Nov 5, 2009 -- 11:52AM, kenjiharima wrote:

Though StreetFighter Alpha3 had an evil Ryu, but this is a "WHAT IF" Ryu sucumbs to the SNH power and kills Akuma in the end, which never really happened. Pretty much StreetFighter Zero2 gold already has the sunbrunt version of Sakura pressing select when choosing her.

Well, why we can't exactly confirm that "the ties that bind" anime is canon, he goes "Evil Ryu" in that as well.

In fact, supposedly Ryu tapping into the "dark Hadou" is what led to the shoryuken that gave Sagat his scar.  So he has certainly succumbed to it in the past, even if only a little.

Also "shin" akuma isn't technically a different Akuma or anything in story, it's just Akuma using his full-power.  Like if they made a version of Oro where he used both arms to fight.

keep in mind evil or dark characters are just powered up versions of their original states usually with much lower health.....they cud even add it as some kind of bonus or cheat

plz no dark/shin/ w/e power up version of a character.. use a mugen...

I want to see Dark sakura on a Project Justice game. I prefer Project justice over street fighter because Street fighter guys were fugly, LOL

I really believe Dark Sakura might fit more with Rival schools/project justice. It may not work with Street Fighter. I dont even want a Dark Ryu in Street Fighter. Leave the Dark Shotos in the VS> seris cross overs.

Nov 5, 2009 -- 6:37PM, TongariDan (o'-')o wrote:

Well, why we can't exactly confirm that "the ties that bind" anime is canon, he goes "Evil Ryu" in that as well.

No, but we can exactly confirm that "The ties that bind" (unlike the short anime SF4 preludes) is definitely not canon. Without going too far, it clashes with what the actualy storyline in the SF4 game says.

In fact, supposedly Ryu tapping into the "dark Hadou" is what led to the shoryuken that gave Sagat his scar.  So he has certainly succumbed to it in the past, even if only a little.

In fact, he has succumbed to it for just a second or two during the final battle against Sagat in the very first Tournament, and then he hasn't anymore. So the guy is right: Evil Ryu during the SF Alpha timeline is a non existant character, a mere "What if...?"

Also "shin" akuma isn't technically a different Akuma or anything in story, it's just Akuma using his full-power.  Like if they made a version of Oro where he used both arms to fight.

Exactly. That's why he doesn't need to be a separate character.

They should just give Akuma some buffs and maybe a couple of moves more while he's a boss used by the CPU, and give him normal stats (without having those additional moves available) when he's a playable (regular) character. The same should be done for "Dictator"/"Final Vega" (for example, full screen Psycho Crusher could be a CPU only move) and Gill ("normal" when usable by the character, and broken/resurrecting/full stage attack when used by the CPU).