Samus Aran vs Ryu Hayabusa

Originally posted by Allankles
In a straight fight, Ryu would decimate. The guy is a buzzsaw at fighting range.

I disagree. Samus is also a buzzsaw in melee thanks to the screw attack.

In a much more literal interpretation of the word, no less. 😆

Screw it
Zoku solos this and naruto

Originally posted by The Scenario
I disagree. Samus is also a buzzsaw in melee thanks to the screw attack.

Samus can beat him, plenty of guys have the power to beat him, i just don't buy that Samus has better defense. Ryu has the better defense imo, and that's what counts for me.

He's also just quicker on the trigger, way too sharp in the reflexes department.

Samus would be tops in an aerial fight though.

And again mano-e-mano, Ryu gut checks her nearly every time.

What do you mean by defense? Samus is the one in armor here. Every time she does a flip she is enveloped in a energy field that destroys things that come into contact with her, that strikes me as a very useful ability to have in melee.

Samus is just as fast as Ryu and given the fact that she jump hundreds of feet (even straight up) from a standing start, she can easily control the distance between Ryu and herself. It's not as if melee is her first choice, after all.

Aye, but its Ryu's. At close quaters she's a gonna.

And it's well established that Ryu is versatile as well. So yeah Samus at distance, if it remains at distance. But at mid range or short, Ryu takes it.

Not really seeing it yet.

Even if melee is Ryu's specialty, what can he really do to Samus with it? Someone posted a video of Ryu cutting through steel, but that's not really going to be enough against Samus. The Metroid universe has wasps that can do that, so I'd need to see something else before I'm convinced he can damage her at all.

Her armor would be vulnerable to Spirit power, ninpo and the can-slice-an-atom-type physical properties of the dragon sword. He'll wear out her shields and go for the ko after -since he wouldn't obviously kill a fellow hero.

Samus Armour has proven to be able to handle supernatural attacks on multiple occasions. SPACE MAGIC.

I'm not sure how Ryu is going to wear out her shields while a character arguably faster than he is peppers him with high yield firepower from range. 😬

Ryu wins by virtue of wall jumping.

Also, Ryu is OP in WO3. That clearly speaks for itself.

...Samus can wall jump, too. It's one of her best methods of getting around until she basically learns how to fly.

But she does it with a suit and grapplying hook. Ryu does it with his bare hands and the power of Ninjazenjutsu. Your argument is invalid.

Actually, she does it with only her feet, both in and out of armor, and the power of bird DNA. I think my argument has some validity. 🙂

Samus does it with her bare hands, no suit, and no "Ninjazenjutsu." Along a single wall.

Her armor would be vulnerable to Spirit power, ninpo and the can-slice-an-atom-type physical properties of the dragon sword. He'll wear out her shields and go for the ko after -since he wouldn't obviously kill a fellow hero.

She can and does regularly fight supernatural opponents such as ghosts. Her armor has resisted demonic possession attempts. Where does the 'slice an atom' quote come from?

Ryu had to deal with that final stage in NG1, with those goddamn bats and no save points. Clearly, he is superior.

Also, it sounds like the Metroid games have gotten outright goofy lately.

Lately? Phantoon has been a ghost since Super Metroid, and Mother Brain has had telepathy since then as well. Supernatural elements are not new to the series, and the single wall jump has been possible since Super as well.

Ryu's game is harder, that's about all he has. Won't really help him here.

Originally posted by The Scenario
Lately? Phantoon has been a ghost since Super Metroid, and Mother Brain has had telepathy since then as well. Supernatural elements are not new to the series, and the single wall jump has been possible since Super as well.

Yes, but when it was indicated that she regularly fights supernatural creatures, this sounded kind of odd to me. But then I really only enjoyed everything up until Super Metroid and stopped playing about then.

Ryu's game is harder, that's about all he has. Won't really help him here.

Obviously. Were you aware that I was joking, or did you think I was some kind of unabashed Ryu fanboy? If so:

Serious replies to non-serious posts: The Scenario.