Originally posted by Dark-Jaxx
1. They are faster due to 2D gameplay, in the movie weren't the Hadoukens much faster?2. Ryu's style is mostly based around single strikes, unlike Ken which goes for combos. And Superman's style is based wholly around throwing haymakers until someone can't move, but he can punch 1,000,000s of times faster than Kang. Ryu can dodge bullets easily, sumthin Kang has never done.
I'm still looking for the source saying that the Alpha anime is closer to the characters.