Ryu

Ryu is a character from the Street Fighter series by Capcom who appeared in every Street Fighter title since the first game. He is a practitioner of a unique martial art skills known as Ansatsuken. He appears as the DLC character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, marking him the first DLC character to be both a newcomer and a third party character. A stage based off his Street Fighter II stage has also been shown to be debuting in the Wii U title. Players who purchase him off the Nintendo e-Shop also get his DLC stage, Suzaku Castle.

Just like in Street Fighter series, he uses various fighting skills from the said game. He retains most of the moves he uses in the original series. His neutral special is the Hadouken, his side special is the Tatsumaki, his up special is the Shoryuken, and his down special is Focus Attack. In addition, by inputting the original Street Fighter button inputs for these moves, the moves are stronger when executed. Ryu also has two Final Smashes, the only character in the series so far with this distinction. If used normally, the Final Smash is a Shinku Hadouken, which sends a larger Hadouken across the screen that can pull in fighters; if used next to an opponent, the Final Smash is a Shin Shoryuken, which is a more powerful Shoryuken.