Saiki said until SF2 Ryu and Ken's style was Kyokushinkai karate, a
derivative of Shotokan, that I learned is a full-contact style with
considerable focus on strenuous training and philosophy. After SF1 he said
Capcom changed it to a generic ansatsuken. Vasili feel that it wasn't until
SSF2X that this change occurred; he has yet to see any source break down
the style to its building blocks before the Fanbook, which lists karate,
judo, and training of the heart/mind; and AASFZ3 later on would describe
it even more. In any case, before Gouki appeared in Capcom's SF universe,
it was the basic moves themselves that defined Ryu and Ken's style, and
after that the emphasis was placed more on their three originally killing
moves as identifying their style, the present toned-down version of
Goutetsu's ansatsuken.
http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/ripoffpage2.html
http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/ripoffpage1.html
http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/ripoffpage4.html
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before Gouki appeared in Capcom's SF universe,
it was the basic moves themselves that defined Ryu and Ken's style, and
after that the emphasis was placed more on their three originally killing
moves as identifying their style, the present toned-down version of
Goutetsu's ansatsuken.
Technically, Ansatsukan should probably be considered more a level of
achievement than an actual fighting style, then. In addition to all of the
above mentioned facts, it's stated in All About Capcom for Gen that "he has
developed his Chinese Kempo until it has reached the stage of being an
Ansatsukan". All this implies that Ansatsukan can consist of any martial
art and is more about the power you've developed your style to. ...Capcom
sure knows how to be confusing, sometimes.
Gouki's ansatsukan having karate, judo, and taekwondo is exact
statement from All About Street Fighter Zero 3.
Goutetsu spoke of the Shungokusatsu, not that he necessarily
taught it. Perhaps then it was Akuma who found it and Gouken
never knew it. Goutetsu also is stated to have described it as 'forbidden',
but he did teach the first step to it (satsu no hadou). Likely, it was
forbidden because it endangered the user as well. This also means
that maybe Goutetsu himself didn't develop the SGS but learned it from
his own master.
Dragon Force
madurk ( the evil god)
feats
1 Destroy the land of Izumo with only use a wave of his hand.
2 Totally Indestructible and can only beated by using the dragon force which only puts him in a deep sleep for 500 years.
Gaul normal mode ( in this mode Gaul has extremely powerful magic )
Gaul demon mode ( in this mode gaul has unlimited magic and the only thing that can hurt him is the dragon force.
Scythe normal mode ( in this mode Sycthe has really powerful magic)
Sycthe demon mode ( in this mode Sycthe has Ulimted magic and the only thing that can hurt her is the dragon force.
Goldark feats
1 can weild two Guts size blades like they were butter kifes and his skill with the sword is said to be unmatched.
http://www.planetemu.net/php/articles/files/Image/shenron/dragonforce/df82.jpg
Zanon ( the sword Eclisis makes him almost indestructible by giving him Regenation that rivals even the hulk's regen. )
side effect: the Sword Eclisis is slowly taking possession of Zanon, gradually stripping him of his humanity.
Katmando demon mode ( he is extremely power and his Unlimited magic. It took Ramda who is the good side of madurk to sacrifice himself just so the dragon force could even hurt him.
Here's a Final Fight Website where it Talks about Mostly All you need to know About Final Fight's Top Originals Including the Martial Arts Expert Cody, the Bushin Ninja Guy, and the Big Man Himself who is a Former Pro-Wrestler and a Former Street Fighter Champion Mike Haggar. the Website also Includes Information about the Memebers of the Mad Gear Gang as well:
http://www.angelfire.com/film/swordandthesorcerer/final_fight/index3.html
Here's the new tiers from plot guide 4.4
Tier 1
Tier 1: This tier should be obvious. Gill, especially, with his fire and
ice creation, angel powers, and his last boss towering status. Akuma
should be, too. By SF3, the guy can destroy mountains, islands, and stay
in deep ocean for crying out loud. And Oro beat Ryu in the SF3 tournament,
and that was despite being handicapped by binding his arm. The guy's
become powerful enough to live to 150 years or so... I won't go into a
deeper analysis due to how obvious this tier is. Who specifically is the
best among Gill, Oro, and Akuma is up in the air, but eh, tiers aren't
supposed to be THAT specific. Bison during SFA3 probably went into this
range, also. Being able to take on Ken and Sakura at the same time (only
forced to retreat due to Ryu coming to), then Rose, then all 13 Dolls, then
Guile, Chun-Li, and Charlie has got to say something.
Optional Character: Ingrid
Tier 2
SF2 M. Bison: Akuma can beat him in SF2. Whether Akuma could have beaten him
during SFA3 where he was stronger (and Akuma was most likely weaker), not
sure, but in his last state, he generally goes here from all KNOWN factual
evidence (unknown stuff like how he lost the SF2 tournament or even if he
DID since we don't know when Akuma killed him aren't being considered here
since... well, it's unknown). He's definately high up, though. His
weakened body wasn't weakened to the point where he'd really really plummet
in the tiers, and during Alpha 3 it took a rather ludicrous amount of
consecutive battles against multiple opponents to finally take him down.
Ryu: Seen by Oro as the one with the potential to be trained, generally
considered a legend (see Makoto's statements about him), whomped Alex
easily in Third Strike, only lost the SF3 tournament because he went up
against the godly Oro and even then impressed the old guy, etc etc. This
one should be pretty obvious.
Evil Ryu: A major point of Ryu's SFA3 storyline is that he could follow
the path to warrior perfection without giving in to the Satsu no Hadou.
Even though Evil Ryu was really high up back then, the reason regular Ryu
is on the same tier is due to Ryu's revelations since then. He has now
managed to reach what he could have been had he given in. Generally shown
by Ryu promptly telling Akuma that Satsu no Hadou is not the way in SF3.
Er... yea. It's mostly implied as far as I know, but the implications are
more than enough to place the two into this tier with enough certainty.
Sagat: Although he was too obsessed with revenge and unfocused during
Alpha, by the end of Alpha 3, he has realized the error of his ways and is
now on the path to the true warrior. All statements and storyline
implications from there on are that Sagat is matching Ryu step for step in
progress as they await their glorious battle, so it's really easy to tier
Sagat here. Note that this is Sagat in his most present state, not most
present state since when he was last seen in a game, since unlike other
characters, it's easy to estimate where Sagat is even without seeing him
due to all the statements and implications.
Q: Q is marked as 'hinted' because there's no way to really gauge his
tier, what with him having no interactions with anyone else in the
storyline. But he's robotic and can somehow zip around the world, and
those are typically always powerful, and the effects of his moves sure look
darn powerful. So as a guestimate, he gets to be in this tier. Though
again, it's mostly a guess.
Tier 3
Rose: She's M. Bison lite. She's the only character in Alpha that was
actually able to give Bison a somewhat decent match one-on-one. But... she
still lost, so she's a tier lower. Rose could put up a fight against Alpha
Bison (well, actually, she WON in Alpha 2. Only 'lost' in Alpha 3) while
Chun-Li got owned for free in Alpha 2, and since there really isn't much to
indicate that Chun-Li improved THAT much since Alpha, Rose gets to be a
tier higher. Chun-Li only started being called the strongest woman in the
world since SF2, after Rose was gone.
Ken: Ryu states to Ken in SF3 that he still has the better win record.
But the way he says it indicates that it's still pretty close. Thus Ken
gets this tier. Pretty obvious, I think.
Gen: I think it's hard to decide whether he's in tier 2 or tier 3, but
he's definately up there. Gen was able to fight Akuma to a standstill in
Alpha, after all. He's definately not as good as the further trained Akuma
of SF3, though (Gen of course being most likely unable to further train
because he's most likely dead). I'd be really surprised if he (and thus
even Akuma during that time) was as strong as "I take on tons of people by
myself" SFA3 Bison, so... generally tier 3 for him. On a random note, Gen
uses ki in his attacks with lots of skill. It's just not as obvious as
Akuma (not all ki usage manifests as fireballs or something visual).
Although I'm on the fence on whether or not he should be in tier 2 or tier
3, I do lean towards tier 3 because any higher would make him on the same
level as Evil Ryu or current day Ryu, both of whom are likely beyond what
even Akuma used to expect back then (with Evil Ryu slaughtering everyone
Akuma included in his what-if SFA3 storyline) and SFA Akuma is roughly
on the same level as Gen, so... (of course, SF3 Akuma is a different
story)
Charlie: Charlie is the US Martial Arts champion. Took down Bison in
SFA3, albeit with a little help. What mainly puts him here with certainty
instead of circumstantiality though I believe is how he's better than Guile
(even SF2 Guile). Charlie's ki manipulation is implied to be right up
there with Ryu and other top-notch fighters. He can shoot sonic booms from
any of his limbs, even his feet (something that Guile needs LOTS of
concentration to do. It takes Guile two hands and officially stated all
his focus just to throw one sonic boom). Since Guile, at least based on
what we can think of, comes into the tier below, and Charlie is definately
above Guile, even without the circumstantial evidence, we can generally
place Charlie in this tier.
Urien: Like Gen, I'm personally not sure if he should be in Tier 2 or Tier
3, but he's up there. He's better than Chun-Li (he's only toying with her
in SF3 Third Strike after all) and definately lower than Gill (Gill doesn't
even have to take him seriously and his power compared to Urien's is one of
the many things Urien is jealous of, of course). Anyways, Urien's
abilities include earth and lightning manipulation and an iron body (as
part of his earth manipulation). He's blinded by jealousy, though. This
is why despite having power equal to Gill, he likely is weaker in actual
practice (less focused). I'm leaning towards tier 3 because it's hard for
me to imagine him as strong as the extremely focued SF3 Ryu, god-power or
not.
Optional Characters
Cody: Going by Final Fight Streetwise and assuming Hugo is Andore, Cody
is probably better than Hugo given that Kyle says that Andore "is a legend,
himself" when implying a comparison to Cody but that Cody is still better.
Of course, Cody's knees are crap at the beginning of Streetwise but they're
healed by the end, so his fighting ability should be as good as ever.
Guy: He's probably equal to Cody. Kyle is confident enough to beat the
crap out of Guy's ninja group, Lou included, but Guy is able to convince
Kyle to seek a nonviolent solution with just a simple demonstration of
his punches. Also, Maki admits he's better in her SFA3 storyline and
it looks like Maki beat Sakura in it, which leads to Guy being here.
Haggar?: Unfortunately, it's hard to compare him to Zangief despite the
rivalry because they never met in person or fought or anything. There isn't
much to say that Haggar's on Cody's level, but Kyle idolizes Haggar a LOT,
moreso than Cody perhaps (but that does't mean Haggar's BETTER than Cody
because Kyle might simply not have the same type of idolism for Cody due to
being so familiar with Cody already). Of course, Haggar's getting pretty
darn old, but Capcom (of America) specifically said he managed to stay fit
all those years so I'm going to assume his power didn't deteriorate. Then
again, it's hard to imagine that Haggar improved as much over the years
as Guy did. Ah well, Haggar was at least assumably better than Hugo
during Final Fight and Kyle doesn't make any note that Andore could be
beyond him in Streetwise so whatever.
Stree wise Cammy?: The Streetwise instruction booklet indicates that pit-fighting
is a tiered profession. That is, you can "rise to the top" of that "brutal
profession". Of course, in the actual game itself, it doesn't matter what
order you fight anyone in, but presumably, with Cammy being the last
pit fighter you fight, she was also meant to be the strongest one (although
once again, in-game she really is kinda easy IMHO). By that logic, Cammy
would be above Hugo (who's a pit fighter fought earlier). Of course, then
you have to wonder whether Kyle beat her or not, which unlike Hugo can't
really be stated because she's an optional fight. And of course, this all
assumes that one is willing to read into Cammy being in Streetwise so
much when in all likelihood she's really there just because some Capcom
guy decided it'd be fun to have her in the game. And of course, for Cammy
to be up here would imply that she's better than the strongest woman
in the world, Chun-Li, which just goes to show that even for a more
regulated storyline when it comes to power ability like Street Fighter,
tiering isn't a very exact science. But of course (gee, I'm saying that
often), given that Streetwise takes place like, 8 years after SF3,
presumably Chun-Li herself would be more powerful by then, too.
Kyle?: By the end of the game, Cody says Kyle has grown into a fighter
worthy of his potential and he's proud of Kyle. So maybe Kyle has grown
enough to match his brother (and of course, Kyle beat Hugo earlier,
assuming he's Andore). Kyle "beat" Cody Death, although that doesn't
necessarily make him stronger than Cody because Cody Death was wrestling
with his own conscience throughout the fight (for the first round, he's
open to attack whenever he hits Kyle due to that). Of course, Guy seems
to be portrayed as a bit better than Kyle (making Kyle glad he's on his
side and also being powerful enough to convince Kyle not to even bother
trying to fight him after beating all his men), so maybe Kyle would be
either at the bottom of this tier or near the top of the next one.
Tier 4
Guile: Most likely winner of the SF2 tournament. If you decide to ignore
that, then there's also the way in how he's storyline-wise more interwoven
and more 'important' than most of the other SF2 characters, and they
typically get favored in the storyline power tiers. And I believe he's
meant to be the same power as Chun-Li, but I forget^^; Whatever the case,
he's been training really hard since SFA3, though Charlie in SFA3 was still
most likely better than him (see Charlie in Tier 3 for reasons). He isn't
progressing any more because he gave up fighting after SF2 to be a family
man.
Chun-Li: Weaker than Rose but after Rose died then come SF2, is called the
strongest woman in the world, thus gets to be above the other female
characters in the next tier. That was easy. ...er, going further, Chun-Li
isn't any higher because she quit the ICPO and generally retired from
fighting and training after SF2 (course, after SF3, she trains OTHERS, but
that's another story). Anyways, Capcom has stated that she's the strongest
woman in the world during SF2, so it's not just the opinion of the SF
tournament audience (or whatever) that she is.
Hugo: Actually rather surprising he's up here, but all the facts point to
it. Hugo is officially stated to have withstood the shin shoryuken against
Ryu, which is officially stated to be one of the most powerful moves in the
world, so right there you know he's a really strong guy. He is also
officially stated to have made 'an amazing performance' in the SF3
tournament, which probably means he's generally above the majority of the
SF3 characters (unconfirmed: he possibly lost the tournament due to going up
against Ryu). Oh, and to those who think Hugo is all stamina and nothing else,
I highly doubt he would have been stated to have made an amazing performance
if he didn't at least put up a somewhat decent fight. So no,
he's not just a big punching bag with lots of endurance. As for who is
better, Hugo or Alex, well, Hugo withstanding the shin shoryuken means that
he probably put up a better fight against Ryu than Alex did. He withstood
an attack that officially could kill someone (Yea, Ryu's style isn't
designed to kill, but that doesn't mean it can't kill due to the sheer
damage alone) compared to Alex, who Ryu didn't even break a sweat fighting
against. That would probably earn him a tier spot higher. Ryu still beat
him somewhat soundly, though, so he's definately not up in Ken's tier.
Note, though, that many of these tiers are at best, educated guesses and
estimates. Maybe Alex made a huge comeback after Ryu was beating him (the
fight wasn't completely finished in Alex's TS ending) but from all
available evidence, this is the best that can be estimated. Also note
that I was told that Hugo officially withstood the Shin Shoryuken, but
finding this statement has been rather difficult (it's supposedly in
an Arcadia or Gamest issue, but which one is unknown). In Final Fight
Streetwise, Andore might be "just" a pit fighter, but Kyle comments in
his journal that Andore is a legend, himself, so he's still pretty darn
powerful there (assuming Hugo is Andore).
Rolento and Sodom: Saiki put them much lower, but I'm going to assume
they're only slightly below Cody and Guy, of whom I think are much higher
than Saiki placed them. Juni also gave them high ratings. Dunno whether
or not they'd be on equal footing with the improved SF3 Hugo though who
gets almost a decade advantage due to being in SFA3 (and Final Fight
Streetwise, but that's possibly counteracted by his age in that game).
Possibly as of their last appearance (SFA3), they'd only be Tier 5 instead
of 4? Sodom loses to E. Honda assumedly in SFA2, but Juni indicates that
he's significantly weaker when unarmed (this position is assuming he's
armed)
Vega: Cammy's love-hate rival is generally better than her, and almost
positively let her win in their fight in SFA3. Therefore, Vega's a tier
higher than Cammy. Easy. He's also a better fighter within Shadaloo than
Balrog, I believe (not sure if it was officially stated. I think it was,
but I forget). He doesn't go any higher because that would place him on
Gen's level, which seems pretty darn silly. Capcom doesn't go around
praising his ability like they do for Charlie. Course... a harder more
definitive proof might just be simply that Rose beats him in A3. He
seems around the same ability as Chun-Li, given the rivalry
Capcom initially endorsed between them (where Vega was jealous of Chun-Li's
beauty). Of course, I guess they decided Cammy was a better match later
on.
Twelve: Again, there's lack of storyline interaction. But Twelve
officially feels no pain, and he can morph into other characters, so he's
probably up there somewhere. He's at least tier 5, because all lab reports
from Gill's organization indicate that he should be superior to Necro in
every way (not that that means it's fact, but it's the best thing to go by
so far. Course, you never know how far 'spirit' could go, I suppose).
Maki: Assuming her SFA3 storyline is canon, she beats Sakura in her
storyline and is also likely one tier below Guy, beating Guy in her
storyline but admitting that Guy was better anyways (so it's sorta like
Karin's SFA3 storyline where she admits Sakura was better).
Tier 5. Everyone else who managed to cut it.
Saiki's Guy & Cody: Hard to tier, IMHO. They can beat Sodom and Rolento,
obviously. They can also beat a whole bunch of the Mad Gear gang, but it's
important to remember that they did not fight through Final Fight alone and
also that it's wholly possible and likely that the SF universe follows the
laws of anime (IE, any generic bad guy is really weak and easy to beat up
by most any semi-important character), thus the fact that they can take out
most of the Mad Gear scrubs isn't a very good gauge, either. Guy, even
though he is a Bushin master, is still equal to Cody even during SFA3,
though, so we at least know they are on the same tier. But storyline-wise,
neither has ever really gone up against any of the really high tier Street
Fighter characters, so this is the best guess we can get to place them
unless more *comparative* info ever comes in. Actually, though, after
getting Juni's official power ratings that she scans in SFA3, I'm thinking
that Sodom, Rolento, Guy, and Cody are probably a lot higher than this.
Probably around Charlie's level during SFA3, actually. And... Cody being
below Hugo doesn't seem right. Saiki places Guy and Cody in this tier,
but I think they should probably be higher. Of note is that Juni can't
get an accurate power measurement of either, as Guy's Bushinryu is too
mysterious and Cody's power is dependent on his emotions.
Adon: Strong enough to beat Sagat in SFA2. Sagat may have been unfocused,
but he was still powerful. There aren't many other matches to use to tier
him with hard core certainty, but beating SFA2 Sagat and being the new Muy
Thai Emperor should be enough to give him this tier.
Sakura: She's better than Karin. It's officially stated that her chi
manipulation is equal to Ken's during SFA3. The girl's ridiculously gifted
and able to learn Ryu's moves just by watching him. If Sakura continued
training on and on after SFA3, she could really be something.
Unfortunately, since SFA3 was so incredibly long ago, and Sakura's future
still highly up in the air (highschool is really a bit too early in life to
get that hard a bead on one's future, I think), the tier can really only go
by her last seen position (unlike Sagat, where it's shown that he's still
in the game after SF2 and his determination to stay on level with Ryu is
further emphasized). Anyways, Chun-Li is the strongest woman in the world
so Sakura is below her, regardless. Oh, and judging from SFA3, she can
beat Honda, so she gets to be higher than him.
Balrog: Can kill an elephant with his bare hands. Generally among the top
fighters in Shadaloo (not sure if it was officially stated, though I think
it was... it's implied, at least) and thus higher than the Dolls. Oh, and
judging by SFA3, he beat Birdie. Probably weaker than Vega, so here he
goes. Even if he's an idiot, he's still armed with 'the world's strongest
punches'...
Cammy: She's better than the other Dolls but weaker than Vega. ...wow,
that was easy.
Zangief: A bit hard to tier, but being implied to be Russia's greatest
warrior should account for something. He's better than R. Mika (it seems
he goes easy on her in SFA3 and all), and R. Mika is most likely better
than Dan, so Zangief gets to go here. On a random note, I have no clue
where Haggar (or any other Final Fight exclusive character, really) fits
in, here. Even Cody and Guy, who weren't exclusive to only Final Fight,
are hard to tier. Can't even decide whether or not Haggar is on Zangief's
level because the two never even met in person, after all, so there's no
interaction to use to compare.
T. Hawk: He can beat (and most likely actually has beaten) the Doll
Noembelu. ...another easy one.
Dhalsim: Loses to Ryu (at least, implied by one of Ryu's SF3 win quotes).
A bit hard to tier, but he's been going around doing lots of good things
for the world and has that fire power granted by the gods and such. There
might be more that I should poke Saiki for, but overall, this is a pretty
good guess, I think. He retired from fighting after SF2, by the way.
Alex: Alex is better than all the other SF3 characters (besides heavy
hitters like Ryu and Oro, who he never had to fight) as can be seen by him
winning the SF3 tournament. However, he's still not really that high up
since Ryu beat him VERY easily in Third Strike. Thus he only gets to be a
tier higher than where the other SF3 characters go. He's below Hugo even
though they never fought because Hugo actually put up a fight against Ryu.
Eagle: His SFA3 storyline seems to put him on the same level as Guile
at the very least. However, assumedly Guile has improved significantly
by SF2, so Eagle during SFA3 would be below Guile during SF2 and thus
Eagle's latest appearance goes here.
Tier 6: The extras
Basically everyone else but Dan and generic Shadaloo soldiers (who are
officially stated to be skilled but weaker than the Dolls) go here. Hard
to tier among them exactly mainly due to lack of existance of factual
*comparative* data for a large majority of them. At any rate, though,
they're definately weaker than everyone else above them. Karin loses to
Sakura, the Dolls lose to Rose, Cammy, and T. Hawk, E. Honda loses to
Sakura, every SF3 character not above this tier loses to Alex or Hugo,
etc. Moving along, good reasons for guestimates from here on IMHO are...
Tier 6: All the characters listed have been stated to beat other skilled
people, even if none of them were actually non-nameless goons. Or...
something to that effect. The twelve Dolls are each stronger than each of
the other 2000 skilled martial artists in Shadaloo (They aren't called
elite for nothing), Rolento and Sodom rise above all generic Mad Gear
members to be bosses, Karin loses to Sakura but still puts up a good fight
so she's probably only a tier lower, Birdie fought hard enough to impress
Bison in order to join Shadaloo (and thus is also probably above the other
2000 skilled martial artists. Eh, he got to be playable and get a name
while they didn't 😛)... Necro is implied due to all his genetically
enhanced abilities that probably give him an edge, and Dudley beat lots of
guys in his boxing career to earn money to buy his dads' things back.
Juni, however, might be higher due to her augmentation she developed from
scanning Akuma.
Tier 7: 'Grown-up' nobodies. Not much else to say. Well, E. Honda rose
to become a good sumo wrestler at least, but not sure if that says enough
for him. He beat Sodom in SFA2, but that's because Sodom was fighting as a
sumo wrestler and thus not using his primary fighting style, so... (frankly,
by now things become so blurred that these guys could probably go into tier
6, anyways)
Tier 8: 'Teeny-bopper' nobodies. Poor Yun, Yang, Makoto, and Elena just
don't have enough official statements implying their good abilities to go
higher. Er... no offense to these characters with the 'nobody' remarks, of
course. They're probably really skilled for their age.
Tier 9: Characters that Capcom of Japan just doesn't seem to like 😛 Well,
okay, Dan's probably weak on purpose. As with the other really low tiers
(with the exception of Dan and Sean), lack of evidence either way shows
that these guys could possibly be all the way up in Tier 6 as well. R. Mika
impressed Karin in her storyline (that apparently did happen in some
form), after all.
Tier 10: Judging by where Capcom seems to be going with Sean, it seems
like he really IS weaker than Dan at this point. It's like a joke in
itself, almost. Almost like when Sean says "Hey, I'm not Dan!", he's
right. He's not Dan. He's worse! Even Dan doesn't get his ass kicked
THAT often in the official storyline. Sure, it was to Ryu and Ken, but the
only time Dan got his ass whupped as an ending joke was to cyber Akuma in a
VS game. Sean gets portrayed as getting kicked around a lot more than Dan,
even, so...
Tier 1
Akuma, Gill, Oro, SFA3 Bison, Ingrid - the strongest out of the
SFer's. They outclass everyone. These guys are in the godly range (in
some cases like Ingrid, literally).
Tier 2
SF2 M. Bison, Sagat, Ryu, Satsui no Ryu (Evil Ryu), Q(hinted) - the next
bunch
Tier 3
Ken, Gen (and SFA Akuma), Rose, Charlie, Urien, Cody, Guy, Cammy? (FF😖W),
Kyle?, Haggar?
Tier 4
Guile, Chun-Li, Hugo, Sodom, Rolento, Vega, Twelve (hinted), Maki
Tier 5
Adon, Sakura, Balrog, Cammy, Zangief, Dhalsim, T Hawk, Alex, Eagle
(Saiki places Cody and Guy here, but I think they should go higher)
Tier 6
Everyone else but Tier 7 (things get really sloppy here, due to how most
characters below tier 5 do not have enough storyline info to tier on
noncircumstantial evidence). A pretty good guess, I think, would be this
(consider the rest of the characters in this tier and below to just be
hinted)
Tier 6
The Twelve Dolls, Karin, Birdie, Necro, Dudley
(Saiki places Rolento and Sodom here, but I think they should go higher)
Tier 7
Blanka, Fei Long, Honda
Tier 8
Makoto, Ibuki, Elena, Yun, Yang, Remy?
Tier 9
Dee Jay, R. Mika, Dan
Tier 10
Sean
New info on cammy from SFAA
http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?t=173&page=255
some canon info
Ken
A long time ago, officially, Ken used to not have a last name at all.
But when the action figure Ken came out, Mattel (makers of Barbie dolls)
sued Capcom for copyright infringement because Barbie's boyfriend is named
Ken, so Capcom had to make up an official last name for their own Ken in
order to differentiate Ken from Barbie's boyfriend. 😛
Ken has most likely actually fought Akuma before or something. In SF3
Second Impact when you fight Shin Akuma with Ken (but only in the Japanese
version. Capcom USA cut out all the dialogues with Shin Akuma in the US
version-_-), Ken remarks, "You're still alive!?" then Akuma asks Ken to
show him that burning fist "once more". But... the only time that Ken
really could possibly have run into Akuma was back when he was witnessing
Akuma kill his master, since there aren't any other known storyline times
that the two would have fought. Most likely, Ken tried to interupt the
battle to save his master or so (which would be why Ken is still alive,
since Akuma would possibly spare him if it wasn't an actual challenge and
just Ken recklessly trying to save someone else). Well, on a
side-but-possibly-related-note, Akuma's dialogue to Ken in CvS2 indicates
that Akuma doesn't really take Ken very seriously, which would explain why
he didn't kill Ken (course, it could be just that Akuma didn't care to be
bothered with killing someone trying to intercede to save their master
instead of challenging Akuma to a deathmatch).
Ryu
Ryu dislikes spiders because one night while hiking, he took up camp
and went to sleep, and the next day woke up with a spider in his mouth Oo
This happens to campers often, I hear.
Ryu's full name is NOT Ryu Hoshii. That's from the Street Fighter Live
During the time of Ryu's training, as he tempered his form day in and
day out, he was being watched -- by the daughter of his master. But
thickheaded Ryu didn't understand girls' feelings, and so time passed
with nothing happening between them. Some time later, in order to take
revenge on the person who slew his master, Ryu set off on a journey
in search of those stronger than himself. On the day they parted, Ryu
realized her true feelings for the first time. On the pretext of a
token for his journey, she handed him a red headband. It was without
a doubt, her heartfelt confession [of her feelings for him]. [Since
then,] He hasn't been without that headband, even for a moment -- even
today, as ryu the brave fighter hurls his body into the field of battle.
The story itself is null and void today, at least for the red headband,
but the feelings Ojou-san (Gouken's daughter) displayed in the Fanbook's
manga story with Ryu are confirmed to be official.
So the red headband is NOT from Ken
(Evil Ryu is never named "Evil Ryu" in the Japanese versions of the
games, just "Ryu". Another proof that Capcom USA invented the "Evil" part
