Juri Han vs Ryu

Originally posted by stargun
Did Capcom really confirm the SF IV OVAs as being canon to the games? If that's the case then I go with Juri unless Ryu goes SNH...

Don't you think they could be, well, telepathically linked with each other?

They are. The 1st OVA was out-right stated to be after SFII and the 2nd OVA takes place before Super. The events of the Juri movie are referenced multiple times in the game, itself.

I never saw any info confirmin that they were telepathically linked. I'll have to read up about that.

Is that ending canon?

I believe, all the endings in IV and Super are canon.

Originally posted by Frisky Dingo
I believe, all the endings in IV and Super are canon.

Except Seth SF4 ending perhaps? Becoz he become the new emperor of the world..

Yea and several people killed Seth. Usually only a few are canon.

^Is that taking into account the fact that there's more than one Seth? Ryu beat the 'real' Seth (number 15 was it?) in the first OVA, so that much at least is canon, and is it safe to assume that the Seth Juri took out was likely the real Seth too? I forgot how her and Bison's endings went exactly, but I thought I recalled them contradicting eachother somewhere. That is, assuming it was THE Seth that they fought.

Originally posted by Tha C-Master
Yea and several people killed Seth. Usually only a few are canon.

There are 25 different Seths. There also happens to be 25 characters in SFIV. You should also stay minded of the fact that everyone's ending in Super didn't involve defeating Seth.

Originally posted by BloodRawEngine
^Is that taking into account the fact that there's more than one Seth? Ryu beat the 'real' Seth (number 15 was it?) in the first OVA, so that much at least is canon, and is it safe to assume that the Seth Juri took out was likely the real Seth too? I forgot how her and Bison's endings went exactly, but I thought I recalled them contradicting eachother somewhere. That is, assuming it was THE Seth that they fought.

Vega and Juri's endings don't contridict. Both have them killing a Seth and on top of that, there are about a dozen Seths present around Vega in his ending.

Originally posted by Frisky Dingo
There are 25 different Seths. There also happens to be 25 characters in SFIV. You should also stay minded of the fact that everyone's ending in Super didn't involve defeating Seth.

Ryu just laid there and let Seth smack him around and then owned him. I guess he just liked Seth's speech.

SFIV's not the same as the previous SFs. ALL but one or two of the endings may or may not have happened. It all makes sense, just YouTube them.

Also, this isn't the first time Capcom has made a game where all the character's endings are canon, except for the final boss. If you played rival schools and then project justice, you'll see that, all but the final boss' ending was canon and carried over to the next game. Except for endings where they beat hyo, but what was shown happening after they beat him was proven to be canon.

I've played Rival Schools, but not to that extent. I only say that because most every game has tons of endings and only 1 or 2 are canon. These seem like they have more wiggle room though.

That's basically what is, "wiggle room". All but a few could considered canon since they either have nothing to do with each other, occur at different times but in the same area, or are the same endings, just from different points of view.

Juri Han curbstomps SFIV Ryu to a bloody pulp.

Remember, she single-handedly defeated Seth, then Bison (2nd strongest version) in SFIV.
Ryu barely survived against Seth, though this might be because this is #15.
But I have no reason to doubt that Juri Han or Bison would destroy #15 as well. Their Psycho power almost rivals that of Akuma during SFIV.

SFIII Ryu is a different story.
We are not sure how strong Juri Han became in SFIII, or if she is still alive.

I was wrong. Ryu didn't face #15. Juri did.

Even more reason she would murder this weaker version of Ryu.