ryu: No, I Love Fighting and I Want to face you Top Hat Gaming Man in MORTAL KOMBAT!

Thats like saying Mario should retire from the Bros series.

Ryu has always been wanting to get stronger every time, That was his main purpose, even at master level in SF6, I think he still considers on wanting to become stronger still, this man has fought superheroes/villains, demons, androids, gods, and even aliens, It's hard to say that if Ryu wants to retire judging by all the fights that he's been through, but he still has more people to fight, respected and honorable warrior.

Short answer, no. Long answer: Ryu is literally the face of Street Fighter and embodies the core values that the story wants to give us: to strive and be better than we were yesterday and to face the temptation of the easy way out by consciously deciding to not take the short cut and instead invest the hard work to be better than what the easy way could bring anyway. On top of that Ryu is literally the second most used character in the latest game, Street Fighter 6, with Ken being the most popular. It honestly just is not Street Fighter without him at least being in the game and being playable. He ain't going anywhere.

Street Fighter with no Ryu is like Batman with no money

If ryu needs to retire then that means street fighter needs to retire.

"Does Ryu Need To Retire !?" Bruh, he never held any job in his life - retire from what?

Haven't watched yet but if GEN can keep fighting as an old dude, so can Ryu. 😊

Why does he need to retire when Oro's like a thousand years old?

If ryu leaves i will be done playing street fighter frfr

Ryu Done? No. Stop being a bloody hobo? *_YES._* Remember when MGS ditched Snake? When Parasite Eve ditched Aya? When Dino Crisis ditched Regina? Yes, you do. *For all the wrong reasons.*

Akuma is older and still going. Akuma is also Ryu’s father.

Not until he becomes the next Sheng Long / Gouken. Once he's old and gray and become this legendary master, then he can retire.

No Ryu doesn’t need to retire if they take out Ryu for the next Street Fighter game that means No more Street fighter games, no more Marvel Vs Capcom fighting games. I remember the original Concept for Street Fighter III games without Ryu, Ken, Chun li, Street Fighter III wasn’t successful during the test previews of the game Street fighter III. It’s like when Big boss Aka Naked Snake and Solid Snake Died that was the end of the Metal gear video game franchise it will be the same with Capcom’s Street Fighter

If there are a couple opponents that I would love to see Ryu fight before his retire can either be from a Shonen anime, Mortal Kombat, or other franchises that could be a worthy rival to Ryu.

No

No way I can image older Ryu characters in future SF games 😊

The Kamehameha came first. Glad to finally have the answer to THAT question.

Street Fighter 3 the next generation tried it already. Never again. Alex is cool but not enough Luke is cool but he's not Ryu.

The fight is all that matters. As long as there is a worthy opponent, Ryu's story will never end.

Goken and Akuma are still growing and they mad old He can for sure keep going

He's transitioning from student to master - from learner to teacher.

The day that happens is the day I quit playing street fighter.

Ryu is my first character in a video game that I admired from the get go. I lived in the South Island of New Zealand and nobody knew anything about the game. Back then Ryu was pronounced ‘Roo’ and Guile was ‘Goo-Lee’ haha! Moving to the North Island, I was mocked for it. Understandably. They pronounced Ryu as ‘rye-yoo’ We then changed it to ‘ree-yoo’ when the animated movie came out!

If capcom want to kill the Franchise, this would be one way to fulfill this task with full success.

That hole in Evil Ryu's chest comes from his fight in Asura's Wrath. Asura literally punches him in the chest to the moon. And if you ask how Ryu got into Asura's Wrath, it comes from the ending of Street Fighter X Tekken where he get's teleported after reaching an alien cube.

You never learn from the animation transformers the movie!

You think Ryu is related to the 800 other video game characters named Ryu?

Actually, Gouken was in Street Fighter 4 as an unlockable. He was in SF4 from the start

no hes on a forever quest to be come the greatest and theres always someone out there ha hes kind of like mike tyson in a way

4:33 aaaaand… (struggles) tatsumaki “senpu-ya-yoo-koo” 😂

I've spent decades trying to find the answer. I've seen countless wonders and horrors beyond comprehension. So to answer whether I will ever stop fighting? Not a chance. The path is still long, and I must continue forward.

Gen: *laughs in internal bleeding*

"Ryu, this is your life." I dig it.❤

No SF without Ryu, Ryu is Street Fighter😎💯💯

As far as stories goes, I would say Ryu always has the potential to make the transition of being a student for strength to finally becoming a dedicated teacher of it. Otherwise, I imagine he will mostly just play the part as the recurring champion that other new characters challenge in their respective journeys... While of course getting swept in by the stories of his friends, and they may have more tales to tell.

Street Fighter, or any Capcom crossover fighting game without Ryu, is like chocolate milk without the chocolate.

Idk why tf they decided to age the characters. Wtf... bruh... They could have been, should have neen. And hopefully WILL remain eternal. Why in the hell are you aging your characters like that ?¿? Players aging and still playing is a thinf, but who gives a fudge ?¿? You caotured lightning in a botttle, and you want to destroy your own roster?¿? The roster that made you ?¿? *RIDICULOUS !¡!*

He most certainly does not. Ryu is forever. It will never be Street Fighter without Ryu. I'm not even a Ryu player but I will boycott the fuck out of it. Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, Cammy, and Bison - Don't fuck with them.

If he's not the ultimate warrior yet, then no.

Retire the characters chasing down Shadaloo, since Shadaloo isn't really a thing anymore. Retire the gimmick/goofy characters Blanka and Dhalsim. Retire Ken since he's got more important things to do, than fight in the streets. To suggest that the character who's whole reason for being/fighting, (seeking greater challenge) retire, is laughable.

It's a sin if Ryu retire from Street Fighter, sure Luke may be the star of SF6 but Ryu is THE mascot of Capcom

Capcom only drops characters in SF who I like that didn’t originate from SF II. Ryu’s not going anywhere.

It would be like DC retiring Superman.

His mr street fighter himself

I don't know if the Street Fighter 2 Animated Movie was canon, but I believe this was the best portrayal of Ryu. Sure, it's an old anime, but still worth watching. Bison/Vega was also terrifyingly powerful and intimidating in that movie. I believe the grassland area where Ryu and Sagat fought was even brought to one of the Alpha games.

No disrespect intended mr top hat but to answer your thumbnail and the reason for this video: HELL NO. RYU SHOULD NOT RETIRE. hes one of the faces of street fighter. Hes the one a lot of us first used and learned the basics of the game with. Hes iconic His hadouken and spin kick (cant spell that off the top of my head) are iconic moves of him. Ryu is street fighter.

all right hear me out guys , instead of retiring Ryu , Capcom release SF7 with Ryu as a 30$ day-1 DLC

He would never do that...

Thanks! I.Even though Ryu is one of my favorite characters in SF I never knew Ryu”s and Evil Ryu”s full story. I know this took a lot of time and research and I appreciate your hard work! 👏👊

Ryu STILL has to defeat Akuma. So that is a storyline there. But, no. Ryu IS the face of Street Fighter. Luke and Alex have tried to be the new face of SF, but no accepts anyone by Ryu.

I appreciate Capcom advancing and developing his storyline and resolving the Akuma conflict. I dont think Ryu should ever be totaly phased out of the roster though. I’m not a Luke fan, but I do understand Capcom’s efforts to shift the spotlight from character to character for storyline reasons.

I view lore in fighting games the same way I view it in professional wrestling. It's all Kayfabe for the players but behind the scenes all fighting game characters go into the locker room give each other a hand shake and make plans for the weekend until next week's show. This explains how fighting game characters always seem to resurrect even in games they should be dead for according to the lore and any plot holes that exist in the often times convoluted story lines for each character. Ryu's story may be done, but he will always be a fighter and fighters never actually retire

If they make a Street Fighter without Ryu, I wouldn’t bother playing. This would be like a Tomb Raider without Lara Croft. No thanks.

Why is everyone mad? Ryu should stay, but that doesn't mean the story of the game should revolve around him(SF2 didn't at least).

Absolutely not. Nor should Ken. It becomes a different game entirely without them. See what was almost Street Fighter III. No sir.

No.

Ryu's story is truly over the day he marries Chun Li and the fans are ready to move on to Sakura and Sean. Good luck with Capcom having the testicular fortitude to actually do that, but... yeah.

He won’t. He’ll be fighting even if he had a flesh eating disease.

When I was a kid I thought Ryu from street fighter was the same Ryu from Ninja Gaiden

Street Fighter withou Ryu is like Dragon Ball without Goku.The movement for Hadouken and Kamehameha are both based on the Tora Guchi in Karate. But the hadouken is a single shot and the Kamehameha is a continuous wave

I remember "Star Blazers" on TV, right around 86 in the USA. It's original release was 1974-80. That's one of the classic's. How cool to have inspired the Hado. Dragonball came out in 84 in Shonen Jump. Master Roshi fist used the Kamehameha blast on April 16, 1986. In the Manga "Kame Kame Kame Kame Kame Chameleon" Street fighter released in 87, with a development time 2 years. So from 85-87.

If you remove ryu and ken or all of the OG World Warrior in the next street fighter game it won't be the same take my word.

SF3 almost failed if it wasnt for Ryu & Ken

😂😂😂 that thumbnail is hilarious!

Street Fighter without Ryu is like Legend of Zelda without Link, A mainline Metal Gear without a Snake or a PB&J without Jelly.

NO RYU IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO RETIRING!!!! If you are playing SF 6 he's still a great character. Then we are getting Marvel vs Capcom collection back which will eventually mean MvC 4 will be in the works. Then we have SNK vs Capcom. Ryu is as well known as Mario , Link, Zelda, Sonic, Megaman, and Master Chief.

Why would it be over? He's just getting started!

In terms of his story YES but in terms of him being in Street Fighter NO. He has already mostly accomplished on what he strive of doing for the most part having to rid himself of the Satsui No Hadou and much fought against his enemy Bison. And at a point he wanted to avenge his master against Akuma but as it turns out he was still alive and his hate for Akuma kinda dwindle towards him. If anything now he just taking up the role of Oro and just seeking out opponents to challenge and nothing more and is not taking up anything important to the story just like some other characters. And no one stays retire in fighting games, only if they get kill off or at least forgotten if which in any case if Capcom were to kill off Ryu, the internet and everyone will be piss and explode. Hell just hearing the idea of Ryu retiring has already made the comment section implode with an emphatic *NO*.

It seems SF6 was the spearhead of taking away Ryu for a "modern audience" hero. Well, if they do it, SF7 will be a big flop. Even though, there are more organic and interesting ways to retire Ryu and Ken, and many others... but CrapCom must obey their newmasters, SBI/DEI/ESG/BlackRock-Vanguard...

It’s not so much you can’t retire Ryu as you can’t retire Ryu and/or Ken. I see Ryu as 1/2 of a character. The other 1/2 is Ken Masters. These two are bonded by an ironclad, fraternal rivalry. It’s the relationship between them which serves as the nucleus of this series. When the IP tries to get away from this, it suffers. Remember the one and done SF2010? How about when SF3 was trying to push Alex? How about all the film adaptations that’ve ignored this essential component and failed as a result. Without that binary compound of Ryu/Ken, SF seriously deflates. It’d be like eating a cheeseburger that hasn’t bread or meat. All your left with is cheese and condiments and that’s not enough.

Just make him old and grey. Let all us old heads grow old with these characters.

LOL OVER?! Akuma and Gouki are older than Ryu, and they still KIck Hard Ass! What is happoening now is that DEI is trying to change focus of the game.

My favorite fighters in Smash Bros to pit against each other is Mario and Luigi vs Ryu and Ken

They tried in SF3 Tried

I became Ryu in real life. No wife, no kids. Currently at the gym training while wearing a cherry blossom headband.

Ryu is Street Fighter! So never because there is no Street Fighter without Ryu!

Why capcom never focused on makoto more is beyond me. They had something really special with her and so much potential story wise.

The only remaining narrative thread left for Ryu is his quest to become the best fighter. But becoming the best fighter is not a matter of how many fighters he beats up to quantitatively measure how much better hes is in fighting. Its more like Ryu's own personal ideal. I'd like to see Ryu realize that he has reached his peak. He can't go any further without sacrificing his humanity like Akuma did by embracing SnH. Maybe the next storyline for Ryu is that he's building a dojo and recruiting students.

Ryu needs to put a baby in Sakura 🤣

What they could d o for Ryu's legacy going forward is make him a grand master of martial arts or give him a dojo of his own. Imagine as he gets older he gets to train a young new pupil or several and the one who will succeed Ryu will carry on his traditions, his inspirations, his ambition, and legacy. Maybe new adventures await yet even for an aging hero who probably won't be taking a full back seat like other masters.

The only reason to ever retire Ryu is to bring him back as DLC.

If they’re still reinventing characters like Bison and Akuma there’s no way Ryu is going anywhere

When I heard him saying "Kamehameha," I just can't…

Nah, all of our stories aren't finished. Because Street Fighter 6 takes place in 2008, a decade after the events of 3rd Strike.

Ryu is not allowed until we all defeat Shen Long