Ryu’s main rival in the original Street Fighter was actually the first in the series to be presented with a kasaya. The look was rare, but had been seen in Street Fighter. The interesting thing was while there were many classically styled Chinese fighters throughout game history there were actually few Shaolin characters in the genre. These various forms would be influential in shaping kung-fu, and karate as well. The school fostered a Northern, and Southern version of their martial arts studies. The Shaolin developed in China was a form of Buddhism known as Chan, or meditative Buddhism. They didn’t learn to fight as a way to seek out opponents, but rather as a way to defend themselves from bandits. The monks traveled all throughout Asia, bringing with them the fighting arts. I had documented it previously in the blogs.
The martial arts spread thanks to Buddhist monks.
The seeds for Street Fighter were planted then. You didn’t have to be an expert on the various styles, and their histories, as long as you had seen at least a few movies. Aside from the way they fought, these characters had costumes that players would have seen in kung-fu cinema. A year later Yie Ar Kung Fu by Taito gave audiences multiple opponents, representing different styles. Karate Champ by Data East in 1984 gave us the white, versus red uniform karate guys. The custom of having marital arts masters wearing classical costumes went back to the birth of the genre. I’m not quite sure it worked in its current form, but let’s take a look at where the tradition came from. In SF6 Designer Yusuke Hashimoto now had him wearing a kasaya or Buddhist robe over his shoulder. For the longest time Ryu wore a traditional, albeit torn, karate gi.
The biggest change for the character came with the look of his uniform. In case you didn’t see him recently, he was presented a little older than any other appearance, plus he had a beard now. Today we are going to look at the evolution of Ryu in Street Fighter 6.
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