Originally posted by Frisky Dingo
I'm revisiting this thread with new information. Now that Shin Evil Ryu actually occurred in SFIV, this makes Ryu SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER. SFIII's canon states Ryu is beyond the SNH and Shin Evil Ryu is SIGNIFICANTLY stronger in SFIV than he has ever been before. Keep in mind, Capcom has no intention of retconning SFIII, since they still consider the game the sequel to SFIV's story, even in OE trailers and official descriptions.Think about Shin Evil Ryu and where he stands in SFIV, then remember that Normal Ryu is more powerful by the time of 3S. I think Ryu of SFIII, going all out may just be a match for Shin Vega.
And this is why them reachin these lvls in canon F**Ks up the entire tier list. SFIV just F**Ks up the tier list, in general. Cheggit
Established list
Average Tier
Dan and SeanStreet Fighter Tier
Almost everyone else not mentioned above or bellow. While these characters could beat one another, they wouldn't be that far apart to be on different tiers.[r]+ Have you seen Chun Li's feats in SFIV?! She makes giant craters and stops speedin cars without detroyin'em easily. So either Chun Li is moves up into a newly established tier, just for her, or she just made this tier 10X more bad ass. This in turn, makes the higher lvls even more powerful.[/r]
Sub-Boss Tier
Ryu*, Sagat, Vega, Balrog, Charlie, Juri, Seth (possibly) and Urien*.+ Now that Shin Evil Ryu is canon and SFIII: OE is considered the sequel to SFIV with no retcons, this means that Ryu of SFIII is beyond Shin Evil Ryu, who is beyond Shin Akuma in SFIV. Keep in mind Reg Akuma is blowin islands with punches decades before IV. This means that Ryu, at full power, is stronger than Reg Akuma of SFIII. And why not? Akuma's got better feats in SFIII, but that doesn't make Ryu weaker. Ryu can now replicate SFIII Akuma's feats? Ryu is no longer in this tier, for sure. And now almost everyone else being in this tier is questionable.
+ Urien was said to be "entertained" in a fight with SFIII Chun Li. We seen what Chun Li can do in the previous series as a young ICPO officer. In SFIII she's a F**Kin middle aged Kung Fu Master[b], obviously capable of much more than what she did in that fight with Bison. Because of this, Urien is [b]at least SFII Bison level. And we now got a big jist of what Bison can do at that lvl. SFIV makes Urien, vastly, more powerful.
Boss Tier
Rose*, Gen, and Seth (possibly)+ We all now have some sort of grip on the power of SFII Bison. Well the Alpha version of Reg Bison is twice as powerful, and Rose killed'em. She is much stronger now.
Final Boss Tier
Akuma, Gouken, Oro*, Gill and Shin Bison.+ Shin Evil Ryu is stronger than Shin Akuma, in SFIV. This makes him stronger than Reg Akuma of SFIII. SFIII Ryu surpasses Shin Evil Ryu, this leads to Ryu now being noticeably more powerful than Reg Akuma of SFIII. Oro beats SFIII Ryu with One Damn Hand. Now let's be honest here, not that much time has passed from III to IV. Shin Akuma of SFIII isn't that much stronger than Shin Akuma of IV. So now, accordin' to this stupid shit being made canon, Ryu of SFIII is in Shin Akuma of SFIII territory. Oro beat Ryu's ass with One Hand. I'm just gonna say what needs to be said. . .Oro is gonna beat the shit outta Shin Akuma. Oro is not is not in this tier, anymore.
+ Due to Bison tankin that blast and dishin out the power he did shortly after SFII, this entire tier just got one Helluva boost. Shin Bison is much stronger than what we thought.
*New Tier: Vaguely Beyond Final Boss Tier (Which is ridiculously powerful tier.)*
Accordin to the "story", Ryu is in this tier, he is at the bottom of it. Oni and Oro pretty much make this tier up.+Now, because Oni and Oro have not fought anyone in the previous tier to the death, you could be hyper anal about the facts and say that this tier doesn't really exist. But really, we've argued for years about Shin Akuma VS Oro VS Gill VS Shin Bison. Well now Akuma's got a form beyond what he had that made the argument in the 1st place. Oni has 1 up over the guys in the previous tier until the other guys demonstrate a higher lvl power than what they have. Oni would decimate Ryu and it's a toss up between him and Oro, thanks to Oro skoolin the shit outta Ryu..
God Tier
Ingrid
+ With how stupid the story's gotten, o'course they wouldn't right this ***** off as a mistake.[/B]