Does Your Insurance Cover Street Fighter Characters?
I'll tell you what. When I park my car, the thing I fear most isn't theft, careless drives, or hazardous weather. It's Ryu.
How Street Fighter's Ryu Changed Over The Years
26 years of Street Fighter means a lot of change in graphics and art direction, and what a better way to show this than a huge gallery of the series' main character, Ryu.
You Know What? Ryu Kind Of Sucks.
In today's Speak Up, Daemon_Gildas confesses that Ryu just flat out sucks. Especially compared to his rivals.
The True Ending of Asura's Wrath Drops Next Month, Followed by Street…
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Today sees the release of the first of five rounds of downloadable content for Capcom's interactive anime epic Asura's Wrath, the beginning of a five round cycle that ends with a pair of Street Fighter grudge matches.
Float Like a Fireball, Sting Like a Dragon Punch
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Take a look at this awesome graffiti found in the streets of Paris. A down and out Ryu from Street Fighter is added to that empowering image of Muhammad Ali's quickly-won 1965 heavyweight championship rematch against Sonny Liston, which these days you may see more often on the walls of college students than of boxing…
We Must Teach Younger Gamers the True Meaning of Ninja
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Commenter Kevwood112 worries that we as a community may have lost sight of what it means to be a ninja, which should be a good thing, as you aren't supposed to see them anyway. Let's Speak Up about it.
New Super Street Fighter IV Trailer Has New Characters
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It was already known that Yun and Yang were heading to the arcade version of Super Street Fighter IV. That's not who I'm talking about.
Ryu And Chun-Li Versus Kazuya And Nina
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You drooled over the news that Capcom and Namco Bandai had teamed up for Street Fighter X Tekken this weekend, now listen to the cheers of fans as they watch the game's first battle unfold.
Another High Quality Street Fighter Fan Film? Awkward...
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Street Fighter: Beginning's End is a fan film with amazing fight choreography, some tight special effects, better than normal Ken hair, and a terrifically bad sense of timing, releasing the same week as the Capcom-sanctioned Street Fighter Legacy.
This Could Be The Best Street Fighter Film Ever Created
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Check out clips and stills from Street Fighter Legacy, an officially sanctioned Street Fighter short film featuring Hollywood talent that could be the most accurate screen adaptation of the World Warriors ever created.
A First Look at Marvel Vs. Capcom 3's In-Game Graphics
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You may have seen these images before, but not armed with this knowledge.
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Will Be a "Living Comic" With A Deep Story
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It's been ten years since the characters of Marvel's comics and Capcom's video games faced off in a fighting title, so 2011's Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds can't come soon enough.
Super Street Fighter IV: Adon Vs. Ken Vs. Cody Vs. Ryu
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Yesterday's new costume and ultra combo trailer was nice, but a pair of fight videos featuring Super Street Fighter IV's Ken versus Adon and Ryu versus Cody are nicer still.
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Gets Fashionable DLC
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 gets a little bit dressier next week, when a new costume pack goes up for sale on the PlayStation Network.
Ryu And Momiji Work Well Together
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Here's five minutes or so worth of the co-op gameplay PS3 owners will see when Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 launches this September.
Legend of Chun Li Missing Ryu And Ken But Will Have Buns
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If you've been passively following upcoming Hollywood flick Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, you've probably already realized that Ryu and Ken are not characters in the film. Why is that? Hrm. According to the movie's producer Patrick Aiello, the filmmakers and Capcom decided to have this film focus on the…