The old Ryu sweating and Chunli crying on his chest looks similar to the Ryu we see in SFIV that's must be one of Ikeno Daigo's concepts.

The first picture is like a time capsule. It tells you so much about Ryu's early days. For instance, he loved the musical stylings of both Motely Crue and Rod Stewart.

Ryu has had so many faces.

They should've stuck with the first drawing. rofl

This is from a Capcom fighting game tournament they sponsored a few months ago and it includes a chronology of every Capcom fighting game made up to now. Even the author is not certain that Ryu from SF1 is actually Ryu.



01) "Ryu from the first Street Fighter. Ehh, is that really him?"

02) "Ryu from Street Fighter II. Ryu begins to proudly wear that red headband of his."

03) "Ryu from Street Fighter II Dash (CE). An alternate (2P) color scheme is introduced and Ryu's face is also redesigned to be more dignified."

04) "Ryu from Super Street Fighter II. His larger eyes makes look a bit younger"

05) "and his face changes completely in Super Street Fighter II X (Super Turbo) to what we think is a more bitter look."

06) "And this is from Street Fighter ZERO (Alpha). He looks considerably younger since Zero is a prequel to Street Fighter II."

07)"From Street Fighter ZERO 2. The reason why Ryu used to wear a white headband back then was because ..." (the sentence seems to had been left incomplete on purpose).

08)"Ryu from Street Fighter EX. A game which can be considered as a precursor to Street Fighter IV."

09) "Ryu from Street Fighter III. His characteristic as a "seeker of truth" is established in this game."

10) "And we move on to Street Fighter III 2nd Impact. Huh? It seems he became a bit younger for a moment."

11) "Young?! Is he really young or does he feel like a rose-cheeked young man? From Street Fighter ZERO 3?"

12) "Ryu from Street Fighter EX 2. His image is now closer to his Street Fighter III counterpart."

13) "Ryu from Street Fighter III 3rd Strike. Now he's bitter. The kind of look that is liked the most by fans."

14) "From Street Fighter EX3. I thought this series was kinda alright."

15) "And finally from the all new Street Fighter IV. Despite its title, its actually set before Street Fighter III."